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Re-Release Figures?

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RSC SES Exclusive CM Punk   I  saw a discussion on twitter (follow me @WrestleFigsUK) where they were talking what figures would they want to see re-released as they missed out on them the first  time around or they weren't collecting when they were released. As I started collecting Mattel at around series 41 I missed out on a lot of early, great figures and have gone back and bought them at a ridiculous cost, most loose too, dread to think how it would've gone if I was a MOC collector. Although I don't collect for the resale value I have been against re-releases as it would affect values if I needed to sell in the future however, I have benefitted by it myself, most notably, Kane. I was never able to get the series 12 one but it was re-released (with minor differences) in the Hall of Champions line and even though it was a US store exclusive so had to pay more than the cost of a regular Elite or what the people over in the US itself would pay, it gave me the opportunity to

Build-A-Figure's Revisted

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  Credit to @WrestlingDaze Welcome back all but if it's your first time visiting the site, thanks for checking us out, I hope you'll be back.  A while back, I did a blog giving a history of sorts of the BAF (Build-A-Figures) but this time I want to revisit the line and talk a bit more in depth. I am a big fan of the line, I don't have them all, not by a long shot but I have some of the rarer ones which I'll get onto as we go along. I think the idea is a very good one from a business point of view, as many have the same or similar moulds as the majority of BAF's are figures in suits there's not much new tooling that is needed by the factory, maybe just for the heads. As some come with basic sets it's another way for Mattel to get collectors to buy basics which they probably wouldn't normally do, I have done this myself to try and get parts for a particular one, and I have to say, the basic figures I needed to do this were very expensive but the parts were