I'd like to believe that, and probably would except that Zavvi have a bleak track record or putting up pre orders without any idea if they'll be able to fulfill them in the end. I suspect shenanigans.

 

Hmm. Main one... to have a 'proper' mainline Ultra Magnus. Siege UM was good with his RIDesque alt mode... but ER UM's weak retool was a frankly a poop effort at an Earth mode, let's be honest. So I'm hoping for him to be good. I also want to see Hasbro sort out their yellowing plastic bollocks. Ideally I'll want them to have sorted out their shit BEFORE now, because y'know... Victory Saber.

I also kinda want a return to Legion sized TF's... Core class is nice but Hot Wheels sized alt modes always made me smile.

Lastly... and this one will never happen but I would LOVE a MOTU/Crossover... TF Battle Ram! TF Road Ripper! There's not many iconic MOTU vehicles though, but a one off ala Maverick/Ectotron/Gigawatt would do me nicely.

Oh speaking of Crossovers... give me a Titan class GIJoe Crossover Skystriker! Make me not regret not backing the Haslab one pls.

Haha, yeah. Done various martial arts since I was 15. I mainly did years of Shotokan Karate, Wadaryu Karate, Shaolin Wushu and Fujian White Crane. Also done a bit of Gojuryu, Muay Thai, Wing Chun, plus other bits... I forget. (Almost) 30 years is a long time. Being a teenager with lots of time during school holidays and boundless energy was great.

It's probably why I picked up Archery so quickly (relatively) as I have a pretty good understanding of what my body is doing, and Archery is all about repetition. Although the weapon I'm best at is Nunchuku, put a pair of them in my hand and everyone's fucked.

It's actually why I love this Archery club I'm with. When I started Martial Arts I was actually training around 10 hours a week for free (part of the school team innit) and at Bowmen of Harrow we have a lot of available shooting time, far far more than most other clubs (most places have to hire a sports hall and only shoot 2 sessions a week). At BoH I can shoot 3 times a week (6 hours plus) for nothing, the only cost is the annual membership fees.

 

Studio series/buzzworthy Hatchet.
Studio Series The Fallen.
Haslab Deathsarus.

And to finish all my customs. Also, to resist temptation for impulse buying. Those three should be the only and final things i buy and I'm gonna try and stick to that.

 

Good list and well said on Override, I had great fun rolling her around in her sci-fi supercar mode! Also rather nice to actually have a Voyager fembot who's not a retool of an originally male mold, she's an entirely new female Voyager fembot! More of this please. And Leader. And dare we hope someday... Commander? Honestly I think Strika would be a great choice for a Commander Class Fembot. Maybe with a packed in Obsidian or some Tank Drones if there's budget left over.

And if the hints are accurate, Nemesis will be our first TITAN fembot!  

I don't know if I'll have the wherewithall to do a proper list as I have to recover from Christmas but Override is on top, at least for just released in 2022. If including bought in 2022 then naturally my Takara Legends Metroplex which came from Oz places highly   major grail get for me.

 Lovely! Potential for next year's calendar!  

I somehow never clocked that was a Go-Pro, I just thought some kind of sciencey non specific sensor.  

Sorry to hear about MPArcee's arm  

Also your daughter is clearly a great photographic assistant, this looks even better and very dynamic  , like Arcee is running through artillery fire landing in the surf all around!

NAUTICA! NAUTICA! NAUTICA!

VELOCITY! VELOCITY! VELOCITY!

MoF would be nice too  

AILERON! AILERON! AILERON!

I'm really hoping they'll do a Power Ranger Collaborative next year as it's the 30th Anniversary of Power Rangers and they do like doing Collaboratives to tie in with anniversaries.

 

Awesome stuff, that is a lot of skills under your belt. It’d be cool to have some martial arts skills, but my schedule is packed enough as it is (and boundless energy? What’s that?) so I guess I’ll stick with brute strength practiced through rugby for now. Archery is another thing I’d like to try someday, but same time issues apply.

As for Ultra Magnus, there is the listed SS86 Commander version coming next year I think, though we’ll have to see how it turns out.

 

I got two:

1) More Armada
2) less anything else

 

Bad craic mate. My bro and sis where both taken out of action by it too. Speedy recovery!!

Hope the wife feels better soon!!

Commiserations on arcee. But fuck those are excellent shots tanz!

Looking forward to that SND figure myself!!

Thunderclash as per usual!

More g2 and actionmaster homages!

And these too!! And a power rangers cross over would rattle my teeth in a good way!!

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In other news, the beeb has been somewhat knocking it out of the park with the Xmas specials. Motherland, ghosts, inside No. 9, the cleaner, detectorists....

Enjoyed them all immensely.

 

Legacy G2 Dreadwing and Smokescreen, and not retools of Skyquake/Needlenose please
More Beast Wars updates, particularly Transmetal Megatron and Tarantulas
Legacy Armada Demolishor
For Buzzworthy Hound to be easily obtainable
And as many Legacy Junkions as Hasbro is willing to give me

 

Picked up this year

'Cons 'Bots

Scorponok Leadfoot
Scourge Vic Saber
Motormaster Override
Drag Strip Cosmos
Fangry Warpath
Ransack Toyhax Eject
Wildrider Cerebros
Crankcase Minerva
Dead End Artfire
Iguanus Sideswipe
Bombburst Sludge

A very even split between the factions

 

I’d like more Decepticon headmasters, retool Repugnus and Skullcruncher into Squeezeplay and Horribul, as most of the shape/transformation is already there. Make them reliably available outside of Australia too…

Firecons, with blast effects replacing cold spark grinders, one body and a few slight head changes would be all it takes.

Ruckus and Windsweeper, to complete the team.

Legacy Armada Demolishor and Cyclonus

 

Never seen it either, but now blocking some time to watch it this evening!

Ta! It was the impactor set I was on the look out for but think someone else was after this one, can’t remember who though.

I got 87, which fits, though apparently tfs (a mistransformed Magnus representing em) dropped to 7 in the charts.

 

Oh good god

Belated merry Christmas back! Great to see you pop in here!
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Stuff I’m looking forward to… hm, there’s a few from the leak lists, but as mentioned upstream, doing them vs them being good toys be the thing. Am intrigued to see what hopefully predator shaped retools needle nose gets. And yeah, always hopes for throttlebots!

 

My hopes and dreams for 2023 are

1. Tetrajet Coneheads
2. Sureshot
3. Headmaster Juniors
4. Powermasters
5. Ruckus & Windweeper
6. Motorvators & Brainmasters
7. Turbomasters & Predators
8. Dinoking & Monstructor
9. More transforming Action Master characters
10. G2 Stealth Assault + Recolours
11. Micromasters Transports & Bases

 

My hopes for this year are new Armada Demolishor and G2 Hooligan. Neither will happen.

So since I got the Xbox Series X decided to take the Xbox One, 360 and PS3 to CEX to clear space. Format the Xbone? A minute. 360? About the same. PS3?



Oooooooh that's why I hadn't chucked it yet...

Guess this is going at the weekend then.

 

It’s funny with the Throttlebots, partly it’s about completing the original cartoon cast, but it’s more about the vehicle modes for me than the actual characters. If there was a limited budget I’d far rather they used it to remold Cliffjumper into a accurate-ish Ferrari Testarossa (Chase) and Ford RS200 (Searchlight) than create a new mold for Wideload (who if it meant getting the other two done properly can just be an orange Cliffjumper!!!).

It’s the same with the Battlechargers - it’s a shame Earthrise Runamuck didn’t get the Pontiac treatment.

 

Have we seen this guy reviewed yet?

 

Sorry, cheers!

@nice sideburns were you after the Alpha Trion pack? I'm desperately trying to remember! Works out around £60 delivered at Popcultcha with their BOXING code.

 

Oh there is my JoyToy Warhammer 40k Tau squad and Shadowcommander. Brendan, I think that is your Newage Grimlock nestled next to the tree near my figures:



Hope everyone had a great Christmas or were at least able to make the most out of it.

My parents were due to come to ours for Xmas day but my Dad was struck down a few days earlier with the lurgy doing the rounds. It wasn’t covid as both my parents tested negative for that. My Dad has had flu a couple of times in his life and said what he was experiencing was like a flu-light version. Anyway, my mum came over to spend a few hours with us before going back to make sure my Dad was ok. He’s getting better but still sounds rotten.

My brother and his family visited my parents the week before and apparently he was struck down with the same as my Dad so his Xmas plans were spoilt with illness. His 18mth old daughter developed symptoms and was put on antibiotics to help her. She developed a rash on Xmas day and suspected to be Scarlet fever. They are both getting better but still not right.

I normally clobber something in early Dec and this year I’ve been very lucky as has my son. My wife wasn’t too well in November and meant we were unable to see @JSpaced10 amateur dramatics production. She still has a nasty cough from the chest infection she had.

I didn’t get any TFs from family. I’ve bought a lot of figures over the year and quite a lot I haven’t got round to opening. I plan to do so between now and NY.

FT Jazz photobombing the JoyToy Grey Knight Paladin below. They are the latest figures I’ve received and have opened:

 

Belated Merry Christmas to each of you Kwalitae peeps. I’m about 1,200 messages behind and unlikely to catch up. Hope you all got some awesome bots.

I got an Ark and a Legacy Motormaster and enjoyed both very much. We also got a huge haul for the wee man and have been playing with different ways of blending the new Fort Max and Metroplex which I think works very well. Been a total blast!

 

Hi Chris, it wasn’t me (thanks though) but that’s a much more palatable price. @Decepticreeps100 maybe?

 

Equally disappointed and relieved that the Junkion 2 bonce is on a post & ball, so no swapping between him & Scraphook BUT would seem that the potential for swapping between bikes is still open.
The more lithe bike bod still has me thinking there's an arm mode there. Definitely want to see the official Evo-Fusion Weaponizing, and the cheeky Animated Prowl swipe wheel shuriken is neat.

Also who would have thought a stolen second would have poor tolerances and be hard to transform?