I know I bump this a lot, but I like to keep a little tab on myself as well.  So after all the goodies shown at PulseCon (and elsewhere), what is everyone looking at picking up going forward? I keep planning on really narrowing things down, but it has been such a golden time for fans/collectors of 80s properties. Here we go:

Star Wars Vintage Collection and Black Series. I’ve been getting most from both, but really hoping to lean more towards OT (and Mando), we’ll see. Lots of great stuff. Hoping to be able to back the Razor Crest too.

Marvel Legends, and maybe this new retro line. I’ve been pretty in on these too, but it’s.....a lot. Kind of gravitate towards this classic 70s/80s looks when they do them, and I do have an MCU display as well.

GI Joe Classified. Really enjoy this line, but it is difficult to collect right now with exclusives/rarity. I’ve done ok so far, and will probably continue for anything that is somewhat similar to the characters/toys I grew up with. The retro stuff is neat, but WM exclusives so a pain

Masters of the Universe Origins. Love it. Fairly inexpensive, not terrible to keep up with outside of the current WM exclusivity.

Super 7 Ultimates Putting this as a single category, but really covers TMNT and Thundercats. Got the first waves of each in the past month and I really like them. The Turtles in particular are outstanding. The down side is price, but it is nice just being able to put your order in and know you’ll get them when they are ready to ship.

I also grab the odd Transformer here or there, but that looks to be winding down a bit going forward (Beast Wars was neat and all, but a little past my main time of interest). Looking at the list, it is too many lines...too much stuff. I know there will always be some Star Wars and Marvel coming in, after that I’ll have to budget things and see.  Probably try to keep up with Origins, and the TMNT Ultimates for now. Thundercats I’d like to complete the main team. Joes is going to be pick and choose, and overall just being more selective.

One wildcard thing I’d like to see in 2021: With the combo of the Lucasfilm Anniversary and the 40th of Raiders of the Lost Ark, a nice Black Series type, photo real Indiana Jones.

The only one of these I really want is Hondo, but looks like everything sold out instantly at our store as well. It has been amazing to watch between stuff like these, GI Joe Classified, MOTU Origins, or the NECA Turtle line...how difficult it is to be a collector these days. First world problem, obviously, but it is way more stressful than it should be.

Just opened this up. 

Wow, is Zeb and his bo-rifle all kinds of awesome.  The colors really pop.  The articulation is awesome and the figure's balance is great too.  He can easily hold his weapon and get in a variety of poses.

Hasbro nailed this one.  This is probably one of my favorite 6" figs that they've ever done.

Feel the same way, got a chance to open this up recently and was really impressed by it. Such a fun, well done figure. It got me to re-do my Black Series shelves to have the whole (completed) lineup on display. Really too bad that it isn’t a mass retail item (or at least I don’t think it is), because even the casual fan/kiddo could enjoy it.

After a wild goose chase yesterday, where WM.com said a store in town (which happens to be the furthest away from where we live) had these in stock...only to talk to three people to finally figure out they were “supposed to” be on the next truck, I had better luck today. A different store which is kind of on an out of the way route home from work, said they had these in stock. I stopped by this morning, and....nothing on the pegs (but two Battle Cats).

I asked an employee here and he said that he thought they got a shipper in, but they hadn’t put it out yet. He asked which I was looking for, and I said “any of them”. He left, and a few minutes later he comes back with an armful of one of each saying “this was all the different ones we had”. It has to be maybe my first positive experience with Wal-Mart as far as getting help, and it is nice to get these in hand. Looking forward to opening them later. Just need to find the Sky Sled/Adam and I’m caught up until Wave 2.

I’m right there in that Roboto fan club with ya Ben, glad to see he’s on the way (hopefully with spinning gears somehow). I have a couple vintage ones as I played with him so much. For me, the tops in MOTU were He-Man/Battle Cat (my first Masters toys as I recall), Roboto, and Man E Faces. Remember liking Ram Man a lot as a kid, even though he was a different style of figure. For bad guys, Tri Klops, Trap Jaw, and Stinkor.

New reveals today at the virtual Power Con. Looks like next round of basic figures is:

Roboto
Stratos
Mer-Man
Ninjor

As well as a Deluxe Origins line ($20)

Ram Man
Clamp Champ
Battle Armor He-Man
Battle Armor Skeletor

Also Panthor (and WalMart exclusive flocked version), and Land Shark. Target two pack of Keldor and Kronis. Also back of packages show Mekanek, She-Ra, and Zodac.  Side note, they are also starting a 7” (Classics scale) line called Masterworks, launching next summer. Packaging shows “Revelations” artwork, so maybe based on upcoming Netflix show? Overall, I’m very excited. More great figures and another vehicle sounds rad to me.

Hit the jackpot this morning, scoring all six figures in the first wave.  Found the Minis too, so I got He-Man, Skeletor, and the Slime Pit He-Man.

That is awesome Ben! I’ve been trying to use Brickseek to track these down, but I seem to keep missing them by just a bit. I did manage to get a Skeletor yesterday after work, so now I have Battle Cat and Skeletor. Hopefully they will continually be getting stock in. Nice score!