There was deluge of TF figures in the past few years, some good some bad, The Alternators line introduced realistic licensed cars with a high die-cast content. That line shrank down to the Alternity line with a few licensed cars, but in a smaller scale.
But i think the standout line was to be the Masterpiece series of figures from Takatomy.. some hits and misses of course. The early figures weren't fantastic (the first prime was still awesome though), but i think it was after the release of the v2 prime, and Sideswipe that it started getting popular. There were of course tons of repaints, but even those were at least unique in their own way.
In between all this was the Transformers Movie toys, these "Bayformers" had it's own intepretation of how the bots should be like, and i'm sure it has it's fans, but most of the movie toys... um, i'd rather stay away from. :p
Also, in recent years, Third party companies have been releasing unlicensed TF toys to collectors, and i have to say, some of these are really impressive compared to what Hasbro releases. The only downside being the cost and QC as these aren't made on a very large scale compared to the larger firms.
So what's coming up for collectors nowadays? I'm looking forward to the upcoming Star Saber release, and hope Takatomy continues the Encore line; there are still quite a few unreleased figures out there! :)
But i think the standout line was to be the Masterpiece series of figures from Takatomy.. some hits and misses of course. The early figures weren't fantastic (the first prime was still awesome though), but i think it was after the release of the v2 prime, and Sideswipe that it started getting popular. There were of course tons of repaints, but even those were at least unique in their own way.
In between all this was the Transformers Movie toys, these "Bayformers" had it's own intepretation of how the bots should be like, and i'm sure it has it's fans, but most of the movie toys... um, i'd rather stay away from. :p
Also, in recent years, Third party companies have been releasing unlicensed TF toys to collectors, and i have to say, some of these are really impressive compared to what Hasbro releases. The only downside being the cost and QC as these aren't made on a very large scale compared to the larger firms.
So what's coming up for collectors nowadays? I'm looking forward to the upcoming Star Saber release, and hope Takatomy continues the Encore line; there are still quite a few unreleased figures out there! :)
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