Goodwill's A Freakin' Transformer Treasure Trove (Transformers)

Grocery shopping day. I hit up Dollar Tree first for my food, I like to eat cheap. Not sure why, but I felt the urge to check out the toy aisle, something I rarely do at Dollar Tree, but man am I glad I did. Amidst the sea of plastic garbage I spotted something vintage looking. Oh my god, vintage style G1 Transformer keychains! And they had two of my all time favorites, Megatron and Soundwave. For a dollar, hell yeah. These guys look sweet. I passed on Optimus and Bumblebee because I really don't need them but they looked awesome too, even the packaging looks vintage.

From there it was on to Goodwill, where I immediately spotted a Transformer, followed by another, and another, and another. At $1 a piece, I grabbed them all and kept digging. There were movie edition Optimus and Megatrons, Berzerker who looks badass, as does Alpha Trion, and Sentinel Prime. There was a Robots In Disguise Skywarp, a character I've always loved but never owned any version of. Not sure who I'm keeping and who I'm selling but wow, what a find. Too many to carry, I had to load them into a basket, only the second time I've ever bought so many items at Goodwill I needed a basket. The more I dug, the more I found.

 

Then, in the buckets of Barbies and baby dolls, I spotted something purple, freakin' Galvatron! Transformers Generations Titans Return Galvatron, the one I have in package and was literally thinking about opening yesterday. I mean this figure is a thing of beauty, he's missing his cannon but still, this is possibly my favorite version of my favorite Transformer. (A couple days later, I went back and what did I see sitting on the shelf but an orange cannon. I didn't mind paying a dollar for his weapon. I now have him in and out of package and I couldn't be happier.)

I also grabbed a Toothless from How To Train Your Dragon for $1. Don't know anything about these figures but I know there's a new movie and some of these guys sell for a little bit. His wing is kind of broken, as is his tail, but he'll go nicely with another figure from the movie I got this summer to sell as a lot. There was also a big Iron Man figure, also a dollar, so I grabbed him as well, why not. If he doesn't sell separately, I'll just add him to my superhero lot.

The next day, I hit up Salvation Army where the success continued. Again, one buck a piece, I picked up three more figures. There was a Halo Red Spartan Grenadier Commando Scout which I'll pair up to sell with some other Halo figures I've found. There was also a movie Wolverine from the early 2000s which I'll either add to my superhero figure lot to sell or put him aside for my friend, but I don't know, it's a pretty stupid looking figure, even for a Wolverine fan. And last but not least, the prize of today's Salvation Army finds, a vintage Head Droppin' Raphael figure from the vintage TMNT line. I never had any of the head dropping figures as a kid but he'll be an excellent place holder until I get the original Raphael again. Now that was a successful and exciting couple days of action figure hunting.