With Studio Series, based on Cyclonus, I guess they're going to go with cartoon colours, which for the most part makes no odds, but Cyclonus I'd really prefer a dark purple. With the Dinobots, I'd be okay with say Slag having a red head, but I'd really prefer a red bodied Swoop. I guess once the molds exist they will likely be released a couple of times, hopefully that won't mean too much buying and selling again. I’m not sure how I feel about Dinobots with lemon yellow instead of gold.
It’s difficult collecting toys when you’ve got pretty much everything you want, the chances of getting something you want is less than when you want lots of things! It’s a tough life. I think the weeks after a big leak are particularly difficult as you really crave some more news, but it doesn’t happen and you just have to wait patiently.
Having decided just to collect the core Thundercats (plus Mumm-Ra) and Turtles from Super 7's Ultimates line, a thought occurred to me. As a kid I had Peter and Stay Puft from Ghostbusters, so I want all the Ghostbusters and Stay Puft. Turtles I had Leonardo and Donatello, so I just want the Turtles. Power Rangers I had little plastic statues of all seven MM Rangers, so I want them. Thundercats I had Lion-O, Tygra and Wilykat, so I want the Thundercats, but I also had Mumm-Ra (both) and Jackalman. So maybe I need to get the mutants as well? Now preordered! Hopefully I will be able to get a preorder in for Michelangelo soon. Sounds like W1 of everything is finally on its way.
Have opened Legends Doom. Wow, this is a good figure. With some 6" (Daredevil for instance), it's a good figure, but the 3.75" figure is also really good. 3.75" Doom on the other hand, was never all that good - a bit unbalanced and you couldn't do much with the legs. This figure then makes up for all of that. The sculpt is fantastic, he poses really nicely, and the shade of green is perfect. It's great to add this classic villain to my collection. I’ve also opened Loki, wasn’t expecting much but I actually really like him, the face sculpt is really good. I feel like Red Skull is the main villain left that I don’t have, but given Magneto is in this photo he wouldn’t be appropriate anyway.
Had a delivery today, thought it was a bit early for Moon Knight to turn up, and indeed it was - it was Red Alert and Impactor. The Sideswipe/Red Alert is a really good one so glad I've got a reason to get him again. Impactor was a bit of an unknown, but it's nice to get a look at the mold.
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Moon Knight is here now, his look reaffirms my decision to modify my 3.75" figure. He's perfectly white, which makes me think I don't actually have that many white figures - Storm and white ranger off the top of my head. This is quite an unusual figure in that I swapped out the head and the hands from the ones already on the figure. Normally I try them out and decide that whilst novel, the defaults are best. He needs gripping hands! The staff is good but I also like the crescents (I'm not quite sure what you do with the little ones - lose them like the little one that came with the 3.75" figure?).
I really hope that the Disney+ series is good because I like this figure. Here he is having a ‘merc off’ with DP.
I’ve had a couple of deliveries - the remaining two Seacons, and I finally ordered Earthrise Optimus and Grapple. Hubcap is also apparently on his way. I’ve popped in a preorder for Pyro (yay!), hope to see Blob, Avalanche and Toad soon.
Wave 4 of the Earthrise deluxes is a little mysterious, will it even happen? I think there’s a few candidates, Tracks and Needlenose from the fan vote, then perhaps the remaining Autobot Targetmasters - Sureshot and Pointblank? Bluestreak looks to be an exclusive, but the other (easy) option I think would be a Mirage repaint as Slapdash. Would need Joyride then though.
Have opened Spinister, he's one of the Siege I still have to open. He's great, quite a tricky transformation without instructions (had to look at picture of helicopter mode to see where bits end up). Really fun though and another member of the Scavengers. Need a Krok!
Also opened..... Optimus Prime. Yeah, he's great. Yeah, he's just a voyager with a box. I'm happy with the small size (don't need anything that takes up too much space), and happy to have the option of displaying a G1 accurate Prime in truck mode so all good. Need to track down a Doubledealer next. He's a different level compared to most other figures in terms of articulation and posing. He's like the new Legends Spider-Man compared to (Absorbing Man wave) Venom. One thing I'm not entirely happy with is the colour, I think I'd like a slightly brighter red.
Looks like the next wave of Power Rangers will include MMPR black. That’ll be me almost done with Power Rangers. Until some bugger does awesome 3.75” figures and I decide to downsize..... I wonder whether we will hear anything about more Ghostbusters soon?
