SD Gundam World Sangoku Soketsuden SDガンダムワールド 三国創傑伝 Zhuge Liang Freedom Gundam 諸葛亮フリーダムガンダム

Master of Strategy... Will be displaying him in my office cubicle... Did some minor painting on this figure, slightly more than the previous one (Guan Yu version)... Wishing all a Happy New Year!

Transformers - War for Cybertron Trilogy : Siege ( Leader Class ) Astrotrain

Bought it at Taobao, total cost is SGD61.58... Considered quite a cheap price compared to the official retail price here... But really, this is just a Voyager class toy, with some additional plastic pieces which I don't really think is necessary... Heard that Earthrise will re-release this in a kibble-less version, not sure if it is true.... But the main figure is a good toy, in my opinion... Figure feels heavy, not sure why... Joints are relatively tight enough... Nice...

Transformers G1 Bumblebee ( Cartoon Face Version )

Bought this at the Santa's Warehouse Sale a few days ago, costs SGD10... This sale at Bishan CC has ended but there will be another run at Jurong Logistics Hub, from 19 to 22 Dec, timing please ask Google... Bought this because my other G1 Bumblebee has a masked face, while the KO Kabaya one has a Cliffjumper face... Need to be careful when pulling out the feet for transformation (have to press the foot with thumb and finger, then pull out the foot). Looks good with the other Bumblebees, especially the NA Toys design.

NewAge Toys NA 03 Harry a.k.a. Transformers G1 Prowl

The packaging say this is for age 15+... Bought it at Taobao at total cost of SGD29.69 ... Very expensive for a very small figure, but the transformation, plastic quality and articulation is pretty good, and quite worth the price. Comparing this to the MFT / MS Prowl, this is definitely smaller but cuter, and both are equally good. No place to store the weapons in car mode but not much of an issue as I am displaying it in robot mode.

NewAge Toys NA 04 Murphy a.k.a. Transformers G1 Bluestreak

The packaging say this is for age 15+... Bought it at Taobao at total cost of SGD31.55 ... Very expensive for a very small figure, but the transformation, plastic quality and articulation is pretty good, and quite worth the price. Comparing this to the Generations Legends Class Bluestreak, this has better articulation and g1-looks in both modes. No place to store the weapons in car mode but not much of an issue as I am displaying it in robot mode.

Transformers - War for Cybertron Trilogy : Siege ( Voyager Class ) Springer

Bought this cos this looks like the G1 style, no other reasons... instructions are in Chinese because it is the China retail version... Realised that I cannot resist G1 styled transformers... My set has pretty good ankle rock joints, hope they stay this way...

MFT (?) Mechanic Studio MS-19 MS19 Flame Commander a.k.a. Transformers G1 Rodimus Prime

Is Mechanic Studio also Mech Fans Toys??? A sub-company? Regardless, it appears to be going strong... Though my MS Sideswipe is now RIP-ed, having fall down from quite a height and broken the hip ball joint... Anyway, bought this as I don't have many Rodimus Primes in my collection... maybe I remembered wrongly... but this seemed to be quite a fun toy... I pasted the Autobot logo on the chest and car front piece... Plastic quality is good, similar / same as that of the recent MFT Ultra Magnus. The matt surface makes this figure looks better. Joints are reasonably tight too, and some joints need to be "run-in" a few times before having a smooth transformation. Strangely, this happens to my Siege Springer too. The targetmaster that comes with it seems a bit too big, especially in gun mode, but robot mode looks ok in proportion with Rodimus. And the nicest thing is that it can be held by Papa Toys ( PPT ) Hot Rod !!!!! So now my PPT Hot Rod can be a true targetmaster, with the true intention of hole on the engine fulfilled...

酷变宝 Ku Bian Bao KBB Tyrone Cable King 暴龙钢索王拼装版 - KO Warbotron Rex - G1 Transformers Grimlock

Bought this long time ago but did not assemble it... It is a KO of the Warbotron Rex set... I also had the oversized on by Zhan Jiang, which has some changes / improvements to this mold... This one is probably going to be displayed in my office cubicle... Cute little figure... The name is called such probably because of: (1) Tyrone - rhymes with the word "Tyrant", which in Chinese is 霸王... (2) Cable King - which in Chinese is 钢索王, where the 王 translates to King. I believe the earliest Chinese translation for Grimlock is 钢锁, because of the ‘lock’ which is 锁 (i.e. 钢索 means Steel Lock). As time passes, mis-translation happens to become 钢锁 which is a common Chinese word, and it means Steel Cable. Hence Grimlock is also commonly appeared as 钢索 (-cable) instead of 钢锁 (-lock). Disclaimer : Above is only my speculation...

KO Bootleg Gobots Spay-C SpayC - Video Momento

A KO which I bought from eBay years ago, after I realised I stupidly threw/lost the original one many many years ago... I remember my parent bought it (original one) before I was scheduled to go for an eye operation to lift my morale... Not sure why it was gone... but I had a chance to get it again, though it had to be a KO... Not sure if I will restore the tail to swivel as the original one, maybe, maybe not...

Restoration : KO Bootleg Transformers Robotmasters Star Saber Victory Leo : Victory Saber

An old bootleg from the company Cattoys bought years ago, and took a day to touch up... Now on display on my laptop shelf.... Victory Leo's lion hind legs has the peg molded offset from the centre, hence when transforming the gestalt feet, the hole cannot fit in the peg. Previously I had to mis-transform and swap the feet in gestalt mode, and the protruding lion legs at the gestalt feet looks a bit ugly. I modded by enlarging the hole longer slightly, so that now the pegs can fit in. The 2nd attempt I over-enlarge the hole and had to spent much time to restore back the plastic... Luckily everything works fine now...





Video of the duo...

IronTrans ( Mini Series ) M01 M-01 PoliceCar a.k.a. Transformers G1 Prowl

A very nice little Legends+ figure from IronTrans. This is quite an accurate G1 Prowl, and also comes with 2 shoulder cannons to be G1-toy-accurate. The plastic used is pretty similar to the newer MFTs and not too bad, though detailed collectors may find the plastic swirls kind of ugly. Strangely, these plastic swirls seem to be "consistence", as seen in some Bilibili video reviews, the swirls looks uncannily identical!!!! Anyway, this figure is good enough for me. Another G1 character added to the collection.



Comparison with MFT / MS Hound...

SD Gundam World Sangoku Soketsuden SDガンダムワールド 三国創傑伝 Guan Yu Yun Chang v Gundam 関羽雲長νガンダム

Bought this from Taobao for SGD10.78. Bought this because I could not find it when I purchase the Zhuge Liang kit earlier. A very cute little SD Gundam figure. Used a gold marker to touch up some gold parts, but realised the gold is not "shiny gold" enough, and looked more like bronze, but oh well... Also used black acrylic to fill in the "nostrils". Looks good enough for me as a display when look from far (don't think I will look at it near as I have long-sightedness...)... Will assemble the Zhuge Liang version soon...