Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of TFs & Such (99) - Iron Man, Iron Man Mark VI, PCC Skyburst with Arielbots

Bought these at OG PP today... yeap, Iron Man figurines still at $3.90 each, so bought 2... Wanted to buy the DOTM Legends Sentinel Prime, but seeing the blocky fire engine and only a OG member 10% discount... not worth... Decided to buy the cheaper PCC instead... Can give the drones to my little nephew to play...

Iron Man
The older (comic) version... Must learn to get use to the elf hair head... Colour is nice bright comic yellow colour, and metallic red, wow...



Iron Man Mark VI
Iron Man's amour in its 2nd movie, characterized by the inverted triangular chest piece... Colour is a bit dull though...



PCC Skyburst with Arielbots
Was deciding to either buy the car one or this one, but choose this due to the homage look of Skyburst's design to Energon Storm Jet...



Am looking forward to my next Taobao haul... especially the main event (item) is... super oversized to beyond Leader class Cybertronian Optimus Prime!!!!!

Update: Bandai VF-25G 1/72 Messiah Valkyrie Michael Custom A Gundam-style Snap-Assembly Kit

Manage to fix up this model kit a few days ago... or weeks?... Did not have the time nor mood to take photos... until just now... Also modded the "tail" to accommodate the fists in plane mode... initially wanted to make the piece swivel, but... tried a few things, in the end, just glue the tail to the back... Anyway, a nice piece of model, but the plastics feel very thin... its supposed to be a model display, not a toy in the first place, so can understand...

Fighter mode

Fighter mode

Gerwalk mode

Battroid mode

Watch out for my firepowers!

Very tired now, need some rest before embarking on my KO TFTM Optimus Prime restoration....

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (99) - KO Oversize Wreckerhook, KO Oversize Air Hunter

Bought these 2 KOs a couple of days ago from NTUC Bedok Central... Surprised to find this type of KOs in NTUC... did not hesitate to buy because of (1) Price is only $6.90! (2) Have bought the KO Oversize RM Optimus Prime of this type before, so believes the joints should be tight ones...

KO Oversize Wreckerhook
Slightly oversize compared to my earlier oversized version, is somewhat in between the Voyager and Deluxe class. Joints are tight, bevel gears are working, eyes have translucent light-piping, windows are translucent too... Only small complaint is the legs are not made of red plastic but are painted red, so the pin to hold the 2 legs when closing to each other is stiff... No problem, just need to make the socket a little larger... 

Comparison with the older KO Wreckerhook (also oversize)...

KO Oversize Air Hunter
Again, joints are tight, so can stand properly... Good... Bought before a slightly oversize Air Hunter before, and due to its floppiness, it cannot even stand properly... This one also has translucent canopy windows...

Simplest Custom Crossover - Hellboy

More pics to come... when my camera battery is recharged... Oh, going to scrape off the paint on the horns... Hahaha...

EDIT: More pics of Hellboy... Bought the Tuner Mudflap but did not like the crap head Bay's movie given him, but wasn't really too keen to "operate" on my legit TFs. Only after I started the ops on G1 Ironhide and Ratchet, then decided to give this a go... and will also repeat this op on his brother, Skidz... as the Green Goblin ... hahaha... Anyway, I used a spare KO Energon Rodimus's head... Now Hellboy looks younger... hahaha... Have to paint the big arm to red, if is the normal Mudflap will be easier... but the golden /dull yellowish colour on Tuner version makes this figure looks more like Hellboy in his coat, as depicted in some pictures...


Close-up view of the head...



Poses!



Looking forward to making Goblin's head...

Updated head for KO Nightmare (Stealth Valkyrie)

Posted the replaced head for my Happywell Stealth Valkyrie (a.k.a. Nightmare) in Feb 2010. Always felt the head, while Valkyrie-like, is not "fierce" enough for this figure. So just now, replaced the head again, this time using a KO FAB TFTM Jazz's head which I had also modded a little before (see 2nd picture) ...


Again, the head and body colours don't match, I don't have a grey colour paint pen... But feels that it is much better than the old one...


Close-up look of the heads....


New head still screams (softly) Jazz... But... heck, don't care already...


Fire!!!

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (98) - Undersized KO Goldran, Undersized KO Advenger

My haul from TaoBao finally came tonight... Gotten a "Movie Moments" Sally+McQueen set, but the whole bubble package is torn from the cardboard... taped with a bit of scotch-tape... arrrgh... now cannot confirm if it is 2nd hand or not... hope it is not... anyway, cleaned the cars & internal plastic bubble with anti-bacterial wipes, hopefully cleaned of any germs, if any... Yes, I am a hygiene freak, hahaha... and I am buying this as a gift for my 4 yr old nephew... sigh...

Anyway, gotten these 2 absolutely wonderful KO Braves! They are from The Brave of the Gold Goldran series; undersized, but absolutely faithful to the original (more or less) !!!!

Undersized KO Goldran
Very very bling!!!! The gold chrome is sooooo shiny! And the other parts are similar to the original's colour. I have also seen a reissue (Korean version I think) that gold chromes almost the whole Goldran (or Gorgon, the big bot/dinosaur name)... Wonder if I should tape-chrome my KO or not... Hmm... Anyway, very very nice piece of KO... Dran is not included, the chest piece of Goldran is only a single piece of mold. It includes the long sword with a scabbard/sheath that can be tabbed at the side of the waist! The shins also have the flipped out cannons, less the firing missiles. Joints are reasonably tight for most joints, something not common in KOs. Only little in-perfect will be the tail-halves cannot close properly and tends to pop out... need to trim somewhere... Overall, a very wonderful piece of KO. Think KOToys is also selling this (these 2 KOs, in fact.)... SGD $7.35 with shipping.



Undersized KO Advenger
Another amazing "little" Brave figure. Includes all weapons (I think); has the big shield, and the front chest can also be opened to reveal the rotor! But I am not sure if it can be fired off or not, I can't find any firing mechanism (I don't know how the original is fired in the 1st place as I have not had 1)... Colours are mostly faithful. Joints are reasonably tight like the KO Goldran; in fact, the waist rotation is too tight, might need to loosen... Can't bend the elbows to perfect 90 degrees in train mode though, and the big long rifle is a bit loose when attached to the clip... Oh, also need to remove or mod the red missiles on the back rack to be shorter/smaller, else will lift the train up in train mode... Missile covers on the legs also a bit floppy, can't stay in place, but just need a simple fix... Overall, a very wonderful piece of KO! And yes, the lower legs can be flipped to reveal the correct side.... also SGD $7.35 with shipping.


Am keen to buy the cute little Sentinel Prime... the Commander size one, cuter...

Restore Repaint - KO Predacons / Predaking

Finally got time to colour my KO white Predacons to their original colours... or close to...



Here's old Predaking... Half-white king....


Above Pic: Wow, so much better now!

Looks nice, but the red colour paint-pen I used on Rampage does not stick well, very much like my KO Kabaya Kits... sianz...