I was looking back on this year and thinking what my favourite purchases were. So I cam up with a top 5 in no particular order, just to remember how lucky I have been.
So in February, I picked up a
lot of random TFs, but it included a bunch of G1s I never had. None were in great shape, but it was a nice bunch and I was able to sell the rest of the stuff I already had for the same amount I paid, making Trypticon and friends essentially free
In march, I finally got a toy I had been wanting for years (there were 3 purchases like this in all this year):
Big Convoy. He was ridiculously expensive 10 years ago but with the sonokong findings, this was cheaper than how much he went at retail, not even counting inflation
Then, ten days later, I found an add for
a box set of RID Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime (God Fire Convoy) for only 30$!!! I had been hoping to get this for less than 100$, but not this freaken low!
Now, for the 2 people I havent told this to, Canada never got Generations Arcee, you know only the most wanted figure of the past 30 years! People were selling her locally for crazy amount. No way I was paying 40$ for that generations toy. And Takara's was so in demand, they had to cut people's orders. BUT they made more of her later, and rereleased her in August, so I jumped and got a
perfect Arcee for around 25$ shipped instead
And now we get to my final big purchase of the year and one of my favourites. I FINALLY got the RID bullet train team which is INSANELY hard to find at a decent price. And we arent talking takara here, the hasbro is hard to find at a decent price. Usually the only recourse is a Hasbro one that is second hand. This was definitely my white whale. And I had even written him off since I didnt think the toy would be worth that much money and hassel, even though I wanted it pretty badly. BUT a local shop had a
takara version in box selling for half off on boxing day so I got my minty takara JRX for 54$
What were your favourite purchases this year?