Bedok CC Flea Market - 17th Feb 2013

Annoucement:

Hi friends (in Singapore)! Bedok Community Centre will be holding its monthly flea market on 17th Feb, 8.30. I will be putting up a stall/place to sell some of my KOs and authentic transformers and other stuff this time. 99% are not MISB though, but many are just opened to test the transformation. Some are already fixed on loose joints etc. Come and have a look! See ya! =)

EDIT: Time of the flea market is 8.30am - 12pm.

Update: KO "Kabaya" - Spychanger Optimus Prime, G1 Sideswipe

They are finally assembled...

KO "Kabaya" Spychanger Optimus Prime
Wonderful little KO.... and it doesn't have awkwardly coloured parts from the 2 coloured kit pieces... Joints are quite tight, but spent some time figuring out how to assemble the arms connector-pieces... This KO measures approx. 6cm from shoulder to feet ( and roughly 5cm from head to feet)...


Vehicle mode...



KO "Kabaya" G1 Sideswipe
White colour G1 Sideswipe!!!!!! Hahahaha... Due to this KO's colour combination, this KO looks so weird.... Had to fix up much some loose parts though, as well as fix up the old stickers and make some new ones.... luckily have my Selleys Plastic Glue... It measures roughly 8cm from head to feet... The head sculpt and transformation is not good, but this is due to the original Kabaya toy design... Anyway, good enough...


Vehicle mode... Still feel this looks better than the robot mode...

Update: KO "Kabaya" Undersize Titanium Soundwave

Titanium Soundwave has shrunk!!!!!!! Hahaha... Finally decided to assmble this little fellow last night... Not bad, many joints are quite tight... and it has the "perfect transformation" too... Initially the feet points out to the sides in robot mode, but after some cutting and fixing, it now points to the front, lucky... Also have to drill a hole on the shoulder to mount the "shoulder missile pod/ gatling gun"... Cute little TF! Hahaha...



Robot is about 5.5cm tall...


Cassette player mode... The chest cannot be opened, similar to its oversize KO counterpart...


Can store the guns at the back!



Up next: (Most probably) KO "Kabaya" Spychanger Optimus Prime...

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of TFs & Such (148) - Kabaya Kits (Gobots)

Gotten this today at CSC... because the robots vaguely resemble the Gobots toys... a bit modernized... but not very sure... Cost $18! Think is cheaper than buy from Taobao, hahaha...
 

Update 1: #4 "Throttle"/"Reverse Cy-kill"
Not sure if this little gobot is supposed to be based on Cy-kill (with similar transformation except the legs are folded in opposite direction; hence "Reverse Cy-kill") or Throttle (their
robot heads style are similar...) The bike can stay up on the 2 broad wheels, and rolls very well!


And the bot mode is quite good too! However, the arms are a little difficult to pull out and they might just pop off when pulling as the arms have only a simple round peg to plug into the holes for swiveling... Joints are relatively tight, just nice and not loose at all...


Update 2: #1 "Hans-Cuff"
Built the Hans-cuff lookalike yesterday night, and have spent triple the time to paste the stickers onto it, lousy stickers.... but the end result looks good!!!


Update 3: #2 "Pumper"
Very heavily rely on stickers for the redness of the body... but in the end looks ok... The legs have a unique transformation path when sliding... Don't really like the exposed fingers though...


Update 4: #3 "RestQ"
Looks and transform gobot-ish, good... very stocky, but the arms look thin from the side... overall fun to transform... 



Edit: More pics of RestQ...



p.s. Have ordered the candy toy kits of Yuusha series: King Exkizer, J-Decker and Gaogaigar.... From the youtube reviews, they seem to be nicely designed with "perfect transformation" except for Gaogaigar's lion head-chest... Hope they arrive asap...

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (147) - (Bootleg) Gobots : Spay-C

Finally it arrived!!!!! Bootleg Gobots: Spay-C !!!!!! Yesss!!!!! Hahaha... This little thing is an important milestone in my childhood memories... When I was in primary 3~4, I was diagnosed with double-vision, and was supposed to go for operation... So I was quite sad and scared... and a couple of days before my operation, I got this (upon request, actually) as a gift from my mother, to encourage me... Though in the end I did not require an operation upon detail check-up by the specialist, I still treat this little toy as my lucky charm... until 1 day it was lost... or did I throw it away??.... hmm... anyway, very happy to see this being sold in eBay one day, and without hesitation, I bought it immediately... Nostalgic.... Cost around $25.35

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of Such (146) - DX KR Decade Ride Booker, Candy(less) Toy KR Decade Figurine, Candy Toy KR Birth Driver / Birth Buster / OOO Taja Spinner, Candy Toy KR Double (W) Prism Sword / Bicker Shield / Accel Trial Memory

Today's haul at OG PP and CSC... Went crazy and impulse buys... But nevermind lah, at least still worth...


DX KR Decade Ride Booker
Bought this at OG PP, because suddenly felt like completing my little nephew's KR Decade gears...  And also he has been "showing" me review clips from Youtube on this (and K Touch too)... Anyway, it is way way cheaper than getting from TaoBao.com and even eBay... and it is the Japanese version... hahahaha... To add to the impulse, I also ordered a K-Touch (the Korean version) from eBay... hahahaha... From the Youtube reviews, this Ride Booker can only store 5 cards on 1 of the side, has a simplest transformation into gun mode, and a little teeny weeny blade in sword mode.... hahaha... Cost approx. $56 after 20% discount.



Candy(less) Toy KR Decade Figurine
Also bought this in OG PP, cost $5.90... There is a sticker that says no candy is inside... wow, "special" edition... Picture below shows the front, side and back of the box...



Candy Toy KR Birth Driver / Birth Buster / OOO Taja Spinner
Went back to CSC after purchasing the above 2 items, and bought more Candy Toys... must be crazy... Saw this set selling at about $10 more in the shop where I got the next Candy Toy set (Candy Toy KR Double (W) Prism Sword / Bicker Shield / Accel Trial Memory), and probably that's why  bought this set... Not open up yet, but think will keeo the KR Birth Belt and Buster first, unless little nephew wants... but will be giving him the Taja Spinner (hmmm.. can put his mini medals?)... Cost is $25.



Candy Toy KR Double (W) Prism Sword / Bicker Shield / Accel Trial Memory
Coincidentally, the shop, which I bought the previous Candy Toy set (Candy Toy KR Birth Driver / Birth Buster / OOO Taja Spinner), is also selling this set but for about $10 more... Yeap, although I have the mini KR Double(W) belt, this Prism Bicker candy toy is for my little nephew... Though I think I will take the Accel Trial Memory to keep first... Cost is $25.



Oh, btw, forget to take a pic of the DX Kiva Belt bought off eBay earlier... Do so now... This will be the Christmas present for my little nephew...



Have been taking a long break from restoring my KO TFs... Hopefully once this Kamen Rider frenzy (wah, Frenzy appears!!! Pile driver arms wacks floor...) is over, I can focus on restoring my KO TFs...

Minor Mod - Legend Rider Series Kamen Rider Garren Buckle (Belt)

Modified the LRS Blade Blay Buckle into the Garren Buckle (Belt)... because my little nephew likes KR Garren more than KR Blade... Hahahaha.... And since I am NOT prepared to  spend USD50 on a DX Garren Belt, I asked him if it is OK I "destroy" the LRS Blade Belt to become the Garren one, he agreed in 2 seconds...

So I opened up the buckle and replaced the red LED with a green one (last one I have, luckily still have). Was supposed to be an simple and easy task (for me) to remove and solder the LED, but seems my not-so-good luck still persists, always manage to screw up somehow.... anyway, manage to get the green LED soldered after some time...

Then I used a silver paint-pen and painted over the red colour on the buckle before using a green marker to paint over. Very tough as there are a lot of small little voids and hard-to-reach places, even for the fine tip of the marker. Also, the green marker ink somehow could not stay on the protruding details, so decided to paint these silver (see pictures below).

Finally, manage to cut a piece of thin polystyrene to the diamond shape and used a big piece of reflective-gold "sticker" sheet to cover the styrene. The whole thing is then glued (with super-glue) into place. Done!!!! Rare piece of Legend Rider Series KR Garren Buckle (Belt) is borned!!!! Hahahaha...


Picture below is used to show the green LED light when lit...

Sigh... my DX KR Faiz belt strap cracked and tore... due to my carelessness when trying to keep it inside the gearbox/briefcase... And after many attempts, manage to glue it back, though it looks very ugly now... Don't know why but it just seem to hate going back to its original place when gluing, so now the crack lines are VERY visible... sigh... anyway, have ordered some silver belts and such in TaoBao.com, so will mod the belts again when they arrive... Yeap, also gotten some for my nephew's mini KR OOO belt and micro KR Fourze belt...