Why Do We Collect Wrestling Figures?

[@peterwiersma4157]

I have autism and wrestling is one of the few things in life , I truly enjoy and collecting has helped me through the darkest of times. Now I need to create an epic Wrestling - room , just like yours. Thanks for this awesome channel , Jimmy.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Thank you for sharing this with us dude. 😊

[@safedangerband]

This is awesome! Keep collecting and living/loving wrestling 🤘

[@peterwiersma4157]

@safedangerband Absolute , my man!

[@keithgimino3018]

I’ve been collecting for my entire life… I’m now 50yo, so the LJNs were my and my brothers childhood…. 6 years ago we lost him tragically and now more than ever they mean more to me and still do! It’s hard to stop but I love the chase. Thank you for the content. KG🇺🇸

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. But it’s lovely that you shared collecting wrestling figures and that you continue to do that. Yeah there is definitely a thrill in the chase. That is a huge part of the fun. Thank you for watching and sharing this story with us. Much appreciated. 😊

[@skmontages2148]

It’s a physical representation of our love for wrestling. And it’s hard to explain that to non wrestling fans because there’s nothing like wrestling out there. It doesn’t stop, the storylines, characters, emotions all make us feel on a weekly basis and at the end of the day it’s a physical form of our love for this that we get to own. Im 23 now and I’m more into collecting figures than I was as a child when I had the imagination to play with them. You really have to be in the know to know and it’s a fun thing to be a part of. As long as you don’t go overboard with spending and it brings you some form of happiness there is NO reason to be ashamed or hold back on it. I see myself doing it forever tbh :)

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

That’s the thing it’s hard to explain that to those that are not in to it themselves. I’m glad you see yourself doing it forever 😊

[@CirilloRuca]

Bingo!

[@GandalfGreyhame3]

Sometimes it's really just that simple, "they look so cool!" It's the reason I collect, and also because looking at my collection makes me happy!

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

They are just so damn cool though aren’t they 😊

[@Nihilanth1982]

hasbro are timeless. i dont watch wrestling anymore, i was in/out of wrestling quite abit, my favourite era range was 87-99. i appreciate wrestling toys look more advanced than the cartoony hasbro, but to me hasbro will always be the best. theyre just perfect and capture personality and imagination as opposed to modern figs which might look literal. i never bought a wrestling ring. my dad who was a carpenter made one from spare offcuts from the building site, and the ropes my mum got these colourful elastic thick strings from the local market back in the day. during summer times off primary and even secondary school i used to write up match lineups of PPVs including some 'imaginary' wrestlers from toys of other TV programmes, and it was just FUN, man. this was 30 years ago. i miss those figures very much. theyre long gone now. i'll always treasure them. they were some of the best things in my life. we had the best toys in the 80s and early 90s - thundercats, he-man, ghostbusters, turtles, WWF wrestlers, even simpsons and thunderbirds. wish i could build a time machine and go back there. unlike you i have no kids or family of my own so theres that part that i miss too, it makes me cry...

[@stevenbligh9187]

I just love collecting wrestling figures it's definitely an obsession for me & they really look amazing on display.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

It really is an obsession isn’t it. It’s something many people wouldn’t be able to understand.

[@paulcooper7942]

I'm the same

[@JuanTena-z3m]

I'm 24 years old.. I'm collecting the action figures because I like wrestles.. and I collecting dragon ball z because I loved it... 🎉

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Awesome stuff dude 😊

[@paulcooper7942]

I love collecting them, love how they look, got them all boxed on shelves, not a loose collector, started 4 years ago, got over 200 wwe, aew and wwe funkos, my mum and daughter think I've got too many, even got my mate buying them now lol

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Many reasons aren’t there. They look great for one. Thank you for sharing dude. 😊

[@johnbolt806]

Hi I’m 63 and I collect figures. My wife and family buy me them for Christmas but give me a funny look when I open them. I have that many now I need a bigger boat :)

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Haha completely feel you on that one. I’ve outgrown my space too 🙈

[@sofakingretro4148]

“Because” - The Rock

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

🤣👍🏼

[@diforent]

Great video! I’ve watched wrestling most of my life. I still remember my dad waking me up in the middle of the night to watch HBK vs Bret Hart at WrestleMania. I’ve only really started to collect the figures this past year though. I’m like you and just love the look of them. I don’t play with them. I display them MOC. I feel I started to collect the figures because I can now finally afford to. When I was younger in the ‘Jakks titantron’ days my parents bought me a few but I didn’t have the money to buy all the ones I wanted. My wife watches wrestling with me sometimes but doesn’t get why I like to collect the figures. We’ve had a few arguments around it in the past. She believes it’s childish. “They’re just stupid toys”. I won’t change though. I love collecting the figures. Lots of great figures revealed at Ringside Fest to look forward to next year.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Really appreciate you sharing your story with us dude. It’s just something that most don’t quite understand isn’t it.

[@Jasons.electric1.0]

I collect figures because when i look at them they bring me joy and remembering the good times! Figures also inspire me too b great at everything i do!!

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Love that 😊

[@Jimmyfiggs23]

I've always wanted to collect action figures as a child, but I wasn't able to now being an adult it's definitely my hobby and it's gotten very large and it looks more like a museum of past days and my family and my fiance's family are always impressed by it keep collecting my friend!!

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

At least they are impressed by it, that’s great to hear. 😊 thanks for sharing that with us dude. 😊

[@texasstudentathleteacademy5471]

I have about 54 wrestlers in my collection now over the past 2 years. It’s definitely nostalgia and just brings back childhood memories.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Totally agree 😊

[@JesseJizzle100]

It's therapeutic and gives me a since of creativity at times.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Therapeutic, yeah, I get that. Definitely. I tell you what in fact was therapeutic, I did a video not long so long ago where I ripped a whole bunch of my MOC’s open, now that once I got going was quite therapeutic. Except the back ache I got during it 🙈 if you get a chance you should check the video out lol. Cheers for sharing with us dude.

[@sampritchard610]

Couldn’t have said it better myself. Spent a shit ton and have no regrets. The feeling of getting a new figure and the nostalgia is unmatched.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

It really is fantastic isn’t it 😊

[@twentyoneplusvideo0472]

I have been a wrestling fan since 1984, took a 16 year break in the mid 2000's. Started watching again around pandemic times, but could not get into the no crowds. Ive been watching pretty regularly since WM38 and Cody's return. I had a bunch of the Hasbro's in my youth and later collected a lot of Jakks figures. Sold them off around 2001 and regretted it. I discovered Mattel elites in 2023, when I found out they still make figures from when I was the BIGGEST fan, 1985-2005. So I started getting some of the golden era guys, then added some attitude era guys, dabbled with a few of the modern era guys, then latched on to Cody Rhodes. In about 18 months, I have amassed a HUGE collection. I realized that it keeps me focsed on something other than the shite politics and real world responsibilities. I work a job that is literally back breaking, I figured at 51 it's time to allow myself to enjoy something. I am not a smoker, drinker, gambler, I just don't do those things. This is become a fun hobby for me. I like taking photos of them and showing off my collection from time to time. I even started making short youtube video reviewing and showing the figures off. I am not a figure expert, but I know wrestling and I know what I would like to see in wrestling figures. It's a lot more fun than constantly wondering why we don't have universal healthcare in this country.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

This was a great read. Thank you for that. It’s a shame you sold off a lot of your collection but it’s great to hear that you rekindled your love for wrestling tans the hobby of figure collecting. Suffice to say that nostalgia is a big part of why you collect?

[@hco.brandon_lee9080]

I think a huge part of it is nostalgia. Similarly, I always had them when I was younger. I was the kid with the “wrasslers” in my family while everyone else was into other things. Of course there were common interests like comic characters, power rangers, and turtles. Even those things for me carried over too with collecting. Having things to represent your fandom isn’t so misunderstood, just something with “action figures” get convoluted. I don’t play with any thing out side of posing a new toy or when I have to dust and decide to change them up. That’s where I get second thoughts on the direction of my hobby. Why do I need an action figure with accessories and multiple points of articulation when i don’t utilize any of it. I often think statues would have been a better route. But then there’s the availability to get pieces that represent my fandoms. And they’re usually more expensive. I think the attractive thing about massed produced figures is the price and distribution (those things are debatable too though lol). I only buy certain characters and don’t need every look/costume, or get caught up in chasing definitive versions. My collection, to me still feels more personal and fits my space. But I love to show my wife pictures and videos of the Kyle Petersons to show her it could be worst!

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Lol yeah Kyle has an insane collection. He has rooms upon rooms of figures and collectibles. But again who’s it harming? Thanks for the comment dude, I hope you keep on collecting. 😊

[@robertkomninos4220]

Man, that’s funny bro, I’m in the same position that I’ve been in since I was 12, but it was for play and now it’s for display, they look awesome, Attitude era for me, but still watch these days, great video!

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Cheers dude. Thanks for watching and commenting. Appreciate it. 😊

[@ruecru2976]

I started collecting again 2 1/2 years ago. Dedicated a whole room to it. All moc. I guess it’s nostalgia and being able to travel to my younger days. Love it. Collection it’s about 400 mint on card deep. Mostly elites and ultimates from Mattel and about 80 jakks classic superstars. I’m 48 and don’t see myself quitting any soon.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Thank you for commenting my friend. Yeah I feel nostalgia is a big part of it for a lot of us, whether we realise it or not. But subconsciously I do believe it’s a big part. 😊

[@comicbookguygamecat]

I don't really have much of a collection at the moment but i collect them because i want to.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

And they really should be enough reason shouldn’t it 😊

[@joseortega7815]

I've always had wrestling figures since I was a child. I grew up in the San Fernando Valley. We had a couple of Swap Meets that we would frequent. I would buy AAA/CMLL figures from Mexico. And I would get those old thumb wrestlers and a couple of LJNs. Later on, we moved to Houston for a year and that's when I got deep into WWF Bone Crunchers and WCW ToyBiz. I lost my collection a long time ago because we moved around a lot, and my mom wouldn't haul my figures. But recently, during 2020, I got back into collecting. I'm limiting it to WWE Elites and a few Basics. Mainly sticking with guys from The Attitude Era/Monday Night Wars. I have a WWF/DX/Ministry roster on one side. And I have a WCW/NWO/Wolfpac roster on another side. I just do it for the nostalgia. Takes me to a better time.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Nostalgia certainly seems to be a huge and very popular reason. 😊

[@rpf8949]

I relate it to a painting or art. There’s just a certain aesthetic that triggers, memories and joy and meaning for me, when it comes to collecting any action figure. For example, I have a sting collection. Sting is always represented everything that I wanted to be as a kid Back when he was the colorful surfer character. Then when he transitioned to the crow character, he resonated with me even more because I was always a quiet introvert. And each wrestler or character represents a certain aspect of my personality or identity or values.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Completely understand dude. Defo a great way of looking at it.

[@papimauri6172]

Grown women be like dam you got a lot of figures lol 😅

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

When I say I bring home 6 figures a month, I don’t think this is quite what they had in mind 🤣

[@safedangerband]

I use to collect as a kid up through early high school then just stopped and slowly got out of wrestling. Fast forward 10 years later to having my first kid and fast forward another year when he picked out Bret Hart (my favorite of all time) Ultimate edition rekindled my love for wrestling and now he will be 4 on the 15th and we absolutely love it. Watching, collecting, and now I’m back totally immersed in wrestling. It’s the best and there is nothing like it. Killer collection man!

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

That’s awesome to hear that you share the passion with your son. 😊 Thank you for sharing dude.

[@Zach-vt2ze]

I have a couple reasons as to why i started collecting again. I got a few figures here and there when i was a kid and fell out of love with wrestling cause of the creative direction. Always kept up with it but didn’t watch consistently until the bloodline story started. I like the idea of collecting something and i like how they look on display, i always take them out of the box and love to pose them and take pictures with the attitude era ring i own. The way figs have evolved and how they look on display just is super appealing to me. Also i think keeping a part of your childhood alive is important, it just brings me happiness to me and i know other people. (also i like spending money lol) There’s too many reasons to list why to collect

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Yeah I think it’s good to keep a part of your childhood alive. Nothing wrong with that is there. 😊

[@KRamOfficialYoutube]

Nostalgia of course, and because we grew up unable to get toys, or even shoes, like Jordans, and now we can, so we do. Fulfilling.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Yeah very true

[@thatrandomgoat9675]

You nailed it basically for me. They are just super cool looking, and they aren’t “toys” they are action figures that I love to pose then put on my shelf and just look at. All the detail fascinates me. I usually take the figures out of the box but keep the box in mint condition. I don’t have many interest but the WWE and wrestling in general is my #1 interest and they figures just represent my love for the sport.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Yeah totally, cool looking and represent our favourite guys and gals in the sport that we all so very much love and enjoy. 😊

[@jaysinclare6479]

I relate to you a lot. I’ve been collecting WWE figures since 1990s and still doing it. I keep them MOC now as I’ve outgrown playing with them

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

I was mostly MOC for a long time, started going loose mostly for space reasons but also the figures were getting so good that I felt they needed to be displayed out of the box. They don’t get played within just displayed.

[@smogr_mania]

To me, it’s just collecting my favourites. Plus it’s fun as well

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Thanks for commenting dude. It sure is fun. We get it. Many others don’t lol. How are you anyway dude? Feel like it’s been a while since we spoke lol.

[@smogr_mania]

@ I’m all good thanks dude, busy with work and life, but getting there. How’s u and the fam?!?

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

@ we’re good thanks dude. 😊

[@jimtheyid]

Started collecting neca horror and movie,then saw Mattel elite LOD on eBay and 160figs,8 months later and I've got shelves and shelves of them. Addictive. But no drink,drugs or football anymore and blokes need hobbies

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

True story.

[@GamerNRetro]

I was always captivated by wrestling figures since I was maybe 5? My older cousins had Hasbros and the old ring and I remember playing with those long time ago. I later on went to collect BCAs, Titan Tron Lives, then stopped in maybe 2001. Later on I got back into fig collecting in maybe 2014 or so. Now that I have more expendable income I've been able to collect all the stuff I only heard about as a kid and its fantastic.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

That’s awesome. Yeah there is definitely something to that as we couldn’t afford as kids to buy what we wanted, but now we can, do we do. 😊

[@deanjenkins5746]

Been collecting since 2018. There`s nothing like finding a figure you`ve been looking for and adding to the collection. 😁

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Totally agree with that 😊

[@r.hewlin8328]

Balor clock is cool... we're the new version of the old ladies back in the day that collected "precious moments" figures and dolls. Lol. I'm literally on Ringside Collectibles as I'm watching this. I'm 39.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Cheers dude. I actually received that clock in a secret Santa a few years back lol. Ringside, amazing site but damn us here in the UK get stung my shipping and import from Ringside. Great deals turn in to not so great deals for us. We really need a Ringside euro shop. 🙈

[@r.hewlin8328]

@@Jimmy_Wrestling yeah that is terrible. I also collect other lines like Marvel Legends and a lot of fellow collectors from UK always express how they get the short end of the stick when it comes to international distribution. Especially the crowd funded stuff like Haslabs. I figured Mattel would be a little better in that regard but I see it's tough either way.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

@r.hewlin8328 Ringside is the worst though, the postage is calculated per item. So rather than buying a few figures and all bundled in to 1, they do it per item, costs us a fortune. Suffice to say I don’t order much from ringside for that reason.

[@WOFandG]

This video has my mind going wild, I may even have to do my own version with a detailed explanation like you. Short version from me, it's all I have 😂

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

🤣🤣 either way mate, cheers for watching as always broski.

[@matthewemmons5953]

The Bam and Bossy Coliseum Collection are so freaking awesome

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Yeah they look so good. Certainly on my want list.

[@ADAM_COLLECTS]

I do because they remind me of my childhood. They were like He-man but they were real. Larger than life, stronger than 100 men, muscles on muscles…. and then you find out a lot of them were very human, flawed and otherwise not someone i’d want to socialise with. I collect them, pose them and just go back to a simpler time. I can enjoy wrestling with my kids and they get the fun that i did.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

That’s awesome that you enjoy both with your kids too 😊

[@LHW2024]

I completely agree with you, Jimmy, but I personally have loved the business ever since I can remember and one reason (the big reason) I buy the figures is I love to make action figure matches and if I didn't do that then hell I'd buy 'em for just displaying them

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

We all have our reasons, and honestly when I was younger yeah I had a roster and title belts for them all. Now though my reason is much different, just for display purposes now.

[@Jet_Electro]

I don’t collect wrestling figures but if the wrestlers from the old AWA and NWA/Jim Crockett Promotions (and other territories pre-WCW and WWE) were made in an accurate and dedicated series I think I would. I liked the old WWF up to a point but the NWA was more prominent on TV so I watched hours of it on weekends back in the mid eighties and also attended shows in Johnson City, TN (Great American Bash 86-88.). So many great characters and feuds: Midnight Express, RnR Express, Nikita and Ivan Koloff, Original Four Horseman with Ole, Landell, Valiant, Garvins, Buzz Sawyer, Tommy Rich old school Road Warriors, Dusty and Magnum TA, Wahoo and definitely the Mulkey Brothers and more. Those would make a great collection and display, period correct ring and all.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

They would make a cracking display for sure 😊

[@matthewemmons5953]

I'm 44 and I collect because when I finally get a cool legends figure that for those few minutes of unboxing, posing around the figure I completely forget I'm 44 and broke down and I'm back in the 80s and 90s

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Takes us back to our youth doesn’t it. Simpler times. 😊

[@mr.perksy]

I started watching in 84/85 as never stopped. As far as collecting I still have all my Hasbro and LJN collection. I absolutely love those figures. I don’t collect the new figures like Mattel or Jakks because it’s just too much and don’t have anywhere to put them. But I love wrestling figures just something about them

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

At least you still have your hasbros and LJN’s 😊 they were special figures.

[@japesjunior]

I get wrestling action figures as a collectible (investment to accrue value), posing figures if their box is damaged and for photos / KZbin content. My friends collect and others know it’s my hobby so not made fun of and GF collects other things so she can’t make fun 😂. Your collection looks sick and hope it grows.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Thank you dude and yeah the collection is ever growing 😊

[@ajwf]

Why…. Because I want to 👊🏻

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

A respectful answer

[@marksanders2067]

Wasn't that a bille piper song

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Haha yeah you’re right it was 🤣

[@JMcPeake]

Been collecting for number of years now especially Hasbro's loose and on the card childhood memories. Just by looking at them brings back memories

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Yeah I feel that’s what a lot of it is isn’t it. Brings back memories. Nostalgia as it were. 😊

[@philmcginlay4256]

Always been a wrestling fan since first watching WWE (or rather, WWF) back in 1990 on Sky One. Something I've never really grown out of and hey, wrestling is just silly and fun. Too many things now a days in the world are overly serious so why not induldge in something for a bit of entertainment? It's one of these things that I feel those who "get it" it'll just resonate and click with them right away like it did for myself. Those who don't get it and can't see wrestling for what it is never will get it. And that's fine. Just wish those who don't like it will stop saying to us things like "you do know it's fake, right?". We know what wrestling is. 😂 I had loads of Hasbro's as a kid but grew out of the toys era before hitting my teens and it never really crossed my mind to ever get back into it as a hobby during my adult years. Late 2019 had done a bit of renovating of my room and had some cabinets that my TV now sat on top of but nothing to really put in them for displaying. But not long before that, i'd really gotten into watching Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins doing their Fig Hunting videos (Figure It Out!) on WWE's KZbin so I guess watching a lot of that content kind of gave me the itch. So figured I'd buy a few of my faves as they'd just be good to display in my man-cave. So bought some initially to fill out those cabinets then it turned into a sort of mild pass time and then that little thing came along in early 2020 called Coronavirus and well seeing as we couldn't do much or go anywhere I needed something to stop me from going insane in lockdown so this mild pass time became a full on hobby with shopping online for figures extensively. So here we are in 2024, 39 years old, and i'm still collecting. My man-cave is basically now a WWE figure cave. Got over 500+ now. 😄

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

That’s an impressive number to say when you started. 😊 thanks for sharing this with us dude. Great read. 😊

[@dorydeviance3774]

I was heavy into building rosters and territories. I guess it's similar to sports trading cards

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Everyone has their ways of collecting, that is a cool way. 😊

[@lilfoobie1743]

Stop motion and it’s a fun hobby

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Awesome. Do you have a channel / insta where we can check it out at all?

[@lilfoobie1743]

@ well I’m currently getting stuff together to start it the beginning of next month and I’ll come back and let everyone know. Ty !

[@bal5884]

Loving that shirt fella, got a sub for that alone 👍 PS I used to be a massive WWF fan 86-94 Bret Hart was and still is my favourite, had a ton of Hasbros back in the day as well

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Thanks for the sub dude, appreciate it. We winning the league this season you think? Man I hope so 😅

[@bal5884]

@@Jimmy_Wrestling I wish mate, squad is not good enough for me

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

@bal5884 clinical number 9 is what we’re missing I think. I like Havertz, but he’s not the answer is he. Jesus hasn’t hit any kind of form this season yet. I think we find that clinical striker and we’re there. Been so close the last 2 seasons…

[@bal5884]

@@Jimmy_Wrestling Agree, can't afford to lose Odegaard again. Jesus is terrible, can't hit a barn door 😅

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

@ yeah I just don’t know what’s up with Jesus at the moment. But yeah Odegaard he is the glue isn’t he. He’s a special player. Sees things others don’t and puts balls in to areas nobody else can. Our most important player for me.

[@gerardoconnor1010]

Wrestling collectables 👍 Gooners jersey 👎 😂😂😂 Great video dude and always do what you enjoy and have fun with it,I collect all sorts 🙌😎 Much respect 🫶🏻🇮🇪😎

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Cheers dude. But please don’t tell me you’re a Spurs fan 🤣

[@CirilloRuca]

It honestly comes from love. Me personally, I LOVE WWE period, ane basically wrestling as whole, partially because I wrestle for fun today and I've been to many wrestling events that hold special memories. I was a fan as a kid, I'm 27 currently. I use to have Jakks and early Mattel but as a kid I ruined em. I started officially collecting WWE Elites when I was 19. Looking at my case where they sit, it's gorgeous to look at. My family loved it. Sure, I get asked weird questions and why by men and women. But at the end of the day, it's a hobby that breaks no laws.🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Exactly dude. Brings no harm to anyone, breaks no laws. Just a fun hobby.

[@tonybyrnziee]

Frist of all my brother another amazing video seriously your content and wrestling is what gets me through my day's, wresting always been a massive part of me call it real love of my life even though it's a hobby, but it's gotten me through so many dark times and still does and like you I love my games, wrestling or collecting little things not as much as I would like too but little bits and like you I got mocked, laughed at me because love wrestling, and my parents, people and especially my wife always saying you don't need that garbage, why are you getting this, that, and she absolutely hates everything to do with wrestling but like that it's apart of me always has been and always will be, take it or leave but it's one them tough questions as to why do we

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

It really is a tough question to answer, and I know people look at my collection and think ‘what a nutcase’ but I bring no harm to anyone with it and it makes me happy. Thank you for your kind worlds also dude. Makes me feel what I do more worthwhile 😊

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

A better question is why do you collect funko pops? I see some in the background 😂. I collect action figures because of nostalgia and because its fun. I enjoy posing and taking pictures of them. My wife tolerates my collecting and actually helps me find some 😂

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Tbf I’m not as big in to the funkos like I used to be. I’ll maybe get the odd one I really like. But again thought they were cool. 😊

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

@Jimmy_Wrestling it's all good man. By the way I started my wrestling figures collection with the WWF hasbros too. Still have a bunch of them. Also have the WCW galoob figures from 1990 or 91

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

@GameTime-yj6qv something very special about the hasbros and the galoobs. 😊

[@80sobsessive]

I think collecting Hasbro's has literally saved my life.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Wow, really?

[@80sobsessive]

@Jimmy_Wrestling honestly, before throwing myself into collecting I was a mess. I am right now sat in front of my detolf just smiling (it helps that I have given a lot of them santa hats...poundland battery operated lights...just twist the hats off they look incredible) it has given me a lot of joy that I genuinely really needed.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Dude that’s awesome how collecting has helped you. That’s the thing, so many people don’t quite understand how it actually helps. It can be something to take your mind off of things that you’re struggling with and give you a new focus. Thanks for sharing this with us dude.

[@gary.s5322]

Im married im 60 I've been collecting hulk Hogan figures since Hasbro ones,plus many others,family never need to struggle getting grandad,dad husband presents.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

It’s nice that they get you those for Xmas and birthdays 😊

[@TheChadTI]

Very relateable video. For all of us 😅

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Yeah I figured there would be so many others in the same situation. 😊

[@michaelwade9170]

Yeah I'm 43 I have over 4k wrestling figures & I'm a huge Shawn Michaels Fan all my HBK figures have belts on them

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

That’s awesome dude. HBK is for sure a very popular one and some of his outfits look stunning in figure form. Keep it up dude. 😊

[@brandonluke582]

I don’t have a scooby. Good question is why do we support Arsenal still after drawing 1-1 to Fulham

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Haha, oh dear, not the best result but at least not a loss. Still up there. Long way to go yet.

[@brandonluke582]

@@Jimmy_Wrestlingwe need to pray Everton do Liverpool in 😂 Also, love the video mate. I love how we got so much in common with WWE figure collecting and Arsenal 🙏🏼

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

@brandonluke582 Liverpool are due a drop off. Hopefully in January start dropping off lol.

[@matthewemmons5953]

Whaaaaat no Teddy D and Steamer Ultimates? That Million Dollar Man is figure of the year for me

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Tbf I did mean to get it but just didn’t order it. I always get the colosseum figures too. I’ve had some bad experience though with Mattel creations and i think it kind of put me off lol. But they’re still available so probably will get them soon.

[@matthewemmons5953]

@@Jimmy_Wrestling bro teddy looks so good in the soft goods suit. I was wondering plus they had a deal like 30 percent off. You should check it out. I love trying to predict who we'll see next because I loved the LJN figures from the 80s. Ok I know he just signed a deal months back so I'm saying Jesse The Body Ventura with either Mean Gean or Gorilla

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

@matthewemmons5953 awesome. I do plan on getting it. 😊

[@erickvasquez5407]

There is nothing wrong with collecting figs, I am 43 I started selling them then eventually started to collect them. I still watch old WWF videos and current WWE just to see whats hot when I am selling.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Do you trade in 2nd hand figures or do you have an account with Mattel to trade new figs? It’s nice that you collect as well as sell. 😊

[@Simpsons99Gaming]

Was a wrestling fan since 1984 but Netflix has made me stop watching

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Really? How come?

[@Simpsons99Gaming]

@Jimmy_Wrestling because when January comes will not be able to watch raw anymore

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

You won’t purchase Netflix then? I’m guessing you live in the states? For us in the UK the move to Netflix is so much better as it costs a fortune to have sky and BT sports. So now can do away with those and watch on Netflix. Will save me some decent money.

[@Simpsons99Gaming]

@Jimmy_Wrestling no satlight is already costing me way too much

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

@Simpsons99Gaming I understand. As I say I’m cancelling mine.

[@shanemaugham7420]

I have every Bray Wyatt and CM Punk, LOD figures. Collecting is the only good thing in this world. Hammers are rubbish so collecting makes me happy 😂. My step daughter collects because of me and i hope my collection will help my daughter when im gone.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

So, you’re a Hammers fan huh? I don’t know what to say dude, but I’m an Arsenal fan. Interesting game the other night. 🤣🙈 Football aside, yes collecting wrestling figures is fun. It can bring a bit of light to a dull world.

[@shanemaugham7420]

@Jimmy_Wrestling Yeah, unfortunately 😂. I saw your top! It was a strange game but we are rotten from the ground up. On a positive, another pasting will hopefully see Floppy leave but our owners need to be sacked as well. My parents sold most of my 80s figure's, so started collecting again. Marvel, Wwe, Neca. Been to many toy cons. Missus hates it but it keeps me happy and found some grails like the elite lod. My friend owns a toy shop called Retro Maina in Kettering. Keep an eye out on his online store as he gets loads of retro wwe figure's.

[@StevenFay-ls7wx]

Yeah I collect them cause I get excited going to smith toy store and buy them Feel like kid again Makes me feel better buying it

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Man I love a good trip to Smyths. 😊

[@StevenFay-ls7wx]

@Jimmy_Wrestling I also gonna do animations with them hopefully once I figure out how to do it 😀

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

@StevenFay-ls7wx awesome dude. That will be great if you can do that 😊

[@iambatman6201]

we collect wrestling figures because they are cool.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Simple 😊

[@marksanders2067]

45 obsessed with wrestling collect the figures my dad is a pain in the arse with why do I spend money on collecting figures its doing no harm I'm not gambling smoking drinking or spending my hard earned money on drugs I'm spending it on something that takes me back to my youth notagia etc

[@joaquinalcatraz1990]

Why do we collection figurines. Its another form of idolism. We are fans. We use them for decoration just like gardeners and painters. Most of my figures are movie related but i do have wrestlings.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Very true words 😊

[@markw110]

Ive mostly been a fan of rassling in my 20s... and I started collecting toys in my 30s. A bit odd, but it is what it is! 😅. For whatever reason wrestling is the only sport that people think is soley for kids. I grew up during the time of ECW and the Attitude era so I respectfully disagree.

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

No problem with starting your collection in your 30’s. It still represents a very enjoyable time and brings back those memories from when you were a kid watching your heroes back in the attitude era 😊

[@Allen-k6n1o]

Bam Son

[@NeverlandK_]

I appreciate you acknowledging (☝️) women collectors too! For me I collect bc Ive loved wrestling since I was a little girl but also bc I just love action figures and I already collected MOTU before as well as Spawn, horror and video game figures :)

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

No problem, of course I had to acknowledge the female collector. I know that they’re out there. 😊 A love for the business and a love in general for action figures, love it. 😊

[@WheelyamEakaPEBBLES]

I collect kits and figures 🤷‍♂️

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

Football kits?

[@mateyearsago]

Real

[@Jimmy_Wrestling]

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