Initially I did not plan to buy Highbrow, as I already have the (KO Kabaya) G1 mold, but in the end decided to collect all 4 original Autobot Headmasters, all 4 on the same scale... But the Titan Master Xort / Gort comes with 2 left arms... sigh... I only did a minimum of making the back of the right arm round (to raise arm) and the front look better... anyway, head mode is not affected much...
A common problem of TR Highbrow is the wobbly-head-syndrome. I cut 2 pieces of thin ABS (can be any other material) pieces and glue them to the front and end positions of the socket. Note that if you are trying to do this fix, do try to glue the add-on pieces to the body (blue plastic) and not the white socket part. Works well now, without head wobbling.
Helicopter mode... Don't really like the shape of this helicopter which seemed to have a fat butt when you look from the top, and also each side has only 2 blades for rotor (G1 has 3 blades)... But overall still acceptable...
The cockpit can open to put the Titan Master inside! Cool...
Robot mode is much better for TR Highbrow... Though TR Highbrow borrows the basic structure from TR Scourge, he gives a quite different look from Scourge without much similarities (yah, thighs are same...) Because the feet are fixed, any wide stance posing will not be easy to make it stand stable, though can be done. When transforming TR Highbrow, remember to flip the chest out...
Next, TR Chromedome... Ah, Chromedome... This is the only (G1) Autobot Headmaster that I cannot find, KO or Kabaya (No, don't ask me to buy an over-priced 2nd hand toy... )... So this is on my top of list of the TR figures to buy... Happy... I saw from some forums that this is also borrowed from a Combiner Wars TF structure... Anyway, I don't quite like the red guns mounted on the top of the car, but no other place to store them in car mode...
And yeap, car has a "cockpit" that can open to let Titan Master Stylor to sit in... Cool...
And TR Chromedome in robot mode!!! Nice nice...
3 out of 4 of the original Autobot Headmasters collected... Waiting for the last one... hopefully Taobao will have the loose stock and soon... Hahahaha...
And here's the videos to show their transformation...
I corrected my Highbrow by turning the head of the Headmaster to a 90 degree angle. The wobbling dropped. Has Brainstorm been easy to find in your neck of the woods?
ReplyDeleteNope, in the end, I have to order from Taobao... at a much much higher price... sigh...
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