By Michael Moore, PWTorch Collectibles specialist

Figure Five Tuesday - Top Toys from TNA Slammiversary Stars

(5) Jeff Hardy Jakks-Pacific TNA Deluxe Impact Full Metal Exclusive. Remember that whacky helmet with the ram horns that Jeff Hardy debuted at last year’s Bound for Glory? The design has apparently been around for a while, because Ringside Collectibles offered up this exclusive figure months before that event.

Jakks has made dozens of Hardy toys during his time in WWE and TNA. In addition to the removable helmet and t-shirt, this figure features intricately detailed four-color face paint and a black outfit with colorful sleeves. It’s still available online for $19.99.




(4) Bully Ray Jakks-Pacific TNA Cross the Line Series 2. Jakks has yet to make an actual Bully Ray figure, but this Team 3D toy from 2010 is as close as you’ll get. OSFTM and Jakks made toys of Bubba Ray from his Dudley days.

This toy has Bully in a black t-shirt and black pants; it is also inexplicably slim for a 2010 Brother Ray toy, a sign of things to come for the current champ. This figure is very tough to find, but still relatively affordable; two-packs usually sell anywhere from $30-50.




(3) Gail Kim Jakks-Pacific TNA Deluxe Impact Series 9. Gail Kim debuted and won her first title in WWE in 2002, but it would be another decade before she got her first figure. During those 10 years, Gail proved herself to be a very competent wrestler in WWE, then one of the absolute best in North America in her time with TNA.

Gail's only toy to date was included in the ninth series of Deluxe Impact toys from Jakks last year. It’s still pretty easy to find for $20 or less.




(2) Chris Sabin Jakks-Pacific TNA Cross the Line Series 2. Don’t be surprised if you’ve never seen this figure. A Motor City Machine Guns two-pack was included in the second series of Cross the Line figures in 2010, but the only Jakks toys to date of Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley are very tough to come by.

On the rare occasion they do show up for sale, loose figures tend to sell for around $30 as a pair, while a packaged set will usually command at least $50. If Sabin soars as X Division champion, demand for this figure may jump even more.




(1) Sting Jakks-Pacific TNA Impact. Ever since the WWF/E bought WCW in 2001, fans have been clamoring for a quality modern-era Sting toy. But, because of Sting’s association with TNA, WWE and Jakks stayed away.

Collectors finally got their wish in 2010, when Jakks took over the TNA line and produced the company’s first Sting toy and his first since WCW’s dying days. Most of the focus was on Sting’s Deluxe Impact Series 1 figure, but this under the radar toy has also caught collectors’s interest.

These toys are similar to the basic Ruthless Aggression WWE toys made by Jakks through 2009. They are slightly smaller than the Deluxe Impact toys and don’t figure as many points of articulation, which sometimes cause wobbly legs and midsection on a figure.

The only line of TNA Impact toys from Jakks came out in mid-2010 and was sold at Walgreens stores. Figures were $5.99 each or three for $15. The Sting figure regularly sells now for about $40.




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