Monday, July 18, 2011

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (101) - Legends Hound, Oversized Legends Warpath & Cosmos, Cybertron Brimstone, Oversized WFC OP, TFX-04 & 05

Received haul from 65Daigou yesterday... still feel the pain of paying a huge amount for shipping the oversized WFC Optimus Prime, and after seeing local shops selling it... sigh... and in MOSC condition, whereas mine is TOOBC (Tape on Opened Bubble Card)... hahahaha...sigh... nevermind, life goes on! =) BTW, have not opened up the items yet, except Protector & Sidearm... Let my little nephew play with the Protector in trailer (trailer or Mobile Defense Bay, whatever you call it...) mode... He had fun, especially putting the Hot Rod in and out of the trailer... hahaha...


KO Universe Legends Hound
The Detective (his chinese name on the card) !!!!!! Hahaha... Decided to call him as Tracker... this is also the 2010 repaint version's name...



KO Oversized Universe Legends Warpath
Have to admit I am too lazy to mod my earlier purchase of the "Mega-Path", so gotten this.. but need to do some minor painting... nice...



KO Oversized Universe Legends Cosmos
Sigh, will have to feedback to 65Daigou of their mistake to get the blue one instead of this grey one... worst case scenario will be to paint him blue...



KO Cybertron Brimstone
Awesome TF, looks menacing... not sure how he will turn out to be after opening though, but given the good experience of the dino Megatron in the same packaging, I believe he should turn out fine...

Edit: Opened up the KO & handle for a while... indeed the quality is good! Plastic quality is above typical KO standard, but still a bit light. joints are reasonably tight, and best of all, the Cybertron Key gimmick still works!!!


KO Oversized WFC Optimus Prime
Sigh, don't want to say anymore... happy turn sad story... Should have 'tahan' a bit more and not rush to buy from TaoBao... sigh...

Edit: Sigh... I can tolerate the super-duper loose joints... I can tolerate the wrong pins / loose pins / missing pins used... BUT WHY HAS IT HAVE TO COME WITH 2 LEFT FISTS ?????!!!!!!!... And the whole bubble was a resealed with clear tape, taping over some un-stapled staples... sigh....


FansProject TFX-04 Protector & TFX-05 Sidearm
Sweet, finally bite my teeth and made the decision to get this armour... Now my Hot Rod can become Rodimus Prime!!!! But will still label... I mean call him Protector... Rodimus Prime is reserved for the G1 toy (which happens to be my
cute little KO Kabaya version, hahaha)...

Edit: Awesome!!!!!! The Protector is sweet, and really compared to my KO City/Shadow Commanders, the leg pieces are so much less-frightening to fit in... BTW, saw in some Youtube reviews that the middle wheels (Hot Rod's back wheels) are not touching the ground, and thus not rolling well. I encountered this once, but realised that it might be due to the "Roller" car not placed properly enough for the wheels to touch the ground... Fiddle with it and my Protector trailer can have all wheels rolling...


Might have to stop buying TFs for the moment... have no more space to store temporarily, as I have not yet fix up the shelves for display (yes, have been dragging it for years...)...

3 comments:

  1. Hi man, where did you order that oversized WFC OP from in taobao? How big shipping does that incur?

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  2. Hi, I got mine from here: "http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10626834757" for 70rmb but there is a cheaper one in "http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10974307550" for only 48rmb, both have domestic shipping as 10rmb. Shipping to S'pore cost me a bomb as I requested to ship with item in card, 7.05kg volumetric weight, around $32... That's partially why I sigh in post...

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  3. How big is the cosmos? Is it anywhere near the size of classics/henkei bumblebee?

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