Post by gnaddi97 on Jan 1, 2013 11:04:18 GMT -5
So today is January 1st 2013. We already have 3 years of Mattel behind us.
I thought to share to you my story on how all started for me.
OK. I wasnt really a collector but I had like 80 Jakks figures, only one of each superstar, only some multiples of Jeff and Rey. I was always looking on RSC to look how the upcoming Jakks figures will look like. Then one day I saw the Mattel protos and I really hated them. It was late January 2010, when I saw the first YT videos of Mattel figures, like unboxings etc. Then I thought that I will give them a try. So I looked on ebay Germany and saw a couple of them. They were so expensive. I really loved the Carlito/Primo 2 Pack, but it was 50 Euros. Elites were 40 Euros the cheapest. So I decided to not buy them. But after doing some looking arround in the internet I found wrestlingworld.co.uk. The prices were good and they also ship to Germany. After a long time talking to my parents they allowed me to order some figures. So I went to my computer and orderd: Elite 1 Undertaker, MVP, Rey Mysterio, Elite 2 Matt Hardy and Basic 2 Mark Henry. After one and a half week of waiting my package arrived. I opend it in our living room with my parents. My father was like, they look like crap, the other ones are way better. (I think he only said that because he didnt want that I also buy of every superstar in Mattel form. He really was trying to make them bad. Then one day later my grandfather came to our house to visit us. I showed him the figs, and he said that these are the best looking figures he ever saw. He is also a Wrestling fan. I loved my Mattel figures as well, so every time my parents drove to the city I went with them just to see if Toys R us has the Mattel figures. Until Mid of March there wasnt a single Mattel figure in a German Toys R us. But then finally they had 2 Packs 2 and Basic 2. I went crazy in the store. A boy got the last Kane, which made me sad but I picked up the whole set of 2 Packs 2 and a Basic 2 CM Punk, which made my father angry lol. So I already had 12 figures. I enjoyed them so much. After ordering lots of packages from WW, I came to the point were I had every superstar that was released at this point. Then I was thinking about getting every Rey that was released and I did it. Then I was at the point were I had my first complete set. It was Basic 2. And from then I was getting every Mattel figure that came out. In June was my birthday and my parents got me front row tickets for the Fatal 4 Way PPV in LI, New York. Our hotel was on Times Square, and walking into that TRU there was a dream coming true for me. I also went to a kmart near Grand Central Station. Then I visited a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Secaucuse. We went there by underground. I bought a lot of figs while I was in New York and it was really a great holiday, I will never forget. In September 2010 I started to collect MOC. So there were no special things happening in 2010 anymore, so lets move on to 2011. In January 2011 I received my biggest package I ever orderd. 35 figures from WW. After that I didnt really got much anymore, because we were just about to move to the Philippines. For that beeing said, we arrived in the Philippines on January 5th 2012. My figures were still on their way from Germany in some container on a ship. I think they arrived in March. Wow, that was a so freat feeling to have them back. I missed them alot. Right when we arrived here in Janauary I placed a huge order at RSC. They had to ship it in 3 boxes. I also got some really nice cabinets, what made me a loose collector again. Skribblel24 from here told me that I should take a plan to Manila and go in the Greenhills Shopping Center. So I did and that was the most awesome plave I have ever been to. Cheap loose Mattels, the newest Elite wave MOC, it was just great. Thats also the place where I found my USA Warrior figures.
Here is a video of one store there that I fimed.
This year also made me starting a PicFed on YT which is a lot of fun!
I also build a Elite Scale Hell in a Cell cage out of real steel a couple of weeks ago that I already posted.
Overall 2012 was the best year for me as a collector. But I enjoyed every year, every minute with this hobby. Thats the hobby I stayed with for the longest time.
(Sorry for my bad English. I hope its understandable for everyone and not too hard to read.)
But enough talking, now Im gonna show year my collection worth of 3 years Mattel! Enjoy.
Battle Packs - that was a bad year for them. Have´nt got very much.
Old 2 Packs - Dont know if I will complete them. Maybe if I find them cheap.
1 of 1000´s
Basic Exc.
Legends - Have only a few. But some of the rarer ones.
2012 Basics
2010 and 2011 Basics
Elite 1-8
Elite 9-16
Elite 17 and Exc.
MOC wall - I think not many people have the figures in the upper row.
And lastly my arena for my PicFed.
I also made me some collecting goals for 2013.
- complete 2010-2011 Basics (missing 12) (Basic 6 McIntyre, Basic 8 Masters, Basic 10 Ziggler, Cena, Kofi, Basic 11 Show, Bryan, Basic 12 JoMo, Rey, Barrett, Orton, Bourne)
- complet 2012 Basics (missing 39)
- complete Elite 1-20 (missing 37)
- own at least 30 Legends (missing 19)
I will keep it updated in my sig!
So thanks for reading my long post! I wish you, your familys, your pets a healthy and happy year 2013!!!!
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Haul of January 10th and 11th
Hey WFigs!
This is my first haul of 2013! I bought 45+ figures in 2 days!
Picked up Beth since I traded my old and wanted to have the set complete again. L4 Smash and The Leagacy are for orders from a German Figure Board.
1 Trent, 1 Hawkins, 1 Primo, Otunga and Henning are for me. The second Trent and Hawkins are for the German Board and the third Hawkins + the other Henning are up in my Classifields.
2012 Basics. All for me!
2013 Basics. One of each for me. Freaked out when I saw Cesaro. Basic 24 CM Punk and D-Mc are also in my classifields..
Randy Orton T-Shirt Series. Great figure! I really like the molded Shirt and I will defintly pick up the other ones in the set too.
MOC Legends 2 were pretty cheap so I couldnt pass. SCSA was also a must get for me!
And finally Elite 16 Diesel and Nash and Elite 17 Mankind. 3 great figures! Never expected to find Nash. Now I only need Elite 14 Booker T, BOPPV Bret, Kmart LE Cena, 20-0 Taker and the BOPPV Johnny set and I own every Elite out of the 2012 package.
I thought to share to you my story on how all started for me.
OK. I wasnt really a collector but I had like 80 Jakks figures, only one of each superstar, only some multiples of Jeff and Rey. I was always looking on RSC to look how the upcoming Jakks figures will look like. Then one day I saw the Mattel protos and I really hated them. It was late January 2010, when I saw the first YT videos of Mattel figures, like unboxings etc. Then I thought that I will give them a try. So I looked on ebay Germany and saw a couple of them. They were so expensive. I really loved the Carlito/Primo 2 Pack, but it was 50 Euros. Elites were 40 Euros the cheapest. So I decided to not buy them. But after doing some looking arround in the internet I found wrestlingworld.co.uk. The prices were good and they also ship to Germany. After a long time talking to my parents they allowed me to order some figures. So I went to my computer and orderd: Elite 1 Undertaker, MVP, Rey Mysterio, Elite 2 Matt Hardy and Basic 2 Mark Henry. After one and a half week of waiting my package arrived. I opend it in our living room with my parents. My father was like, they look like crap, the other ones are way better. (I think he only said that because he didnt want that I also buy of every superstar in Mattel form. He really was trying to make them bad. Then one day later my grandfather came to our house to visit us. I showed him the figs, and he said that these are the best looking figures he ever saw. He is also a Wrestling fan. I loved my Mattel figures as well, so every time my parents drove to the city I went with them just to see if Toys R us has the Mattel figures. Until Mid of March there wasnt a single Mattel figure in a German Toys R us. But then finally they had 2 Packs 2 and Basic 2. I went crazy in the store. A boy got the last Kane, which made me sad but I picked up the whole set of 2 Packs 2 and a Basic 2 CM Punk, which made my father angry lol. So I already had 12 figures. I enjoyed them so much. After ordering lots of packages from WW, I came to the point were I had every superstar that was released at this point. Then I was thinking about getting every Rey that was released and I did it. Then I was at the point were I had my first complete set. It was Basic 2. And from then I was getting every Mattel figure that came out. In June was my birthday and my parents got me front row tickets for the Fatal 4 Way PPV in LI, New York. Our hotel was on Times Square, and walking into that TRU there was a dream coming true for me. I also went to a kmart near Grand Central Station. Then I visited a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Secaucuse. We went there by underground. I bought a lot of figs while I was in New York and it was really a great holiday, I will never forget. In September 2010 I started to collect MOC. So there were no special things happening in 2010 anymore, so lets move on to 2011. In January 2011 I received my biggest package I ever orderd. 35 figures from WW. After that I didnt really got much anymore, because we were just about to move to the Philippines. For that beeing said, we arrived in the Philippines on January 5th 2012. My figures were still on their way from Germany in some container on a ship. I think they arrived in March. Wow, that was a so freat feeling to have them back. I missed them alot. Right when we arrived here in Janauary I placed a huge order at RSC. They had to ship it in 3 boxes. I also got some really nice cabinets, what made me a loose collector again. Skribblel24 from here told me that I should take a plan to Manila and go in the Greenhills Shopping Center. So I did and that was the most awesome plave I have ever been to. Cheap loose Mattels, the newest Elite wave MOC, it was just great. Thats also the place where I found my USA Warrior figures.
Here is a video of one store there that I fimed.
This year also made me starting a PicFed on YT which is a lot of fun!
I also build a Elite Scale Hell in a Cell cage out of real steel a couple of weeks ago that I already posted.
Overall 2012 was the best year for me as a collector. But I enjoyed every year, every minute with this hobby. Thats the hobby I stayed with for the longest time.
(Sorry for my bad English. I hope its understandable for everyone and not too hard to read.)
But enough talking, now Im gonna show year my collection worth of 3 years Mattel! Enjoy.
Battle Packs - that was a bad year for them. Have´nt got very much.
Old 2 Packs - Dont know if I will complete them. Maybe if I find them cheap.
1 of 1000´s
Basic Exc.
Legends - Have only a few. But some of the rarer ones.
2012 Basics
2010 and 2011 Basics
Elite 1-8
Elite 9-16
Elite 17 and Exc.
MOC wall - I think not many people have the figures in the upper row.
And lastly my arena for my PicFed.
I also made me some collecting goals for 2013.
- complete 2010-2011 Basics (missing 12) (Basic 6 McIntyre, Basic 8 Masters, Basic 10 Ziggler, Cena, Kofi, Basic 11 Show, Bryan, Basic 12 JoMo, Rey, Barrett, Orton, Bourne)
- complet 2012 Basics (missing 39)
- complete Elite 1-20 (missing 37)
- own at least 30 Legends (missing 19)
I will keep it updated in my sig!
So thanks for reading my long post! I wish you, your familys, your pets a healthy and happy year 2013!!!!
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Haul of January 10th and 11th
Hey WFigs!
This is my first haul of 2013! I bought 45+ figures in 2 days!
Picked up Beth since I traded my old and wanted to have the set complete again. L4 Smash and The Leagacy are for orders from a German Figure Board.
1 Trent, 1 Hawkins, 1 Primo, Otunga and Henning are for me. The second Trent and Hawkins are for the German Board and the third Hawkins + the other Henning are up in my Classifields.
2012 Basics. All for me!
2013 Basics. One of each for me. Freaked out when I saw Cesaro. Basic 24 CM Punk and D-Mc are also in my classifields..
Randy Orton T-Shirt Series. Great figure! I really like the molded Shirt and I will defintly pick up the other ones in the set too.
MOC Legends 2 were pretty cheap so I couldnt pass. SCSA was also a must get for me!
And finally Elite 16 Diesel and Nash and Elite 17 Mankind. 3 great figures! Never expected to find Nash. Now I only need Elite 14 Booker T, BOPPV Bret, Kmart LE Cena, 20-0 Taker and the BOPPV Johnny set and I own every Elite out of the 2012 package.