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I have written previously about the Ultimate Edition figures; you can find that piece HERE but with new ones being released since I wrote that and images of future ones hitting the interwebs, I thought I'd do another piece. The Ultimate Edition line is a great line from Mattel, many had reservations due to the higher price point and figure wise the change in the bodies from the Elite look however, overall, the figures are amazing and there are still people trying to get hold of the older ones. As a prominent Youtuber said, people are collecting a loose and MOC figure of each released thinking they may go the way of the Defining Moment line which even though some have been in clearance sections in their times, are very sought after. Of course, I like doing Top 5 lists, mainly of one particular wrestler in Elite form plus Ultimate Edition form if said wrestler has had one. The last 2 lists I compiled (Ric Flair/Ultimate Warrior) both featured their UE figures. The Ultimate Edition fi...

With the upcoming Broken Skull Sessions interview between Steve Austin & Chris Jericho airing on the WWE Network/Peacock, it got me thinking, what are the best figures of each guy?  I was listening to the Pyramid Wrestling podcast before writing this and they were talking about the upcoming interview and that gave me the idea to write this piece and then the guys had their own discussion of both guys and their thoughts/memories on figures as it is a wrestling figure podcast, a very good one indeed so give them a listen, find them in the usual podcast places. I am more concerned with their Mattel figures, but both had a number of JAKKS ones too and Jericho had maybe at least a couple before that while in WCW, yes, I had the infamous 'Lion Tamer' one which you can see pictured above.  Let's go with Austin first, there's not too much you can do with Austin figures because he just wears the black trunks and boots but still, he's had a few variations, like the Mattel...

A Mattel line that didn't have many figures, just the 4 in fact, were the Best of Attitude Era . I think this line had more legs in it, it was an Amazon exclusive line and 3 out of the 4 figures were in casual clothes and just one in wrestling gear. I have them all and a big fan of 3 of them, 1 of the others, not so much, so let's talk about them. The first one released was Chris Jericho, he was the only one out the 4 that came in wrestling attire and it is a really good figure, not many better Jericho Elite figures out there to be honest. As you can see by the image, comes with a great RAW is Jericho t shirt, microphone and tremendous head/hair sculpt. I think this hasn't been released on any other Elite figure, please let me know if it has. I know it came out, well a similar one at least, in the original Entrance Greats and basic lines. And I have to talk about the tights, gave me ECW vibes with the barbed wire detail. A real good figure and if possible, get it in your co...

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 to my second look at the Defining Moments line, if you didn't read part one, you can see it HERE . So last time I wrote about the first 8 releases in the line, so let's  continue. The ninth release in the line saw the first John Cena of the line, decked out in orange in his 'Thuganomics' phase he came with 2 spinner belts, the US championship and the WWE world  championship. While not a Cena fan, the figure does look great on display.  Also released at this time was what is considered many peoples favourite Defining Moment figure, based on his appearance at the In Your House 'Canadian Stampede' PPV from 1997 - Bret 'Hitman' Hart. It's an iconic look for the Hitman at a great time in wrestling as he comes with the shades, leather jacket, WWF title and Canadian flag. It really is a great figure and even if you can't get all the figures from this line, if you get this one, you have a great figure in your collection. Not easy to get...

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...