Older KO Transformers Mods - KO FAB Optimus Prime

KO FAB Optimus Prime. Different transformation, has a backpack, and in the KO case, thin arms (separate from the nose of truck parts. Below shows the original KO (many thanks to the owner of this pic), the blue arms are actually separated from the red (back) casings, as opposed to the design in the real FAB. Looks a bit weird after some time...


Below shows the bashed KO FAB Prime. Trimmed the head a bit, in case you didn't notice... Then cut off the truck nose pieces and attach to the lower arms... repaint a little... and...


... from the movie's gimmick....

Energon blade!!!!!!!! Extendable... too bad is a bit short...

Another pic with the energon blade....

Truck mode...

Older KO Transformers Mods - KO FAB Jazz

Nearly forgotten my KO FABs... First, my KO FAB Jazz. Below shows the modded Jazz. The KO makers has already made it slightly different, look at the chest. Worst of all, the face is disfigured...


There, the original disfigured KO face, I just has to do something about it...


There! Looks nicer and closer to original Jazz right?


His right hand needs to add a thumb... 3 fingers to begin with...


And left hand needs all 5 fingers!!! All fingers/thumbs made from toothpicks...


Car mode... not much change...

Older KO Transformers Repaints - KO Brakedown

Sad to say, I have to stop temporaily at mods, cos I have not documented the past bashes, only for the bashed version... So from now onwards I will only be able to show the finished version of my KO. For this Brakedown, I have bought 2 pieces, so I have the original one to compare. This is also one of the cheapo Cybertron series KOs that are supposed to form into a ugly gestalt.. Funny thing is this Brakedown comes in the Kup repaint version that was released in the original one .. I still felt Brakedown's black is nicer, so painted one into Brakedown colour... I did chop off their heads to bash it to rotatable, so that the head can be hidden when transformed into car mode, like the original transformation...


End result: Brakedown, robot mode... Note his hands are simplified...

Original Kup colour scheme in car mode...

Brakedown paint scheme in car mode...

More to come...

Older KO Transformers Mods - KO G1 Kabaya (Boxed): Blitzwing

Blitzwing. One of the more "sensible" decepticon G1 triple-changer. I mean, look at Octane (oil truck? cargo plane?), Astrotrain ("choo-choo" train? space shuttle?)... I am ok with their designs (I bought an ORIGINAL Astrotrain, and ORIGINAL classics Octane, ok...) but deceptions... shouldn't they be war-lovers? Or at least transform into something more offensive? Like a fighter plane? Or tank? Blitzwing fits in here...

Robot mode...


I bought the KO diaclone Blitzwing (boxed with Broadside and oversized 2 members of Landcross) earlier. Wonderful design. This KO Kabaya version comes with a dominant red & white colour scheme with bits of blue, and size about 90% of real one.... Looks ok right.. let's move on first to tank mode...

Look out for the canopy that will be obvious in jet mode, red in colour. It looks a bit out of place here, right? But still not that bad....

So where is the mod? Nothing, except for the canopy which I just repaint it as red. Else, it will look extremely terrible in jet mode...

Many people don't like the blocky plane mode, say is too unrealistic... but I think the good side of it will be the kids will have more imaginative opportunities when playing with it.... Another thing I kinda like is the design, which gives 2 dominant colours with each vehicle it transforms into, and this gives a deeper impression that they are two different entities (same for white Astrotrain) ... in disguise mah...

Older KO Transformers Mods - KO G1 Kabaya (Boxed): Blaster

Next: Blaster..


This is again another wonderful little thing! The colours are almost identical to the real one! Chest component can open!
Below shows the pic from... eh.. I have forgotten where this comes from, but thank you sincerely...


Not much was done here, just colour the chest compartment and head, and put some self-printed stickers...


Robot mode (thank you, owner of this pic)... only thing to pick on, if you are really very picky, will be the visible slots on his forearms... but for me, its ok...


My repainted Blaster... too bad my smallest cassette-cons can't fit in... but nevermind lah...

Older KO Transformers Mods - KO G1 Kabaya (Boxed): Trypticon

Next on KO Kabaya: Trypticon


The biggest decepticon dinosaur has shrunk!!!! Below shows the pic from 'Black Gaine's' ebay store, after assembled...


Painted the mouth guns to silver else can't see them, and the top cap silver too... and some details to the small tank... Very detailed little figure... the tigh-jonts (to body) even mimic the real one, double rotating joints (needed for motorised walking action)...

I mainly reprint the stickers for the batle station mode, as the given stickers are quite awful... Pic below again from above mentioned store... just a side issue, 'Black Gaine's' store is not available anymore now... pity cos he used to carry lots of this KO Kabaya styled transformers... maybe next time will reopen....

Battle station mode

Older KO Transformers Mods - KO G1 Kabaya (Boxed): Galvatron

Last year, or this year, I bought a few boxes of KO-Kabaya Transformers, thoes that are made of lousy plastic. The most fun part is, of course, you get to assemble your own Transformer!!! It's like old childhood dream relived...

The box of G1 Galvatron...

With so many people scolding the Classics Galvatron, I thought I would show the G1 version... KO Kabaya (boxed) verison, that is... below shows the familiar cannon mode, cannon??? Think he is the only transformer (single-entity) tho transform into a cannon...


Below shows a picture from the 'Black Gaine's' store in ebay (I think... ) that shows the un-stickered version of the gun mode...


I painted 1 side of the wheels silver, and the other side stickered...


Below is a picture from http://www.taobao.com/ (I think...) that shows the raw Galvatron after assembled... notice he has a white 'crown'....


I did not colour him much. As many have know, these KO DIY transformers are extremely extremely difficult to paint on, so I kept the painting to a minimum... This painting was done long time ago before I repainted the Rodimus Prime (see previous post)... and now lazy to repaint...

Looks good enough, right? Like ... eh... Nemesis Galvatron???? .... but if a Nemesis autobot is a Decepticon, woudn't a Nemesis decepticon be ... an Autobot??? Hahahaha....