Small boy shows toys

ROTF Sideswipe G1custom repaint

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:22:00 +0000

I like the toy but hated the colour and don't get me started on swerve.

And I finally got myself a new camera. But I am still trying to get its hidden potential out. I will get more pics uploaded once I get my light rig working.

Transformers Custom G1 Shattered Glass Optimus Prime

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:58:00 +0000

Here's another custom for you guys. A friend of mine bought an old g1 Prime toy from a guy selling it cheap. He came to me telling me that he has quite a few of these and ask me to paint one of them in another colour. So I asked him if he has any idea what he wants and he said no, so I suggested the shattered glass Prime colours and he said ok. I think now it lacks some stickers, maybe order some from reprolabels and it should look nice. Pardon the crude setup, I am in the midst of getting a better camera and light rig.

Transformers Animated custom paint Samurai Prowl

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:05:00 +0000

Pardon the picture quality, its taken with a crappy camera.

I just got another idea for another custom paint. Stay tune for more.

Transformers Movie Transcanning Optimus Prime

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:24:00 +0000

Back again with another post. This time I will showing you folks the Transcanning Optimus Prime from the Takara movie line.

At first glance, I keep thinking T-800 from Terminator. This is actually the base toy for its add on parts, I don't think we see anything like this in the movie. The figure is surprisingly articulate and can do all kinds of posing. Its just to bad about its strange terminator look though.

This is suppose to be Prime's cybertronian mode in the movie. I don't really know how accurate it is, it still reminds me of T 800. Its a little less articulate with all the parts snapped on him. A stand is included to showcase him in 'crashing meteor mode?' Another resemblance is Saint Seiya and Garo figures.

Prime's Earth mode in the movie, sadly the only mode I like is the vehicle mode. The robot mode has almost no articulation with all the parts hindering each other. The elbows bend in a very awkward manner, but at least there is chrome. I like chrome, did I mention that it is also extremely hard to transform to vehicle mode?

Transformers Micron Legends Convoy, Jetfire and Overload

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:05:00 +0000

Hi all, its been a while. I've been busy with some projects, so I haven't been able to update this blog for a while. I managed to steal some time from my work to do some updating for this entry, so let's get to it.

The Micron Legends (Armada in the US) is one of the more successful series ever since G1 ended. The story is not canon in TF mythos but yet garners quite a huge following. I have not watch the series yet but I do hope I get to spare some time to see what I've been missing out.

Let's see some pictures.

First up is Overload. The limbs do not bend at the 'elbows' and 'knees', its just a very blocky looking character. I think its cute in a robotic sort of way. It transforms into dual cannons that attaches to the back of Optimus.

Jetfire, more articulated than overload and I like its chubby design. But why does he use a loudspeaker for a weapon?

Here we have the star of the show. I liked the truck's robot mode but the combined super mode doesn't sit well with me especially with its legs wide apart like that. And being unable to bend the knees in super mode sucks too. Not shown here is its base mode. Its sort of a spiritual successor to Ginrai but comparing the designs, Ginrai would definitely kick this Convoy's ass.

Moving on we shall see the combine mode of the 3 Transformers.

This is how they combined when in vehicle mode. Again see the spiritual resemblance to Ginrai and God Bomber combination? It possesses the same problems too, for one I can't display it in this mode because I don't have a case wide enough for me to display this in. Which leads me to...

This mode I can live with. It looks bad ass, the 2 cannons reminds me of Gundam Virtue in 00. The only gripes I have with it is that its too top heavy and can easily fall over if given enough a strong breeze and the knees can't bend. I think the kness being unable to bend is the biggest thing that's turning me off on this figure. How do one expect to give it a kick ass pose if you can't bend the knees? Thank god recent Takara/Hasbro abominations do not have these problems. At least if they look ugly, they still can pose well.

SDCC Nemesis Prime with Shadow Commander Upgrade Kit

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:30:00 +0000

I've been busy so haven't been updating this blog. So let's get down to business, the Shadow Commander Upgrade Kit. Can't say I'm excited about it, because it pretty much the same chiselled plastic as the City Commander Upgrade Kit plus a pink sword and changeable face plate.

Here's where you store the sword.

Screw vehicle mode, its not what I pay my kidney for. And if you notice I custom painted my nemesis prime slightly just to get rid of the grey plastic look.

Interchangeable face plate

Sword holder, looks weird

Comparing to City Commander, I actually prefer the colour scheme on this better. Looks more bad ass to me. But for the price I paid, I was actually hoping for something more than just a translucent pink sword and changeable face plate. Maybe some rocket boosters or wings and maybe significant changes in the structure. Maybe Powered Convoy upgrade kit will be better.

Transformers Movie Power Hook Optimus Prime

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:55:00 +0000

A big thanks to Hasbro for these horrible waste of resources.

Transformers Beast Wars2 Lio Convoy

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:36:00 +0000

Lio Convoy from Beast Wars2, crowd favourite and also one of my favourite. Here is my showcase for 3 of the different retail versions.

All of them are basically the same mold, except for the different colours. Its a nice figure but could have been better if the foot area can rotate all round, that would have made it more poseable.

Transformers Movie Legends Optimus Prime

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:24:00 +0000

The legend class for the movie line. Both normal and nightwatch version.

Transformers Alternator Nemesis Prime & Binaltech BT22 Convoy with Fan's Project Gas Tank Upgrade

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:29:00 +0000

The longest name yet on my blog. Today I will showing the alternator version of BT-17 Nemesis Prime and BT-22 Convoy, with their gas tank upgrade by Fan's Project. A little background on the binaltechs and alternators. Its a series of 1/24 scale transforming toys based on real-world vehicles licensed by both Japanese and American car manufacturers. Let's take a look at the car mode 1st.

Think of the Alternators as the cheaper to produce plastic version of the heavier diecast Binaltechs. The Binaltechs are hefty and can seriously hurt someone's leg if dropped accidentally. The BT-17 which is the black Binaltech version of BT-22 is a rare gem and can go up to SGD800 on auction sites. Only 800 of them were produced to my knowledge. I am happy to have the Alternator version.

About the upgrade kit, it looks ok but not really in the league as their previous effort(city commander armour upgrade kit). The matrix looks excellent though, but at SGD$40 I really expected more from the upgrade. I have a difficult time fixing the gas tank gun to the hands of both toys, I had to unscrew a screw near the handle just so that it can fit in the hands without hindrance. The plastic looks cheap and feels like it will crack at any moment. A real dissapointment with the upgrade kit but the toys are great.

Transformers Superlink Convoy (Kicker edition) with Rodimus

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:25:00 +0000

Do not get it confused with the bigger Superlink Convoy, this is the slightly smaller Kicker Giftset Convoy. I am not gonna show Kicker.

They look ugly joined together, I am keeping them seperate. They look better that way.

Transformer Deluxe Optimus Prime

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:57:00 +0000

This is actually from the leader of the ages 2 pack box. But its the same classics 1.0 deluxe Optimus Prime.

Transformers Custom Dirge and Sunstorm

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:27:00 +0000

This was a commission work for a fellow Transformer fanatic. He wanted his classics Starscream and Ramjet to become Sunstorm and Dirge respectively. I happily obliged.

Sunstorm could be better. I wish I could redo him again.

Transformers Movie Replica Optimus Prime custom painted

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:15:00 +0000

Its suppose to be a replica but its just not very good quality and not very accurate as a replica. Its sort of a revoltech movie Optimus Prime. Maybe the one I received from amazon was a bad defect. I had to custom paint it or it really looks ugly.

Transformers Animated Activators Optimus Prime

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:17:00 +0000

One of my favourites, its small so can be easily displayed and I like how it is transformed, just a press of a tab and it springs to robot mode in a blink of an eye. The only thing I hate is that its easy for scalpers to sweep it all out from a store so that they can scalp it themselves. SCALPERS WILL DIE!

Although it may not look like it but its actually quite poseable, I think the major con would be that it did not come with any weapons. I guess I can live with it or maybe someone can custom make something.

Transformers Superlink Convoy with Wing Saber

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:41:00 +0000

Pictures 1st.

Anyway, a lot of people have said that Superlink Optimus is one of the uglier of Optimuses out there. I have to agree but once you combine with Wingsaber or with his 4 power ranger-esque vehicles, you get quite a good looking toy. Wingsaber is a must get combiner for Superlink Prime.

What it looks like now

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:49:00 +0000

This is what my collection looks like now.

Transformers Animated Supreme Class Optimus Prime

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:49:00 +0000

All I can say about this is that its pretty much wasted potential. Its as big as the Masterpiece Optimus Prime, cost a bomb but not really that big of a deal. I will give my thoughts after the pictures.

Articulation is almost non-existant. The weight is too heavy to pose other than just stand upright. Transformation? Crappy as hell.

I much rather they spend less time on the electronics stuff and more on the transformation and general engineering of the toy. Truly wasted potential. Sold it away after only 2 months. Lets hope Takara can come up with something better.

Transformers Classics City Commander Ultra Magnus Pt2

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:17:00 +0000

Here's part 2 of this amazing upgrade from fansproject.

Here's the basic classics Ultra Magnus, basically just a white repaint of Optimus

One word: FANTASMORGASMIC! There are still minor problems with the articulations and the snap on armour is not really tight fitting but I don't really care. Once the armour is together and the poses are up, all the problems seem to fade away (posing is really hard but its spending the time to do it). That's all folks!

Transformers Classics City Commander Ultra Magnus Pt1

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:45:00 +0000

Its here , the upgrade and my vote for toy of the year, you have all been waiting for. Let's get right down to part one of this insane pictorial fest.

The basic white classics Ultra Magnus. Basically just a repaint of classics Optimus Prime. The new modernised version of the classic G1 Ultra Magnus

And here's the upgrade armour/trailer. Feels gorgeous and matches the classics Ultra Magnus colours real well.

The trailer with the cab. Unlike the vintage Magnus, the cab and the trailer do not swivel about. Its connected as sort of a single entity that moves as a whole. Dont' know if it was intentional or a design flaw but I never leave it in vehicle mode for long. Stay tune to part 2 where I will show the robot form with the trailer upgrade.

City Commander Ultra Magnus wallpaper

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:02:00 +0000

Hi folks, recently bought the armour upgrade for my classics ultra magnus. Then I wen and took some photos for reviews but I just had to do a wallpaper for it so here it is. Click on the pics for the actual size.

For 1660x1050

For 1920x1080

Will have the review up soon.

Big clean up

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:21:00 +0000

Recently, I've been trying to clean up my collections, its all over the place. I wanted to consolidate into a single place. My sis gave up an old display cupboard to me. Its not exactly display worthy but at least it suits my purpose until I find a better display cupboard. Here's some of what happened.

Its still no done yet. I still have stuff coming in. I need a bigger display cupboard. Suggestions any one?

Weird ass japanese transformers video

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:54:00 +0000

I don't even know how to begin describing it.

Transformers Armada / Micron Legends deluxe Optimus Prime

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:49:00 +0000

This is the custom painted version of the toy, so I will be showing the custom painted version 1st. The original one will be updated soon.

Transformers Custom Animated Nemesis Prime / Scourge

noreply@blogger.com (palpmaster) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:16:00 +0000

Hi all, been a while since I have updated. I was doing some custom paint jobs on my Optimuses. Here's the result of one such project.