Some of the BW toys I’ve collected since the start of this year.
(Not pictured are most of my Kingdom and MP line)
I started collecting Beast War toys earlier this year. It started with looking for an Air Razor for my son to play with. One thing led to another, and suddenly I found myself 34 figures deep from the original toy line.
Sometimes after my children are asleep, I’d pick up these toys strewn around the living room from my son’s play during the day and transform them back into beast mode; there’s something satisfying about playing with these toys I was so crazy about in my childhood now as an adult. And now I enjoy watching my son displaying “his” toys proudly and stepping back to marvel them in wonderment.
In my mind, one day my son will grow tired of these toys (and in extension, me as well). And that’s the day I’ll reclaim“his” toys so I can retire them to the display, and wait for the day my son asks about the “toys he used to play as a kid”.