90s Spider-Man TAS Marvel Legends Mysterio!

I lucked out and was able to get the 2018 ML Mysterio for retail, but man, I love the colors on this one. I grew up on the 90s Spidey animated series and the ToyBiz toyline, so I went ahead and preordered.

I’m so in on this 90s retro line. I’ve liked the other releases they have done so far, but this Spidey-centric one really has me excited. I got the previous Mysterio as well (great figure), but already have this preordered. Honestly, these Legends retro lines, and stuff like the 40th Anniversary Star Wars (or OT vintage collection) are really the only things I keep a carded set of. Just love that old school packaging.

Although there aren’t a ton of properties still left untouched, is there anything you’d like to see a modern toyline of? We’ve got a number of ongoing properties like Star Wars, Marvel, Transformers, and Turtles.....and other things covered anywhere from Masters of the Universe, Thundercats, the new six inch Joes, all the way down to the recent Zica Toys Sectaurs line.

Of the things that are left untouched, the big two for me would be M.A.S.K. and Silverhawks. I guess Silverhawks was fairly minor in the grand scheme of things, but I was a fan as a kid and would love to see a modern update. It would be great if we could still get some vac metal in there too, but that might be wishful thinking. M.A.S.K. probably has even greater potential with the vehicle aspect. I don’t know whether to stick in the same scale or change. I’d say 6” is out just because of the vehicles being so important. I really love that they did the 3 3/4” Matt Trakker figure in the Joe line years back, and really hoped that would be the start of a spinoff line. I’d be happy to see either or both return.

Just when I sort of started to forget how much I enjoy the 3 3/4” figures, TVC reminds me how much I miss it. I received Mando, Cara, and the Troop transport, and all three are just so nice. Honestly it isn’t often that I pick up a non 6” figure these days (because there isn’t much anymore), but so happy with all of these.

Time for the post Toy Fair update. Hooo boy, was there a lot of neat stuff shown. I’m usually in for the standard “continuing to cut back, focus on Star Wars and Marvel” line, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t tempted by other stuff. First with the old standbys:

Star Wars Vintage Collection and Black Series, picking and choosing but likely picking up more than I don’t. Honestly really excited for the Empire stuff even though a lot of them are repacks. The face scan improvements almost make them like new figures. Snowspeeder and Probot too. For TVC, gimme those Mando figures.

Marvel Honestly Legends has probably been the majority of my purchases since the slow release method of Star Wars started. Legends is kind of the opposite as it is almost too much. Luckily, as nice as they look, a lot of the stuff recently shown is stuff I can live without. I mostly gravitate towards classic comic looks or movie versions. Most excited here for the Spidey retro series with Spidey, Pete, and Gwen Stacy (!), with more to come.

And to “the rest”...

GI Joe Classified Already preordered Snake Eyes, likely in on the rest for now too.

MOTU Origins Not until Fall, and then WM exclusive for this year (ugh), but I like what I see and they are supposed to be affordable. Lots of nostalgia for MOTU stuff because honestly I think it was the toy line I had/got the most of as a kid.

Ghostbusters I kind of feel this could be a big year for Ghostbusters with the new movie and lots of products. I already preordered the “Kenner Real Ghostbusters” re-releases, because I always wanted the team as a kid but was only able to get Egon. That first wave of “Plasma Series” is calling me as well.

TMNT Ultimates There is just too much great Turtles stuff these days. I really like what we have seen previewed from Super 7, and I currently have the first two waves preordered and hope to get them unless it becomes cost prohibitive. I’ve also grabbed some of the NECA cartoon figures that are exclusive to Target. Those are pretty great (with more on the way), but I do sort of feel like I should stick to one Turtles line at some point.

Thundercats Ultimates I missed out on the line when they tried it at Matty, so I think I’m in on these at least for the main characters. The others, we will see.

Transformers: Earthrise It has been awhile since I really “collected” Transformers, but Hasbro has really been killing it the past couple years. I don’t get them all, but try to nab the G1 stuff, specifically the original Arc crew (and ones like the upcoming Arcee)

Overall, way too much. It just seems like a new golden age for an ‘80s kid collector with all of these various properties getting big pushes. I’ll likely stick to my basics, and use a sort of “checks and balances” system for the rest. Adding something new here means I pass on something else there. Only so much money and space!

Same here. I haven’t preordered yet, but plan to. I actually kind of like the kiddo line they showed as well. And definitely in on the Kenner Real Ghostbusters re-releases they have planned (except that they are WM exclusives)

Ok, so we’ve seen Snake Eyes, Duke, Scarlett, and Roadblock this weekend so far. To me, these look pretty nice. Snake Eyes is amazing, the others are maybe a little different than I expected, but I still like them. Duke was my very first Joe, so happy to see that. Scarlett was a favorite as well, and Roadblock is cool too. Surprised at no Cobra reveals (yet?)

Along with the Falcon, the Snowspeeder was the only other Star Wars vehicle I had as a kid, so it has always been one of my favorites. Even with space ever dwindling, I don’t think I can pass on this. It looks great too.

Side note, it really shows the shift in popular scales where - outside of the little TVC we saw - everything else (Black Series, Marvel Legends, Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe, Power Rangers) is 6” scale. It does make me worry a little about the longevity of 3 3/4” stuff. It seems like the rest of the lines generally have a $10 “kid” line, and a $20-25 “collector” line.