Do you collect current roster figures?

[Mr. #1derful 🇵🇸]

I do collect current roster as well as Legends, but I haven't bought any current folks since Shotzi in Elite 95 and the original UE Roman.

Got lot of catching up to do.

[coldblooded]

I support 2 figure habits mine and my son, so naturally yes. But no. 😂

I'll get him the newer guys, I'm selective, I'll get a Cody, an R-Truth, an Orton ect. But if they debut in last 5 or so years I don't collect for myself.

[shanieomaniac]

Mar 26, 2024 16:39:57 GMT -5 kgchampion said:

Mar 25, 2024 21:18:34 GMT -5 shanieomaniac said:

I am a hardcore collector of Sami and Kevin figures. They're my entire thing right now.

Elite 106 Sami got bought once, used for parts, and what is left is currently just tossed on the corner of my desk. Worst Sami figure ever. Even worse than 102. The only truly, out-of-the-box redeemable thing about it is the shirt, which is lovely. Even the headsculpt is marred by horrid paint apps.

But at least I bought it. I didn't even bother with SvS Kevin Owens.

I pray that the Ultimates and upcoming WarGames figures are decent but the way that they keep waiting until the figures ship to show images is NOT instilling me with much confidence.

Why don’t you like 106 Sami? I have it and think it looks great. My only gripe is how tight the joints are which makes posing him difficult.

Here's the thing(s) about Elite 106 Sami.

First of all, the headsculpt is pefection. The SCULPT. Unfortunately, the paint apps on it are horrid. They painted his beard much darker than his hair (rather than the other way around) and on top of that, the facial hair around his mouth is somehow darker than the REST of his beard. The combination looks like something out of a 1980s cop show.

The other major fault is the pants. They used the cargo pants mold and just left the belt black. He wore neither cargo pants nor a belt in February 2023, and his pants in general were nowhere near that baggy. It was a parts reuse that is egregious, especially because they didn't even pretend that it was accurate, again, they literally just didn't paint the sculpted belt part in the hopes nobody would notice or care.

On top of that, the biggest fault from the cargo pants mold from the get go is that the boots are too big. For some reason, when they made those pants, they made the boots much bigger to compensate.

AND, the cherry on top, there is only ONE Sami Zayn figure to have his new wrist tape since he started wearing the high wrist tape, and it's a BASIC. And that basic came out *before* this.

The whole figure, outside of the physical mold for the head and the lovely cloth goods shirt, is WOEFULLY lazy. Like they just wanted to make a Sami figure to make a Sami figure and didn't even care if it was accurate or not.

I know a lot of people think it's a great figure but I am very passionate about Sami Zayn and his figures and, funny thing, once I did some customization work on the Elite 102 Sami, I came around on it. Do a bit of repainting of his head, give him the proper wrist tape, and a wash on the hair, and he's actually not half bad. I'm proud to display him on my shelf now.

But you can't fix the Elite 106 Sami. Best you can do is steal his shirt and head, repaint the head, and use them both for other figures.

(I feel the same way about the Survivor Series Kevin Owens btw. The amount of missing deco on it is horrible and inexcusable, especially because they have multiple figures out with the CORRECT details already made. And, due to the way the tattoos are printed on his left arm, you can't fixup the figure to salvage it without torso cracking, which means cutting the shirt off, at which point, just swap the shirt onto an Elite 102 Kevin and then swap out the legs for the previous ones with the correct deco. But since I already had a custom I made with a cloth goods shirt, there was no point to even getting the SvS one when I would gain no useable parts from him at all, and I would never display him as is.)

[drblazelj]

I only collect a select few people from 2022-now.
Cody Rhodes, Solo Sikoa, La Knight, Dominik Mysterio. A lot of the standout characters. I’ve been trying to give myself strict rules but it’s always difficult once you’re holding something in hand you weren’t sure you wanted.

[wwfcollector1973]

Legends only, except for a Stonecold or Rock, the big names.

[marklud]

For Mattels, I stick to legends. Just a personal taste thing, I respect the current product (they're clearly on fire right now) but it's not my particular flavor of ice cream. When it comes to current product, I'm all in on the AEW line, anything Japan and love the lucha stuff Boss Fight is putting out.

That's just my personal tastes. Either way I think Mattel puts out the best wrestling figures of all-time, bar none.

[ztj_wwf]

Yes, but only top guys. I don’t watch the current product, but I do feel the need to keep up with collecting the main people.

[nomorexclusives]

Mar 26, 2024 22:44:57 GMT -5 Ruthless Attitude said:

I buy both Legends and present-day talent. I'm also an avid belt collector and it has become a tradition for me to update my display every time there is a title change. I have shelves for the following:

Present-day Raw roster
Present-day Smackdown roster
Present-day NXT roster
Classic WWF
New Generation WWF
Attitude Era WWF
Ruthless Aggression WWE
PG WWE
AEW (mix of Jazwares and Mattel)
New Japan (mix of Super7, Jazwares, and Mattel)
TNA (mix of Jazwares and Mattel)
Bray Wyatt Tribute
Female WWE alumni
Samoan Dynasties

Would love to see some photos of your collection. Sounds like it's epic!

[warriorheart]

That a no for me. Mostly only collect wrestlers from 82-92. A few late 90’s here and there. Only time I bought more modern wrestlers was when one of my kids was younger and he was into wrestling. Those years have long passed.

[Sting]

Mar 26, 2024 22:44:57 GMT -5 Ruthless Attitude said:

I buy both Legends and present-day talent. I'm also an avid belt collector and it has become a tradition for me to update my display every time there is a title change. I have shelves for the following:

Present-day Raw roster
Present-day Smackdown roster
Present-day NXT roster
Classic WWF
New Generation WWF
Attitude Era WWF
Ruthless Aggression WWE
PG WWE
AEW (mix of Jazwares and Mattel)
New Japan (mix of Super7, Jazwares, and Mattel)
TNA (mix of Jazwares and Mattel)
Bray Wyatt Tribute
Female WWE alumni
Samoan Dynasties

got any pics? i'd love to see

[shanieomaniac]

Mar 26, 2024 22:44:57 GMT -5 Ruthless Attitude said:

I buy both Legends and present-day talent. I'm also an avid belt collector and it has become a tradition for me to update my display every time there is a title change. I have shelves for the following:

Present-day Raw roster
Present-day Smackdown roster
Present-day NXT roster
Classic WWF
New Generation WWF
Attitude Era WWF
Ruthless Aggression WWE
PG WWE
AEW (mix of Jazwares and Mattel)
New Japan (mix of Super7, Jazwares, and Mattel)
TNA (mix of Jazwares and Mattel)
Bray Wyatt Tribute
Female WWE alumni
Samoan Dynasties

Would love to see that Samoan shelf

[Rocket_Fuel_Merchant]

I dabble in current Superstars under a few conditions

- UE's of guys are think are cool. I picked up the Ringside Uso's, and got the latest UE Roman. Grabbed the new Solo Elite for the bloodline because who knows when he'll get an ultimate

- BAF I want...pretty self explanatory one.

- just random guys I think are kinda cool. I picked up a Bron Breakker off Amazon, and was lucky to get the chase

[HandsomeHollywood]

I'll collect people I like.

On the rare occasion, I'll buy a figure that just looks cool to me.

[TheHitmanKid]

Cody only at this point.

[JC Motors]

I'm primarily a women's division collector. So yes

[mikedanger]

When I started I swore I would stick to just Attitude Era but that didn't last long...