JANUARY
Jan. 1:
Clones on sale at Amazon! I already have the Takara versions but I like the true-red torso better on the Hasbro iteration, and will probably sell off the other ones.
Jan 4:
Thrust! I waited way too long inside Target for a CS person to bring him out from the stock room.
Jan. 7:
Soundwave! Snagged him online during a brief window of availability. He's lovely, if a bit redundant since I've got both the MP and the Siege versions sitting around somewhere.
Jan 9:
Paleotrex, Vertabreak, Rattrap and Gigawatt arrived today! It feels like Christmas. Gigawatt I'm particularly excited for, and from other folks' photos, the Fossilizers are looking like tremendous fun.
Jan 24:
A BotBots pack arrived in the mail, containing Quackles the rubber ducky, which WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME ABOUT THIS. $14
On a Target run, snagged Blackarachnia ($19) and a lone Soundbarrier on clearance for $2.
Jan 27:
ALL... HAIL... MEGATRON!
I've been eyeing Studio Series #34 for a long while. I love the Road Warrior truck form, so when I found someone selling one with a damaged box for a bit below retail, I jumped.
FEBRUARY
Feb. 3:
Optimus Primal and his banana arrived on the same night! Movie Powerglide came a day or two earlier, the first purchase in my "get cool movie airplanes" quest.
Feb 14:
So back when Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon were all the rage, I was in/recovering from a long stretch of unemployment. Money was tight, and my robot purchases were very limited. I missed out on a lot of cool stuff. Lately I've been looking at all the cool jet molds from the movie lines, and the other day I just went a little crazy on eBay, ordering like half a dozen different toys. The first batch arrived today: ROTF Mindwipe, HFTD Highbrow, and HFTD Sunspot.
Feb. 16:
The eBay jet haul continues to trickle in! Fearswoop and Space Case both arrived this evening, along with the original Deluxe Rampage who has always intrigued me.
Feb 21:
Found Hot Rod and Hot Rod at the local Target that gets all the new stuff, but also tends to mark it up about 10-15%. Hot Rod's shelf tag said $35; meanwhile "Generations Deluxes" were marked as $18.89. Wondering if that might include Studio Series, on a whim I took them both to a price checker. Hot Rod was only $27, while Hot Rod was indeed marked as a Generations Deluxe -- and the RedCard discount on top of that. Good enough for me!
Feb 22:
I think Nitro and Jetblade are the last of the Movie jet brigade. Kinda wish I'd gotten Dirge instead of Jetblade, just based on the colors. Not sure why I didn't.
Feb 24:
Some fool once tried to tell me that it is possible to have too many Micromasters. "You are a fool," I said, "and also you are incorrect. There is no such thing as too many Micromasters."
The Amazon pack is just a set of redecos, but they're pretty, and, as the ancient saying goes, one cannot have too many Micromasters.
March 3:
The Botropolis set arrived today! I am eager to explore new adventures with the Bo-Tropolis crew. Setting out from their home world of Bot-Rop-Olis, they delve into the universe's mysteries! Set a course for adventure with the Bo-Tro-Po-Lis team!
But seriously, I already headcanoned these guys as a scrappy group of scientists, researchers and adventurers who can achieve interplanetary flight under their own power when combined. They have basically no funding for their research but they aren't going to let that slow them down!
Also I got another 3P Scourge to further fill out the ranks of my Sweeps. Just one more 3P to go (Iron Factory's Void Legion) and my squad will be complete -- then I just need ST86 Scourge to lead them.
March 6:
One last addition to the Cool Movie Jets collection -- DotM Air Raid! Got him MOSC and it's such a lovely package I almost hate to cut it open.
Almost.
March 7:
Target Circle has a 25% Off One Toy offer this week and I was all over it. My local store had a lone ST86 Grimlock on the shelf, so that was a pretty easy choice and, at $39 w/ tax, a pretty satisfactory deal.
Then I got greedy and just paid full price for Cyclonus, because why not.
Marshall's also scored me a Cyberverse Slipstream for $8 and a lone Soundbarrier for $4.
March 17:
Another $4 Marshalls Soundbarrier; a duplicate Race Track Patrol from which I'm going to try to dye Ground Hog the correct purple; and Movie Big Daddy for a super secret specal kitbash project.
Hubcap! Regular retail price from Pulse. I mainly got him as a bulwark against the possibility of a future Jackpot toy. I don't want there to be a Jackpot and I'm left chasing an aftermarket Hubcap.
March 21:
Studio Series 86 Jazz! Found him at a city Target, the kind where you're surprised they even have a toy aisle at all. They had three of him, and literally no other Transformers product. He was reasonably priced at $18.84 or something, so that plus RedCard discount seemed worth jumping on.
March 23:
Megatron, yessssss!! Full retail price from Amazon. Pre-order arrived earlier than they said it would; I really thought I'd catch him on sale before he got here. Oh well.
Also got a second-hand Classics Acid Storm to add to my ranks of Colorful Seekers.
April 5:
Dino! Went to the local Target that usually gets the new stuff first, hoping I might find a Scourge. Found Studio Series Dino instead -- not complaining! They also had the Bee Movie Cybertronian Bumblebee, which looks pretty great. I left him on the shelves for now, but he might be a future purchase.
April 8:
Airazor.... MAXIMIZE! She arrived from Pulse this afternoon. Can't wait to set her free!
