WWE Elite 1-2-3 Kid review (2025) – BAF Nick Aldis wave

1-2-3 Kid made a shocking heel turn when he betrayed his longtime ally, Razor Ramon, to join Ted DiBiase’s Million Dollar Corporation. As one of the showcase members of the stable alongside Sycho Sid, 1-2-3 Kid was a menace battling his former friends.

Mattel has done a few 1-2-3 Kid figures, but he had enough colorful gear and looks that we probably should get a few more. For the 2025 BAF Nick Aldis wave, we get 1-2-3 Kid from the 1995 Survivor Series in a look that works for both his heel and face run.

Let’s see if this version of The Kid deserves full respect or if he needs a bottle and a seat in the corner.

Packaging: Mattel likes to run with themes, and the camouflage pattern is a nice touch with the Survivor Series War Games branding. It is a little weird that Mattel kept the Canadian flag version of the Survivor Series logo. I still wish the window were longer to make it easier to see all the accessories particularly the BAF piece.

There is a cramped image of 1-2-3 Kid on the side and a larger image of the BAF Nick Aldis. The left side features the full image of Kid while the right side shows his name, which makes it easier to see which figure you’re grabbing from the peg. Over on the back, Mattel provided a nice number of stats and a solid write-up specific to the S. Series 95 match.

Likeness: To play into his heel mode, Mattel gave this 1-2-3 Kid a more serious expression although it still can work for the era he had more of his perm hairstyle while teaming with Razor.

The likeness is very good while the hair sculpt is even better capturing the fuller, stringy, wet look he rocked in 95. I’m being ridiculously picky here, but it looks like his headband could have been just a tad bit lower to basically but up against his eyebrows. It’s close enough however.

Mattel gave 1-2-3 Kid the smallest torso in their toolbox, which is clearly the best option. I’m torn on his arms and shoulders as Sean Waltman started developing his arms and shoulders a bit more in 95 although I’m not sure if they still shouldn’t be a bit smaller.

He’s got the appropriately sized smaller knee pads and his standard kick pads.

Scale:  1-2-3 Kid looked short next to Razor Ramon (6’7″), Diesel (6’10”) and Sycho Sid (6’9″), but he wasn’t tiny at 6’1″.  He’s taller than his former teammate, the 5’11” Marty Janetty, who I wish were able to get more figures made beyond the first Rockers figure we got from Mattel.

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Paint: 1-2-3 Kid gets his signature color scheme from 95 as he largely wore purple, white and red gear with some black and gold accents. Mattel did some really nice work here as the gold lining of the singlet is mostly clean.

In a rarity for Mattel, the tampo of 1-2-3 had some scrapes and missing paint. That’s very atypical for Mattel. I’ll try to track down another version since it’s the front of his gear that has the paint issues.

Besides the tampo, the white is nice and bright. Mattel has finally cracked the code on a stark, vibrant deep purple. That looks great and helps make every other color pop.

Articulation: 1-2-3 Kid was a highly skilled daredevil who threw himself at his opponents to account for his lack of size. Since Mattel hasn’t made a male wrestler as small as The Kid in the Ultimate Edition line any molds they use would be too big for him.

That also means this Elite figure still doesn’t have the best articulation setup due to the lack of butterfly shoulders, but it’s a lot better thanks to the double-jointed elbows.

1-2-3 Kid has:

• neck
• bicep
• ball-jointed shoulders
• elbows (double-jointed)
• wrists
• wrist hinge
• torso
• waist
• hips
• thighs
• knees (double-jointed)
• ankles

Accessories: 1-2-3 Kid is not one of those Mattel figures that gets a lot of accessories although they probably could have given him an additional head sculpt possibly with the confident smile shown on the package.

He does get two alternate sets of hands — one with grip hands and the other with the Kliq sign.

Finally, he comes with the head of the BAF Nick Aldis, which is helpful if you want to make a custom Magnus figure. As far as accessories go, 1-2-3 Kid comes up a little short.

Worth it?  I found 1-2-3 Kid at Target and grabbed him for $24.99 and then used a coupon to take him down to $20. He’s a solid figure, but the lack of accessories does hurt some of his value especially since his BAF piece is so small.

Rating: 9,5 out of 10

Mattel largely delivered on this Million Dollar Corporation version of 1-2-3 Kid provided you get a good paint job.

Where to Get it? 123 Kid is at retail at Target, but you can grab him now on Amazon.

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