2016 Collecting

[Felix]

Dang it Bravo, you're a genius! She is just like Jem! lol!

The "V" Theory...
Diana from the original "V" is the best live character version of the Baroness I can ever imagine. It also explains why COBRA troops ALWAYS hide their faces

The other connection is the Crimson Guards, they look a lot like they should be those soldiers in "V" to me.

I also see Zartan as part of the alien snake race. This also explains why his skin changes color
The real face on the toy looked pretty alienish, especially when it changed color, but he had the human face mask to look normal.

Cobra La's version is cool and it fits into my same theory except, they've always just been here!

>....or have they?

[Felix]

Got my Filmation Beastman today. I happened to have the day off when he went on sale at mattycollector.com at 9am Monday morning. He sold out in 5 minutes, it's crazy! Anyway, absolutely love this toy. It looks like it jumped right out of the cartoon, I absolutely love it Out of everything Filmation in MOTU, it's Skeletor and Beastman that I wanted most, pretty excited to have both of them
I just wish Hasbro would follow this design and scale for G.I. JOE cartoon accurate figures.

I'll try to take some shots later today or tomorrow.

[Felix]

Looks shiny in the pics, but not in person. Fun toy.










Worked on my Teela that came with Point Dread. I gave her the alternate head that came with Teela's first release, and she has the weapons pack snake armor and staff




Also nabbed a decent shot of Apollyon and Laserbeak

[Bravo]

Didn't Appolyon appear in Purple Rain? Have I made that joke already? Who even remember Appollonia?

I picked up IDW's trade-sized comic book version of Transformers the movie. They keep the confusing "Cyclonus the warrior and his Armada" part. Sorry, Skywarp, you are just "his Armada" now. Yet, they omit Galvatron's "Bad comedy" part before he annihilated Starscream.

[Felix]

lolz @purple Rain

I never liked Galvatron. Shockwave should have taken over...with Soundwaves full support. I think he should have had instructions from Megatron to kill him in case Starscream ever tried to take over. I can picture Shockwave saying, "Megatron sends his regards!"

[Bravo]

I read that Shockwave was scripted/storyboarded to die in the movie. So was Trailbreaker. But those parts were never animated.

[Felix]

Unicron was supposed to destroy the tower Shockwave was in.

[Bravo]

Got this Power Team Elite tnak for 50 cents couple of weeks ago. Missing the hatches and the machine gun. But anyway, I don't think they sell it in the US anymore.

[Felix]

I'm like, "Oh wow, cool tank!" Then read that you got it for 50 cents lol

Power Team Elite tank looks like something Slaughters Maruaders would use.

[Bravo]

My dad found a Vader's TIE fighter at a yard sale. The roof hatch tab is broken, but surprisingly the hatch was still there. Missiles long gone, that's expected. I get a Vader TIE every other year, I have squadron. Why is it always the character fighters? Probably because that's what they make the most of.

I tried to take some "fun" pictures with it, but bad lighting and dying batteries thwarted me. Always blame the camera.

[Felix]

I had hoped when the special edition of Star Wars was made, that instead of an Imperial Shuttle, Darth Vader arrived at the Death Star in his TIE-Fighter
It makes me wonder how Vader would have his menacing entrance.
I also wish some TIE-Advanced Fighters would have been added to a few scenes in ROTJ space battle. I don't like the idea that Vader is the ONLY one with it, and it only gets used once. It should have been more of an extension of him, like the X-wing was for Luke. Like Vaders Death Squad of pilots would fly TIE-Advances.

The Rebels should have infiltrated Endor in a few TIE-Bombers too.

You have to remember I like having odd characters pilot my Star Wars ships. Dengar has the Tie-Bomber, and it works really well. Bossk has the B-wing although I like him with the Y-wing too. I think Talon Karde was last seen piloting an A-wing. Right now, my Bounty Hunters are on the top level of the AT-AT, I really want a vintage Imperial Officer to put on the lower deck...it reminds me of the Star Destroyer scene

[Bravo]

I've never gotten a TIE-Bomber. I remember the last release was at some Wal-Marts but it was never really went on clearance. Maybe someday.

[Felix]

Dengars got that backpack that makes it hard for him to fit in most starfighters, plus it just kind of makes sense. He's got all of that Storm Trooper gear, why not have an Imperial Fighter as well? I would throw him in a standard TIE-Fighter, but without a face mask, not a good idea. I actually want to paint my TIE-Bomber in Dengars colors, that off white and brownish-purple

Zuckuss works for a TIE-Fighter though, and so does 4-Lom.

When I'm not torturing IG-88, I think a TIE-Advanced or Interceptor are a good choice.

Aurra Sing is a tough one because that darn head antenna. I really don't like that aspect of her, I think it's a poor design. Other than that I think she's awesome, but she only seems to fit in with Boba Fett's Slave1.

I could see Greedo piloting a YT-1300...or maybe Dash Rendar's Outrider. It's the flight vest, and it would be kind of funny if he and Han Solo had similar star ships. I would give it green and yellow markings.

There's something really neat to me about seeing actual characters piloting the ships instead of standard pilots. It was the original picture on the Y-wing toy box that set me on that path forever. Admiral Ackbar was in the cockpit

[Bravo]

They recreated that scene for the Vintage collection Y-Wing, another ship I say should've bought. (I do have a Y-wing I need to restore, one with the fixed astromech droid)

i DID buy the Target small winged TIE Fighter and since it was store exclusive and vintage collection, it's probably worth 3 to 4 times what I paid. I opened the box but never assembled it.

[Bravo]

More garage sale garbage. I don't usually buy used CORPS figures but they were in a baggie with the star wars guys, so....