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Welcome back if you have been here before and if it is your first time, thanks for checking the blog out and hopefully you'll be back for more. Today I am going to take a look at the Flashback series from Mattel, each figure in the 3 sets came with something extra, either a part to a set or a BAF (Build A Figure) so let's get started. As a fan of legends in the Mattel releases, I was looking forward to this line to see what we would get. Each series had 4 figures and the first series started off with Mean Gene Okerlund. Okerlund is probably more known for his time with the WWF but started off in the AWA before that and then would go on to work in WCW. This figure is a WWF based one, comes in a blue jacket with the option to swap it for a red one, I think the blue one is better myself. I have never really been into collecting managers, interviewers, ring announcers etc. but every now and then, something will crop up that I think is neat and I will try and get it. So, this set w...

Welcome back guys, so after my introduction last time I want to talk figures, we all have our favourite lines and when pushed we can prob single out a favourite figure and that is what I want to talk about today. My favourite line since Mattel has had the contract to make WWE figures is the Legends line. They started with the line right at the beginning back in 2010 and there have been some tremendous figures in the series. The first series (left) saw The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) in their NWA attires, Dusty Rhodes in the outfit he was given when he went to the WWF, the black gear with yellow polka dots, Sgt Slaughter in an outfit based around his look in the AWA, Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat* and as of typing this, the ONLY figure from the original line I am still looking for, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin complete with entrance vest and Austin 3:16 T-shirt.** *Steamboat had never had a figure released by JAKKS in the previous WWF deal which frustrated a lot of col...