Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of TFs (102) - Generations Wheeljack, Universe Skywarp

Went over to Chinatown today... While at the OG PP, ask the staff about using UOB instant rewards, and was disappointed to know the instant rewards cannot be used with the OG member 10% discount... Sigh... So decided to buy the KO DOTM Fireburst Optimus Prime from Taobao.com... Anyway, went over to CSC and bought 2 TFs at a relatively cheap price...

Generations Wheeljack
Hard to find this in OG, and many other stalls / shops selling this at $26 or more... so gotten this piece at 1 stall at $25... Can't remember if another stall was selling at $20... or was it $26???... Even with OG 10%, price there will still be $25.10.. Hahahaha...



Universe Skywarp
A repaint of RID Storm Jet / Jhiaxus etc... The rubber bands are crumbles after a long time in the bubble... Quite a rare TF to find... Oh, cost $20...



Ordered from Taobao.com through Daigou.com the KO DOTM Fireburst Prime, KO DOTM (Voyager) Dark Crystal OP and other stuff... Hope no hiccups...

Edit:
Looks like a hiccup at first, as the ordered item of KO DOTM (Voyager) Dark Crystal OP is cancelled due to seller OOS.... but later I managed to chance upon a KO Spiderman Crossover (Race Car), and it was like only 30% of the KO DOTM (Voyager) Dark Crystal OP price (which was already cheap, 50 RMB, to begin with...)!!!!

Restoration : KO Shadow Commander & KO Universe Nemesis Prime

Taking longer & longer time to do my restorations now... And finally restore my KO Shadow Commander... Surprisingly, KO Shadow Commander has the "inner clips" inside the lower arms armor, while the KO City Commander does not have... Still took a lot of trail & error when restoring... Read in 1 website that the loose arm armor parts can be tighten by adding a styrene piece(s) to make the space of fitting smaller... Must thank the person who suggested this, really useful...

Had to also touch up the joints of KO Nemesis Prime... and 1 of the transparent hinge at the leg break... KO Nemesis Prime's colour is all black, looking so much more "darkness" which suits more for a "Nemesis" character...




Debut of the trailer!!!!


Back of the trailer... notice I have a different "waist armor" piece... yeap, my KO Shadow Commander set comes without this piece... so have to make one... took a whole day to do... lots of frustration, but end of the day, it is worth it...


Shadow Commander, robot mode!!! Now the shoulder & arms armor pieces are reasonably tight, staying in place obediently...


Even the KO version's BFG is heavy, it is not possible to place inside KO Shadow Commander hand without damaging the arm joint... So reposition it and imagine it as a mini artillery gun (think Rodimus Prime)... looks small, but at least it can be useful while not forming as a BFG...


KO Shadow Commander in action!!!!



Next to restore - KO City Commander... next week probably, this weekend need to do work brought home from office... sigh...

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...)...

Update - (Slight Undersize) KO G1 Seekers : Slipstream, Lightningstorm, Acid Storm

Did up the other G1 KO seekers... was simpler than the other 2 did earlier, as they have lesser parts to paint, and already have the experience on how to touch up, and which parts to touch up... Took longer time though, as many things happen... and also fell ill...


KO Slipstream
HE is supposed to be the reincarnation of Slip Stream from G.I. Joe! Hahaha... And he is supposed to be all PURPLE!!!!! .... But couldn't find a good colour to match, so the nearest is... Ok, I know Slipstream is more famous to be the female Starscream clone... but upon searching in the Internet, I realized this name is used for male TFs too... From what I know so far, there is no all purple G1 seeker before, so once again, the greatness of KO shines on the TF universe!!!!! Hahahaha.....



Open the cockpit!!!! Hahaha... Need to shave off slightly on the edges of the plane to allow the cockpit to open up... Yeap, the fists, like the earlier 2, are stored at the feet...


Robot mode...




KO Lightningstorm
This is supposed to be the yellow colour G1 seeker in G1 cartoon "Divide and Conquer" episode... Almost similar, except for the lack of red stripes on his wings and silver face, as in the cartoon...



Yes, put a swiveling piece to cover the face in jet mode, like the earlier 3 (including Slipstream)...


Robot mode...




Next to restore... KO Shadow Commander and KO City Commander...

Has been 5 days since made 2nd payment to 65Daigou, but they have not delivered the items yet... sigh...

Update - (Slight Undersize) KO G1 Thrust, Acid Storm

Recently finished repainting my 2 KO G1 Seekers, which are slightly undersized, to their respective colours. (See earlier post - Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (56) - KO G1 Seekers, KO City & Shadow Commanders)


KO Thrust
Before...


After... The red colour difference between both pictures is due to camera lightings...


Jet mode... Decided to use black-silver as the black paint doesn't stick well... Turns out to be quite good... Hands are stuck to the feet underneath... Later pics of Acid Storm will show...



KO Acid Storm
Before...


After... Couldn't find a good bright lime green paint,so... but it brings about a bad acidic ooze feel...


Underneath of Acid Storm jet mode... Hands are stored by tucking them onto the feet, hahaha... Hey, where's the face???


Oh, make a simple swivel piece to cover the face, hahaha... did that to Thrust too...


Group photos...




Waiting patiently for my Taobao haul to come... Can't wait to see the (not-KO) TFX-04 Protector... and over over size WFC OP...

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of TFs (100) - DOTM Activator Optimus Prime, DOTM Voyager Megatron, HFTD HA Bumblebee, Generations Scourge

Bought these today, at OG Albert...

DOTM Activator Optimus Prime
Bought this for my little nephew... Hope he enjoys it!



DOTM Voyager Megatron
Very mysterious figure... With the cloak hiding.. Bought this instead of DOTM Shockwave as don't like Schockwave's alternate mode, too ... Cybertronian??...



HFTD Human Alliance Bumblebee
Gotten this because it is selling only at $25!!!!



Generations Scourge
Couldn't resist picking up this guy... Way too poison by G1 TFs & their homages...

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of TFs & Such (99) - Iron Man, Iron Man Mark VI, PCC Skyburst with Arielbots

Bought these at OG PP today... yeap, Iron Man figurines still at $3.90 each, so bought 2... Wanted to buy the DOTM Legends Sentinel Prime, but seeing the blocky fire engine and only a OG member 10% discount... not worth... Decided to buy the cheaper PCC instead... Can give the drones to my little nephew to play...

Iron Man
The older (comic) version... Must learn to get use to the elf hair head... Colour is nice bright comic yellow colour, and metallic red, wow...



Iron Man Mark VI
Iron Man's amour in its 2nd movie, characterized by the inverted triangular chest piece... Colour is a bit dull though...



PCC Skyburst with Arielbots
Was deciding to either buy the car one or this one, but choose this due to the homage look of Skyburst's design to Energon Storm Jet...



Am looking forward to my next Taobao haul... especially the main event (item) is... super oversized to beyond Leader class Cybertronian Optimus Prime!!!!!