Update: (New) Kabaya Raod Caesar

Completed the (new) Kabaya Road Caesar set with some modifications to Blacker's thighs a few days ago and finally got time to (remember to) post... For this set, only Blacker has 1 parts-forming place: the thighs. Hence I tried making slots linking the 3 holes on each thigh, which will allow the pin-peg on the lower leg to slide along the thigh...


The peg will be kept in the slots using 2 pieces of ABS plastic ("stopper pieces" glued at the edges with super-glue to the lower legs. Note now the legs are no longer temporary jointed...


The "stopper pieces" is then hot-glued at 3 corners of each lower leg for a more secured joint...


Painted black with a half-faulty paint-pen...


And proceed to assemble all 3 members of the Brainmasters gestalt team... From left to right: Laster, Blacker, and Braver...


A comparison of my old KO Kabaya Blacker and this new one... Almost the same size...


Blacker in bot mode... Looks good... Lower legs are now shaky but somehow it amazingly stays in all 3 positions (individual robot, gestalt, car) of transformation...


Unlike the old Kabaya mold, this new Kabaya Blacker can open up the chest to put in the Brainmaster of Strength (similar for the other 2 members for "Laster - Brain of Skill" and "Braver - Brain of Intelligence")...


... and a comparison of the old (KO) and new Kabaya Brainmaster of Strength... Very much difference in size...


Blacker can also place the Brainmaster in the cockpit in car mode (same as the old Kabaya mold)...


Comparison of old (KO) and new Kabaya Blackers in car mode....


Next is Laster, with his old KO Kabaya counterpart... Let the pictures do the talking... Note that the new Kabaya Laster and Braver has no individual sword...






Finally Braver...






The new Kabaya set's accessories can be combined into a ... jet sort of thing... looks weird...


Ready to combine!!!!!!


Road Caesar!!!!!!!!!



The sword looks more proportion as compared to the older version (which is the combination of 3 swords yet smaller in size than the new Kabaya one...)


And finally a comparison of the old (KO) and new Kabaya Road Caesar!!!!! Happy....



Waiting eagerly for my KO oversized MMC Feral Rex (Predaking) to arrive soon...

Update: Kabaya Overlord

Finally assembled 1 box of the newly acquired Kabaya TFs... Megajet and Gigatank... yeap, the Godmasters are inside their respective cockpits, hahahaha.... Took the whole day... The molding is actually quite bad, many parts are made badly, some important parts cannot align well... Sigh... This Kabaya version of Overlord can actually store all the parts in/on them, so no need to bag up accessories...


But I prefer their plain vehicle mode...



This Kabaya version can also form up the base mode... which I think this is the last time I am transforming it into this mode.. There is a red lazy-susan-turntable thing that does not work quite well, but adds some fun factor to it......


And here's Overlord!!!! Nice... But quite small head, hahahaha...



The face sticker is shaped with spaces for the chin and nose, and hence easier to apply and more accurate, and less prone to tearing when pressing it during affixing...


Close up look at the Godmasters... Only the legs are movable... Cannot blame the design as they are really too small.... even smaller than the KO Kabaya Godmasters...


Size comparison of the new and old Kabaya Godmasters (yeap, the bigger Godmaster is a KO version)...


And Kabaya Overlord with his subordinates, Buster and Hydra...

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of TFs (176) - Kabaya Overlord and Road Caesar

Bought these today at CSC for $35... Not sure why I wanted to buy these... maybe I just wanted to have 1 more figure to display in my cabinet... and a small one... and unfortunately these 3 comes in 1 set, so have to get the Road Casesar too... Anyway, will built them when I have the leisure time... and probably do something to Blacker's legs for sliding action (i.e. no parts-forming...)... when free lah...

Update: Cattoys Robot Masters Victory Saber - Touching Up

And yeap, took a day (today) to touch up my Cattoys RM Victory Saber Set... Not sure if this set is a QC-reject, but this Cattoys RM Victory Saber is quite bad... lots of sprue leftovers not cleaned, terrible paint-job, 2 halves of parts are misaligned, etc... only good thing are some joints are tight enough... anyway, am glad that this is finally done... Kept some of the arsenal that this set came with, and not use them for display...


Here's all 3 components in their alternate modes...


Saber, in his jet mode...


Saber combined with V-Star, jet mode...


And here is Victory Leo in his primary alternate mode (winged-lion mode)...


And not forgetting his vehicle / flight mode... which has no official transformation in this Robot Masters series...


... and their combined jet mode... super nice... reminds me of the Decepticon Powermaster brothers...



Next, their robot modes... Saber in his robot mode... Cute little fella, hahahaha....


And after (manual) drilling a hole at each of the "feet" of Saber, Saber can be securely pegged into the 2 little dowels and stand on V-Star, just like in the cartoon!


Star Saber!!!! ... The ball joint at the hip as broken, and had to replace with the old KO version, with much sawing, filing, trimming, etc...



Victory Leo in robot mode!!! Nice....



Victory Leo and Star Saber together...


... and the gestalt, Victory Saber!!!!



Back view of Victory Saber... Since there is no official configuration for the backpack, I think it is up to the individual preference how to position the parts...

Update: Masterpiece MP10U Ultra Magnus Paint to MP10 Optimus Prime

From this...


... to this W.I.P. ...


... to finally done!!!! Yeah!!!! Happy!!!! Too tired, let the pictures do the talking...




This is the reason why I bought these 2 fellas... Classic....


..."お母ちゃんが言っていた (Grandmother said this)..."


Vehicle mode pictures....





I know it is not painted nicely... very rough surface, but sigh... what to do... can't find metallic spray paint, nor does this paint stick well to the plastic... anyway, next TF to work on... probably will be the Cattoys RM Star Saber and Victory Leo set, which I am having problems transforming the combiner feet...

Some Rambling and Stands...

Not in a good mood now, due to some mis-delivery of goods ... anyway...

Just wanted to clarify here that I don't quite like the idea of people leaving traces (links) to some other websites on my blog's comments section, so please don't feel offended that I delete your such posts... Personal view, preference and stand...

I probably may also not reply to comments that are asking questions that are already answered in the posts, or random personal questions... I think while it is good to exchange thoughts, it probably will be good if one can read up first...

I am in Singapore, and proud to be a Singaporean. =)

Huat ah!!!!!!!!!