Apr 29 2008
Shaking Down The Botcon Dealer Room
Since I made a decision to avoid the 2007 Movie toys, I haven’t aggressively pursued my hobby in the last year. I picked up some chain store exclusives along the way, mostly repaints from earlier lines, and a few eBay auctions for older stuff, but no real conquests. I spent an awful lot of money on vintage toys at last year’s Botcon, but then there was a “collecting lull” until this year’s Botcon. So, I wanted to cut loose and gobble up whatever I wanted in the dealer room this year.
What I ended up with was a cornucopia of Transformers that spans all lines. Although I was specifically looking for HeadMasters and TargetMasters from the G1 era, I found only some PowerMasters and Triggercons. From the G2 line, I got a packaged “Road Rocket” and a set of Sideswipe’s weapons. I completed my Universe collection with “Dinobot Stryker“. I picked up a couple of Robots in Disguise figures, “Super Sideburn” and “Super X-Brawn”. I finally found an elusive Energon “Rapid Run” with both of his biker Mini-cons.
The majority of this year’s haul might be Micromasters though. I got accessories for my incomplete “Groundshaker”, an almost-complete “Anti-Aircraft Base”, the “Race Track Patrol”, three of the “Hot Rod Patrol” (still need that orange car), a hard-to-find missile for the “Astro Squad”, and the “Countdown” rocket base. I only started collecting the Micromaster sets a year ago, so there are still a few that I don’t have, particularly the base sets from the final year of their run. Maybe I’ll find them next time.
I have to thank Cory from Decepticon-Matrix again this year, since he once again came through for me. Cory is a good guy and I wish that all of the dealers were as helpful and pleasant to work with as him. I also did a lot of business with TFSource again this year. They had a good deal on the Japanese Masterpiece Megatron ($75 with no orange barrel!) and the fan-made “Scope and Silencer” set. They also took credit cards, so I splurged a little on a knockoff “Metrotitan” and the Asterisk “Position Cassette” set.
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Botcon, G1, G2, HeadMasters, Micromasters, PowerMasters, Robots In Disguise, TargetMasters, Transformers, Triggercons, Universe
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