Mattel Elite Scale Ring

  One of the greatest things I have ever bought was the Mattel WWE Elite Scale Ring or ESR for short. Now this is one of the most sought after WWE products Mattel has made. Sadly they no longer make it due to what Mattel said was poor sales. I find it hard to believe that this wasn't a big seller because there is currently a high demand for it.
  I bought mine at Big Lots around the 2011 Holiday season for a fraction of what it cost at other retailers. I paid $30 and when it came out it was around $60 when Toys R Us had it. Now the ESR blows the basic rings out of the water because it is more accurate to the real WWE ring. For instance the Elite Scale ring is way bigger and it is true to scale with the Mattel WWE figures. Whereas a basic style ring is smaller and hard to fit 30 figures in. 
   One of the main differences between the basic ring and the ESR is that the ESR has a cloth ringskirt. Earlier versions of the ESR had two ringskirts included, one for RAW and the other for Smackdown. In addition to ringskirts, earlier versions had two different colored sets of ropes one for each of the shows. Unfortunately my ESR was the one that contained only the RAW ringskirt and ropes.
  The ESR is more of a challenge to assemble. You have to hook the pretied ropes to the turnbuckles which can take a few minutes to do. Then you attach the ropes and turnbuckles to the ring posts. Then put on the removable turnbuckle pads which don't require stickers. The base for the ring folds up and underneath you put small pillars into the holes to hoist it up. Also there is a cloth ringmat as well which you clamp down to the sides of the ring.  There is also a removable ring steps.

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Alternate view. of how big it is

A full glimpse of the shelving unit it sits on.

That is how big it is. True to scale Tommy Dreamer is selling Chairs

   One of the most challenging things about an ESR is where do you put it once it is assembled. Well it is too big to fit on a standard dresser. A big metal card table works fine. I used two halves of plastic shelving units to fit my ESR on.