End of the year

Bought a She-Hulk minifig for the hair so I could make a Gamora figure. I can’t find the actual Gamora minifig I already had so she’s got a little smirk for the time being. Lego Guardians are looking good though. It’s been a good year for Lego, got the Guardians, half the X-Men, a Batwing, a Hulkbuster, oh and Avengers Tower!!!

Legends has been good this year as well, got better versions of Hawkeye, Ant-Man and Tony Stark. My Avengers are all looking good now. I also played a little catch-up with Spider-Man and X-Men villains, plus quite a few extra Iron Man armours (of course), and Spider-Men. I’ve also got them nicely organised in new boxes now.

Transformers wise I’ve completed the Insecticons (again) and got a few more Dinobots (just need Swoop!). Pretty restrained spending though. Really feels like my collecting is slowing down.

I had a good couple of months doing 3.75” customs, nice little trip down memory lane going through my collection. It’s in a good place now so overall my collection is pretty complete and well organised. Also quite a few bits to sell now. As well as customising, I’ve started using a light box for my photos which I’ve really enjoyed using, it helps me appreciate the figures I buy more.

I’m going to finish off the year with my 50 most wanted Transformers (Generations), I could have listed 100 odd really but needed to trim it down a bit. Mostly G1 obviously, but this would finish off all the really important teams/groups. I could probably list a few more if needed. Over half of these could happily be repaints/remolds.

1. Sunstorm (ER Starscream)
2. Sunstreaker (ER with matching paint)
3. Riggorus (yellow Trailbreaker)
4. Reboost (red Skids/Crosscut)
5. Red Mirage (Kingdom)
6. Loud Pedal (black Tracks)
7. Overcharge (white/green Blitzwing)
8. Barrage (Legacy Bombshell)
9. Venom
10. Chop Shop (Legacy Shrapnel)
11. Downshift
12. Camshaft
13. Overdrive
14. Metroplex (new)
15. Broadside (Commander)
16. Wideload
17. Rollbar
18. Searchlight (ER Cliffjumper)
19. Chase (new - ER Cliffjumper)
20. Freeway (ER Cliffjumper)
21. Browning (Kingdom G1 Megatron)
22. Waverider (POTP)
23. God Ginrai (new)
24. Joyride (Sureshot repaint)
25. Slapdash (Mirage repaint)
26. Getaway (new)
27. Sixknight (TR Sixshot)
28. Hosehead
29. Octopunch
30. Stranglehold
31. Thunderwing
32. Blue Bacchus
33. Blacker (CW)
34. Laster (CW)
35. Braver (CW)
36. Leozack (POTP Starscream)
37. Jallguar (CW)
38. Deathcobra (CW Vortex)
39. Grandus
40. Sky Garry
41. Skyquake (Legacy Skyquake)
42. Thunderclash
43. Fulcrum (IDW)
44. Beast Wars Depthcharge
45. Beast Wars Rampage
46. Cyberverse Thunderhowl (Legacy Thundertron)
47. Cyberverse Meteorfire
48. Cyberverse Hammerbyte
49. Cyberverse Alpha Strike
50. Cyberverse Wildwheel

I’m looking forward to the ‘s’s next year, Swoop, Steeljaw, Sureshot, Silverbolt, Sandstorm and Snarf. So plans for next year, stick with the course - probably less Transformers, Lego and Marvel again. Deszaras and Giant Man should come in. Hopefully finish Thundercats (just Snarf to go). Hopefully another big Lego set (X-Mansion), but probably not too many large purchases. Happy Christmas!