Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of TFs (77) - Movie Activators Bumblebee, HFTD Sea Spray, All-Spark Jazz

Bought these authentic TFs today at CSC...

Movie Activators Bumblebee
yeap, got this for my 3+yr old nephew, who used to distinguish his toys as "rolling" cars, and my toys (TFs) as "can-change-to-robot" cars... but recently he has started to say that his toys can also "change to robot"... hahaha... so now my TFs may become his toys liao... hahaha... Ok, so better start to attract him to TF more while he is young, ahhahahaha.....


HFTD Sea Spray
Not sure why I got him... probably to replace the KO Alternators Grimlock that will probably not be bought...


All-Spark Jazz
Woah!!!!!!!! Finally found a cheap Jazz to replace my old KO FAB version... cost only SGD20 only... sweet find, so unexpected...

Restoration Repaints - KO Oversize Henkei Smokescreen

Bought this oversize KO of Henkei Smokescreen in March, and now finally his turn to have a paint job to restore his glory...


Started to paint white stripes... opps... painted a tad too much on the front bumper...


Final paint... according to Henkei scheme...

So transformed into robot mode... something's wrong... oh, the head...

Now this is better...

Now looks more like Smokescreen...

Just to vent my frustration here... no news from Go TaoBao Shopping... intend to call on Monday to ask, since now is holiday period, so don't want to be so mean, let them go for a holiday break... Checked the TaoBao page for an item that they have not, and still not, buy since my order on 10 Dec... more than 2 weeks have passed...

Btw, have tried another middle-man agent, "65daigou". This one seems more professional with all tracking available online, queries answered in the day itself, etc and probably same price, if not cheaper, compared to Go TaoBao Shopping... All items ordered, may add another one depending on Monday's call... Now awaiting their shipping...

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (77) - KO Oversize G1 Pipes

Bought an KO Oversize G1 Pipes today, at the photocopying kiosk diagonally opposite Bedok NTUC, at $3. Vehicle mode is about 7cm, so I guess it is just slightly oversize than the normal one (according to Cliffbee's review, truck length is 6cm... ). Surprisingly, joints are quite tight, legs are just a teeny weeny bit wobbly, but doesn't affect the robot standing at all. Quite happy to see this little figure and took it from the hanger peg the moment I saw it... So now have quite some G1 minibots molds in my collection...


And still no reply from Go TaoBao Shopping... well, a little bit... past few emails were un-replied, and a few days ago when tried to IM them from their blog, they ignored & left the chat... So just now tried to initiate IM chat without disclosing my identity, and after gotten a "Hi" reply from them, ask about my email queries.. and the reply is something like "so sorry, will check and get back to you shortly"... which I doubt I will get one "shortly"... Felt that whatever their difficulties, it is certainly not professional to just ignore customers... sigh... service standard dipped tremendously... quite sure now that I will not be engaging their services for subsequent orders... at least not in the near future... In case you are calling me an impatient customer, please know that they are quite prompt in the past, where order-items are bought around 3~4 days after 1st payment made (they will need time to deal with the TaoBao sellers, I understand), and sea-freight orders are once in 1/2 month to 1 month to ship. My last order is 10 Dec, and till now, some items are not bought /confirmed yet... My 2nd last order which is around end Nov, is probably just on its way to S'pore (if I am lucky)... And read my previous post for the missing items not informed... SIGH..... Got to find another agent liao....

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (76) - KO Constructicon Maximus, KO Oversize Cybertron Ransack, KO TFA Swoop, KO Ramulus, KO Powerglide, KO Seaspray

Collected a TaoBao order today.. very disappointed, reached the place then was informed that they had forgotten to inform me that the Liner Dagwon was out-of-stock, and the oversize Buster Prime wasn't sent to them... not to mention the non-reply-ness these few weeks... the staff/boss offered 50% off the sea-freight shipping, so still a consolation... well, what to do, already ordered for 2 more orders, so will just have to wait for the remaining 2 orders to arrive... I mean, I understand their situation which the staff/boss told me but then the incidents really makes me wonder if I should continue with their service... Anyway...


KO Constructicon Maximus
After some attempts over the year, finally got a chance to buy this. Steamhammer doesn't have the gestalt head though, so need to bash a head out... The package includes 2 Bonecrusher, so I just took 1 picture... Hope my existing Sledge is of the same size... Total price - $17.75... Note, all prices in SGD and include shipping, if any....

KO Oversize Cybertron Ransack (aka Gasket)

Why did I buy this??? hmmmm.... hahaha, dunno why also... Oh, this is not with the haul from TaoBao, bought it from a small shop in Bedok Central... Total price - $8

KO TFA Swoop

Looks good! Did not open the pack, so not sure if it is good. So now I have collected all 3 dinobots in TFA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahaha..... Total price - $6.80

KO Ramulus

A very rare TF, let alone a KO... I think... at least in S'pore, hahaha... anyway, very intrigued by the unusual alternate form... Hope the robot mode is good!!!!!! Total price - $9.10

KO G1 Powerglide

Yeah! My favourite of the haul!!!! Finally own a G1 Powerglide... Total price - $12.95

KO G1 Seaspray

My 2nd favourite... but seems its a bit too small compared to the other minibots... Total price - $12.95

Hope my 2 other orders will come soon... sigh...

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of TFs & Etc (75)

Yesterday's haul at CSC... Some shops are closed due to the STGCC, or holidays... Luckily, I still managed to grab something...

RID Ultra Magnus (Spychanger)
MISC, though card is of tattered quality... doesn't matter to me... Upon de-tombing, realised it is an EXTREMELY easy piece of TF to transform (obvious, since it is spychanger haha... )Looks good, probably give it more firepower to be more "Magnus" like... Anyway, bought it for SGD13, so not bad...



KO G1 Cosmos
Yeah, impulse buy... not sure why I would want to spend SGD22 to get this... but ok, it's a quite cute little figure, and its a old G1 mold... Do note that the arms are mis-assembled, they need to be swapped around (left<=>right arms).... and no stickers nor rub-label...



KO G1 Warpath
Yeap, bought in the same shop as KO G1 Cosmos... In fact, at this shop, bought these 2 KOs G1 minibots as well as the Kabaya Wave 2 set... Have not open up yet, so hope its good... Got this at SGD20... "Bam! Zam!..." Nostalgic feel....



Kabaya Henkei Prowl
When it is not stickered, it's... it's.... Streetstar (Botcon 2010)!!!!! Hahahaha.... Decided to mod it such that it can be transformed with minimum part-form... Probably next year December, hahaha...



Kabaya Henkei Skyfire
Got it as part of the set of 3, for SGD20... also intending to mod it into minimum part-form...


KO Titamium Ultra Magnus
And this is the reason why I want to get this wave 2 set... I was deciding whether to buy the KO WST Ultra Magnus or the Kabaya version, cost is the factor, so choose the latter... and decided to buy it locally instead of through TaoBao which is more expensive... also intending to mod it into minimum part-form...



HFTD Terradive
Bought this at SGD18, yeah, about a dollar more than the sales price... but ok lah, if drive to the place also need $ for fuel & parking, so bought it. Not open up yet, hope it doesn't dissapoint me...



Hope my hauls from Go TaoBao Shopping come soon.. their service quality has dropped slightly lately, even overlooking my emails sent and not prompt responding... sigh...