SolarFlare13

Okay, normally, November is the calm before the storm. (what I mean by that is there's nothing interesting in november, and it gets pretty chaotic in december) that is not the case. around the 18th of November is the FIFA World Cup and Australia will be playing against...the defending world champions A.K.A France. Yeah, we were one of the last teams to get into the FIFA World Cup, and that alone is an achievement. I will be supporting the Socceroos ALL THE WAY!!! and Croatia cuz I've got some Croatian blood in me from my dads side 

...and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will be coming out on the 18th. which starter are you gonna pick? :O 

as for me? well...I'm leaning towards sprigatito. In the beginning, when they released the very first trailer for gen 9 / scarlet and violet, based on the design, it was between Sprigatito and Quaxly. but before they even released the trailer for gen 9 / scarlet and violet, I wanted to pick the fire starter cuz I havent picked the fire starter since Fennekin / gen 6. the first thing I said was: "I really like the design of the grass starter and the water starter. the first starter is 'meh'". when I looked up fuecoco to see what it is and it said that it was a crocodile, that immediately caught my attention, and it has a lot of potential in its design. (Feraligatr and Krookodile were SO OP in their respective generations)

then, you have the leaks / rumours. they said fuecoco was gonna evolve into a crocodile that stands on all fours, its signature move was gonna be sound based, it was gonna be based on a rock-star, its hidden ability was gonna be 'food-based', and it's gonna have a chicken on its head, and it was gonna be on fire, kinda like a phoniex. to make things worse, there has been NO leaked images of it. as for the other two, well, there has been some blurry images of sprigatito and Quaxly's final evolution floating around on the internet, and thanks to some fan-art, we're able to get a good idea of what they're gonna look like. As for Fuecoco, well...all the info we've got is extremely vauge and it sounds...ridiculous. Hopefully, they do a really good job with its final evolution. 

As for sprigatio, well, they say it's gonna evolve into a magician / necromancer, it's going to be bipedal, and it's going to have a god-tier hidden ability. a lot of people are speculating what it could be. I have a feeling it's probably gonna be protean / libero, and it’s gonna be most popular of the three thanks to its hidden ability. I don’t think they’re gonna go with something like wonder guard. That’d be ridiculous. If ya want my honest opinion, I think it’s gonna be grass surge.

Okay, I know there’s gonna be a lot of people that are gonna be disappointed that it’s not gonna evolve into one of the big cats (I was hoping it’d evolve into a sabretooth tiger, but…it is what it is), but as soon as they mentioned it was gonna evolve into a magician necromancer that ‘empowered itself with dark spirits’, the first thing that popped up in my head was yu-gi-oh / dark necrofear, and delphox.

I used a Delphox in Pokemon Y and I loved it. ^w^ If it evolves into a more darker / edgier version of delphox, then I’ll definitely pick sprigatito as my starter.

...and last but not least, Quaxly. in the beginning, there was a lot of speculation that it was gonna evolve into a pirate. Apparently, it is gonna evolve into......a dancer. pfft. lame. 

Well, that's my christmas shopping done and dusted ^w^ a couple of days ago, I bought the Venom double pack...

...and I pre-ordered the S.H. Figuarts Venom. this will be the first S.H. Figuarts in my collection. 

it's $175, which is a bit pricey, but it is TOTALLY WORTH IT and it's a hell of a lot better than the marvel legends figure they released a couple of years ago. yeah, I made a BIG mistake. I should've bought that figure. the only reason why I didnt is because I thought it looked 'cheap'. now, it's sold out and it's impossible to find.

I was a little worried they werent able to get it cuz it was pre-sold out on HobbyCo, which is effectively our version of BigBadToyStore. if it's not on there, then good luck tryna find it elsewhere. luckily, they've ordered two and they werent allocated to anyone, so I managed to secure one ^w^ ohh man, I'm really happy bout that. it'll be coming out in January 2023. Yeah, I usually get some money from my parents / family around christmas time to go and spend it on whatever the heck I want, so this'll be my christmas present. 

there's also the Hot Toys, but that is WAY too expensive. it's like $600 +. yeah, that's WAY too much  but yeah, this is made by the same company that makes all of the Godzilla figures (Tamashii Nations), and I already have a couple of those in my collection. (final wars goji and legendary goji) so, I already know what to expect. this is gonna be a high quality figure. ^w^

oh, and my ghost rider figures will be coming out on the 15th of december, just 10 days before christmas. Ohh man, I cant wait!!!  

I'm probably repeating myself at this point, but have you got everything on your wish list?