Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:42 pm
It's difficult to choose because I think they all have something to offer and by the nature of being building toys they are able to interact much more than traditional action figures would be able to. I lean towards Call of Duty because, especially with the "Heroes" individual character releases, I think they come the closest of any other toy line available at retail to the GI Joe A Real American Hero line. Or at least as I remember it as a kid in the early 90's when you could go to Walmart or Toys R Us and get an action figure and accessories (and an entire tree of accessories in the "Battle Corps" era) for $3-5. And they are more poseable than o-ring figures to boot. They are also in a better scale for larger sets and vehicles at a reasonable price.
However at the top of my list is the new Probuilder stuff. I got the rover (and I hope we see much more of the "World Beyond" stuff in the near future) and the viking long boat and they were a lot of fun to build. I'll also be getting the other Probuilder sets shown at/after NYTF this past week or two. I really, really like helos so the USCG-esque set is a definite purchase. The train set is also a purchase but more for nostalgia. When I was a kid Mega Bloks put out an old west town set that had a molded base with three different buildings, horses, mini figures with weapons and accessories, and it was great. I don't have the set anymore but I hope that the train heist sells well enough to see Mega put out more old west sets.