Masterpiece Sunstreaker!!! Woo woo woo! Yep, had a little fist pump when I heard the news. I bought into MPs because I liked of having the Lamborghini bros together, so finally that has paid off. I'm so excited that I might even open Sideswipe...
I picked up a Titans Return Sixshot from the Forbidden Planet in London, very happy to have him, even at a slight premium. He looks very cartoon accurate, it's good to have the ninja consultant for the Decepticons in hand. Just need Horrorcons, Clones, Throttlebots and Autobot Targetmasters, and Headmasters is looking pretty complete!
Got a Swoop (Ptero) as well, I wasn't too fussed, but he's a solid little figure. As is Repugnus, who actually works really nicely at the smaller size, perhaps because he has such a distinctive look it still works. Need a Grotusque!
I had a random idea to pick up the action master characters that are (were) on the Lost Light in IDW land; just got Mainframe (who I'd love a modern figure of), Rollout and Powerflash! (An obscure Europe only release.) Not sure what I can say about them really, I think they're pretty cool. I like obscure, but I still need a reason to get them.
I've been working on a couple more customs - Gamora and Phyla-Vell. I wasn't happy with the single release Gamora, and I wanted a Phyla-Vell to complete my A:EMH guardians lineup. For some reason I've decided that they should be the one team in matching costumes (although the blues aren't strictly consistent), pretty happy with them! Incidentally, I realise that Drax and Gamora were both in the Silver Surfer 90s cartoon so if I decided to make my display cartoon only, they would still make the cut. (I haven't seen any of the latest cartoons.)
Whilst I've been painting them I've been catching up on Red Dwarf. It used to be a favourite of mine growing, up but after series 8, I gave up on it and so didn't watch the newer Dave only episodes. I recently realised the new series were available to watch online so gave 10 and 11 a go. They succeed in bringing back some of the old magic despite the long period of time that has passed. I think just having the core four cast members is a winning formula for it to work, despite my fondness for Holly and Kochanski.
Mattel Mattel Mattel. I collected Infinite Heroes, I collected 3.75" Multiverse. Both lines got cancelled. I collected their Thundercats line, which it seems Super 7 is not picking up. Now it also seems like the Megabloks TMNT are being cancelled as well, not cancelled so much as new products don't seem to be getting developed. I don't seem to have much luck with Mattel! Of course Hasbro have greatly slowed down on the 3.75" front, so perhaps it is a sign of the times that toys and in particular 80s nostalgia is slowing down as the generation who used to buy them buy houses, get married, have children and generally have less disposable income. Hope I can get all the Transformers I want before that slows down as well!
Speaking of which, I fancy putting down a top 10; I want toys of all the 1984-87 characters, that's kinda a given. So, I think it's more interesting to think about what other characters I want. From the Lost Light, I want Thunderclash and Mainframe. From IDW generally, I want Monstructor and Thunderwing. For a bit of Masterforce appreciation, I want Buster and Hydra (or Darkwing and Dreadwind), and Poseidon (Piranacon). I want Victory Saber (Star Saber would be a good start!)) and Deszaras. Finally a bit of Zone - Dai Atlas. Anything else is gravy, but those 10 (give or take the odd combiner) would make me very happy!
I have a craving for news, luckily SDCC is only a month away. I think it will be all about Transformers this year, presumably the reveal of W6 stuff. Not expecting much from my other interests, maybe some cool MCU stuff.
