So happy to see the new Haslab project. It’s hard to tell what it’ll actually be like from the grey prototype, but very exciting. Just hope it does the business.
In other very exciting news, Snarf was revealed and put up for preorder, but the icing on the cake is ghost Jaga being revealed! Fantastic. My Thundercats collection will be complete. Thundercats will be like Turtles - I’d very much like the lair in brick form but otherwise I’m done.
Galaxy Shuttle arrived. Quite a clever repaint of Astrotrain, but a character I always forget about. Hopefully in conjunction with Victory Saber and Deszaras we will get a few more opportune repaints. Talking of opportune repaints, I’m hoping to see a few repaints/remolds of Holiday Optimus Prime. Thunderclash please!!!
I’m feeling very organised, everything not on display is all baggied up and I’ve got everything I’m selling listed. Feels a bit quiet on the news front at the moment and so have started on some customs for the first time in ages. Managed to get the new Lego AT-TE without the minfigs for a good price so all good.
I’ve also replaced my Robotnik:
Thinking about my Generations collection (as I often do). Sureshot and the Throttlebots are the characters from the original cartoon (core G1) that still need updated figures (well, and maybe Steeljaw and Slugfest, but like some of the the other G1 cassettes I’m not sure they can really be bettered).
In terms of figures that have already been updated, I (obviously) would like bigger than deluxe versions of the remaining Dinobots - which we should be getting. I think Sandstorm is the only core character who really suffers as the result of being a repaint so I’d like an updated version of him.
Updated versions of the Minibots would be appreciated but I’m not worried. Maybe a more G1 toy accurate Metroplex, but otherwise, that’s the core cast complete for me. (Maybe Sunstreaker and Perceptor in more consistent yellow and toy accurate decos?!)
Thinking about the original toyline, you could add the Omnibots and Deluxe Insecticons (who look promising given comments about toys for characters that haven’t been updated). Beyond that it’s all about JG1/Marvel/IDW/Beast Wars/Cyberverse, ‘outer G1’ if you will. And those characters I’m really content just to get a slow stream of them. Except Thunderclash, who I need now!
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I’ve built the Lego AT-TE! I think it has much greater play potential than the AT-AT, I also like the vehicle more despite not being as iconic, I like the bug look. In my little desk toy world the goodies will be in the AT-AE and the baddies on the AT-AT.
With Deszaras almost funded and assuming we get the remaining two Dinobots, it got me thinking. I think for the first time, some of my most wanted toy(s) are some Real Ghostbusters Plasma figures, more than quite a few Transformers, Thunderclash is still top though!
Thunder, thunder…..
