Masterpiece!?!? Huffer

Okay, this one is a bit different. I usually think it is better to stick to official releases, but the wait for a new Masterpiece figure has gone too long, and I have been looking at the Cubex Huff (Huffer) on the web for a long time now. Temptation has gotten to much though, and so I have decided to add him and likely other third party offerings I like to my Masterpiece collection.

I got him from BBTS, and I have to admit I really do like him, and glad I made the gamble. He is really cool, and does fit in with the Takara/Hasbro Masterpieces. I just don't know how I am going to feel about the investment if an official one is ever released.

On a different note, during this purchase, I also added the MP-15 Rumble & Ravage Coin to my masterpiece set. I have been working to add the coins released in Asia to my collection throughout the year. I actually have at least half of them now. I have made sure to order the Takara releases with the coins from BBTS from now on.

Masterpiece Smokescreen

Close to Christmas, but I still managed to grab a Masterpiece Smokescreen to add to my Masterpiece collection.

Almost a year later... Masterpiece, etc.

Okay, so much for me making more post.... I admit it has been almost a year, which seems crazy to me. I guess I have really just been so busy. What has made me finally post something today, is that I got my Takara Masterpiece Bluestreak in the mail today from BigBadToyStore. I have to admit, while he is very cool, I have gotten a lot of other cool Masterpiece figures since my last post, so it is funny he broke the camels back. Well, thinking about it, he probably isn't the only cause. I also got an email today from the G.I.Joe and/or Transformers collectors clubs (I am a member of both, and not exactly sure which one the email originated from, with a message telling me I have been in a drawing, and have a chance to pick up the G.I.Joe/Transformer SD Comic-Con set. I have really wanted this set, and have almost succumbed to paying the outrageous prices that it sells for on eBay. It won't be cheap here, but much better than I have seen. I am excited to grab it. Below is a picture of it that was sent.

Getting back to Masterpieces, since that last post, I think I have picked up the following:

Acid Storm (Hasbro Toys R Us exclusive)

Sideswipe (all the rest are the Takara releases picked up from BBTS)

Tigertrack

Soundwave

Red Alert

Rumble and Ravage

Frenzy and Buzzsaw

Prowl

Bluestreak

A list with generic photos can be seen on my site. Masterpiece

There has also been many other G.I. Joe and Transformer items I have gotten, that I know I either don't have time to list all currently, or may forget. I will try to go back and post those soon. One think I will note is I have a lot of cool pictures and swag from back in August when I went to Universal Studios in Florida, and got to check out the Transformers ride. I will try to do a post/page just on that soon, as well as the other things. Hope to be back soon!

Additional Masterpiece Additions

Something Transformers to add for a change. With the new year upon us, Takara and Hasbro have been slowly adding more Masterpieces for us to put into the collections.

Toys R Us has added a couple with those being redesigned Optimus Prime with his trailer as well as Thundercracker, completing the original "Seeker" collection. Takara has done/is doing a bit more with adding Sideswipe, Soundwave with Laserbeak, Red Alert, Rumble and Ravage set, and Frenzy and Buzzsaw set.

Most of the Takara sets aren't out yet, but Red Alert is, which I just picked up. I also got the Toys R Us Thundercracker. Will work to get the others as I can. Stay tuned...

Site/Collection updating Pt 2

The last couple of days I have updated the following Autobots including finally adding pictures for Jetfire and Kup:

Hoist
Hot Rod
Jetfire
Kup



Stay tuned for more updates....

Fortress Maximus

I finally got it today, so I can now officially post it. I finally got the unreachable Transformer for me, Fortress Maximus. I have wanted him so badly over the many years I started working on my Generation 1 collection. With a little bit of luck, and saving I finally got one though I admit that as of this post, he is far from complete. I got him on eBay missing many parts, but as soon as I won the auction, I immediately started getting the parts that are missing that I could afford. I got some of the parts I ordered for him yesterday, before I even got him today. When I did get him today I added the parts I got, and will continue to do so as they come in, and my budget will allow me to purchase more. At this point, I have purchased all of the parts that make his main body complete, with the one exception being his radar dish. With any luck, I can get it in a few weeks, and then I will proceed to work on getting his other missing parts, namely his large rifles, and then new stickers for him, and finally the parts needed for gasket/grommet. As I said in my previous post, I am really working to get my collection pages current, so I really feel I can say with certainty that I should be keeping his page updated as I go. I will try to keep this blog updated as I proceed.

Site/Collection updating

Lately, I have realized that when I have been updating this site, it is unfortunately not with the most important parts, which is my actual Transformer collection. That is a shame really because it is suppose to be the focal point of my site, and has really been needing it from when I started it as a class project many years ago. That being the case, I am trying to rededicate myself to making my site better, primarily by cleaning up my collection pages so they are better formatted with pictures, have the correct pictures, have the pictures taken nicely from my collection instead of eBay pictures if there are pictures at all, and also update my personal descriptions, which in most cases out dated since I have added to many figures. I already took a lot of pictures last night and already updated the following Autobots:

Arcee
Bluestreak
Blurr
Fortress Maximus
Grapple
Ironhide


Stay tuned for more updates. They will take a while, but I do plan to really work on them and not let this fade away as in times past...