Touch Up - KO Oversize G1 Devastator

Touch up the KO Oversize G1 Devastator which I got from KO Toys... last year... haha... took so long then touch up... very very very nice piece, recommended for those who want to mod the G1 Devastator... Its not really very oversize, just slightly shorter than my KO Predaking (original size version)!!!!!!!!! Amazing... Need to remove the additional/extra parts, and since most joints are tight, not much work... Not to mention that the arms/legs are now more articulated! However, heads are remolded, eh... a bit small, IMO.... and for Bonecrusher, the arms are being blocked by the chest piece... did not mod though, felt it is good enough....

Vehicle mode below... Repainted Hook's hook (hahaha) into silver from the original green plastic, very un-matching with the dark yellowish body...


Bot mode...


and finally, Devastator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Original KO is below this picture...



Side view... Got to pull out Scrapper's head halfway & adjust the "toes" for balancing...


Did not mod the head, very tough... ok, I admit, I was lazy, hahaha... just repaint...


Nice piece of KO....

Edit: Pictures below shows comparison of this KO versus the original size and Predaking...

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of (non) KOs (57) - Animated Oil Slick

Was at CSC today... saw this and considered for 15 secs (well, more or less.... maybe more... ), and grab this... Have thought of buying the KO piece of this in TaoBao... but the KO's head has no "container", and some parts are modified, so did not buy,.. so did not consider long when saw this selling at $15... Transformed it, and realised it is a tall deluxe, around 16cm... around same height as Henkei Optimus Prime... Still not know really how to use his weapons, will check out later...


Hope next week can confirm my 2nd order from TaoBao shopping agent...

Mod - KO Barrage (Remold)

This is a KO G1 Barrage inspired "Insecticon" but re-moulded, not very sure if it is an original character by itself (Seems that deluxe Insecticon Barrage is redeco from Beet-Gadol of Armored Insect Battalion Beetras)... anyway, the insect legs are not hidden in robot mode, abut not really affecting the aesthetics...

The original KO has only elbow joints for movement, for the whole arm... so decided to mod it... seems easy, but later realised that the arms will be blocked by the wings if just do a direct-rotating joint... so have to make a pull-out-rotate joint, took a damn long time... gave it some paint touch up some time ago, and now decided to give it a rifle, to even up the fire-power with his other Insecticons counterparts...


Close-up view of his arm joints...


Back-view of 1 of his arm joint...


Nice insect mode...


Like the real Barrage, this can open its wings too!!!!


Going to touch up on my oversized G1 Devastator next, must give his face a make-over...

p.s.: Finally some progress on the order from TaoBao thru' a local agent... now still got Alternator Prime, Energon Constructicons, and Ultra Raker left to confirm only... yeah, all KOs... Spent two hundred plus dollars on TaoBao, broke now... broke, but happy...

Repaint - KO G1 Bombshell & Shrapnel (Slightly Oversized)

Finally finished touching up these 2 G1 gems, gems...

(1) KO G1 Shrapnel (Slightly Oversize)
Stickers are all over the place, and they are really STICKY, sticky... the old clear tape method to remove failed, need to use the glue-remover to remove, remove... Legs are too tight to slide in, need to trim a bit, bit... major work is on repaint, repaint... my orange paint pen is horrible, one of the worst of the colours I have., have.. The KO looks better than in the photos, photos...

bot mode... notice the colours are reversed from the original TF, TF...

(2) KO G1 Bombshell (Slightly Oversize)

Thought this will be easier, but end up this took the most time, time...

Below 2 pictures shows a clearer comparison after & before repaint, repaint...

KO G1 Insecticons grew after feasting on the Nova Power Core, core....!!!!!

"Energon delicious, delicious..."

Awaiting for my 2nd batch from TaoBao, but seems the agent has not ordered yet, despite having paid them yesterday, yesterday... see how tomorrow, hope they order, order... and they still owe me 1 KO Classics UM & 3 Orange Insecticons, I want them, them...

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (56) - KO G1 Seekers, KO City & Shadow Commanders

Ordered from "Go Taobao Shopping" the other day, to test out their service... fast response, but they are unable to locate 1 parcel to deliver to me, so still waiting for it (KO Orange Insecticons + KO Classics Ultra Magnus) till now, but they promise to investigate the store video, and if still can't find, will either refund me or buy on their own to deliver... Anyway, here are the KOs received:

(1) KO G1 Seekers
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally got a (near) original size G1 Seeker mould... Very light, and comes with stickers, 2 types of missiles, fists, and the landing gears... Intend to update them into: Thrust & Acid Storm (red & green seekers to swap parts), Yellow rainmaker (Lightningstorm???) and purple one as... Slipstream??? ... Very nice piece, and as usual, needs tightening & loosening... Cost is around SGD $18.50 for 4 pieces... $4.70 per piece is worth it...

Edit: I swap the necessary parts, in order to get an Acid Storm to repaint into...

... as well as a Thrust to repaint into....

(2) KO City Commander

The KO version of FansProject's City Commander... Have not try out yet, as still missing my KO Classics Ultra Magnus... but at least I know it is not missing its waist armour piece... why do I say so? Read on... you should have also guess by now... Suspect the arm & shoulder pieces will be loose... and the car-plate tab also needs to work on... Cost slightly more than the Shadow version, around $44.60...

Edit: Tried out KO City Commander with my KO Henkei Prime... realised there are some differences from the KO Shadow version... eg. no tab piece to lock on fist for arm-pieces... It did comes with a sword connector after all!!!

Awesome.....

(3) KO Shadow Commander

This set comes with a small ziplock bag of tabs for screw holes... also comes with 2 faces, sword holder, sword... BUT WITHOUT WAIST-AMOUR PIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sigh... no wonder is slightly cheaper than the City version, around $40.50... nevermind, can make a waist piece... hee hee...

Tried with my KO Classics Nemesis Prime... Nice trailer....

Man, I never imagine I can own a Commander armour... Oh, and the BFG is too damn heavy for the KO to hold up and pose... and indeed, shoulder pieces and arm pieces are loose... but can be rectified... the BFG's also has a shorten piece that will not let the whole "handle" piece to click in place... Leg pieces are tight though...

Hope the missing parcel can be found / delivered soon... And hope the next order will be smooth...

Edit: The agent have re-ordered the missing items, and I will be receiving most of my order items soon, happy... hope the final shipment can also come soon... hopefully in time with this coming batch...

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (55)

Send my car for servicing and change tyres today... went jalan, and bought these KOs... Coincidentally, I had wanted to buy these 2 (together with some other KOs) in my planned 2nd batch of buying from TaoBao... yeap, so now fulfilled 2 wishes earlier...


(1) Astroplan - Sky Arrow 1
Frankly speaking, this is not a true full KO... The figure has been redesigned from Macross's Valkyries (pronounced: "Vao-li-ki-li-s"... by the Japanese... I think... ), and it has its own cartoon... so some people say its a homage to Macross... Heck, doesn't matter to me... This is the 9011 series which is supposed to be smaller aroud 12 cm, but when I measure, it is almost 15cm... Plastic is similar to Henkei Starscream's... soft rubbery type... nope, it not very soft, just the surface feels softer... Some mis-assembling and too tight/loose joint... smudge paint... as usual... very nice piece... when transformed to jet mode, the canopy droops slightly, anime type... Should I mod the wings to fold down like Macross's Valkyrie?... hmmm....

(2) KO TFTM Leader Optimus Prime (Slightly Simplified Version)

Considered a long time before buying this piece... Why?... Because this is the slightly-more-simplified piece, not the not-very-simplified version which I wanted to buy from TaoBao... "Slightly-more-simplified" means : Shoulder pads as 1 piece, no movable thumbs, 2 rear wheel are connected to 1 solid piece that can "break", knee pads are hollow in front, shins have no separate gray colour pieces (deco), feet are given but front bumper grill are molded as 1 piece, non-clear windscreen ...

Luckily, I still got 1 very simplified version to play with... and best thing is these 2 versions almost compliment to each other, to be able to form a complete non-simplified one!!!!! ... hahaha... weird KO world...

Update - KO Kabaya G1 Darkwing & Dreadwind

Took some time to assemble these 2 little gems... long overdue... KO G1 Darkwing and Dreadwind... with mini Powermaster figures that transform!!!

First, Darkwing, in jet mode... cockpit is not coloured, may want to colour it if got time... and mood... lost 1 of the vertical tail fin so have to remake... Details are good...

Darkwing in bot mode... Look at his face, detailed!!!! Joints are generally tight... best of all, he still has the swivel-head-up feature!!!! Same transformation as the real deal!!!!!! Fists can rotate!

Next, Dreadwind... Cool canopy... Not sure if this is the right transformation (with the 2 front "wings" tucked in", flip out only in Dreadwing mode...), but I prefer this way... Hmm.. maybe try other way next time...

Dreadwind in bot mode... due to the huge hinge in front of the neck, his face is covered 1/3... And yes, most joints are tight, and same transformation! And fists can rotate!!!

Dreadwind in Gerwalk mode!!!!! This is wicked!!!! Hahaha...

Dreadwing... bot mode...

... jet mode...

...ready to combine!!!

Dreadwing!!!!!!!!!!!

KO Insecticons (Oversize Blue) & KO Nemesis Barrage, you are next....

Latest Touch-up: KO Sixshot (in Greatshot Colour Scheme)

Its about time to touch up & restore this excellent figure to its rightful brilliant status... yes, its KO Sixshot (in Greatshot colour scheme)!!! This should be the same size as original, not oversized as stated in Kotoys, but original size is huge enough, who needs a oversized... So, very pleased to finally own a Sixshot (starting from the KO Kabaya one, then this, and then 1 smaller version, sweet.... )


There are actually 3 parts missing, all 3 are for fixing part in position. 2 are the small pins to lock the 2 whole arm-body-connector pieces in either top or bottom positions in various modes, the other was a male-clip on the canopy tip of jet mode. Also have to tighten loosen joints, remove stickers, re-makeup the face and some paint (remove/repaint)... * Below picture was taken before I painted the knees to have a silverish "windscreen" for car mode... *

close up view... Face is now better after removing the paint... wanted to paint the upper arms red too, but since my red paint is not as bright red, so give up the idea...

In short, most joints are quite tight, very minimal simplification/mould-difference from the original... Let's move on to the other 5 alternate modes, starting with the beast mode (winged tiger???) below. Removed the red paint on the sides of the beast face, now looks normal...

This is where and how I think I will store his 2 rifles in beast mode... BTW, I did not follow 100% instructions for the "standard" alternate modes transformations, just what I feel I like, I'll used it as the alternate mode...

Car mode... yeah, please imagine you can see a silverish "windscreen" at the front of the car... Although I still feel this could be a convertible... the 2 red seats are quite obvious!!!!

Laser gun mode... Big gun... but the trigger has no spring back function... its ok, I don't bother with this type of nitty gritty details... But couldn't find the 2 "extra holes" as told in tfwiki, so don't know how to put the 2 rifles in another way... Anyway, since this is how it appears in cartoon, I will use this configuration...

Jet mode... again, my 2 preferences of configuring the jet mode... Oh, and my preference can change anytime, hahaha.... like the first pic below better, but put the arms more forward... don't quite like the arms to protrude too much out behind...

Tank mode... oops, forget to flip out the canopy...

Very very very very nice piece of KO Sixshot to get... Only "hiam" could be the colours are not in the original Sixshot colours, but at least it is near to its cousin Greatshot... not bad... not bad at all!!!! hahaha....