NA Newage Toys Scaramanga a.k.a. G1 Transformers Soundwave

 Wanted to buy the Pocket Toy version but in the end decided on this. Did not choose the Magic Square version as (1) the back of the microcassette recorder mode looks very incomplete (2) only include 1 (blue) Rumble and 1 vehicle which I don't really like.  And because NA version is smaller, the cassette minions look cuter. Quite a nice figure, and the only nitpick is the sub-elbow joint which is also the extender-arm joint gets loose easily after a few transformations.

I don't like the shoulder cannon/rocket launcher to be too far out. So I used a Tamiya pin-socket, trimmed and and (epoxy-)glued it to the shoulder cannon/rocket launcher, painted black, and super-glue as clear coat to protect the black paint from scratched off. Soundwave looks better to me now. Comparison figures are Hot Soldier Soundwave and Oversized KO G1 Soundwave ("... Because it's Precious~~~ !!!!!! ").

 

Mech Fans Toys MFT MF-49 Emitter a.k.a. G1 Transformers Blaster

If not for the exposed fists/hands at the back in boombox mode, this figure will be a super nice figure... But it is what it is, and I can (barely) overlook this flaw, since it will be most likely to be displayed in robot mode. The robot mode is very solid, and closely resembled the cartoon character. A bit disappointed that there is only 1 cassette Ramhorn, but ok, can still overlook as Blaster is the main reason I bought this. Comparison figures used are KO Kabaya Blaster and G1 Blaster.

Happy Well X-Bot Transform Robotjet GS-11 a.k.a. Bootleg KO Valkyrie VF-1S Transformers G1 Jetfire

Bad molding ( I think ) causes this figure to be like practising the Wing Chun leg stance 二字钳羊马 with the legs very closed to each other in gerwalk mode... I used to own the grey version ( 1/55 scale ???) of this toy from Happy Well. And if I remember correctly, the grey one has die-cast parts. This one is purely plastic and hence a bit disappointed. I bought this (from Taobao via ezBuy) as my old KO Macross Valkyrie is getting old and the plastic used is very brittle, and I am worried the parts will just crumble. Maybe I will do some swapping of parts, especially the black thighs which looked weird, and then paint it to be closer to the VF-1S colour scheme. Or maybe paint 1 to be resemble G1 Jetfire colour scheme.