Starting back on childhood! how did you start back?

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So i got out collecting when i was younger cuz i needed the money for growing up. Now i find myself in my 30's and starting collecting again and goin for my favs as a kid and now goin for the harder to find.

Here's what I have bought so far MOC...series 1 BCA Diesel, Razor Ramon, series 2 BCA glow in the dark undertaker, ultimate warrior, BCA Razor Ramon and Diesel 2 pack, BCA Survivor Series box set w/ Ultimate Warrior green trunks, Goldust, Bret Hart, and Shawn Michaels. Also added CS Toyfare exclusive 1/100 Undertaker and Hulk Hogan w/autograph. And yes i still have everything from when i first collected and never got rid of anything.

So not a bad start i think? What did you try and hunt down when you started or started back?

[saintpatrick33]

I never really collected wrestling figures because their wasnt many when I was a kid but I got my nephew all the WWF LJNs and the ring for his Christmas present in 1987 and we loved them .
I always been distant wrestling fan but I loved 80s WWF and saw the Jakks CS in early 2000 and like um but didnt go into hardcore collecting till I saw the Jakks WM2 Blue Steel cage ring in 2013 and I was hooked and one of the few hobbies I dont think Ill ever get tired of and the deep CS roster is amazing .

[Rated [R] NinJa]

I had stopped collecting in mid 2009 near around the time Jakks were almost finished with the WWE license and the first figure I ever had was a TTL Rock that came in his gold brahma bull trunks and a lead pipe back in 2001. Seeing as Jakks never made a Rock with his full Samoan tattoo, I had kept my eye on Mattel's elites until they brought out one I liked and eventually brought the E22 figure (coincidentally wearing gold brahma bull trunks) just for display purposes last year. Great figure, no doubt and somehow my first and last (at the moment) figures were the same person in the same attire, ha!

[poindizzle]

I currently collect a wide variety of things. 2010 saw me return to wrestling figures with Mattel, but I saw the wealth of Jakks stuff out there and still really like it, despite not really collecting during their Ruthless era. I had stopped with TTL when I was a kid. Wrestling was something I had just moved on from, I guess. Now, I have about 75 or so Jakks WWF/WWE figures. I actually enjoy getting figures depicting the same outfits from different eras.

While Mattel has so many great figures, I would say that it is crazy how much better some Jakks figures are. How is the hand-sculpted BCA Big Show better than a computer generated Giant from Mattel?

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I think they are a100 times better than any figure i have seen besides mine

[fallbrawl]

I got out of collecting when I was in high school and I sold my first collection (worst thing I ever did). I got back into collecting because the classic superstar line. The number one figure I was looking for was papa shango and I finally got him.

[PJ]

I never really stopped collecting. Just kept adding new lines to it. lol

[Kyle]

I'm 25 now and have never taken more than a 2 year break (16-17). However, I recently started buying moc figures of my favorites I owned as a kid. I got started on X-pac (Hi Tom) and so far I have about 75% of them. There's no thrill of the hunt, but it's fun as hell bringing back those childhood memories.

[Deleted]

I stopped in 95 to focus on girls for awhile.

When I started back up it was with Jakks Bone Crunchimg Figures. This was during the Attitude Era when Vince was a bad guy and Stone Cold was a super hero.

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I STARTED BACK TOO...BUT IT IS 1977-80 TOYS I AM GETTING

[saintpatrick33]

If they re released all the LJN new from around 87 I would buy them all ring too and these would be the first three baby !