Update - KO Kabaya Kits #4

Introducing ... Brainmaster Combiner team member, Blacker!!!! (or "Greener" be more appropriate??? hahaha...) My first KO Kabaya set of this bought consist of 3 colours: green, blue and yellow... so I switch with my 2nd set to let it become only 2 colour... Btw, I will be painting the 2nd set to be black-silver, so doesn't matter what colour the plastic is....

... like the headmasters before, this one also has a cockpit which can be opened to house a non-working brainmaster...

... some close-up shots of the brainmaster for Blacker... Big body and small head, small limbs... Back of body is also quite detailed...

...Now talk a bit about some repaints... Below is the gun for Blacker, which is also Road Caesar gestalt's head...

Painted the green piece with the only blue I have... and add some silver to the V-part... tried to layer some Plastic Glue to protect it, but the primer actually remove off some of the silver paint... but nevermind lah, got "battle-damage"...

... Robot mode.. Yeap, painted the eyes, as the face colour is too dark...

... close-up view of the face...

... all amoured up! Nice...

Hope to finish up the other 2 when got time... and see how the gestalt looks like... And hopefully tomorrow can exchange the wrong sprue piece, hope the owner bring more instead of only those I haven't buy...

Update - KO Kabaya Kits #3

Today's update: KO Kabaya Headmaster - Highbrow! As mention in the last post, I cannot resist the temptation to assemble the Highbrow after finishing Brainstorm... The plastic quality is so good (for a KO Kabaya kit)!!!! This one is a little little little not so good, eg. one joining pin was broken, etc... but overall is still SOLID!!

... helicopter mode.... The blades can be moved to locked in 30 degrees from each other, while maintaining the spinning ability... only minor "hiam" will be they might hit each other, too close... but not enough to bother me, hahaha.... I put the gun on both sides instead of 1 at the tip as I don't like the guns to be unbalanced...

...lots of good details molded in...

... open the cockpit and you'll see... Gort, the headmaster!!!!! Fits into cockpit perfectly like Brainstorm... something I really appreciate, as it gives a more realistic feeling that the vehicle is manned while travelling...

... Gort descends to make his appearance!!!...

... Gort in molded in opposite of Arcana, in terms of colour contrast. The white also brings out a "clean" molding...

...back of Gort is the face of Highbrow but covered by the top which is a flap... good design... I saw in some website this is not so for some Kabaya Headmaster like Chromedome...

...ready to combine...

.."Head on ! ! ! !".....

...and yes, working tech-meter... Initially I wanted to use the spare piece of tech spec for Highbrow so that they will be equal in specs... but then it will not be differentiating ... so in the end still use back the given sticker.. For his and Brainstorm's spec sticker, I use clear tape to cover it first, for protection, then use the Plastic Glue to glue them to the meter...

...pick up the weapons and ready to fight!!!!....

Sweet sweet piece of KO Kabaya Kit... is the best quality since I bought KO Kabaya kits... so far the best before was Blaster's but his is also a grade lower than this.... anyway, with my reliable Plastic Glue, almost everything can be fixed...

Update - KO Kabaya Kits #2

Today's update: KO Kabaya Headmaster - Brainstorm!

Wonderful little piece of TF, small size but seems to be almost perfect replication of the real toy! Working, transformable headmaster, working tech meter, working cockpit for headmaster... WOW!!!!

... in plane mode... the colours are quite nice, not funny funky colours... though the red-white-blue combination seems so U.S. ...


Nice view from the front...


...Cockpit can be opened for Arcana to sit inside!!!! Awesome!!!!...


.... Arcana posing with the jet...


... Arcana in bot mode.... very neat little figure... details are not lost, still quite good...


Back view of Arcana... the white flap is actually the head-top, which is now folded down to cover the face...


... Arcana transform into Brainstorm's head!!!!


... About to merge the head to robot body...


... Working tech-meter!!!!!

"Head on!!!!!!!!"

This is a great KO Kabaya TF to build, have fun in the assembling... The plastic quality is of the KO Kabaya Quickswitch type (think same wave, that's why... ), good quality! Parts are tight as well, so are most joints... Can't wait to build Highbrow...

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (& non-KOs) (25)

Another satisfying trip to CSC today... Today's dream haul has KO (Oversize) Soundwave, KO Kabaya Headmaster Highbrow and Brainstorm, another set of KO Kabaya Road Caesar, and lastly (non-KO) Alternators Wheeljack!

KO (Oversize) Soundwave
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally found this set, so unexpected.... in fact this is the 1st piece I picked up in CSC, at first floor, which I will seldom go there... It is fate I think... so lucky!!!!!!! Cost? $15SGD... expensive? Ok lah, the cheapest for a Soundwave (boxed) is at $42, so $15 still worth! Moreover it is oversized!!!!


...close-up view, comes with a Ravage and Laserbeak! I compare the sizes of the cassettes and they are slightly smaller than my oversized ones... Will bash Ravage's legs to normal and use only Laserbeak, since got Ravage in collection liao.... So happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


KO Kabaya Highbrow, Brainstorm, Road Caesar (2)
... was waiting for this stall to open, finally caught the stall owner and he handed me the 2 headmasters... and I got another set of Road Caesar as well, to make a Nemesis Caesar!!!! Hopefully next week he remembers to get the rest of the other types that he has, heard him saying he has like G1 Starscream and etc... think is the 1st wave ones... Hope got more!!!!

Edit: Damn... One of Braver's sprue piece is Laster's, packaged wrongly, hopefully this Sunday can go back and get it changed....

(Alternators) Wheeljack
Got this initially to match the KO SOundwave... and kindda grow to like it while deciding whether to buy or not... quite ok lah, at $40SGD...


Some forumers have mention that they fear the ones sold in CSC may be bootlegs, but don't think so for this piece... got even a decent looking instruction.. think is the spanish or something version...

Update - KO Kabaya Kits #1

Some updates on the G1 Kabaya Kits gotten oer at CSC last weekend... cannot resist the itchiness and built 4 pieces.. now left Road Caesar (3 bots) un-assembled... maybe will start after blogging...

From left: Metroplex, Quickswitch, Star Saber, Deathsaurus


Kabaya Quickswitch
Very neat little figure. Has the best plastic quality of the 4 pieces, and colours also the brightest... hmm, don't know if have too much lead or not, hahaha.... Best of all, the 6 transformations still exist! Neat.... Pass on a KO full-size Quickswitch many many years ago, as did not like the big groin design... but somehow, this mini size doesn't seem so bad....

... still need to tighten up the arms joint and wing part, which droop a bit down, not nice in plane mode...

Kabaya Star Saber

I was tempted to buy the newly surfaced KO Star Saber online... and then this little figure appear... Sweet!!! ... Due to the softer KO plastic, some swivel joints (like the small plane's wings) cannot stay attached when turn, so got out my reliable Plastic Glue and with some of the sprue, made some fixing, now they stay in place when turning! hahaha...

... No G1 Star Saber to compare, so use the Robotmaster Star Saber to compare...

funny thing is RM Saber is smaller than Kabaya Saber, but RM Star Saber is much bigger than Kabaya Star Saber!!!!...

... Saber can also transform!!!.... and more nicer than RM Saber!!!

... Star Saber space cruiser mode...

... Still need to make some mode to store blade & gun in space cruiser... hmmm...perhaps can also "chrome" the sword...

Kabaya Deathsaurus

I have the KO Deathsaurus, but it is the triple-changer type and did not have the eagle-bot nor tail-shield... well, at least, this one has the tail-shield, though the eagle-bot is still missing... This little figure has details well-molded....

...comparison with my KO Deathsaurus...

... still need to work on the dragon leg connector piece to stay in place in dragon and bot mode... and also think of some ways to let the beast arms to pull out without coming off...

Kabaya Metroplex

Hahaha... finally not sore anymore... still remember bought 1 box which states Metroplex outside but is Rodimus Prime inside, and end up with 2 Rodimuses... Have since gotten the real Enore Metroplex, but still, cannot resist this... hmmm, can let it be Metrotitan!

... So small compared to the Encore Metroplex, hahaha...

Can't transform to city mode fully though.... maybe can make some parts to make a small Six Gun, since the limbs are available, hahaha... no lah, too many things to do liao...