Yellow Winter

I’ve been thinking about the change from Classics/Universe/Generations to Siege/Earthrise. Classics started off as homages, with some quite chunky designs. It’s now moved to super detailed, super G1 accurate figures with Siege. I liked the reinterpretations, and don’t think I need the super detailing. What I do like though is the new headsculpts, they used to be a bit hit or miss and now they’re amazing, and that’s really what’s prompted me to get on board.

Still bagging up figures, have done the last of my Beast Wars figures and my Grimlocks and Ravages. The leaders are some great figures. I hope they do some updated Beast Wars, but I’ll be really torn to replace Primal and Megatron. Ready to start bagging up my Classics figures, the end is in sight! One group I now think need updating again are some of the movie characters - Hot Rod, Blurr (he has an Animated headsculpt) and Perceptor. Device Label Blaster really doesn’t match. Kup I’m okay with, but he has got very large feet. And as previously discussed, Cyclonus and Scourge need voyager figures, or large deluxe at least for Scourge. It seems to me though that the most likely lineup for part 3 of the WFC trilogy would be movie figures so I think I’ll be covered.

Here also are the 1985 Autobots and Wreckers, maybe need a new Sandstorm as well?

Thinking about the Dinobots and Constructicons, such great figures - they're just the wrong size. I don't think the Dinobots suffer too much for the combining gimmick, apart from Grimlock's dino mode. I will have to consider the size changed KOs.

I received Winter Soldier and..... opened him almost straight away. Not quite sure why, maybe because I just rewatched Civil War. He’s a great looking figure and I like that his star is a Cap style one. Just need a Falcon now, surely with Vulture having been released it’s a done deal.

Have popped in a preorder in for Cheetara, the main Thundercats will be complete, just ghost Jaga and a Snarf for me. Might get mummy Mumm-Ra as well. Looking forward to seeing what these Super 7 figures are like, they cost a pretty penny otherwise could be tempted by the mutants as well.

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Have opened Yellow Ranger, one of the best headsculpts so far - and one that is not grinning so can be used for more action poses.

Have started bagging up my Classics figures, didn’t take long as it’s only Hot Rod and Ramjet left, similarly with Universe just Cyclonus and Countdown. Moved on to Generations, some good figures, but I don’t know when I’m going to open them again - I think a fair few will be to sell them. If you think of everything pre Combiner Wars as one trilogy (CUG), then that was the start. Prime Wars for me destroyed the third party market for Classics by doing figures I never thought possible. The WFC figures are now doing old figures again, in a way which is really making me question the quality of those old figures. Quality isn’t quite the right word - they mostly are of a good quality, perhaps more whether they fit in with what I want, rather than just accepting what I have.