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.

Mattel Vs Jakks Pacific

I just bought the new spring action WWE Superstar Raw ring by Mattel. I can assure you that this ring is way better than the junk that Jakks Pacific makes. I already have the Jakks Pacific Rocky III ring and that is one of the worst rings I have ever had. I got my first WWE Raw ring when I was 8 years old back in 1997 and that was a bigger ring than the Rocky ring. Now lets cut to the chase with the review. The Jakks Pacific Rocky III ring is the same size as the Mattel Superstar Raw ring. Now here's where the similarities end. Assembling the Jakks Pacific ring is a pain in the ass. The reason for it being such a pain is because the ropes are not pre tied so when you do tie the ropes you have a huge knot sticking out of the turnbuckle. This leads to the second pain in the ass, the turnbuckle posts. The Second thing almost all wrestling fans hate about Jakks Pacific rings is that the turnbuckle posts cave in. What I mean by when they cave in is that the lunge forward when the ropes hooked around them. Now the Jakks Rocky ring has a rope bounce mechanism which is pretty crappy enough said.
  Now the Mattel WWE Superstar Raw ring. As I said earlier the Mattel ring is the same size as the Jakks Pacific one. The Mattel ring wasn't a pain in the ass to assemble. In fact it was a breeze to assemble because the ropes were pre tied and so you wouldn't have to spend time trying to not have a big knot when you assemble the ring. All you have to do is put the turnbuckles in the holes and hookup the ropes. Another factor is that the ropes are now tighter than the Jakks Pacific one. The Only other assembly required was putting the WWE sticker in the center of the ring, putting 12 WWE stickers on the turnbuckle pads, and putting the Raw stickers on the two sides of the ring. The ring has a spring bounce action instead of a rope bounce action.
   The real winner here is the Mattel Ring. It's easier to assemble and more enjoyable.