If you're waiting for the twelfth installment of the "Latest Vintage Jakks Receivings" series of posts, wait no longer...and watch out for that guy's fist.
My latest purchase, as always, comes from eBay in the form of a four-figure boxed set. It's not just a Championship Title Series boxed set, it's a Championship Title Series #2 boxed set.
At least that's what I like to call it, considering this one was released in October 1999 and the first one arrived two years prior to that with the first ever Jakks Pacific title belts.
It should be mentioned that all BCA boxed sets with title belts, which consists of the five listed in this week's poll to the right of your screen, were exclusive to Toys"R"Us stores.
I've waited a while to get my hands on this one again, after a previous purchase years ago resulted in my receiving the first CTS boxed set by mistake from an eBay seller while another buyer kept mine.
I felt that it was the right time to try again, so I nabbed the set shown above for a Best Offer of $16 shipped (which was originally priced at $20).
The figures included are all re-releases except for one: X-Pac, whose yellow/green/black palette is only available in this 4-pack. Not to be confused with Syxx-Pac.
Austin is a re-release of the previous month's 2 Tuff Series 5 assortment, while Kane dates back to Fully Loaded Series 1 and The Rock comes courtesy of the Road Rage Series (a.k.a. Shotgun Saturday Night Series 4).
Three of the four title belts, the Attitude Era "Big Eagle" WWF Championship and the WWF Tag Team Championships, were released in the previous Off The Mat boxed set, whereas Stone Cold's Smoking Skull WWF Championship can only be found here.
The Championship Title Series #2 set also marks the first time that an Intercontinental Championship belt was not included in a themed set such as this.
It would prove to be the last time any BCA figures were released with title belts around their waists since the line was not far off from its conclusion by the fall of 1999.
My take: The second Championship Title Series boxed set doesn't quite live up to the standards of the first version, but it provides everything a wrestling figure collector could want or need.
Big names (Austin, Rock and X-Pac and Kane, who were former tag champs), a few exclusive elements (X-Pac repaint, Smoking Skull belt) and accessories that are relevant to the theme of the boxed set (in this case, Champions = Championships).
Fun fact: On January 23, 1999, Figure Zone relayed information from Jakks Pacific which stated the possibility of an Off The Mat #2 boxed set.
The contents included Road Dogg (with new Hardcore Championship), Jacqueline (with new Women's Championship), Christian (with new Light Heavyweight Championship) and X-Pac (with new European Championship).
The rumored 4-pack was never released.
Until next time, thanks for looking and have a nice day!
- Alex
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