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I was actually thinking about downsizing myself recently. The Storm Collectibles Mortal Kombat Kharacters are staying. Although I was thinking about shedding two that I haven't got out of their boxes yet (Kung Lao and Reptile). Note: I have quite a bit of my collection still in boxes. But those two were kind of impulse buys and Reptile is the 2.0 Masked Ninja version. Not the Deadly Alliance design that I prefer. Kung Lao.. they really dropped the ball on.

The Defenders of the Earth and Transformers City Bot displays I'm unsure on though. I think I'll keep hold of my New Adventures Space Mutants and TMNT Krang, Chromedome and Shredders for now.

Current list

Batman animated DC collectables-just rare ones left to get and eeew mcfarlane ones
Batman 1966 wanting to start.

D&D Toon figures (possably complete and no more to get)
D&D others Hasbro/neca

GI Joe Classified (possibly sell but I know they will do sgt savage or GI joe extreme if i do )

Godzilla wanting so much but not yet started, moght be best just to leave as stuff I'd like but avoid much like macross.

Gundam HG IBO all
Gundam HG main hero/villains mecha from each series -I'm really bad at sticking to this tho and buy random sets.

Marvel legends x-men fron cartoon
Marvel legends select figures

Motu Origins
Motu masterverse/classics/mythic legions select figures, not all

Neca D.O.E/Pulp
Neca Flash to start getting

Playmobil tv series/collabs other

Power rangers a few teams and all villains

Retroactions, a few that I'd like to pick up and most of the glow in the dark


S.H figure arts Dragonball but infrequent, just Beerus on my must haves and vegeta ape mode if it wasnt super expensive

Star wars retro -not too fussed about stuff based on the newer shows etc but they tend to be easier and cheaper to get.
star wars black series Villains only select figures

TMNT movie
TMNT reissues
TMNT Mirage
TMNT s7 glow in the dark/select figures
TMNT Toon

Transformers MP/third party -falllen really far behind
transformers generations
Transformers reissues

WWE retro
WWE walmart superstars/masters of wwe


wouldnt mind some of the new double dragon stuff (think i am one of the few people that had and wanted the old toon figures) or if hasbro did more ghostbusters reissues.Gargoyles if neca ever got the go ahead to release them here. New dick tracy stuff looks good too
Mezco 5 points stuff is looking good too along with big chiefs gerry anderson collections

I really don't want to start another collection...



Earthworm Jim

Psy-Crow

Professor-Monkey-For-A-Head

Bob The Killer Goldfish & #4

Had the original EWJ figures back in the day, they were perfectly good enough (and likely under a fiver!) might still have one lying around because he's such a groovy guy. I'll be skipping those.

Also I guess I'm skipping the gerry anderson figure collection , wave 2 had an exclusive captain scarlet figure if preordering through the toy manufacturer directly...something I never got around to do....thankfully, they've gone bust One less thing to collect unless maybe playmobil or s7 to show Captain Scarlet some loving.

Always had a soft spot for EWJ. Especially the cartoon (Dan Castellaneta best role, you heard me!). Weirdly enough, I completely missed the original toyline. Considering this a relatively small roster of characters. Releasing four in the first wave is tempting to me

The Cow, Princess What's Her Name, Pete Puppy (and alter ego), Evil The Cat, Snott and Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-Filled, Malformed Slug for a Butt.
That's it for the show characters. A redeco/retool in Evil Jim and a couple secondary villain designs from the games. Four characters each, that's the entire line in two to three waves.

Never really took to the Anderson puppet shows. Aside from Captain Scarlet. It had a tone (and villains) that really appealed to me.

Super7 has announced the Cobra Mothership in their ReActions line. This got me thinking. Do you think this is the (more affordable) future for vehicles?

Instead of the more expensive Classics Castle Greyskull, Snake Mountain, Cats Lair, Thundertank etc A downsized representation is more preferable?

There are still some big playsets that haven't been updated for modern collectors lines: The Technodrome, Starship Eternia, Nordor etc, etc Potentially eye-watering price tags attached to each also.

Nah, because vehicles have to fit the figures or should and can be done at the correct price point depending on reasons, whatever they may be (look at the movie batmobile that isnt two seater when it should be and on the same hand the 1966 batmobile) or even better examples is the toon tmnt van -a walmart reisue £ (or ££) over here), the Neca version £££ the super7 version £££££ yet. It's not usually the scale or size of the figures that makes the price the problem.

Problem with most vehicles and playsets is underscaled (even cats lair is unfit for reaction, the not even big enough to be a berbil flap below the big door has meant to be a door). Second problem is vehicles/playsets aimed at smaller figures arent always cheaper, look at gullwing etc.


The Cobra thing just makes me want a V saucer, im sure the price of it will be just as eye watering as super7s other stuff like the worlds most expensive tmnt van.

I shudder to think at the mark-up for a Neca "toon accurate" Technodrome, let alone what Super7 would charge for their "toy accurate" version.

But take GI Joe's USS Flagg. That would be too expensive to reproduce in scale for the Classified Line. Even perhaps for HasLab?

Nordor is arguably the "Castle Greyskull" of the NA line. Now, probably too obscure for an in-scale update to be viable.

In a similar way, I'd love to see a Dinoriders revival. But 6" scaled. Which would make the larger Dinosaurs insanely priced.

Ramen Toys are currently starting up a Bravestarr 3P line. However the original toyline featured New Texas as interconnected playsets. Time will tell if Ramen can go afford to go that far.

I don't know if I'd call it the future of vehicles, but I could see it as the future of vehicles that Hasbro or however wouldn't make themselves. This technically isn't their first G.I.Joe vehicle if you count the dog sled, but certainly will be their most expensive.

I wish this was how we got our G1 retro Unicron, but Hasbro would never allow one that transformed. Maybe they could do a Super Cyborg version.

Emerje

I was thinking of G1 Unicron in this too. ReActions being the release that Hasbro were happy with.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

GUTS (BERSERKER ARMOR) S.H. FIGUARTS

Estimated Arrival: November 2023
$99.99

GRIFFITH (HAWK OF LIGHT) S.H. FIGUARTS

Estimated Arrival: December 2023
$144.99

It's extremely rare for me to cancel a preorder and this one certainly broke my heart. But reviews and word of mouth have been utterly scathing of these releases. Seeing their Dragonball releases, I thought quite highly of SHFiguarts until now.

I've recently found myself much less bitter and resentful being a retro/vintage only collector so right now I don't have many things outside of Transformers just on the basis that they're my primary stim toys being as I'm autistic, but I have a few phantom menace commtech figures, the commtech reader, a potf stormtrooper, a depressingly incomplete tru exclusive mmpr dino megazord (missing the cannons, the tip of the tyrannosaurus tail, both triceratops horns, and finally the trunk and one of the tusks for the mastodon), a toy story 2 mega morphers techno gear buzz lightyear thats also sadly incomplete, some 3 in 1 creator sets from lego, a few jurassic world roar strikers, and a plentiful assortment of old school toy dinosaurs that I amassed as a kid ranging from those capsule machines at fry's to herosaur Aladar from the movie Dinosaur (half my usernamesake right there) I'm looking into collecting things like motu mask more power rangers stuff etc but that's a ways away right now.