Bit of a quiet month this month; they're doing a Age of Extinction 2-pack past and present Grimlock, interestingly the Energon version of Grimlock (and presumably the same with the Swoop pack), rubbish figure, great shame they obviously can't do a reissue of the G1 figure!
Plenty of news on Masterpiece Bumblebee though, definitely a VW Beetle and going with the anime scale. Incredibly clever move by Takara, appealing to Masterpiece and Classics collectors alike (as well as Beetle fans).
Glad to see they're doing a Kabaya Star Convoy, my WST collection of G1 leaders is looking pretty good now (and for the Autobots, complete), just need a Scorponok and Galvatron for the Decepticons. Scorponok would need to be in scale with Fortress Maximus though. I've just assembled Overlord, great little figure and nicely in scale with God Ginrai. Thinking about my WST collection, I'm not sure how it fits together, maybe I should sell off the non-leader figures..........
Finally decided to pick up an Impossible Toys Hub(cap), other than the Classics Bumblebee with conversion kit, it's the only option at the moment for a posable Hubcap. I guess it might well get replaced at some point. With the Generations Swerve and Tailgate, I just need an Outback figure and that's it for the 1986 Minibots.
Picked up Marvel Infinite Grim Reaper and Hyperion and the DC Multiverse Mr Freeze. Good to have a few extra villains, Grim Reaper will display nicely with Wonder-Man and Hyperion will go well with Nighthawk.
One of my collecting (displaying?) rules is that if I've never seen the character in anything then it won't go on the shelf. I now buy all comic based Marvel 3.75" figures as it seems a far cheaper option than risking them suddenly turning up in some cartoon or film in the future, then trying to pick them up at a greatly inflated cost, but it makes me wonder what to do with those unused figures (currently Sentry, Tigershark, US Agent, Patriot and Moonknight, soon to be joined by Death's Head, Red She-Hulk and Ares).
I reckon a few of those I could quite easily find a home for. Death's Head for instance would display nicely with a Tardis from the 3.75" Doctor Who line (since he also appeared in the Doctor Who comics back in the day), Ares with Hercules, and Red She-Hulk with the rest of the Hulk family. Moonknight is actually already displayed with my Defenders. I think that works!
