2021 – Year in review

Well well, it’s about that time eh.  As of writing this paragraph, it is the penultimate day of the year.  2021.  What a year it’s been, mostly shit for everyone as you all know, with some good bits thrown in.

This was a year I barely left the house, yet when I did it was to move 100 miles away from really the only home I had ever known with the family to try something new.  I got a new job (though that doesnt start till January), which is another one where I will not have to leave the house, though you do start to miss the interaction in an office a little, not enough to make me want to go back!

In sadder news, my step dad passed away in November, and I’ve since had to spend a lot of time going back and forth between new home and old home.  I may not be much of a farmer but, it is a place of comfort.

Now, on to the more relevant stuff to a toy blog.

What did I get this year, what did I like most, what did I think sucked bums?!

Let’s start with the categories and the winners, because a long text list of things I wasted my money on is very depressing.

Best G1 Purchase – 1988 Decepticon Headmaster Squeezeplay.  One of the very few toys I can remember my dad buying me, from Toys R Us no less!

Best Main Line Purchase – Kingdom Cyclonus.  Fantastic bot with a fun transformation.  Really looks good with the SS86 stuff.

Best Masterpiece Purchase – Skids / Reboost.  This was a good return to form for Masterpiece, not too over engineered, very intuitive and looks great on the shelf!

Best Overall 3rd Party Purchase – Fans Hobby Orange Power Baser.  I’ve loved all the Power Basers I have bought, but this deco really speaks to my love of garish, bright, unashamed colouring.

Best Legends Scale Purchase – New Age Octavian.  Another marvel of engineering from New Age, I’m continually amazed by the detail they can include at this scale.

Best Weird Figure Purchase – Lemon Tree Purple Potato.  It’s Shockwave, but, it transforms in to the Revenge?  Amazing, more stuff like this please 3P!

Best Not A Robot Purchase – Vintage MotU Snake Mountain.  It’s Skeletors house, thus it is great.  La montagne du serpent!

Move Improved Figure – ER Scorponok with DNA upgrades.  This kit takes an already great figure and turns it in to a truly impressive specimen!

Worst Figure Purchase – Worlds Collide Fangry.  This figure needed to be great, it is in fact a floppy mess, and would have really benefitted from an accessory.

Gets!  Probably not an exhaustive list, I definitely missed some off, but here is what I have evidence of.