The year has been rather slow for
me in terms of the inflow of pop culture collectibles going into my collection.
Still, I’m pretty thankful that I’ve been able to get the stuff pictured above
that I really wanted since they were first announced way back sometime last
year. I’m kinda hesitating to purchase another ‘large’ item but I’m still
holding out from getting that particular collectible due to the ‘large’ cost
associated with it. We’ll see how things go in the next couple of days (or if I
crumble and succumb to my inner evils!).
Anyway, let’s go briefly into the
stuff I’ve snagged recently.
ToyWorld Hegemon TW-01B - 2nd Edition – This one’s been sitting pretty high
up in my ‘want list’ for quite some time. I missed out on the 1st
edition but I jumped when the pre-order opened up for this 2nd
edition/version/release. It’s supposedly missing an accessory from the 1st
release (for the love of me I can’t remember which one!) but it doesn’t bother
me that much really. This set comes with an alternate Megs head (black-colored;
as homage to his comic appearance I think) and his laser-mace thingy (if
there’s an accessory that I want that’s similar to the one included with the
Masterpiece Megs, it’s gotta be Kremzeek!). Finally my voyager-class G1 Optimus
Prime (iGear’s Faith Leader) has a worthy nemesis to go with him on my display
shelf. I’ve been doing some basic touch up i.e. applying some paints on him
ever since I got him but I’ll get to that later during my review on him.
NECA Aliens’ Bishop – I have an
obsession with James Cameron’s 1986 flick so much that sometimes I even forgot
that the 1979 film by Ridley Scott actually existed prior to it! Bishop’s here
has been a dream come true for many collectors/fans of the Aliens franchise as
it brings us a step closer towards completing the Marines line-up. While Ash
scared the heck out of most of us, Bishop’s here has been such a relief and
restored our confidence in trusting Weyland-Yutani’s manufactured sapiens (?). This
is hands-down the best Lance Henriksen likeness we’ve ever seen (has there been
any figure made based on him before I wonder?). NECA is really on the move with
their Aliens license. Now give me Vasquez and Drake next (complete with their
huge-a** machine guns) please!
Hasbro’s Transformers Combiner
Wars’ Silverbolt – Ok, who doesn’t want these Combiners...please raise your
hands! I wanted to get the whole lot (yes, inclusive of that oddly placed
Dragstrip in the Aerialbots wave too) but I’m kinda short of moolah right now.
So I decided to buy the leader of the ensemble first seeing that he’s the
fastest selling figure of the bunch (naturally). I’m gonna want to complete Superion and later
Menasor too. But the most exciting news I’ve heard yesterday was that a
Devastator(Construction) is coming our way too this year! Goodness. I’m
guessing the rest of the combiners are coming too at some point. I’m already
imagining Superion, Menasor, Devastator, and the likes of Defensor, Predaking,
Bruticus, Computron and many more gracing my display shelves! Finally, official
AND affordable combiners from Hasbro!
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