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Hello all, another week, another blog. First off, thanks to those who have been in touch telling me how you are liking the blogs, it's really appreciated but please, keep the feedback coming, I need to know what you think I need to improve on etc. Also, if there is anything figure related you want me to write about, let me know. So, we are in Wrestle Mania season and we all know, the night before WM is the Hall of Fame, so today I will take a look at the Hall of Fame figures released by Mattel. By the time I had started collecting Mattel figures the HOF figures were well established so I was playing catch up, had to see what was out and what I could get my hands on for a reasonable price. I have to be honest, I can't recall in what order I got the HOF figures I have so let's just have a run through them in the order they came out. Series 1 was a set of 4 figures, I have 3 or 2 out of the 4 depending on how you look at it, I'll explain. So, in the series we had a 'St...

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...