Sunday, April 25, 2010

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of TFs (47) - ROTF BusterPrime Jetfire Pack, G1 Megatron, ROTF Sideways, KO Mini Inch Up & Starscream & Quickstrike

As usual, went over to CSC today, after sending my parents off at airport... Was walking around like zombie, not sure of what to buy, not willing to spend on TFs to buy... the shop owners must be wondering what the hell this guy is doing, walking in and out of their shops many times & browsing only... Anyway, saw Buster Prime & Jetfire set in 1 of the stall, and the Auntie says is her last set, hard to find already, suggest me to buy it as is cheaper than Hasbro Prime... very tempted but...



KO ROTF Legends Scrapper (Simplified)
Saw this at Bedok Central, and got this because thought it might have a non-looking down head, but proved wrong when went home & check it... anyway, is only $1.60 and somemore this is the simplified version. For those who don't mind a simplified version, you still can get the full 7 pieces (at least were still there when I left). Directions: Bedok Central NTUC main entrance step out, turn left (where the sushi shop is), follow the walkway down, you will see a small little individual kiosk, run by a Indian lady, on your right soon)... BTW, the lowest price seen today at CSC for the green Legends Devastator is $48...



KO Mini Quickstrike/Bulkhead/Blight (Remolded)
Got this at the Bugis toy shop, Sin Tat, nearly couldn't find it, shifted to the opposite side... head and blades of chopper looks like Blight, but the legs fold into the body like Quickstrike, and colour is Bulkhead...



KO Mini Starscream (Remolded)
Looks like can be repainted... I smell Acidic smell drifting around...



KO Mini Cybertron Dirtboss/Inch Up
Oh, this is also gotten at same place at KO Legends Scrapper... yeap, now got 3 sizes of Cybertron Dirtboss... seems head is different...



KO ROTF Oversized Sideswipe/Swerve (remolded)
Finally decided to buy this, still don't like the car mode, too kiddish but the bot mod looks okay, can bend elbows & knees, and got lighting-up sword!... Since it is red in colour, I prefer to call him Swerve... Now need to get a voyager to match him...



ROTF Sidesways
This is free, because OG gives this TF for every ROTF toy purchase of $80 above... Looks quite small compared to its nemesis Sideswipe... have not transform him, so don't know how big in bot mode... not bad...



Collector's Edition G1 Megatron
Hmm, finally got this at OG, brought a tattered box (all displayed boxes are VERY torn, with clear tape pasting and some still torn off) to counter & before paying, ask the cashier if got a better box, she got her colleague to get one! Thank you!... Bought this as don't think can get the KO version already... Did not buy this at CSC because many of the boxes, although look better, suggest that might have been opened before... Anyway, opened up and transform just now, very heavy piece due to the die-cast parts, sweet...



ROTF Buster Prime & Jetfire Pack
Yeah, this is the piece the Auntie at CSC was telling me to buy... I prefer this version of ROTF OP as it has the mouth plate (normal version) and also the "buster" gun (Buster version single-packed)... At ard $80 per piece, still seems ok... plus also throw in 1 deluxe Sideways, CSC don't have, so still okay... Black colour Jetfire look nice... more accurate to the movie... and Buster Prime's blade has a lighter tone, also looks nicer... BTW, the boxes in OG Albert looks very torn & tattered... have to dig & pick the least damaged one... still not too bad... aiyah, forget to ask if got new one... hahaha....


Will try to combine them when free... probably this coming long weekend... Wah!!!!!! Impulse buys!!!!!!! Spend too much liao lah!!!!!!!!!! Hahahaha.... And I still want a good voyager !!!!! Hahaha....


Sunday, April 18, 2010

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (46) - KO ROTF Legends Starscream

Was at CSC today, but couldn't find any good TFs to buy... Ok, my "good" means cheap... Went over to Bugis... finally saw a KO Movie Leader Optimus Prime with no obvious simplification to head, chest or feet... but too late, I have already "(almost) restored" my simplified version...

Edit:
Am now struggling whether to get the KO Movie Prime or not... or to use the $ instead for a ROTF Prime...

Went to the Sin Tat toy shop, not much TFs too... and bought this below... because it is cheap, $1 only... This should be the ROTF version because of the tattoo...

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Update - KO Kabaya Hyperwiz Tiger Czar

A small update on my last year acquired KO Kabaya Styled Hyperwiz RoboWarriors figure, Tiger Czar (which actually is a winged Go-Bots Cheetor with remolded fists, and perhaps head, and some other parts... you get what I mean...) The tiger head refused to extend all the way out due to the slot being too short, so extended the slot and the piece can now be transformed...


Winged-tiger mode... added the eyes with a marker, hope they stay there...


Bot mode... Fists are smaller than the Go-Bots counterpart's...


Probably will mod Animated Megatron next... the arm-cannon needs to be placed on a better position on his arm!!!!

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Mods - KO (Oversized) Universe Overkill

Next on my mod list is ... KO (Oversized) Universe Overkill....

This is the very simplified version, even simplifying the chest mould design... see Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KO (17) for comparison of this version size compared to the real deal...

Major flaws are the loose joints, missing shoulder pads and hollow legs... and some over-do of paint...


Cut some styrene pieces to cover up the legs... Ignored the head and thighs, as they look negligible enough not to add... OK, i admit is I lazy...


Replace the plastic pins on the dino-feet-to-robot-fist joint with screws, to make the joints tighter, else cannot pose dino-mode...

Dino mode without weapon looks better, imo...

Bot mode... remove the re paint on ear (forgotten to polish them) and added 2 shoulder pads, else it looks like a long neck figure...

Quite posable...

... yeap, tail can be taken out to be used as whip weapon, although personally prefer to let it be swivelled at the back in robot mode...
Up next should be my Hyperwiz figures mainly...




Friday, April 9, 2010

Touch-Ups: (Non-KO) WST Hot Rod

(Non-KO) WST Hot Rod
Not really mods, but just some home-made stickers to touch up my non-KO WST Hot Rod... Gotten this little gem at the Toy Carnival @SAM last year (extremely good deal at $10 only!!!!!) , and realised it is the red prototype version, so was struggling between to paint it to normal colours or not... in the end decided not to, but it looks a bit naked... so got some pictures as reference, did some size adjustments and print the stickers out... Looks so much better...


Decided to also print stickers for the windows...


Size comparison with my KO Kabaya Rodimus Prime...


"... ~ You got the Touch ~ You pass the motion got the Power ~ ... "...

Actually size is not to scale, hahaha....

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (45) - KO ROTF Dirtboss (Oversized), KO ROTF Ransack (Oversized), KO Animated Legends Starscream

Went to Parkway Parade this morning... raining... went to the usual shop, without expecting any haul, but the result says opposite...

KO ROTF Dirtboss (Oversized)
Surprised to find this... its hung at the lower rows of the racks, together with KO ROTF Ransack Dead End (Oversized) (which I did not buy because I did not quite like the mold)... Kindda like Dirtboss because of the "arm-blades"... but the tip-over factor is really the little driver figurine, which I might used it for KO Skullcruncher's headmaster figure.. only thing the figure is 1/2 only.. yah, the legs are not included... anyway...


... "...return... me... my ... legs...".... hahaha... just to mention: the joints are still stuck with a normal metal pin, but the plastic part has been magnified, so very loose joints... need to work on it... otherwise, no simplification! (oh, just the head looks a bit too big... )



KO ROTF Ransack (Oversized)
Discovered this hanging at another rack, and without hesitation, pulled it off... checked on the Kotoys website, this is another packaging of the oversized ROTF Ransack... Bought this is again because quite like the plane mode...


When I de-tombed it, I was a bit disappointed... Plane mode is decent, but many joints are loose, the inner frame to hold up the wings are too long, can't secure to the the arm-wing parts in bot mode... the bot's elbows are screwed to the plane's wings (underneath side), where it is supposed to be just a simple peg-hole temporary joint... molding error... and not to mention lots of missiles are added... what are the ko-makers thinking?? Give Ransack more firepower???? hahaha.... anyway, can still amend the above...

KO Animated Legends Starscream
Got this is because it has no mouth, and this makes it looks NORMAL... yes, I have always thought about buying a KO Oversized Voyager Starscream and replace the head with a more decent looking one... yes, I hate the head sculpt... face, to be exact... anyway... took it out, thought the ko-makers assembled wrongly, popped off the pieces and try to assemble with various website pictures ... only to realised it is assembled correctly, only need to unscrew the wings and swap... sigh... loosen the parts in the process, now need to do extra work... anyway... the configuration the ko-makers assembled makes this TF looks more like G1 Jetfire instead... yes, just like the Hasbro's instruction's pictures... plane mode is nice but bot mode doesn't have Starscream's signature V-shaped wings on his back... decide to make them swivel... next time then do...

Has been doing a lot of fixing the older bought KOs... quite bad luck when fixing... some carelessness, breakages, sigh... but able to solve in the end...