Hopes, Predictions and Resolutions 2022

[Pinwig]

Time once again for some reflection and prediction for the year to come... 

INDEX TO PREVIOUS YEARS:
Hopes, Predictions and Resolutions 2021
Hopes, Predictions and Resolutions 2020
Hopes, Predictions and Resolutions 2019
Hopes, Predictions and Resolutions 2018
Hopes, Predictions and Resolutions 2017
Hopes, Predictions and Resolutions 2016
Hopes, Predictions and Resolutions 2015
Predictions autumn 2014

[Dezzeh]

Well well well.
Next year I need to massively cut back on modern releases. Ditch the FOMO on the Gen Selects as well, absolute waste of time and money, they will need to be something really special to tempt me now.

I have started ditching packaging now so that needs to continue.

Selling stuff that no longer has a part in my collection begins in January!

Hopes wise, mainly I want Hasbro to give me a cheap year tbh, if the rumours on the Titan play out then that's an easy pass.
Hoping for a couple of Dinobots at least, maybe some Omnibots, that would be nice.
Supposedly we get Pointblank so a couple more autobot TMs would be great.

[Pinwig]

#downsizing...

[Dezzeh]

Dec 23, 2021 22:29:14 GMT Pinwig said:

#downsizing...

Black Zarak arrived today and I received a look that finally promised divorce if I don't deal with the lack of space..

[Shockprowl]

HOPES

The Dinobot Road, although a slower journey than I'd hoped, is moving along, like so much Christmas Traffic. I hope it continues; I think it will.

So what I -REALLY- hope for is for the Mini-Autobot Road to pick up its feet again. It seems currently to be stuck in warm sticky tarmac; lethargic, wheezing, atrophied...

Please start doing those awesome Minis again.



PREDICTIONS

I have no interest in anything other than completing The Two Roads.

Therefore I predict the need for patience...

Not a natural state of mind for collectors...



RESOLUTIONS

No need for resolutions. I am immune to the whispers of transforming plastic mmmmman-sirens. I have reached a new harmony of collectingment and my bastion cannot be breached; my fortress clad in the unbreakable armour of aged nostalgic clarity.

[The Doctor]

Planning on buying a lot less Transformers in 2022. Been through too long a phase of buying stuff for the sake of it/FOMO. Not being in physical shops as much has caused too much disconnect between what I actually want or not.

Focussing for now on Beast Wars related stuff and Core Class.

Oh, and the Haslab Victor Saber (already paid for), if it turns up end of 2022.

-Ralph

[Jim]

Hopes

We know so much about what's coming it seems there's little left to hope for but that it will be good!
I guess I can hope for a nice surprise...

Oh, one hope I have is that the TF/Joe comic license situation means the rights for reprints end up somewhere interesting and we get something good - omnibi / epics would be amazing, for example

Also hope that reissues keep going with more BW stuff (and hopefully some non-BW toys)? And I hope I find an affordable way to buy them - over here they've shown up at just the one importer and are seriously overpriced IMO, so despite wanting a couple of them I've kept away so far.

Predictions

Legacy Menasor won't please many people, for multiple reasons (not scramble city; Prime breakdown; Motormaster not quite right; etc.). Hasbro announce an exclusive G1-style Breakdown (maybe for 2023) that will please some of them, and it will become like gold dust.

Supply chain issues will bite, and prices continue to rise, and certain entitled sections of fandom will show themselves at their worst as a result

Resolutions

Make the collection a bit more sustainable, and make some space, by offloading some stuff.
Keep up the painting / drawing!

[Philip Ayres]

I'll come onto my predictions later....

But one of them will probably be to do with budgeting & less toys.

To that end I took the known toys, marked the ones I wanted and valued them against what Pulse currently quotes, with a few guesses here and there.

Legacy

Core:

Wave 1:

1) F3011 Skywarp £12.00
2) Hot Rod £12.00
3) F3014 Iguanus £12.00

Wave 2:

4) F3015 G2 Megatron £12.00
5) F3009 Shockwave £12.00

Wave 3: contents may change


6) Energon monster £12.00
7) Skullgrin £12.00

Deluxe:

Wave 1:

8) F3008 Skids £20.00
9) F3020 Dragstrip £20.00
10) F3028 TFP Arcee £20.00
11) F3040 Kickback £20.00

Wave 2:

12) F3031 TFP Knockout £20.00
13) F3033 Elita 1 £20.00
14) F3032 Tarantulas £20.00
15) F3030 Wildrider £20.00

Wave 3:

16) F3035 Deluxe Pointblank £20.00
17) F3037 Deluxe Crankcase £20.00
18) F3029 Deluxe Energon Monster £20.00
19) F3039 Deluxe Deadend £20.00

Wave 4: (contents not final)

20) Breakdown £20.00

RUMOURED

21) Nightbeat tmukhub.proboards.com/post/450736/thread £20.00
22) Hosehead tmukhub.proboards.com/post/450736/thread £20.00

Voyager:

Wave 1:

Blaster
23) F3055 TFP Bulkhead £27.00

Wave 2:

24) F3517 Soundwave (?TFP? G1?) £27.00
25) F3058 Jhiaxus £27.00

Wave 3:

26) F3056 Armada Starscream £27.00
27) F3075 Beast Wars Inferno £27.00

Leader:

Wave 1:

28) F3061 Lazer Optimus Prime £50.00

Wave 2:

Galvatron (Repack)
29) F3062 Blitzwing £50.00

Wave 3:

30) F3063 Leader Dragon Megatron £50.00

RUMOURED

31) Darkmount (Straxus) tmukhub.proboards.com/post/450736/thread £50.00

COMMANDER

RUMOURED

32) Motormaster tmukhub.proboards.com/post/450736/thread £93.00

TITAN

33) F2986 Legacy Titan Cybertron Metroplex £160.00

Exclusives tmukhub.proboards.com/post/458618/thread

Walgreens:

34) 8 x Tra Gen legacy Dlx Minerva £25.00

Target:

35) 8 x Tra Gen Dlx Red Card 1 (Silverstreak) tmukhub.proboards.com/post/464633/thread £25.00

36) 8 x Tra Gen Dlx Red Card 2 (Toy deco Terrorsaur) tmukhub.proboards.com/post/464633/thread £25.00

37) Buzzworthy Legacy Multipack (Gold Bug, Ransack, Toy Scorponok, Paralyzer) tmukhub.proboards.com/post/464633/thread £100.00

38) Buzzworthy Legacy Accessory Pack (Red Cog) tmukhub.proboards.com/post/464633/thread £37.00

Walmart:

Velocitron

Deluxe:

39) Tra Gen Burnout £22.00
40) Tra Gen Road Rocket £22.00
41) Tra Gen Blurr £22.00
42) Tra Gen Clampdown £22.00
43) Tra Gen Cosmos £22.00

Voyager:

44) Tra Gen Override £45.00
45) Tra Gen Road Hauler £45.00

Leader:

46) Tra Gen Black Convoy £67.00

47) Legacy Deluxe Fractyl tmukhub.proboards.com/post/464633/thread £22.00

Beast Wars Reissues

48) 6 x Tra Gen BW vintage Terrorsaur £22.00
6 x Tra Gen BW vintage Tarantulas
6 x Tra Gen BW vintage Cybershark
6 x Tra Gen BW vintage K-9
49) Scorponok £48.00

Hasbro Pulse

50) Legacy Pulsecon set (Deluxe Orion Pax (SS86 Kup) and Voyager Alpha Trion (SS86 Scourge) tmukhub.proboards.com/post/464633/thread) £70.00

Shattered Glass

8 x Tra Gen Dlx Wheeljack

6 x Tra Gen Voy Soundwave
6 x Tra Gen Voy Blaster

Tra Gen Ldr Ultra Magnus

Transformers Shine:

Soundwave vs Optimus Prime
Bumblebee vs Starscream

Legacy Selects tmukhub.proboards.com/post/458506/thread

51) F4723 Titan Black Zarak £160.00

52) F3072 Deluxe Lift-ticket £24.00

53) Deluxe Clampdown (Sideswipe police) £24.00

54) Voyager Cyclonus’ Armada £40.00

55) Deluxe DK-3 (Blue Trailbreaker) £24.00

56) 2F3071 Deluxe Guard (Black Ironhide) £30.00

Fan Channel (Selects? subject to change) tmukhub.proboards.com/post/464633/thread

57) Legacy Deluxe Beast Wars Sandstorm £24.00

58) Legacy Deluxe Nightprowler £24.00

59) Legacy Deluxe Beast Wars Buzzsaw £24.00

Unknown where they’re going to end up, but are a thing: tmukhub.proboards.com/post/464633/thread

60) Core class Packrat £20.00

61) Voyager Antagony £40.00

62) Titan Guardian Robot £160.00

Studio Series tmukhub.proboards.com/post/458504/thread

Core:

Wave 1:

F3138 TF6 Ravage (Revealed)
F3139 TF6 Shockwave (Revealed)

Wave 2:

63) F3142 86 Spike £12.00

Wave 3:

64) F3140 Core 86 Wheelie £12.00
65) F3143 Core 86 Ratchet £12.00

Wave 4:

F3140 Core 86 Wheelie
F3144 Core TF3 Laserbeak
66) F3145 Core 86 Rumble £12.00

Deluxe:

Wave 1:

67) F3164 86 Perceptor (Revealed) £22.00
F3163 TF6 Ratchet UPC # 195166158532 (Revealed)
F3167 TF6 Wheeljack UPC # 195166160016 (Revealed)
F3172 TF6 Brawn UPC # 195166158516 (Revealed)

Wave 2:

F3167 TF6 Wheeljack UPC # 195166160016
F3163 TF6 Ratchet UPC # 195166158532
F3162 TF6 Arcee
F3171 TF6 Ironhide

Wave 3:

68) F4480 Deluxe 86 Arcee £22.00
F3472 Deluxe TF2 Sideways
F3168 Deluxe TF3 Bumblebee

Wave 4:

F3164 86 Perceptor (REVEALED)
F3169 Deluxe TF5 Hot Rod
F3165 Deluxe TF5 Crosshairs

Voyagers:

Wave 1:

F3173 TF6 Soundwave UPC # 195166153438, EAN # 5010993940103 (Revealed)
86 Hot Rod variant EAN # 5010993940110

Wave 2:

F3173
TF6 Soundwave UPC # 195166153438, EAN # 5010993940103
69) F3177 86 Junkyard UPC # 195166158525 £35.00

Wave 3:

F3174 Voyager TF6 Thundercracker
F3176 Voyager TF4 Galvatron

Wave ??

70) F3175 Voyager 86 Ironhide £35.00

Leaders:

Wave 1:

71) F3201 86 King Starscream cape (Revealed) £55.00

Wave 2:

72) F3203 86 Sludge £55.00

Wave 3:

F3202 Leader TF2 Fallen

And the total?

£2479 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pinwig]

Top job there, Phil. I was thinking of doing that myself but I'll just nick your list.

Mind you that list is quite big considering at the moment the only new retail Generations toy we're getting before July is Blaster.

[Philip Ayres]

To finish my Minibots (probably involving TFC 12) - carried over from 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021

To get

an original Headmaster, preferably one of Apeface/Snapdragon - carried over from 2020 & 2021

Ironfist - carried over from 2021

rotors for Rotorstorm - carried over from 2021

Energon Prowl & Checkpoint set

Superlink Scoponok

Universe Air Raid & Wind Sheer

Universe Soundwave & Spacecase

Universe Minicons Prowl & Terradive

To buy less exclusive recolours I don't need - carried over from 2021

To get the boys in to clear the loft of as many non TF toys as possible - carried over from 2021

Spend less money on toys - so less than £3385.00 tmukhub.proboards.com/post/465095/thread

[Llama God]

Hopes:

• None. Hope has forsaken these lands.

Predictions:

• The new Nickelodeon show and associated toyline will not be released this year due to reasons.
• The Buzzworthy Bumblebee line will continue to put out the most interesting toys, and continue to be the most unavailable.
• The Studio Series Bumblebee Movie toys will continue to be quite desirable.

Resolutions:

• To really buy fewer toys this year. They're just cluttering up space now, and I really don't have time to fiddle with them like I used to.
• To not adhere to the above resolution should the mood take me otherwise.
• To start condsidering downsizing given the first point. My worth really isn't tied to the number of Optimus Primes I own.
• To double-check the number of Optimus Primes I own, just in case it is.

[The Doctor]

I hope to cut back on buying TF's. Stop pre-ordering and wait for something to come out and look at reviews before deciding if I want something. Stop being caught up in FOMO. Buy less online and more in-store, where it's easier to know if I really want something!

Check and see what can go to Toy-Fu. Stop buying minor variations of moulds. Stop buying Siege Megatrons.

Keep number of new TF's under 25 this year. Plan to focus on BW and Core Class.

Less purchases and more focus = more fun and better budgeting. I hope!

-Ralph

[Stomski]

With no new Masterpiece mould announced, I'm struggling to think what I'm gonna buy this year! Hoping there'll be a TakTom MP Hound reissue with QC issues resolved and Jiang Xing finally show renders/prototypes of Metal Beast 02 Tyga Eagle (MP Tigerhawk).

[dyrl]

At this point who knows. 2022 was the 8th or 9th year in a row that I have managed not to sell off any of my collection. The last piece I sold off was TF4 Optimus Prime (the "G1" cab version). I really hated how I would spend so much time and effort to collect and then see so much of the collection go. I still to this day really regret getting rid of my Unicron Trilogy toys and Transformers Collection/Encore toys. But I am happy with all I have and have no plans whatsoever. We'll see what hits my fancy.

[Benn]

I think my only resolution is to not go nuts with buying and enjoy what I do get. No pressure, no stress.

[Pinwig]

Time to score the predictions for 2022.

I failed to make a proper set of predictions again, however it would have been sunk totally by the MotU invasion.

[The Doctor]

Dec 28, 2021 17:11:27 GMT The Doctor said:

Planning on buying a lot less Transformers in 2022. Been through too long a phase of buying stuff for the sake of it/FOMO. Not being in physical shops as much has caused too much disconnect between what I actually want or not.

Focussing for now on Beast Wars related stuff and Core Class.

Oh, and the Haslab Victor Saber (already paid for), if it turns up end of 2022.

-Ralph

Actually, my TF buying was a bit out of control until around Autumn when I got out of the overbuying I had been doing during peak covid.

The Haslab Saber turned up and I realised I didn't want it!

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Jan 1, 2022 21:18:56 GMT Philip Ayres said:

To finish my Minibots (probably involving TFC 12) - carried over from 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021

To get

an original Headmaster, preferably one of Apeface/Snapdragon - carried over from 2020 & 2021

Ironfist - carried over from 2021

rotors for Rotorstorm - carried over from 2021

Energon Prowl & Checkpoint set

Superlink Scoponok

Universe Air Raid & Wind Sheer

Universe Soundwave & Spacecase

Universe Minicons Prowl & Terradive

To buy less exclusive recolours I don't need - carried over from 2021

To get the boys in to clear the loft of as many non TF toys as possible - carried over from 2021

Spend less money on toys - so less than £3385.00 tmukhub.proboards.com/post/465095/thread

ALL a bit NO till we get to the last two as a large amount of Lego left the loft and I've only spent £2728.78 on TFs this year.....

.... but TFs have unexpectedly not been the whole story this year.

[Llama God]

Jan 3, 2022 10:57:31 GMT Llama God said:

Hopes:

• None. Hope has forsaken these lands.

Achieved. And quite right, too.

Jan 3, 2022 10:57:31 GMT Llama God said:

Predictions:

• The new Nickelodeon show and associated toyline will not be released this year due to reasons.
• The Buzzworthy Bumblebee line will continue to put out the most interesting toys, and continue to be the most unavailable.
• The Studio Series Bumblebee Movie toys will continue to be quite desirable.

So:

• Half right - we've yet to see the toys in the UK.
• Correct - see Legacy Goldbug.
• True. For me, anyway. Although there weren't many more announced either, so tricky to call. But I will.

Jan 3, 2022 10:57:31 GMT Llama God said:

Resolutions:

• To really buy fewer toys this year. They're just cluttering up space now, and I really don't have time to fiddle with them like I used to.
• To not adhere to the above resolution should the mood take me otherwise.
• To start condsidering downsizing given the first point. My worth really isn't tied to the number of Optimus Primes I own.
• To double-check the number of Optimus Primes I own, just in case it is.

Well, I certainly did buy fewer TFs this year. Haven't actually started downsizing yet, simply due to time and space, but have been putting thought to it as I've been looking over older toys.

So not a bad set of predictions and resolutions, really.