Well, Generations Rattrap has been rumoured for a while and finally thanks to the TFCC front cover it has been confirmed, looks awesome to me and saves me having to track down the Japanese anime version of Rattrap from back in the day. Hope we see a few more Beast Wars figures at Toy Fair, I think Terrorsaur would get my vote! (I am now fully committed to getting the Season 1 cast.)
Not much news of interest otherwise this month, a silhouette has been shown of Masterpiece Wheeljack, good to see he's on his way, some have suggested that he could be retooled in Sunstreaker given the similar transformation. Certainly an interesting idea. In package pictures of Whirl look promising, looking forward to that particular figure.
I've been thinking about my non-TF toys, in particular Power Rangers and Star Wars. I currently have the Bandai USA 2010 4" rangers as well as the 2010 versions of the Megazord and Titanus. I've been eyeing up the Figuarts versions of the Green and White Rangers (after getting Figma Link and Samus I like the idea of super posable figures). I am therefore going to get rid of all of my old stuff except the Dragonzord, then pick up the Figuarts figures plus Tigerzord (then get some nice reprolabels to get it look super shiny). Quality over quantity!
With Star Wars I currently have most of the Transformers Crossovers with miniatures of the characters, because some of them vaguely work in scale. Over the years I've been tempted by Star Wars Lego, 3.75" scale figures and even 'Galactic Heroes' (the children's non-posable collectables). It seems I haven't quite found the right line for me, I was born at a time between the original and prequel trilogies so Star Wars wasn't a big thing for me as a kid (although I did have the odd toy from a cousin) so also considered just getting rid of everything.
Thinking about what I really want though - some version of the classic characters plus an army of Jedi, I have decided to go in different directions for the different trilogies. For the original trilogy, I'm going to go with Lego - they're iconic characters, but don't need be posable (I don't remember Han pulling too many crazy poses). I think iconic works well with Lego. For the prequel trilogy, I will get the Black line 3.75" figures, I can have an army of dynamic jedi (and sith). This also has the advantage of being a relatively new line and so I don't need to play catch up, I can just get them as they come out.
Getting Star Wars Lego has made me think more about my Lego collection, at the moment it's a mostly theoretical collection with only the Marvel, TMNT and Transformers (Kreo) parts represented. My Thundercats minimates also work quite nicely with the Lego minifigs, and so my Lego really is like a microcosm of my whole collection. I have decided that my Lego should be the fun part where crossovers occur, throw in some Star Wars, some Batman (I've decided to get the Lego Batmobile), and maybe some Ghostbusters (custom Lego or minimates maybe) and it could be really fun - Deadpool driving the Millennium Falcon, Donatello driving the Batmobile, Yoda driving Optimus Prime. Yes, that's a plan right there!
After all of these changes in collecting philosophy (particularly deciding to get Masterpiece figures), it's been an expensive old month - I've picked up Prowl, Bluestreak and Starscream for starters. I've also got Classics Doubledealer and Rhinox, Mastermind Headstrong, Fansproject Brainstorm and Planet X Swoop! Plus a Kabaya Overlord for good measure. I also ordered a job lot of Beast Wars Neo figures (Sonoking) so hopefully will get those soon.
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Non-TF I did get the Green and White ranger Figuarts figures, Darth Vader and Mace Windu Black series figures, the Plo Koon 3.75" scale Starfighter (I need at least one vehicle), plus some Star Wars Lego (the Endor pack with the Stormtroopers). And finally the Thundercats Ho! minimates with the 'new' Thundercats. I look forward to actually getting all of that stuff.
Happy New Year!!!
