Now I'm just annoyed that they never actually got Narutaki back for Zi-O! Imagine Tsukasa, actually going on about how he's going to destroy the world, with Narutaki just in the background like "I knew it, I knew it!"

EDIT: Oh great, now y'all are making me want a human Woz just to iwae with.

Also, I know everyone's probably already seen this, but going through the Candy Toy blog: this is a big Zero One mood right now.

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...0107224224.jpg

It's real "wish I could afford to buy more SODO figures" hours mates

That's a big mood. Really want PuToTyra, really don't want to be spending money. How do I make the exchange rate less awful?

Yeah, I'm keeping my preorders going, but a lot of the older figs I had an eye on are going to have to wait a while. Pretty much just going to work through my backlog for the time being.

For those who don't have a backlog and are feeling that SO-DO itch, there's an article on a Transformers blog that might be applicable. It's basically a bunch of ways you can enjoy your collection if you can't get/afford new figures. It's a lot of easy and free things you can do with figures on hand, like reposing and rearranging your collection. Some of it's a little transforming-robot-toy specific, like converting modes, but... maybe it's time to recombine those Build figures, post some fun new combos? Rabbit/Game? Panda/UFO? If you've got the time, get creative!

Hope everyone's getting through this safely and sanely!

Oooooo, this will be useful, thanks for the link

Now news that hasn't been linked here. We're getting Candy toy size stands! This is super awesome to me and will work great no matter what you collect. On top of that we also see what looks like SHODO Sun Vulcan in these pics, I hope that means something.

Edit: Fixed a typo

Neat! Those are fantastic. It's super cool that you can use a bunch of different pegs/grips, plus combine them for dioramas. I definitely want to build a little plastic rock quarry for all of my tiny mans to fight on. Are these Premium Bandai only, or is that just for the 18-pack? I'm not totally clear from that article.

Thanks for the heads-up!

I found the 18 pack on HLJ. It seems that Bandai just links to their own store in their posts to keep business to themselves.

Excellent! I, uh, definitely can't justify them right now (*gestures at the world*), so hopefully HLJ'll keep them in stock. Thanks for finding that!

Even at just $2-3 a piece, though, I feel like I'll have to pick and choose who gets the Premium stands, you know? Like, an 18-piece display for major characters, the pack-in stands for everyone else.

What about the rest of you? Going to upgrade everything, or just keep it to favorite figs? Or skip the new stands entirely?

I'm gonna have to skip these stands. I'm too attached to everyone having their name and symbol on their basic stands. I don't even use stands for other action figures much