酷变宝 Ku Bian Bao KBB Tyrone Cable King 暴龙钢索王拼装版 - KO Warbotron Rex - G1 Transformers Grimlock

Bought this long time ago but did not assemble it... It is a KO of the Warbotron Rex set... I also had the oversized on by Zhan Jiang, which has some changes / improvements to this mold... This one is probably going to be displayed in my office cubicle... Cute little figure... The name is called such probably because of: (1) Tyrone - rhymes with the word "Tyrant", which in Chinese is 霸王... (2) Cable King - which in Chinese is 钢索王, where the 王 translates to King. I believe the earliest Chinese translation for Grimlock is 钢锁, because of the ‘lock’ which is 锁 (i.e. 钢索 means Steel Lock). As time passes, mis-translation happens to become 钢锁 which is a common Chinese word, and it means Steel Cable. Hence Grimlock is also commonly appeared as 钢索 (-cable) instead of 钢锁 (-lock). Disclaimer : Above is only my speculation...

KO Bootleg Gobots Spay-C SpayC - Video Momento

A KO which I bought from eBay years ago, after I realised I stupidly threw/lost the original one many many years ago... I remember my parent bought it (original one) before I was scheduled to go for an eye operation to lift my morale... Not sure why it was gone... but I had a chance to get it again, though it had to be a KO... Not sure if I will restore the tail to swivel as the original one, maybe, maybe not...

Restoration : KO Bootleg Transformers Robotmasters Star Saber Victory Leo : Victory Saber

An old bootleg from the company Cattoys bought years ago, and took a day to touch up... Now on display on my laptop shelf.... Victory Leo's lion hind legs has the peg molded offset from the centre, hence when transforming the gestalt feet, the hole cannot fit in the peg. Previously I had to mis-transform and swap the feet in gestalt mode, and the protruding lion legs at the gestalt feet looks a bit ugly. I modded by enlarging the hole longer slightly, so that now the pegs can fit in. The 2nd attempt I over-enlarge the hole and had to spent much time to restore back the plastic... Luckily everything works fine now...





Video of the duo...

IronTrans ( Mini Series ) M01 M-01 PoliceCar a.k.a. Transformers G1 Prowl

A very nice little Legends+ figure from IronTrans. This is quite an accurate G1 Prowl, and also comes with 2 shoulder cannons to be G1-toy-accurate. The plastic used is pretty similar to the newer MFTs and not too bad, though detailed collectors may find the plastic swirls kind of ugly. Strangely, these plastic swirls seem to be "consistence", as seen in some Bilibili video reviews, the swirls looks uncannily identical!!!! Anyway, this figure is good enough for me. Another G1 character added to the collection.



Comparison with MFT / MS Hound...

SD Gundam World Sangoku Soketsuden SDガンダムワールド 三国創傑伝 Guan Yu Yun Chang v Gundam 関羽雲長νガンダム

Bought this from Taobao for SGD10.78. Bought this because I could not find it when I purchase the Zhuge Liang kit earlier. A very cute little SD Gundam figure. Used a gold marker to touch up some gold parts, but realised the gold is not "shiny gold" enough, and looked more like bronze, but oh well... Also used black acrylic to fill in the "nostrils". Looks good enough for me as a display when look from far (don't think I will look at it near as I have long-sightedness...)... Will assemble the Zhuge Liang version soon...

Transformers Siege Triple Changer Voyager Class Apeface

Gotten this locally for SGD45... Had wanted to get this figure since I saw the news this figure is going to be released, as I had never own any of the Decepticons Triple Changer Headmaster. Despite seeing many reviewers not liking the white plastic, I don't feel it is that bad. In fact, its flexibility will probably help to prevent the small pegs to break off easily. A few points I thought of sharing:
(1) I trimmed the port-hole for the shield in jet mode using a DIA 4.5mm twist drill bit. It is still hard to pull out the shield but considerably easier than when it is before trimming.
(2) There is a "C" shaped clip-like thing on the gorilla neck that probably needs to be plug in first to make it easier to then snap other parts into place, in gorilla mode.
(3) I prefer to put the nosecone down compared to the official transformation, so that the whole silhouette/profile of the robot mode will be cleaner. The (thickness of the) backpack does not change regardless of which configuration. But that's my personal preference.

Overall, a very good TF. Will probably try to remove the silver paint splatter especially on the black legs... hmmm... maybe not... not sure...

KO Downsized Transformers The Last Knight Voyager Class Optimus Prime

Costs SGD12.16, from Taobao.com. This is supposedly a free (exclude shipping) item for buyers in China who bought the oversized movie Grimlock, but found a few sellers also selling them separately. An almost straight downsized KO of the Transformers The Last Knight Voyager Class Optimus Prime, this thing is fragile, with super small ball joints and pins. Do be careful when transforming it. The materials seem to be very very close to Hasbro's - lightly scratch the surface with your fingernail to feel the slight rubbery feel. Most joints are sufficiently tight too, and some screws can be slightly loosen if feel too tight.  Overall a cute little TF figure.