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Post by hbkowns on May 23, 2020 16:59:08 GMT -5
Wondering if anyone knows of any local mom-and-pop stores in the North/North-West suburbs that sell WWE Mattel and older Jakks figures. I’ve been to Quakes collectibles in the city and Roselle but haven’t really found any other locals places. Watching Ryder and Hawkins figure hunt videos has me wanting to find some smaller, local shops. Mr. Wayne’s pop culture collectibles in Westmont has some stuff. Mostly comic book/movie collectibles. They do have wrestling stuff. I’ve seen Jakks RA and Mattel stuff there but not a whole lot. BTW, is Quake open yet? I’ve been wanting to go back there for a little while.
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Post by hbkowns on May 20, 2020 10:42:17 GMT -5
This is so tragic and sad. I can’t imagine what his wife and kid are going through at the moment. He seemed like a wonderful person based on all the glowing things others have said.
RIP
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Post by hbkowns on May 18, 2020 11:24:45 GMT -5
Man that doesn’t sound good at all. This is so sad.
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Post by hbkowns on May 18, 2020 2:54:08 GMT -5
Depends what your looking for. E20 Christian is my personal favorite. But the TRU BOPPV is good for his later run.
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Post by hbkowns on May 15, 2020 22:28:06 GMT -5
I covered this on a different thread of figures I initially hated but came around to. I didn’t like it at first for those same reasons. While it’s annoying and no-brainer that sweat pants and gloveless hands should have been included, it’s quite an easy fix it. If you have pants and swappable hands which I’m sure a lot do, you have the perfect Brock figure. Other than that, I absolutely love the figure. It’s my favorite Brock figure.
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Post by hbkowns on May 10, 2020 1:37:57 GMT -5
I have a few figures in mind, but as if recent is the ultimate edition Brock Lesnar. I was thinking that the HBK from that set was gonna be the must-have but in-hand, was very disappointing as far as the true-FX application. I didn’t care for the Lesnar at all as we’ve gotten a ton. But I caved in since I haven’t bought one since E30. And I have to say it’s the best Lesnar figure Mattel has put out IMO. I would have loved gloveless hands and sweats to get an actual promo Lesnar. But that’s such an easy fix. The heads look great and I love the way they sculpted the torso and new boot mold. I was going to completely skip out on it and now I completely love the figure. I’m sure others have felt this way on various figures that have been produced.
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Post by hbkowns on May 10, 2020 1:31:37 GMT -5
that Not buying a black trunks Goldberg. That’s not even representative of a good moment in either guys career. Very weird choice for a 2-pack. They need to produce a Taker/Mankind HIAC 2pack, if not what is even the point of this line Well, a lot of people HAVE been clamoring for a WCW Bret (myself included) and more WCW belts (Tag belts maybe and myself included on that too) and maybe a bit better head for Goldberg (I'm in for that too). So, if that's the case. I'm all in. THREE birds with one stone. There was so many other ways to get those titles out. & also how do you know for sure if those titles will be included.
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Post by hbkowns on May 9, 2020 0:46:55 GMT -5
It’s literally the simplest fix up if you take the time to take like 6 figures and knit some hooded robes over them
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Post by hbkowns on May 9, 2020 0:42:31 GMT -5
I wanna love that figure. I really do. From neck down it’s perfect but that head sculpts it came with are atrocious. But I got my hands on a B100 HBK and my God did that head sculpt come out perfect. I plan on buying a few so I can swap some of my HBK elite heads. I think if you swap that onto the Ultimate HBK, you have a perfect figure. Has anyone done this?
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Post by hbkowns on May 8, 2020 14:46:13 GMT -5
that Not buying a black trunks Goldberg. That’s not even representative of a good moment in either guys career. Very weird choice for a 2-pack. They need to produce a Taker/Mankind HIAC 2pack, if not what is even the point of this line
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Post by hbkowns on May 3, 2020 17:37:15 GMT -5
They finally got Strowman’s pants right. I would pick it up if it came with a cloth shirt. Coulda done without the trophy. Rest of the set is pretty good.
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Post by hbkowns on May 2, 2020 13:56:14 GMT -5
This rumor comes around every year and nothing comes of it.
As the old saying goes, I’ll believe it when I see it.
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Post by hbkowns on May 2, 2020 13:54:31 GMT -5
He wasn’t anything special as a wrestler IMO. He found his spot as one of the better commentators that’s come along in a very long time. I think he should stick to that.
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Post by hbkowns on Apr 30, 2020 14:50:18 GMT -5
Half a mil and a Maserati.
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Post by hbkowns on Apr 28, 2020 18:02:58 GMT -5
I really questioned why they signed him to a big money contract. He didn’t have crossover appeal like Brock or Ronda. Then the way he got squashed by Brock...yikes. It’s like they only brought him in for Brock to get his “win” back.
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Post by hbkowns on Apr 24, 2020 20:12:35 GMT -5
I know it came out recently, but if you don’t already have it, I think the slim jim macho man figure is one of the coolest figures ever made.. Yeah I have a funny story about that actually. I picked one up through Amazon around December and spent about $70ish. I get the figure and take it out of the sleeve and it was a swap, a basic DDP. I contacted Amazon to see what they would do and they said they were out of stock so I took the L. I see it’s going for $100+ now that it’s back in stock on amazon but I had already gotten my refund a few months back now.
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Post by hbkowns on Apr 24, 2020 19:23:51 GMT -5
If you like moc and if you like undertaker...there is no better than sdcc taker when he’s in that packaging. I don’t even like undertaker really and I could’ve sold it for a lot before they sorta reissued it as dm taker, but I’ve held onto it. The white eyes makes it a better figure imo That figure is great. I was gonna pull the trigger a few years back and buy it then I found out they were rereleasing it in the DM line and I ended up buying that. For me, the holy grail of Mattel Takers is probably his first DM. The one from Survivor Series ‘96. That’s probably my favorite Taker fig they’ve made. I know some people aren’t huge fans of the attire but the detail on that thing is beyond incredible. The wings are such a cool accessory. Really hope I can pick it up one day.
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Post by hbkowns on Apr 24, 2020 18:50:20 GMT -5
Older defining moments are great figures. If you haven’t got them yet I’d also get most of the organically legends. Yeah that DM HBK looks fantastic and that’s definitely something I’m trying to find at a reasonable price.
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Post by hbkowns on Apr 24, 2020 18:29:56 GMT -5
Long story short I had a pretty nice vacation lined up, but it’s not gonna happen due to the circumstances going on in the world right now. I have vacation money I saved up that I was gonna use for spending. Thought it would be nice to treat myself to some figs that didn’t get the chance to pick up before I started collecting mattel figures. I started around 2014 and missed out on a lot of cool stuff. Anything anyone would recommend who has been collecting since the beginning?
Thanks
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Post by hbkowns on Apr 23, 2020 12:44:21 GMT -5
At first they were $17, then $15.88. Wonder why they dropped in price. But I surely wasn’t complaining lol.
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