I’ve recently moved to a new apartment and I’m in the process of unpacking all my stuff. As I’ve mentioned before, one of my many hobbies is toy collecting, especially stuff related to Transformers and Video Games (though there are some exceptions like comic book and anime characters). I figured I’d take a little time to show some of the toys I’ve currently got unpacked. I figured this would allow you guys to see some of the stuff I like, and also keep me encouraged to keep unpacking things. So here we go:
When it comes to Transformers I mainly collect my three favorite characters, Grimlock, Starscream, and Optimus Prime. I have more Optimus Primes than any other Transformer figure, not just because he’s one of my favorite characters or that he was my childhood hero, but because Hasbro/Takara makes more figures of him than any other character. So he’s definitely a big shelf filler.
Here’s a close up of part of my Prime collection. The highlights of this section is probably Armada Voyager Prime, Classics Voyager Prime, and McDonald’s Animated Prime. Okay, that last one might not seem like a big deal to most, but I like him. I think he’s pretty neat for a McD’s toy. He has a very G1 feel to him, transformation wise.
This section of my Prime collection has a lot of great figures, so picking just three is a bit tough… but if I had to I’d say the highlights are Powermaster Optimus Prime/God Ginrai, Alternator Prime, and Voyager Class Animated Prime, but that’s a hard call with all the cool ones in this section.
While this section also has a lot of great figures, it also has my three favorite Prime figures, so it makes it easy to give a highlight on. My three favorites are Masterpiece/20th Anniversary Optimus Prime (who is also my second to favorite Transformer I own), Big Convoy, and the original G1 Optimus Prime (who’s actually holding Big Convoy’s matrix). I think another reason I like collecting Optimus Prime figures is he gets a lot of the best looking figures most of the time. I guess that’s one of the perks of being the leader of the Autobots.
Ah, Starscream, I love that sneaky bastard. Here’s all my Screamer toys and figures. I had to put him in the tallest area in my shelf because of how huge Cybertron Screamer is. Due to this I make him share his space with Unicron, because he also can’t fit anywhere else. Not counting Unicron (who is pretty bad ass in his own right), the highlights of this section is Masterpiece Screamer (my third to favorite Transformer), huge ass Cybertron Starscream, and Animated Starscream. While I own the original G1 Starscream figure, I can’t say I’m a big fan of him. He’s really stumpy, his arms are really loose, and I never really liked the overall feel of G1 Screamer despite my love for the character. I also hate that you have to take his hands off when you transform him into jet mode, makes it really easy to lose them. Oh well.
Grimlock is my favoritest Transformer of all time, unfortunately there isn’t enough Grimlock figures to gill an entire shelf area so he shares his area with his fellow Dinobots as well as Universe/Classics Dinobot from Beast Wars. One of the neat thing about Grimmy and Co. is while I keep most of my Transformers in their robot modes I always feel the need to keep the Dinobots in their dino modes (with the exception of Alternator Grimlock and War Within Grimlock since they don’t turn into dinos), because I really like the weird robotic dinosaur look a lot of the figures have. The highlights of this collection are Generation 2 Grimlock (who is actually my favorite toy), G1 Grimlock, and Alternator Grimlock. Yeah, I know, Alternator Grimlock is kind of blasphemous for turning into a car instead of a T-Rex, but he turns into a Mustang GT, which is my favorite car model. So having my favorite Transformer turn into my favorite car is a pretty high level of awesome.
Here’s my collection of statues that I own. They mostly consist of video game girl, not just because I like girls, but because 90% of these figures tend to be of the female characters, thus there’s not much choice for me half the time. Which sometimes sucks since there are male characters I like and wouldn’t mind getting figures of. Also in this set is several DC related figures, a Lupin figure, a Wacky Races figure, and a Bone figure. The highlights are Tron Bonne, Baiken, and Catwoman. Though I will give bonus points to the Felicia because my fiance got it for me when she got to go to a con in San Antonio and I didn’t and the Hawkgirl statue because finding it was one of the highlights of one of my trips to Comic-Con.
