Figure(s) You Took For Granted

[London FF]

This isn’t meant to ignore a Jakks vs. Mattel debate but looking back, what figure(s) did you take for granted at the time of their release?

Be it someone who has only had a Jakks figure or their Mattel counterpart(s) pale in comparison...

[LA Times]

Plenty of Jakks CS should come to mind. You have legends Mattel will most likely never get to make at $12.99 price point and widely available in stores. Guys like Giant Gonzalez, Buff Bagwell, Zeus, Adam Bomb, etc are expensive on ebay now.

[Deleted]

The entire CS line. I didn't appreciate at the time how special of a line that was. I'm happy I kept a lot of mine, but also lost a lot of them over the years.

[Nivro™]

Just my CS Giant Gonzalez. I thought it was a nice figure back then but nothing great...Then selling 95% of my Jakks collection and going to Mattel I remembered I still had GG and added it to the shelf and man it looks amazing

[J'Dinkalage Morgoone]

All of the figures i tore up to make crappy customs. Had to be in the hundreds.
Most regrettably my Classics i either traded or tore up.

I still have about 50 classics

[TKO Propagandist]

Any that I sold back in the day, even if they weren't necessarily a great figure. I have recently been buying back most of the ones I had originally had. The feeling that I get when I have the figure in my hand again, is something I have just never got with anything else in life. It's always been so much more than a hobby to me, that's why it's never been about the money or the cost.

[GoldenHulk]

SO many in the CS line, but that 1985 era Hulk Hogan in particular. It's really an amazing representation of the early Hukamania years.

[Stuart?]

Kona Crush. I traded it back in 2012 and I can't even remember what for. It was the last Classic Superstars figure I bought at retail before Mattel took over. I know I could just buy another online, but for sentimental reasons, I've regretted it for years now.