Happy New Year! Wow, 2023. This year will be my 20th year of collecting. Some interesting leaks for Transformers (excited about the prospect of a G1 Skyquake). I find myself in a similar place to where I was in 2020 (in the before times). That is, pretty determined not to be replacing any more figures, though I’m ready to make exceptions for Minibots.
I’m done with Power Rangers, Turtles and Thundercats (once the preorders come in). With Marvel Legends and Star Wars I seem to have a couple of preorders at any one time (Blob and Ronan at the moment). I’ve not got my eye on any specific Lego but will see what they do with the upcoming Guardians sets (do they look comic accurate-ish?). And there are some rumours about more Sonic Lego…..
Customs wise I’m making very slow progress on a Mortal Kombat project but have a few things lined up, including Transformers which generally I try to avoid as it’s so hard to do them well. So 2023 then, I expect my spending to continue to drop. Let’s see what tempts me!
I saved a couple of big parcels for Christmas. Firstly, Ben-Gali and Vultureman. Both look really good but I like Vultureman more. Ben needs a bit of a wash so he doesn’t look so cartoony.
I opened Dead End and Breakdown, and combined them with the other Stunticons. I had a bit of a wobble about even opening them, but Menasor is great. I definitely made the right decision!
I then combined Star Saber and Victory Leo (having previously checked them for defects). It’s an amazing set, I seemed to have done alright with the QC (the end of one of the guns looks like it was dipped in strong glue….). What a day of figures!
We are apparently getting video game figures in Studio Series. Which could therefore include Nova Prime. I’d sort of forgotten this but I really wanted a figure of him a few years ago. This got me thinking, where would it fit into my collection (answer: with my ‘leaders’), which then combined with seeing various peoples toy of the year selections, I also need a Jhiaxus. Luckily was able to get a good deal. It’s a really nice looking figure, maybe I need to re-read the G2 comics!
A couple of other Decepticons also have arrived in the last couple of months, Needlenose and Crankcase. Both fill fill out the ranks of some comic based groups - Mayhem Attack Squad and the Scavengers. It’s all feeling quite Decepticon heavy at the moment.
