Monday Night Wars Elites: the newest Walmart fiasco

The Monday Night Wars elite line has been highly anticipated and popular. This post will serve as a running checklist, with photos and notes as the line progresses.

Checklist:

Series 1:

  • Scott Hall
  • Hulk Hogan
  • Stone Cold Steve Austin
  • Undertaker
  • Lex Luger (Build-a-Figure)

Series 2:

  • Kevin Nash
  • Rey Mysterio Jr
  • Triple H
  • Fake Diesel
  • Referee Teddy Long (Build-a-Figure)

Series 3:

  • Booker T (also chase version)
  • Stevie Ray (also chase version)
  • The Rock
  • Rob Van Dam
  • The Disciple (Build-a-Figure)

Series 4:

  • Diamond Dallas Page (also chase version)
  • Curt Hennig
  • Stone Cold Steve Austin
  • Big Boss Man
  • Shawn Michaels (Build-a-Figure)

Series 5:

  • Syxx
  • Ultimate Warrior
  • Razor Ramon
  • Lita
  • Dusty Rhodes (Build-a-Figure)

Series 6:

  • British Bulldog
  • Kane
  • Hardcore Hak
  • Booker T (also chase version)
  • Golga (Build-a-Figure)

Series 7:

  • Hollywood Hogan
  • The Great Muta (with chase version)
  • Albert
  • Jerry The King Lawler
  • Ted DiBiase (Build-A-Figure)

Let’s look at the Monday Night Wars Elites:

Series 1:

Found Series 1 in the wild
The full series 1 with Build-a-figure Lex Luger
Series 1 arrived on Wrestlemania shippers.
Fake Diesel, Kevin Nash, Rey Mysterio, Triple H

Fortunately, I was able to find all of these in one round.

The complete series 2 with build-a-figure Teddy Long

Series 3, brings us Chases:

Series 3 proved to be incredibly difficult to obtain, I finally managed all four through a combination of many, many store trips, and luckily getting Stevie and RVD from the Walmart site. I did find a Blue Booker T, but no Stevie.

Monday Night Wars Elites Series 4:

Series 4 was another difficult set to obtain. I was able to grab Austin first, then Hennig and DDP with light jeans. Bossman was the harder one to find, but eventually the Walmart site came through for me. I never spotted the dark jeans DDP in person.

Series 5:

The story continues with Series 5. I had all of these on pre-order, waiting patiently. I began to find them one by one, starting with Razor Ramon, then Lita, and the regular version of Syxx. I was able to cancel those pre-orders. Warrior eventually arrived as planned, thankfully. I’ve yet to see the chase version of Syxx.

Series 6:

Series 6. Not pictured: Chase Booker, Hardcore Hak. This wave came with Golga as the Build-a-Figure.

Series 6 came together one by one, but not without complications.

  • I had preordered Bulldog, Booker, and Kane when the preorder window opened.
  • Then the fateful email came, where Kane and Booker were cancelled, and Bulldog was delayed.
  • Bulldog did eventually arrive.
  • For a very brief window, I was able to order Booker and wildly enough, they sent a chase version.
  • With a lot of word that the annual Wrestlemania shippers were hitting, I picked up the pace on checking stores and was able to bring home Kane and eventually Booker.
  • I had to admit defeat and order Had on eBay, although I did spot him in a store (of course).

Greatest Hits? Yep

Series 1:

  • Shawn Michaels
  • Triple H
  • Eddie Guerrero
  • Bam Bam Bigelow
  • Vincent (Build-a-Figure)

Series 2:

  • Ken Shamrock
  • Stone Cold Steve Austin
  • Bret Hart
  • Diamond Dallas Page
  • Gorilla Monsoon (Build-a-Figure)

Series 7: