Cyberverse season 2! Yep, definitely getting better. It’s amazing how strong the pull is to get toys of the characters I see on screen. I don’t need them to be the same style, just need those characters.
Quite a few toys will be doing double duty between my main and ‘Cyberverse’ collections. Not Arcee though since she wasn’t in the original toy line. She’s joined by Windblade and Slipstream, and now Acid Storm and Sky-Byte (making a comeback), Chromia, Lockdown and Clobber (Lugnut).
I vaguely remember watching the original RID cartoon when I was still at my collecting G1 VHS watching stage, but the only character I really remember was Sky-Byte ploughing through Tarmac with his dorsal fin showing. I picked him up initially from B&M when they had all the cheap 30th voyagers. I'm glad to get him back again, especially as he has such a good voice in Cyberverse.
She-Hulk finally came in so once I get the new modular armour Iron Man my 90’s cartoon lineup will be complete (I know She-Hulk’s costume is completely different but it’s a good look).
I’ve got my ‘main’ collection sorted in my head now. All the characters that appeared in the original cartoons and toy line, including Beast Wars and Japanese lines. (I include Return of Convoy despite that being Manga only.) If there’s a group that’s almost complete then I can get the missing figure e.g. Hubcap never appeared in the G1 cartoon whereas all the other minibots did. If a character is ‘original’ or a leader then I can get as many as it has modes. (Original means originated in Diaclone or Microchange, or in the first season of Beast Wars.) Finally, for Japanese exclusive characters, if the toy is a repaint of a Hasbro character then then I can get the Japanese and/or Hasbro characters (e.g. Nightbeat and Thunderwing).
So that means I need more coneheads!
I’m going to triple up on Astrotrain and Blitzwing. I’m going to double up on Punch-Counterpunch, because Punch, and Counterpunch. My spending has been fairly erratic over the last few months but is definitely a bit more stable now.
I’m really enjoying all of the WFC trilogy, Kingdom and Studio Series are great. Hope some new stuff is on its way soon.
