What should I buy?

So here's a thread for anyone who wants to buy something but isn't sure exactly what.

Me? I got a $100 Amazon gift card for my birthday and I want to get something with it, but can't decide what. I'm willing to go maybe $30/40 over what I've got on the card but I can't even decide if I should get one big birthday gift thing or a bunch of smaller things.

Here are the main things I'm trying to pick between right now:

SS86 Magnus - $125

• Magnus isn't one of my absolute favorites but I like him decently and this toy looks very cool. On the other hand it's $30 above retail on Amazon. On the third hand it might disappear and go way up in price any time.

SS86 Longhaul and Hook $90

• I have SS86 Scavenger, but I also have CW Devy and I like him, so I've yet to commit to this one.

Transformers Compendium V1 - $55

• Cool, but I do already own all the original issues and have access to them all digitally.

Age of the Primes Star Optimus - $150

• Cool robot mode. Kinda lame truck. It's Optimus # 3 million and seven, I don't feel like I'll be too upset if I skip him. But I kinda want to collect all the 13...

AotP Megatronus The Fallen - $55

• Gonna want to get him eventually.

AotP Prima - $35

• Probably want him, like the look, but he's cheap enough I can get him almost any time so not in a rush.

ROM Omnibus V1 hardcover - $53

• I Have the Micronauts and Godzilla Omnibi and this would be cool to go with. But I havnt actually finished reading those yet...

Super7 o-ring Biotron/Baron Karza - $25/20

• Want to make a shelf of 80s guys. But I wish S7 seemed like they were doing any more characters...

Marvel v Capcom Fighting Col. PS4- $25

• I don't play many fighting games any more but I LOVED the anime style graphics on these when they were new.

Ohsama Sentai King Ohger DX - $114

• Not really a Power Ranger/Sentai guy but this thing looks awesome. It's like an Insecticon Combiner (minus the individual robot modes)

PS5 Astrobot or Indiana Jones - $65ish

• Would like to play either of these but do already have some good games I havnt finished

Also Have a variety of of Joe Classifieds, Star Wars Black Series, and MotU Origins figs I'd like, that are all between $20 and $60 but none that I want badly enough to list individually

or Lastly, I guess I could save my money for something in the future that I want real real bad but there's nothing like that on the horizon right now...

Been looking at Amazon pages for like a week now and still havnt decided.Anyone have any opinions on what they think I should go for..


-ZacWilliam, sure I've left a bunch of things out. I love having gift cards I kinda hate spending them...

I haven’t experienced pure joy and fun in a video game in YEARS until I played Astrobot. The challenge stages are…challenging, but the last time I could point to a game I couldn’t stop playing out of pure fun would probably be Super Mario Odyssey.
Get Astrobot

Star Convoy. Hasbro needs to see some huge sales numbers on this one.

Magnus is great but I'm also a Magnus fan.

Indy is amazing, but if your not in a rush I'm sure it will be notably cheaper in a year or 2.

If it were me, I would go for whatever you judge is going to sell out/go out of print soonest. A few years ago, I waited a little too long to buy the Space Runaway Ideon Blu Ray and it went out of print, sending the price skyrocketing. Still kick myself over that one...

ZacWilliam1 said:

Marvel v Capcom Fighting Col. PS4- $25

• I don't play many fighting games any more but I LOVED the anime style graphics on these when they were new.

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This is a really good collection, and the more purchases, the better, if only to help keep more coming out.

Plus, it feels like a freaking miracle that this happened at all, so for that price, maybe better to take advantage now. Hard to say when or if it'll ever happen again.