My WrestleMania setup (a few collection pics)

[Billy F'N Shogunn]

Hello all! Been a while since i posted any pics of my collection and i've been hard at work getting my display ready for my WrestleMania party! thought i'd share some pics (sorry they're not panoramic or anything but my phone's not that advanced)
Also, Fixups-a-plenty...

Main Event / Champions Shelf 1/2

Cesaro fixup and you can't see him but i broke out my Paul Bearer and he's hiding behind Dwayne.

Main Event / Champions Shelf 2/2

Kaitlyn and divas belt fixups all the way to the right. Ricardo obscured by Swagger. Big Zeke Jackson standing in for Big E Langston (not that far of a stretch imo)

Undercard Shelf 1/2

SHIELD stand-ins: Punk (Rollins), Regal (Ambrose) and 'Tista (Reigns) also my Ryback fixup. Eve standing in for Rosa, and a pair of 2P5 Primos - the one with 2P2 Primo head is Epico

Undercard Shelf 2/2

Fandango (Gabriel head on JoMo body), Fully custom Cody Rhodes (vest courtesy of wifey) and Sandow fixup/stand-in (Bearded Barrett on L5 Martel w/ L6 KVE Robe) and Luke Gallows' head on an extra brodus body hidden by his E18 gear as Sweet T. Layla and Alicia standing in for the Funkadactyls.

Finally, the Hall of Fame class of 2013 shelf:

Booker's the only Mattel and that's only because i sold off my only Jakks Booker. I kinda like that the HOF figs are Jakks; keeping it old school. Trump stand in of Cena's "Bad-Man" wig on Al Snow's "head" on top of a make-shift column thing.
*Wedding pics and wife's cat nicknackery as well*

Hope you all enjoyed my pics and also, enjoy the biggest WrestleMania EVER (until next year).

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Good idea on the Fhan-Dhan-Goooo

I will be stealing it

[Billy F'N Shogunn]

Apr 2, 2013 9:06:37 GMT -5 @ratedrslagathor said:

Good idea on the Fhan-Dhan-Goooo

I will be stealing it

Thanks. as with most of my stand-in/fixups i like to keep them just simple swaps. with current guys, they will be out eventually and i'd hate to ruin figs for a temporary fix. once i get me a good Fhan-Dhan-Go(o) -or sandow, ryback, cesaro etc- i can just re-assemble the original figs. i do have a list of part-swaps i've done so i can get 'em back to OG status.

With Mr. Curtis, it was a really quick idea i had while digging through my doubles/fired/retired boxes and i couldn't be happier with it (until i dig out a Jakks vest to throw on there) and maybe if i had the RRH gold JoMo

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Nice Fhan-Dhan-Go, Ive seen people using Orton heads for it too. I really like the shelves you have some nice figures and fix-ups!

[Deleted]

Nice collection love some of the customs you made too!! You even got the right briefcase for Ziggy

[Billy F'N Shogunn]

Thanks again, guys. I put a lot of work into keeping my current shelves up-to-date as well as my fixups.

If you look closely, the shelves are a little decrepit but our house was built in the 1860's and that built-in shelving unit was likely added later on, but no earlier than the 1960's. It's prominantly placed right in our dining room. For WrestleMania season i spread out a little (thus explaining other mementos like the wedding photos and my wife's tchotchkes seen behind some of my figs)

[HydroX]

Nice, that Justin Gabriel head was an idea of mine as well, just wasn't sure whose body to toss it on. lol

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Apr 2, 2013 12:10:58 GMT -5 HydroX said:

Nice, that Justin Gabriel head was an idea of mine as well, just wasn't sure whose body to toss it on. lol

Best of PPV Elite Referee Shawn Michaels. That's whose body to use.

Also to the original poster, nice collection! But I'm sorry, your customs/ fix ups are pretty weak bro. That Kaitlyn is just the worse, sloppiest thrown together Kaitlyn I ever seen. It's like no effort put into it at all. Ryback has one sloppy paint job. Idk you say you're married but from the paint job it looks very unprofessional, almost like a kid did it.

[Billy F'N Shogunn]

Apr 2, 2013 18:01:38 GMT -5 @rittyrules13 said:

Apr 2, 2013 12:10:58 GMT -5 HydroX said:

Nice, that Justin Gabriel head was an idea of mine as well, just wasn't sure whose body to toss it on. lol

Best of PPV Elite Referee Shawn Michaels. That's whose body to use.

Also to the original poster, nice collection! But I'm sorry, your customs/ fix ups are pretty weak bro. That Kaitlyn is just the worse, sloppiest thrown together Kaitlyn I ever seen. It's like no effort put into it at all. Ryback has one sloppy paint job. Idk you say you're married but from the paint job it looks very unprofessional, almost like a kid did it.

Thanks for the (constructive?) criticism, broski. First off, a best of ppv hbk would be great for a fandango, but honestly I haven't been able to procure even one for myself, let alone a second for customization. Also, I'm aware the paint jobs aren't the best but I have limited time to devote to painting. Part swapping is quick and like I said before, I am trying to keep the swapped parts in mostly original condition so they can be swapped back once we get an actual mattel version of the superstar or diva I'm going for. I ruined a lot of jakks figues by painting them and modifying them heavily to keep superstars in as current a look as possible only to have better versions come out within a year - and already be outdated at that.

im aware they aren't the cleanest. never claimed they were. Im 30, married, work full time and am in the midst of a renovation to half my house that's taken the last 18months of my life. Kaitlyn, for example, is really just a combination of Natalia's with a tiny bit of black paint in the hair and Ryback has a torso that has been painted and repainted over a couple times (it was an rvd and an angle previously) and I didn't have a set design I was going for since his seem to change pretty frequently and in passing, I'm totally happy with how it looks. I'm sure that as others have said, Ryback will be the new kofi/mysterio and will have numerous releases over the next 12 months.

The one I really thought I'd get called out on, the one that I've really been meaning to work on more is Cesaros head. Just a random Orton head I got in a lot and never finished working on it... But to further my point, he just got released and is really hitting mass retail as we speak. I am sure I will come across one before I get a chance to sit down a do some work and have my hard work be useless since the mattel factory can do much better work than me and all the other figheads with the obvious exception of the dean and a select couple others. Speaking of which, I'd love to see some of your work as well. I check the fix-up thread daily and the custom board frequently as well. Anything on there I might have seen? I love seeing everyone's work for inspiration.

[TheWholeFnShow]

Your Shield looks great. Fandango was a good idea too.

[Spear Guy]

This is great. One of the best collection posts I've ever seen. Great customs, I love the HOF shelf and the guy who thinks your customs are bad well, I'd like to see some of his work.

Edit - lol that Cesaro head looks like Perry Saturn to me

[Jericho Is God!™]

sweet set up. looking forward to WM!!!!!