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Post by Calcifer Boheme on May 29, 2012 20:39:58 GMT -5
I'm so old, I started collecting in the days before the internet. I had to wait for Christmas catologs, backs of packaging, and those little pamphlets toy companies put in their boxes. Actually Jakks BCA figures were a total surprise. I walked into a Toy Works one day and there they were. Same here... I actually remember discovering the first Jakks figures, that was great And usually we didn't even gt the holiday catalogs, I just discovered things in stores and looked at the weekly circulars, which were typically useless.
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Post by chillax on May 29, 2012 22:32:43 GMT -5
This was intended to be a harmless thread D: Well, it riled somebody up who attacked you and got booted, so it all worked out in the end. I don't think I could stand being an Elite only collector. While I think the Elites are definitely the coolest figs Mattel makes, since the Basics are the same size I don't feel any need to collect them separately. And the wait would drive me nuts. I collect Basic, Elite, and Rumblers. And there are plenty of times I find nothing. Stick to just Elite, that would be a bummer. And Mattel said they aren't going to make an Elite Khali - I just couldn't handle missing out on that giant hunk of plastic. So do you Elite only collectors have no Basics at all or just very few?
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Post by Figure Addict™ on May 29, 2012 23:05:51 GMT -5
This was intended to be a harmless thread D: Well, it riled somebody up who attacked you and got booted, so it all worked out in the end. I don't think I could stand being an Elite only collector. While I think the Elites are definitely the coolest figs Mattel makes, since the Basics are the same size I don't feel any need to collect them separately. And the wait would drive me nuts. I collect Basic, Elite, and Rumblers. And there are plenty of times I find nothing. Stick to just Elite, that would be a bummer. And Mattel said they aren't going to make an Elite Khali - I just couldn't handle missing out on that giant hunk of plastic. So do you Elite only collectors have no Basics at all or just very few? I have one Basic left and that's my B17 Ryder. !
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Post by el torro on May 29, 2012 23:07:03 GMT -5
Quite slow.. I'm really just waiting for E16. E15, I'm ok with not getting any. I just want Truth and Cara just for the sake of getting them. Right now I'm focusing more on the 6" Avengers Walmart Exclusives. Can't find those suckers anywhere.
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Post by turysummerale on May 29, 2012 23:17:15 GMT -5
This was intended to be a harmless thread D: Well, it riled somebody up who attacked you and got booted, so it all worked out in the end. I don't think I could stand being an Elite only collector. While I think the Elites are definitely the coolest figs Mattel makes, since the Basics are the same size I don't feel any need to collect them separately. And the wait would drive me nuts. I collect Basic, Elite, and Rumblers. And there are plenty of times I find nothing. Stick to just Elite, that would be a bummer. And Mattel said they aren't going to make an Elite Khali - I just couldn't handle missing out on that giant hunk of plastic. So do you Elite only collectors have no Basics at all or just very few? i have no basics man im loyay to elites!!!
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Post by juicewinslow on May 29, 2012 23:43:01 GMT -5
I am glad that guy got banned. Talk about annoying. Jeez.
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Post by mizanin on May 30, 2012 4:23:14 GMT -5
Try being an Australian Elite collector! We haven't got any new sets since 8 and we won't be getting anymore ever again! Online is our on,y option nowadays
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2012 4:48:02 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that Mizanin!
I'll keep my mouth shut whenever I feel the pegs are bare.
Answering some of the people asking. I consider myself and Elite collector but I'll pick up the First Time in the Line Basics. Still looking for a reasonably priced Christian/Tommy Dreamer set!
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Post by mrhoss on May 30, 2012 6:48:28 GMT -5
Quite slow.. I'm really just waiting for E16. E15, I'm ok with not getting any. I just want Truth and Cara just for the sake of getting them. Right now I'm focusing more on the 6" Avengers Walmart Exclusives. Can't find those suckers anywhere. I hate searching for Walmart exclusives any other store would have been better.
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Post by el torro on May 30, 2012 10:12:21 GMT -5
Quite slow.. I'm really just waiting for E16. E15, I'm ok with not getting any. I just want Truth and Cara just for the sake of getting them. Right now I'm focusing more on the 6" Avengers Walmart Exclusives. Can't find those suckers anywhere. I hate searching for Walmart exclusives any other store would have been better. If they were Target Exclusives, i would've have them all in my hands right now.
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Post by Figure Addict™ on May 30, 2012 10:48:07 GMT -5
Quite slow.. I'm really just waiting for E16. E15, I'm ok with not getting any. I just want Truth and Cara just for the sake of getting them. Right now I'm focusing more on the 6" Avengers Walmart Exclusives. Can't find those suckers anywhere. I hate searching for Walmart exclusives any other store would have been better. TRU Exclusives around my area are hard to find... unless it's John Cena... then it seems people pick up 1 or 2 in the wave and the rest warm up them pegs.
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Post by poindizzle on May 30, 2012 11:33:10 GMT -5
This was intended to be a harmless thread D: Well, it riled somebody up who attacked you and got booted, so it all worked out in the end. I don't think I could stand being an Elite only collector. While I think the Elites are definitely the coolest figs Mattel makes, since the Basics are the same size I don't feel any need to collect them separately. And the wait would drive me nuts. I collect Basic, Elite, and Rumblers. And there are plenty of times I find nothing. Stick to just Elite, that would be a bummer. And Mattel said they aren't going to make an Elite Khali - I just couldn't handle missing out on that giant hunk of plastic. So do you Elite only collectors have no Basics at all or just very few? I have about 70 Elites and about 120 basics. I like them both about the same for different reasons. I have wanted to get some of the Rumblers, I just can't justify taking money right now from the other lines I collect.
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Post by promoist on May 30, 2012 11:35:03 GMT -5
this is why I dont care about wwe mattel's anymore and why I am spending X amount on Dark Knight Rises, Avengers and Spider-Man figures
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Post by Von Hooten on May 30, 2012 13:32:26 GMT -5
I hand my check over to my wife so I have a weekly budget that I can spend on figures. I usually have 20 a week so I am limited and I only buy online when I have $ in my paypal other wise it is retail/cash purchases. However, even though I am budgeted I too feel the drought. Each week I go to the stores look for new Elites, and nothing. In fact because I am budgeted I am too afraid to spend my money on anything else because I might run into a sought after Elite and then have no money, which is usually what will happen. So not only is Mattel making me miss out on their products thanks to their crap distribution, but I miss out other brands products because I don't want to spend the $ in case I see E14 in a store.
This week I did say "screw it" and I bought an Amazing Spider-Man movie figure. Still waiting on those 6" Avengers.
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Post by el torro on May 30, 2012 13:42:19 GMT -5
Glad I'm not the only one who hasn't found them. I really want Loki.
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Post by jeffro2000 on May 30, 2012 13:58:22 GMT -5
Glad to see Lenzeski247 banned once again. He was SunglassesSteve, Heelziggler, WWefan20, Scsa101, and who knows what else. I am sure in the next couple of days a new account will pop up, along with 15 long posts a day, with many of them being condescending, rude, etc.
He lasted a while this time at least, knew it was him, just haven't reported. Glad to see I wasn't the only one who knew.
Besides that, I haven't found elite 14 except the ones I got from Ringside, same with 15 though I have Yoko/Cara from RSC. The hunt/prices are getting outrageous. Will just start ordering from RSC. Sorry for the length.
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Post by jfinnomore on May 30, 2012 14:08:06 GMT -5
This was intended to be a harmless thread D: Well, it riled somebody up who attacked you and got booted, so it all worked out in the end. I don't think I could stand being an Elite only collector. While I think the Elites are definitely the coolest figs Mattel makes, since the Basics are the same size I don't feel any need to collect them separately. And the wait would drive me nuts. I collect Basic, Elite, and Rumblers. And there are plenty of times I find nothing. Stick to just Elite, that would be a bummer. And Mattel said they aren't going to make an Elite Khali - I just couldn't handle missing out on that giant hunk of plastic. So do you Elite only collectors have no Basics at all or just very few? I collect everyone on the current roster but replace the basic with an elite if they be one available. Even that route new charters/looks trickle.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2012 14:14:50 GMT -5
Yes so long apart that I bought 5 of the same identical figures because I forgot I have previously bought them...
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Post by Micro on May 30, 2012 14:32:05 GMT -5
Personally, I'm glad that Elite releases are spaced out the way they are. I started buying MOTUC this year and that's an expensive collection, with each figure costing $30+. My budget for toys is now spread out thin and I'm thinking of toning down the amount of Basics/Battle Packs that I get. $140 every other month for a set of Elites is nice, especially with Legends/Flashbacks now being integrated into the assortments. It'd be harder for me to keep up if new Elites came out every month, like Basics.
Right now, I'm happy to hang back and save up for the SDCC pre-orders!
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