List to end all lists

Realise I forgot to look at how many things I got from my wanted list from December ‘23. I got Barrage, Chop Shop and Overcharge. Three! With a fourth (Venom) rumoured for this year. My want list this time is half as big but includes groups rather than individuals, surely can do better than three though!

I’m not sure what I’m really looking forward to this year, definitely Legends Ms. Marvel and Inhumans, and possibly Lego Fantastic 4 (rumoured for June). Transformers Ramhorn, Venom and Horri-Bull will be much appreciated to complete some sets. There’s nothing really big that I’m excited about. Yet.

I have managed to get the last X-Men Marvel Legends figure I needed to finally replace my Universe (3.75” scale) versions - Sauron. It’s a bit of a shame since I only made the custom in late 2023 but with having Ka-Zar and Zabu in the scale they needed their savage land nemesis. I also replaced Man-Thing, who was actually an old Toybiz Legends figure. The old one was very skinny though and looked out of place with other Legends figures. (Am still in the market for an X-23 though so not completely done with X-Men.)

Finished the Lego X-Mansion Lego set, getting extra X-Men minions has made me think about what other minifigs characters I want - I really want the Fantastic 4, then I think I just need Doctor Doom and Nightcrawler (my favourite X-Men character). Nice build though even if it’s not quite so impressive as previous sets. Bring on the Baxter building!

A new version of Trypticon has been revealed. I’m perfectly happy with my Titans Return version but it got me thinking: Omega Supreme, Fort Max and Scorponok have all been rereleased - could it hint at a new Metroplex? From ‘84-‘87 we still need Omnibots and Throttlebots (and Sureshot and Slugfest), but in terms of updates of characters that have already had a generations figure, Metroplex is top of my list. With a Metrotitan repaint please.

I’ve made a list of all my preorders and all the rumoured figures I’m interested in (plus a few educated guesses), put an approximate value and added it all up. This is my budget for the year, anything else will need to be covered from selling stuff. (I’ve got a few things to sell still.) What occurs to me is that this budget excludes any playing catchup - primarily no buying things on eBay. I’ve made a list of absolutely everything I might possibly want to buy and having looked through the (Japanese) Generations book, nothing which already exists has been added to my list of wants. Hopefully this is the list to end all lists.

I feel like I’m spending too much year on year and so spent quite a lot of time thinking about how I could reduce my collection or at least the things I want to get, it’s impossible to draw a line. Whenever I draw it there’s always a nagging voice, ‘oh, but what about this character……’. Then it struck me, most of what I’m buying is characters I already have. That’s where I really need to focus my attention if I want to spend less. I have a subsection of my ‘everything I want’ list which is figures I want new updates of so need to start sticking to that.

I got a couple of new purchases - Blokees Swoop turned up. Nice addition to the set, just need a Sludge. The 3.75” Plasma Ghostbusters also arrived, I couldn’t quite be bothered to dig out Ecto-1, but it’s a nice set and I’m happy to be replacing my 6” figures with them (in time for getting 6” Real Ghostbusters).

I am in budget this month!