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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Mar 10, 2016 16:44:14 GMT -5
Welcome to collecting, and to the board!!! Like you said it's an expensive hobby, but a fun one!! Make sure that when you see a figure you like, and can afford it.....GET IT!!! I collected back when Jakks was producing the Classic Superstar line, and now only pic and choose the figures I like. Mattel has come a long way in their development of figures. I'm hoping that continues, and from what is coming soon, it looks the will. Have fun, and good luck in your figure hunts!!
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Mar 8, 2016 3:27:10 GMT -5
Very sweet collection!! You've got lots of figures I want to get, and you've got multiples of them!
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Mar 8, 2016 2:18:28 GMT -5
I got the set as a Christmas present, and I know the person that got it for me got it on black Friday for the price it is now. That being said if the price drops again or is free (yeah right lol), I'll probably pick up another one just to have them loose.
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Mar 8, 2016 2:13:59 GMT -5
I think I'm getting the same. I had a Room devoted to collecting with close to a thousand Jakks Figures, 75% of them being MOC and I near enough completed the Classic Superstars line from start to finish. Then Mattel came out and I didn't have it in me to start from scratch. Now however, I definitely get the itch seeing some of these new Elite's that they are pulling out. I've been sitting on the fence in regards to getting a modern day Lesnar for a while now, I'm worried that as soon as I do I'll be roped right back into it again. Yeah I'm basically picking and choosing the ones I like versus collecting entire lines the way I used to. In my mind that somehow makes it better, but I dunno lol
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Mar 7, 2016 2:22:17 GMT -5
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Mar 4, 2016 18:36:41 GMT -5
Really nice collection, and set up! I'm on he same boat as you. I was totally done with collecting, and then I saw the HOF Warrior lol. Now I'm going to Wal-Marts, Targets, Big Lots (Yes they sell figs there too!), and Walgreens all over town! The hunt is a big part of the fun of collecting!
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Mar 2, 2016 15:25:10 GMT -5
I used to be a Jakks Classic Superstars collector. Even worse I was a completionist, so I had pretty much every CS fig put out (all MOC and variants too). I had a damn good collection, then Mattel took over. Let's just say I wasn't too impressed with their early lines. So I just stopped collecting. After a while my collection went from being put up for all to see, to just put away in boxes. This also had to do with the fact I had moved, and really didn't have the wall space, then again my old place didn't either lol. Ultimately I sold the figures to other collectors, and just moved on. So for years I hadn't even had an interest in any figs.......until I saw HOF Warrior. When I saw that figure I was really trying to talk myself out of buying it, and my roommate just said "Oh just buy the damn thing. You'll be kicking yourself later if you don't!" So basically waking this collecting monster is her fault haha!!
Anyways here is what I have so far.....
I also collect loose as well. Here are the only figures to survive my last collection!!
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Feb 24, 2016 3:40:25 GMT -5
I was just thinking about this the other day. My first thought was nXt would have to become the place where both brands vie to sign the talents. Thus making nXT something more special to the fans who don't watch regularly, and more so to the ones who do. It would also make both shows a little more "must see" when an nXt talent debuts.
Yeah there a lot of big names that are injured, but I say if you're gonna do it, do it now, and surprise everyone with the returning debuts of those injured talents. Also with them out it might give other talents that haven't been used lately a bit of a rub when they get drafted to either show.
As far as the titles, I think they should just let the WWE Champion, Divas and Tag Champions float from show to show, and keep the IC & US titles on separate shows. This way when the WWE Champion is feuding on one show, you can put some focus on those titles.
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Feb 13, 2016 3:09:14 GMT -5
They definitely need to make more. I for one want more WCW era figures. Including one of him with an nWo shirt!
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Feb 3, 2016 2:21:54 GMT -5
I just want to them to start a series already! I would buy most, if not all of them with a WCW logo on the box!
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Feb 2, 2016 3:40:01 GMT -5
I read about this on his Instagram this morning. To say I was shocked and sadden would be an understatement. I'm a huge fan of his, and as it was sinking in, I realized all the stuff he's over come in the past. If there is anyone that will overcome this, and inspire others to get themselves checked out and treated, it'e the Hitman. Get well soon Bret, we will all be pulling for you!!!
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Jan 21, 2016 3:52:08 GMT -5
That was great lol
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Dec 1, 2015 4:45:26 GMT -5
Not gonna lie, I'd probably go with this look...Shocking I know lol But instead of pink it would be silver and black
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Nov 15, 2015 4:45:49 GMT -5
RIP Nick Bockwinkel
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Sept 28, 2015 22:04:20 GMT -5
I don't think her run has been a direct effect of being Cena's girl friend, but more like management saying "She's the top guy's woman, so we keep her happy and he'll be happy." I highly doubt she's have been champion for long had she not been Cena's gf, on the companies top reality show, and management wanting to remove AJ from the history books. Also her working her ass off is kinda sad. I mean she's worked this hard, and she's clearly only half as good as the new girls coming up from nXt. In a few months she'll really start to see her position slip away, and THAT'S when she'll directly use Cena's stroke to her own advantage
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Sept 9, 2015 2:50:25 GMT -5
I think if they gave him a follower or two that BO-lieved in him, and he got them some wins all over their shows. Hell they could build it up slowly, let him go back to nXt and recruit some of the guys that have been on WWE programming like Ryder or Emma, then let those people get wins on Superstars, Main Event, SmackDown, and finally Raw....All with the help of Bo....in turn they help him in every match he's in, and basically get him wins week after week, and they would probably have a descent mid-card group that you could then job here and there. But that's just a pipe dream....even if you BO-lieve, which I don't tbh The guy's been working this gimmick for quiet some time, and it's somewhat over. To me doing the above is exactly what Triple H and Vince are always telling the roster, and fans, they "set the table" for them.
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Sept 9, 2015 2:31:49 GMT -5
Really great report and pictures!!! I have noticed at live WWE TV events come off better than they do when you watch them at home. The last few times I have gone to an event (Summer Slam 2012), I have taken non-wrestling fans with me who are just curious what the shows are like live, and they are totally blown away at their shows. Granted it's one of WWE's biggest PPVs of the year, but still quite an accomplishment for WWE.
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Aug 23, 2015 23:59:03 GMT -5
If it wasn't a butterfly I don't think I'd have such an issue with it. The NXT Women's Championship is fine, has some glitz to it but still looks good. Don't bring back the old Women's Championship, new design and something that looks decent. Same for the rumoured Women's Tag Team Championships. This. I actually prefer the nXt title to the Diva's one. They can keep calling it the Diva's Championship, just make it look more like a title, and not an accessory to a barbie doll...
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on Jul 31, 2015 22:51:52 GMT -5
Rowdy Roddy Piper, Macho Man and Ultimate Warrior were my favorite wrestlers. They were legitimately larger than life, they seemed ageless to me, Piper especially, death seemed impossible, how could that level of energy just die? There is NO ONE on the roster now who has even a shred of those guys’ charisma, that class was a very special class and it will probably never be matched. Classic WWF defined wrestling to much of the world and Roddy Piper was at the very top of it. HIs look was ing perfect, the guy had Andy Warhol taking pictures of his boots. Piper and many in that class were better characters to me than anything anyone could muster on paper from their imagination because they were real, even if the wrestling wasn’t. These men taught me to be vibrant and strong and intense before anyone else. Warrior liked talking about male role models and maybe that seems silly with wrestling but if you don’t have any when you’re young these men helped. They showed me you could summon something incredible in yourself, that there was a better version of you available inside somewhere. Imagine if Roddy Piper was a truck driver and he never got to show everyone what he had inside, what he could do! Well he did show us what he could do and I’ll never forget it. I don’t think I’m even sad, it was a life well lived and he touched a lot of people, can’t really ask for more. It just won’t do to be sad about a triumphant life. That era still seems like a dream to me …. and I think it’s a little wet. Seriously....
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Post by Bret_Hart_Mark™ on May 9, 2015 3:17:16 GMT -5
He hated them so much he created a whole PPV called King of the Ring...that was a tournament.....
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