Gotten these at the Santa's Warehouse Sales at Bishan Community Centre (today till this Sunday) organized by The Falcon's Hangar... Was a bit disappointed there was no Kamen Rider roleplay toys, and many TFs I already have... Still, some consolation purchases made...
The Last Knight TLK Deluxe (Amigo???!!!) Sqweeks... bought a KO version before which is currently in my office cubicle, so decided to buy this to display at home... only yo realize that I need to find quite some space for it, and my display space is seriously running out... Costs SGD10...
Also bought this Transformers Bumblebee Energon Igniters Legends Class Bumblebee (speed series ???), just for the vehicle mode, hahahaha... Costs SGD8...
Comparison with my other favorite Studio Series Bumblebee...
Gotten this thru' ezBuy from Taobao... Can't remember the price... Gotten this instead of the Magic Square version as this is well, bigger and cheaper... and looks more like the MP version... Tried to paint the chest outline areas blue with a paint pen but it was out of ink before I barely started... 1 of the red missile head is stuck super tight inside the missile launcher, luckily manage to get it out and scrape some plastic off the shaft. Though very tight still, at least now it can be removable and rotatable... Some super glue was also applied to 1 ankle tilt which was slightly loose... Did not use the original face as I thought the big eyes look very much like Ultraman's... I also loosen the super tight wrists by putting in the rifle into each fist-hole and swivel it left-right "violently" for a while till the ball-joints are looser... Overall a very very nice figure...
Comparison of robot mode (left-to-right): Kabaya, Papa Toys, MFT
Comparison of vehicle mode (left-to-right): Papa Toys, MFT, Kabaya
Gotten this very old KO un-assembled kit from Taobao, very expensive, about SGD20 for a super small and simple KO. But since this is quite rare and can (almost) transform into all 3 modes, I don't regret this purchase. Have to tighten 1 of the shoulder joint using Loctite plastic glue. Overall very happy to get this.
I trimmed the holes for the eyes a little bigger as the light blue paint on the "pupils" was not able to be seen properly, now looks slightly better. Also smudge-painted black-metallic paint on the silver parts on the face to have a closer tone to the dark silverish plastics used for the main body...
Gotten this at Robo Robo today for $45. Very happy to purchase this as the price over at eBay and Taobao seem to be inflated...
Think the paint job was a bit wrong for the front grille, so I touched up to what I think should look proper... Silver paint pen for the colour, penknife to scrape off and some Autosol cream to try to polish the plastic a little...
Car mode. Not very good as the panels don't fit too well with some gaps quite visible. Seem to be very common now for Hasbro's transformers... But will do for me... I also did the shoulder fix and it enable the lower arms to tab in properly in transforming to car mode...
2 robot modes!!! Counterpunch seem to look better with the lower legs somehow not looking too big as compared to Punch mode, not sure why, perhaps is because of the shoulder are positioned horizontally...
Bought from Taobao, can't remember the price. Initially wanted to wait for the MFT version, but realized MFT seemed to be having too many on their hands waiting to be released. I pasted the Autobot insignia sticker on it. Very nice TF that is very close to the G1 Hot Rod robot mode. Car mode seem to be to "rounded" for my personal preference, will prefer the "sharper" MP car style, and the spoiler seem a bit too small in car mode, but still quite nice car mode overall. Some joints initially are super tight and needs a bit of fiddling and transform more times to get them to be smooth. I prefer to leave the spoiler nearer to the rear. The back-pack pieces can actually be folded and pressed literally down to get to a smaller and flatter back-pack. Overall a very nice Hot Rod TF figure.
Mine came with a chipped paint on the eyeball, hence disassemble and painted the eyes back with a navy-blue paint pen.
Notice the robot arms can be pulled slightly outwards for slightly more clearance when swinging the arms.
Also the backpack can be pressed downwards to achieve a slightly flatter back-pack. See video clip on how it can be done. Do it slowly and carefully at first though.
Robot mode. Very closely resemblance to the G1 counterpart. In fact, I consider it to be sort of a mini-masterpiece... sort of...
Robot mode comparison to MFT Kup and Studio Series SS-18 Bumblebee...
Car mode... Spoiler looks a little too small... I leave the spoiler position fixed nearer to the rear, too lazy to keep switching it between modes..
Car mode comparison with MFT Kup and SS Bumblebee...
