For new readers: For years now, I have been keeping a running total of every action figure or toy I buy. Hopefully, each entry has the figure's name, the line, the price, and where I bought it; and possibly a link to a cartoon or strip that toy was used in. (Unless that figure's unloved or unphotogenic, I guess. Or I'm lazy...) Totals will usually include postage and tax. Usually. Any prices or totals listed in parentheses were purchased with store credit or points instead of paying money, and aren't counted towards the actual total spent. This is by no means a "Best of" list or anything, just what I bought. For reference, here's links for 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006.
1-4 Super 7 Transformers Megatron (chrome), Optimus Prime (dead); $7.99 each, total $17.27, Ross.
Star Wars Black Shin Hati, $7.49, Target.
1-8 SWB Osha Aniseya, $8.22; Nite Owl, $6.00; G.I. Joe Vincent R. Falcon and Quarrel, $29.27; total $47.40, Wal-Mart.
1-25 McFarlane 1950's Batman/Ace, $17.09, GameStop.
1-29 Indiana Jones Temple of Doom Indy, $14.93; Professor Indy, $6.99; Marvel Legends X-Force Deathlok, $15.99; total $36.84, Amazon.
2-10 World's Smallest Star Trek set (Kirk, Spock, Enterprise) $21.95, Amazon.
2-12 ML Kaine, Spider-Man Unlimited, 27.99 each; total $60.62, the Comic Book Shop.
2-15 McFarlane Superman, $12.00, Wal-Mart.
NECA Enterprise Hoshi Sato (spacesuit), Nausicaan, $4 each; total $8.00, EntertainMart.
ML Ghost Rider, $42.74; Nightcrawler, $23.74; Simpsons Radioactive Man, $23.99; total $94.46, GameStop.
2-23 McFarlane Batman '66 Robot Batman, $4.99; Power Rangers in Space Turbo Invisible Phantom Ranger, $5.99; total $12.00, Ross.
3-15 Another Phantom Ranger, $5.99, Ross.
3-22 ML Fabian Cortez, Husk, Marrow, AoA Gambit, X-Factor Cyclops, 2 AoA Nightcrawlers, $24.99 each; total $157.98, Amazon.
4-17 Still another Phantom Ranger, $6.99; SWB Indara, Sol, $5.99 each; total $20.84, Ross.
Funko Pop GITD Nightcrawler, $10.43, GameStop.
4-24 2 ML ROM, $24.99 each, total $54.12, Amazon.
4-27 ML Adam Warlock, $26.89, GameStop.
5-3 FCBD! McFarlane DC Multiverse Camouflage Tumbler ($25.01), Amazon.
ML Egghead, $27.99, Comic Book Shop.
ML Banshee, $11.12, GameStop.
Transformers Blok-ees Optimus Prime, Ironhide, $8.99 each; total $14.71, Go! Calendars.
5-10 Toy Show! SWB test pilot Andor, $15; 12" Chewbacca, ML ToyBiz Destroyer, $20; ML Hallow's Eve, $12; DCUC Kalibak, $25; total $72.
5-13 Red Sonja arrives, Entertainment Earth. (She was on last year's total!)
5-24 ML Spider-Man 3 'emo' black Spidey, $33.68, GameStop.
ML AoA Magneto, Sleepwalker, Crossfire, DCUC Parademon, Clark Kent, Skallox, Wildcat, other Parademon; total $66.33, Never Enough Toys.
5-31 ML Falcon, $10.49, Target.
Spinmaster Superman, $7.94, Wal-Mart.
6-6 McFarlane Adam Strange, Batman Year Two, $14.99 each; total $32.71, Best Buy.
6-12 Superman Spinmaster Guy Gardner, Mr. Terrific, $7.94 each; total $17.19, Wal-Mart. (ML ROM, $24.99.)
6-28 ML Superior Iron Man, $10.80, Ross.
Superman Spinmaster Metamorpho, $10.80, Target.
Superman Spinmaster Hawkgirl, $7.94, Wal-Mart.
Street Fighter Guile, $29.99, GameStop.
Transformers Shockwave (6-step), $11.99, Fred Meyer.
7-3 ML Future Ant-Man, $6.99, EntertainMart.
7-11 Sectaurs Stellara, Dargon, $8 each; total $16.00, Wal-Mart.
7-12 ML Gamerverse Felicia Hardy (Black Cat) $30.39; Batman '66 Commissioner Gordon/Bat-Mite, $11.97; total $40.38, GameStop.
7-13 ML Wasp, ($24.99), Crossfire, ($14.42); total $5.82, Amazon.
7-18 ML (movie) Silver Surfer, $24.99; Amazon.
ML Professor X (Savage Land), Ultimate Iron Man, $12.49 each; total $24.98, Target.
8-8 Post-vacation catch-up! ML (movie) Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm, the Thing, $24.99 each; total $99.96, Target.
Biker Mice from Mars Vinnie, Throttle, Modo, $8 each; bike, $20; total $44.00, Wal-Mart.
SWB K2SO (re-issue) $5.99, Ross.
And ML Dragon Man, $92.63, Hasbro Pulse.
8-14 SWB Jod Na Nawood, $5.99; G.I. Joe 60th Anniversary Marine Sniper (female), $16.99; total $25.08, Ross.
SWB Imperial Royal Guard (Halloween edition) $24.99; Target.
9-5 2 ML Spider-Man '77s, $29.97 each, total $65.39, Wal-Mart.
9-7 ML Spirit Spider, SWB Night Trooper (Halloween), $24.99 each; total $49.98, Wal-Mart.
9-13 McFarlane Metron, Monarch, $34.99 each; Super Friends Superman, $21.99; total $99.60, GameStop.
SWB Mandalorian, $10.83, Wal-Mart.
9-22 ML Shanna, $77.62 shipped, Mercari.
10-7 Superman Spinmasters Luthorcorp Lab set, $13.19, Target.
10-9 ML Man-Wolf, $39.99; ML Mephisto, $79.99; total $130.90.
10-10 SWB Holiday Astromech (Santa!), $17.99; Stormtrooper (reindeer), $24.97; total $42.96, Amazon.
10-11 2 ML loose Tracksuit Mafia, $5 each; ML Collector, $12.99; total $22.99, Never Enough Toys.
Super 7 Dungeons & Dragons Shadow Demons, $24.99, Ross.
10-16 ML Gargantos (Shuma-Gorath!), $71.24; ML Morph, $19.99; total $91.23, GameStop.
10-18 NECA Sesame Street Bert, Ernie, $17.99 each; total $39.25, Best Buy.
11-1 G.I. Joe Classified Search & Rescue Firefighter, $24.99; WWE Billy Gunn, $7.49; total $32.48, Target.
11-2 Toy Show! ML Maximum Deadpool, $50; Savage Land Rogue, $25; Toad, Paladin (Madcap head!), $10 each; SWB ghost Kenobi, $10; Mara Jade, $15; Mandalorian Nite Owl, $8; Toy Biz 10" Thing, $10; total $138.00.
11-7 DCUC Cyborg Superman, $8; ML Melina Vostokova, $10; total $20.54, Never Enough Toys.
11-13 Mondo X-Men '97 12-inch Nightcrawler, $323.98.
11-28 AEW Cody Rhodes, $3.99, Ross.
11-29 Fortnite Siona, $3.99, EntertainMart.
ML Enchantress, Warbow, Werewolf by Night, Dark Avengers Spider-Man, Phantom Rider, Iron Man Mark 72, $29.99 each; total $174.94, GameStop.
12-5 McFarlane Anti-Monitor, $10.80, Ross.
12-7 ML Daredevil (Man Without Fear), Phoenix (Rachel), $27.99 each; Silver Surfer, $24.99; total $74.96, Amazon.
12-8 2 Masters of the Universe Origins Sharella, total with membership $45.81.
12-11 ML Chameleon, $5.99; SWB Dedra Meero, Moff Gideon, $7.99 each; total $23.77, Ross.
Street Fighter Cammy, $29.99, Wal-Mart.
12-17 G.I. Joe Cover Girl, $8.20, Amazon. (With ML Uncanny Spider-Man, $8.20)
12-30 SWB Dash Rendar, $27.99; ML Cardiac, 2 Uncanny Spider-Man (Nightcrawler) $27.99 each, total $122.16, Hasbro Toy Store.
And I know I missed a five-points style Superman, $7.99, Target.
Total $3075.40. 2024: $2483.11. 2023: $3565.82. 2022: $3604.09. 2021: $3449.00. 2020: $2345.67. 2019: $2472.30. 2018: $1752.31. 2017: $1968.71. 2016: $1753.72. 2015: $1895.35. 2014: $1523.25. 2013: $1101.93. 2012: $706.32. 2011: $564.71. 2010: $966.10. 2009: $558.16. 2008: $555.16. 2007: $426.00. 2006: $620.00.
Usually, right about here would be maybe the Build-a-Figures (and such) completed during the course of the year; but some of my stuff is in storage right now. This year we finished the Cassie "Stature" Lang BaF, as well as new ones Nemesis (aka Holocaust) and Executioner; as well as the more basic/lower price point Spinmaster Superman-Robot. That's a pretty light year for that! Although there's a few like Dragon Man and Gargantos (Shuma-Gorath!) that maybe could've or should've been.
Next, what have we learned? I don't know if this is because of limited time or space, or eyeing future resale, but there's a fair chunk on this list that has not been opened yet. I'd say about half of the McFarlane figures I bought, sure; but there are still several Marvel Legends unopened: Kaine, Spider-Man Unlimited, that Ghost Rider set, even Maximum Deadpool. And Bert and Ernie, and the new Star Wars Black Holiday figures: those last two were definitely for time, but still.
There's also some figures that, frankly, I got a bit gouged on. That Mondo Nightcrawler is so fancy, and well done; but also way overpriced, even compared to earlier figures in that line: I think there may have been some tariff on it, or somebody maybe thought there was going to be some tariff on it and baked that into the price. (Previous figures in the line maybe also got free shipping!) I bought a couple Masters of the Universe figures that were marked down, but I still had to buy a membership to get...that was dumb. And I was on vacation and missed the Marvel Legends Savage Land set, so I overpaid for Shanna on the aftermarket--Savage Land Rogue was a steal by comparison. And Wal-Mart cancelled my preorder for Spider-Man '77, to gouge ten more bucks outta me.
And what does the future hold? I was pleasantly surprised to get the Uncanny Spider-Man early: I wasn't expecting it until February. Probably some more Marvel Legends, certainly, although with a little luck we'll get some cheaper, rather than brand-new fear-of-missing-out figures. Pretty sure there's a Mezco 1:12 Nightcrawler coming later, so that'll run me a few bucks. I should try to remember: I think I've enjoyed about every G.I. Joe Classified figure I've picked up, but McFarlane is running 50-50 at best.
As always, best of luck for all of you next year; toy hunting, living, whatever!
3 comments:
Well it definitely looks like you paid more for your figures this year compared to last year (but still not as much as 2023 for some reason) and I chalk that up mainly to inflation and you seemingly buying more figures at full retail price rather than on sale this time around. I gotta ask though, why did you buy a Cody Rhodes & Retro Billy Gunn wrestling figure? Just curious.
The Marvel Legends certainly put out a nice batch of figures for 2025 and based off what I’ve seen so far, you’ll like what 2026 has to offer.
Cody Rhodes was cheap--$3.99 is like a gimme price and will often get me--and I thought I could use another suited jerk. That and I might have several wrestling mikes and might have to build a podium with them...Billy Gunn was specifically so Phantom Rider would have some cowpoke to hang out with! Their horse situation has not improved, though.
Ahhh, that makes sense, because he is a suited jerk even though he’s a babyface right now and has been for awhile. So you bought Billy but didn’t buy his brother Bart?
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