Thursday, June 1, 2017

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of TFs (191) - Tiny Turbo Changers Semi-Blind Bags

Aren't they cuuuuteeeee..... hahahaha.... Finally gotten the Optimus Prime and Grimlock... This new TF series comes in a semi-blind bag which has a tiny window at the bottom back of the bag to let you peek at which TF may be inside it... I searched for dark blue - Optimus, brownish - Grimlock and yellow - Bumblebee (which my little nephew wanted)... Earlier before I knew of the tiny window feature, I had gotten a Soundwave and Lockdown, which are nice but not really the characters I wanted...



Love this series as the TFs are transformable unlike those in past blind bag series that are just statues... A bit expensive though, cost is SGD5.90 each...

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of 3rd-Party TFs (190) - Mech Planet Hot Soldiers series HS-03 Sound Track and HS-04 Laser Bird

Birthday present has arrived!!! Quite happy to get this little Soundwave, after the purchase of the small Galvatron / Galvontron... Costs approximately SGD20.35... Nice nice nostalgic box-art...



To de-tombed!!!!


In his sound recorder mode... Chest is able to open (manually) to fit in Laser Bird (Laserbeak) in his cassette mode!!! So cute...


Robot mode... joints are mostly sufficiently tight, except for the shoulder hinge joint which does not really tab in tight enough to move the arm easily... may need to work on it... Again, cute little Laserbeak !!! also there is no place to tab it securely to Soundwave but can place on his shoulder...


Size comparison with the KO Oversize "Galvontron"... which I think is a perfect fit!!!

Sunday, March 26, 2017

…KO Oversized DX9 War In Pocket Tyrant - Mech Fans Toys MF-07 Galvontron ( a.k.a. Galvatron )

Finally here... Costs approximately SGD 16.25... Sadly, seller packs this with a free gift which makes my shipping (volumetric) weight almost twice the size and hence twice the shipping fee... Height is approximately 12 cm from bottom of feet to tip of head's crown... For me, I don't really care about its size as I just wanted a small and good G1-looking Galvatron which can transform into a cannon (NOT tank) to put in my display shelf...


Box front and back...



Detombed... hahaha....


"Galvontron" in robot mode... looks like the KO maker added new hip side-skirts...


Anyeway, this is quite a nice figure to accompany the Meng Ba Di oversized legends TFs that were released earlier...


The matrix that comes with it is a very nice touch... Looks good!!!!


... Cannon mode... notice the tank treads piece has been remolded to let the treads go round the whole piece... looks better than the original design, in my opinion...






Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (189) - Bootleg / KO Masterpiece MP-28 Hot Rodimus

Its finally here!!!!! Hahahaha... Costs about SGD 31... Transformed it once, and yes, all seemed well... except for the paint job at the neck-collar area seemed a bit too sloppish... anyway,...

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Mech Fans Toys MF-17 Hercules a.k.a. KO DX9 Hulkie a.k.a. Not-Devastator

Hulkie!!! KO Hulkie!!!! What a cute little Devastator... Though it is still not my smallest Devastator... This is the KO version, which I paid for about SGD 45.20... A bit expensive, but when compare to the legit DX9 version, this is considered cheap...


Super hilarious bio!!!! Hahahahahaha...


Here's KO Hulkie de-tombed... looks nice... I am prepared to tighten up the loose joints at the legs and shoulders... with my trusty superglue, hahahaha... Done!!!!


Hulkie !!!!!! Hahahaha.... He is so cute, even at this relatively large size (only slightly smaller than G1 version)...



And these are all my Devastators... 1 big happy family... hahahaha...



Here's the transformation for individual bots...

And final combination to become... Hulkie!!!!! Hahahaha...