My collecting has really been minimal the last few years. Life changes, and all that. Still, I've added some pieces to my collection over the past year--more than I have in a long time!--and I'm looking forward to saving up and getting some more in my display cabinet.
While 2017 may look small to most collectors (I've only added in a five figures), this was a huge glut as compared to the past five years of collecting, in which I may have only added one or two.
For starters, I picked up a Scrounge on eBay. I know that he was part of a set of Technobots, but I don't care about that, as I'm perfectly happy with my G1 Computron. Scrounge is a character I fell in love with when I first picked up a back copy of Marvel US #17 when I was in my preteens, and finally seeing him get some toy love was enough for me to dust off my Paypal account.
Then, I saved my money and picked up a G1 Longtooth. I've mourned the fact that I sold off my original Longtooth back in 2010, and it was time to add him back to my collection. I love that stupid Moby Dick-quoting underwater car.
Up next was adding a Kiss Players Glit back into my collection. I had originally picked up the Kiss Players cassette set when it first came out, but--like Longtooth--I sold it off in 2010. I don't give a rip about Rosanna and Sundor, but letting go of Glit always ate at me. Maybe it was because he shared the Ravage mold--or maybe because he was an effeminate Decepticon medic who loved to get drunk and sing karaoke--but for whatever reason, letting go of Glit always felt
wrong. Now Glit is back to being a celebrated part of my collection. Front row on my 'Con shelf!
Then I got myself an Oilmaster as a mid-summer present to myself. I've always loved Pretenders, and a brand-new Pretender that served as an homage to a never-produced G1 figure was too much for me to ignore.
Finally, I got myself a TFCC Impactor, because Impactor is awesome and the Fall of Cybertron version just doesn't cut it.
I'm socking aside money to continue to add to my collection. I'm hoping to add in an Encore Fort Max by next year.