Let's See Some Cool Stuff *2023* Edition!

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    (HAPPY NEW YEAR'S TO ALL!)
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    What a year! 80 Transformers this last year (a new record annual TF haul for me), plus 1 misb, 3 Mini-Cons, 4 PCC drones, & deployer Eject (still in Blaster's chest)! For the past 6 years my annual haul has showcased a great diversity of old, new, & otherwise diverse figures, & despite the hours of work getting them together & transforming them between modes for the shots, it's always so satisfying to see that diversity in one place, & this year's group was no exception!
    Excavators, dragons, dinosaurs, cars, trucks, bikes, jets, spaceboats, skeletons, alien ships, & all kinds of animals. Generations, Bayverse, Beast Wars, Prime, UT, even RID'01. Completed the 1st 3 dinobots, A3, Elita & Optimus, Cybertron 7, Classics coneheads, retail Universe 2 Inferno mold, & the very last of the entire RID'01 show cast from that toyline! I now have a shelf full of Beast Wars figures old & new, & Junkions. And I jump-started a Bayformers micro-scale collection!
    Here they all are in alt mode:
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    As for favorites & least favorites, I'm ironically very picky about which ones I get, but admittedly, while there were a number of new figures I avoided out of pricipal (another year of that, ugh), there were just as many masterfully well-done, brand new figures I've enjoyed & other very good ones that filled cast groups I'm happy to have. Unfortunately there were quite a few purchases that are mistakes I hope not to make again as those figures have issues I should have seen coming & really bring them down for me.
    In no particular order my most dissapointing would be:
    Puffer & Road Ranger (Kingdom),
    DK-2 Guard (Legacy Selects) &
    Iguanus (Legacy).

    Figures that are "blessed & messed" would include:
    SS-44 leader DotM Optimus Prime,
    Shadow Panther (Kingdom),
    Paleotrex (Kingdom),
    SS BB Brawn, &
    Leadfoot & Masterdominus (Legacy).

    Possibly the ten best would be:
    Wingfinger (Kingdom),
    Bulkhead (Legacy),
    Wreck-Gar/Junkheap (SS '86),
    Photon T-34 ('07 Movie),
    Barricade ('07 Movie legend),
    Gnaw (Cyberverse),
    The Fallen (RotF voyager, only because I haven't played with the SS much yet; so far it should be better!),
    Cybertron Metroplex (Legacy titan) (sooooooo awesome & soooo worth a lot!), &
    Cybershark (BW reissue).
    If I have to pick just one now it has to be Metroplex as he seems most like the next Earthrise Sky Lynx or Kingdom Cyclonus, & that's saying a lot considering his size class, his source origin, & especially his alternate mode. It still seems to be a magnificently perfect update to his previous figure (minus Mini-Con exclusion) & is a spectacular figure on his own in this era, with the most poseability of a titan yet & plenty of impressive features & details worthy of his size. My experience with the already great original, which was also excellently poseable for it's size at the time but has imo the least convincing alt mode of all time, further compliments this one's impressiveness to me, as does it's reminding me of Shadow of the Colossus. And most importantly, I've greatly enjoyed nearly every time I've handled him!
    This year was my first year on this site & I hope many have enjoyed my posts, pictures & more as much as I've enjoyed sharing them. Here's to more years & more bots 'til all are one!
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