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.
Badcube Claymore |
Badcube Grump |
Badcube Hypno |
Badcube Kickbutt |
Badcube Slick |
Beast Wars Waspinator |
Binaltech Meister |
Crossovers Draculus |
Diaclone Battle Convoy |
Diaclone Dia Battles |
ER Thrust |
Fans Hobby Fire Guts Power Baser |
Fans Hobby God Armour |
Fans Hobby Naval Commander |
Fans Hobby Nite Walker |
FansToys Acoustic Wave |
FansToys Forager |
FansToys G2 Sever |
FansToys Grenadier |
FansToys Mercenary |
FansToys Smokey |
FansToys Spindrift |
Figuarts Guldo and Burter |
Figuarts Hit |
Figuarts Piccolo |
Figuarts Radditz |
Figuarts Son Gohan |
Figuarts SSJ Goku |
G1 Astrotrain |
G1 Blitzwing |
G1 Bombshell |
G1 Dirge |
G1 Galvatron |
G1 Grapple |
G1 Inferno |
G1 Kickback |
G1 Mirage |
G1 Predacons |
G1 Red Tracks |
G1 Roadking |
G1 Sandstorm |
G1 Shockwave |
G1 Sixshot |
G1 Squeezeplay |
G1 Sureshot |
G1 TM Kup |
G1 TM Cyclonus |
G1 Tracks |
G1 Trailbreaker |
G1 Triggerhappy |
Gen Select Barricade / Punch |
Gen Select G2 Ramjet |
Gen Select Sandstorm |
GIJoe Classified Cobra Infantry |
GIJoe Classified Major Bludd |
GIJoe Classified Zartan |
GoBots Puzzler |
Haslab Covert Ravage |
Haslab Unicron |
Iron Factory Last Prophet |
Iron Factory Void Tyrant |
Jiang Xing Cold Dragon |
Kindom Scorponok |
Kingdom Ark |
Kingdom Galvatron |
Kingdom Red Alert |
Kingdom Rhinox |
Kingdom Road Rage |
Kingdom Rodimus |
Kingdom Soundwave |
Kingdom Tracks |
Kingdom Wingfinger |
Lemon Tree Purple Potato |
Magic Square Beat Back and Collide |
Magic Square David |
Magic Square Deadly |
Magic Square Overlord |
Magic Square Pillage and Contain |
MakeToys Acid Swarm |
MakeToys Buster Skywing |
MakeToys G2 Screamer |
MakeToys Meteor |
MakeToys Striker Manus |
MASK Bandit |
MASK Firefly |
MASK Iguana |
MASK Manta |
MASK Meteor |
MFT Rapid Speed |
MFT Rescue |
MFT Springer |
MFT Tracks |
MMC Azalea |
MMC Dicamus |
MMC Mnemo and Motif |
MMC Optus Pexus |
MMC Riot and Furor |
MMC Saltus |
MMC Stellaris Prominon |
MotU Origins Battle Armour He Man |
MotU Origins Buzzsaw Hordak |
MotU Origins Castle Greyskull |
MotU Origins Evil Lyn |
MotU Origins Faker |
MotU Origins Fisto |
MotU Origins Green Goddess |
MotU Origins Hordak |
MotU Origins LoP Beast Man |
MotU Origins Merman |
MotU Origins Ninjor |
MotU Origins Rise of Evil |
MotU Origins Stinkor |
MotU Origins Stratos |
MotU Origins Triklops |
MotU Origins Webstor |
MotU Origins Wind Raider |
MotU Snake Mountain |
MP11 Sunstorm |
MP21G G2 Bumblebee |
MP31 Delta Magnus |
MP42 Cordon |
MP45 Bumblebee |
MP52 Starscream |
MP52+ Thundercracker |
MP53 Skids |
MP54 Reboost |
MPM12 Optimus |
NECA Flash Gordon |
NECA Goliath |
NECA Ming the Merciless |
NECA Phantom |
NewAge Devastator |
NewAge Stinger Warrior |
PlanetX Cacus |
Revelations Beast Man |
Revelations Evil Lyn |
Revelations He Man |
Revelations Man At Arms |
Revelations Skelegod |
Revelations Skeletor |
Revelations Spikor |
Revelations Teela |
Ring Raiders Jet Packs |
SG Blurr |
SG Jetfire |
SG Megatron |
SS86 Blurr |
SS86 Gnaw |
SS86 Grimlock |
SS86 Hot Rod |
SS86 Jazz |
SS86 Kup |
SS86 Scourge |
SS86 Slug |
SS86 Wreck Garr |
Starcom Shadow Upriser |
Toyworld Beast General |
Toyworld Constructor |
TransArt Black Agent |
TransArt Skateboard Gorilla |
Visionaries Capture Chariot |
WfC Netflix Bumblebee |
WfC Netflix Deseeus Drone |
WfC Netflix Nemesis Prime |
WfC Netflix Sparkless Bot |
WfC Netflix Sparkless Seeker |
XTB Double Deck |
XTB Dr Egg |
XTB Fuzz |
XTB Jocund |
XTB Locke |
XTB Menasor |
MFT Poison |
NewAge Octavian |
TransArt Optimal Optimus |
Iron Factory Bayrazor |
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