Small boy shows toys

ROTF Sideswipe G1custom repaint

2009-10-31T22:22:00.003+08:00

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

2009-03-19T00:58:00.003+08:00

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

2009-03-07T03:05:00.003+08:00

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

2009-02-21T15:24:00.005+08:00

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

2009-02-19T01:05:00.008+08:00

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

2008-12-28T00:30:00.009+08:00

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

2008-11-20T01:55:00.002+08:00

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

Transformers Beast Wars2 Lio Convoy

2008-11-18T23:36:00.008+08:00

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

2008-11-12T00:24:00.005+08:00

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

2008-11-10T01:29:00.011+08:00

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

2008-11-04T16:25:00.005+08:00

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

2008-11-03T23:57:00.003+08:00

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

2008-11-01T23:27:00.005+08:00

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

2008-10-31T23:15:00.003+08:00

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

2008-10-31T01:17:00.004+08:00

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

2008-10-24T15:41:00.006+08:00

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

2008-10-17T22:49:00.003+08:00

This is what my collection looks like now.

Transformers Animated Supreme Class Optimus Prime

2008-10-17T20:49:00.006+08:00

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

2008-10-08T01:17:00.010+08:00

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

2008-10-04T01:45:00.008+08:00

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

2008-09-29T01:02:00.004+08:00

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

2008-09-27T15:21:00.003+08:00

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

2008-09-24T13:54:00.001+08:00

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

Transformers Armada / Micron Legends deluxe Optimus Prime

2008-09-24T01:49:00.004+08:00

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

2008-09-20T00:16:00.004+08:00

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.

Transformers Movie Protoform Optimus Prime custom painted

2008-08-30T22:45:00.004+08:00

New better quality pictures.

This toy had really ugly paint job. I saw it as a great opportunity to give it a custom paint job. I am gonna buy more and do some more custom repaints.

I like the protoform design, it has very good potential for custom painting. I only bought limited acrylics or else it would have been an even better paint job.

Transformers KT Figures

2008-08-27T21:13:00.005+08:00

KT actually stands for Kaiyodo Takara. It feels very good quality, very detailed and I like the paint job. These will be displayed with my other smaller figures.

Transformers Animated Voyager Class Optimus Prime

2008-08-25T21:32:00.008+08:00

Updated pics:

I love ball joints. It really is the next revolution in articulation but there are problems with ball joints. First of all, it gets loose after fiddling with the toy for a bit. It chips the paint on the ball joint if any and the rounded joints sometimes looks out of place with the toy. Anyway....

It looks like a gorilla, I think its because of the success of Beast Wars/Beast Machines. The design esthetics sort of carries over. I personally like the clean minimalist design, it looks new age to me.

The blaster looks like a total wuss. I prefer the old one. This one shoots water though

The blaster and axe combines to become sort of a jet pack

Lets move on to vehicle mode. I don't really like the vehicle mode. Somehow the futuristic flat-nose cab does not really grow on me. I still prefer the original G1 cab.

The toys is currently still out in the market now, still very hot item. You can find them in major departmental stores. I might buy myself another one and give it a custom paint job.

Transformers Update: Revoltech Ultra Magnus

2008-08-24T23:27:00.006+08:00

Just a small update. The Ultra Magnus version of Revoltech. Not going to take it out of the box but you can see my earliest post on Revoltech Convoy.

Transformers PLA Kit Super Grand Convoy

2008-08-24T22:59:00.008+08:00

Picture updates:

One thing I do not get. This was going for US$10 on amazon.com and nobody seems to be buying it. I mean, US$10. Cut down on those big macs for a week and you surely can afford one.

Its actually a modeling kit that requires a bit of work to put together. There's not much articulation to the toy. Bland colours and the stick-on decals does not help it either. The blaster packs quite a punch though so keep away from children and be careful not to poke anyone's eye out.

Transformers Hybrid Style THS-01 Galaxy Convoy(Optimus Prime)

2008-08-21T22:43:00.001+08:00

This has got to be one of my favourites. I am not going to try to describe it, I will just let the pictures, however sucky it came from my camera do the talking.

The basic truck mode with no add-ons

Now with add-ons, its suppose to be sort of a cybertronian fire truck

Alternate flying mode, reminds me of Astrotrain

Basic Galaxy Convoy mode

Sort of a base mode

The winning shots. This is what you buy the THS 01 for.

Need I say more? If you have the original GC-01 Galaxy Convoy (the bigger one) and liked that one, this one is definitely way better. The paint job and details are fantastic, I was sold on the semi-glossy silver and blue. Its just amazing for a toy only the size of an adult palm. Find it and buy it.

Transformers Robot Masters Beast Convoys

2008-08-18T00:20:00.005+08:00

Updated Pictures:

The easier of the Robotmasters trio to collect, cheaper too. The trios I am referring to are of course the G1 Convoy trio (which I just completed collecting), the Lio Convoy trio (which I am still looking for the last one) and the trio which I am showing today, Beast Convoy trio.

Nothing impressive really. I preferred the bigger TM-SP DX which I posted earlier. Although I must say the red and black Beast Convoy looked much better over the original one. The black one is an EHobby exclusive which can be found rather easily, it comes with a chrome special weapon which I did not feature here. If you like the Beast Wars series, definitely do not miss these as they are easily dissed by collectors.

Transformers Blast Punch Optimus Primal

2008-08-16T01:34:00.003+08:00

Updated photos with better lighting equipment.

End of updates

The Blast Punch is smaller than the Air Attack Primal, not as articulated and follows a weird bright orange colour scheme. But in beast mode, the face is actually one of the better primal faces. I just hoped they had a better colour scheme.

Another thing which I do not like is the limited bending of the arms. You almost can't bend the arms. You can't really pose the toy without the legs doing splits. If you really want to get beast machines Primal, best to make it an R.I.D Air Attack Optimus Primal.

Transformers Mega SCF Armada Optimus Prime

2008-08-13T22:31:00.004+08:00

Updated with pictures.

Complete waste of plastic. Lousy colours, virtually zero poseability and screwed up details, NO TRANSFORMATION. Takara really sucked on this one. Transformer fans can give this a miss.

At least the weapons look nice and there is a cute little Bumblebee. Other than that, forget buying this unless you are trying to get every available prime there is like me.

Transformers Spychangers R.I.D Laser Convoy

2008-08-07T23:36:00.004+08:00

Photos updates:

Added R.I.D Scourge spychanger to my collection.

The Spychanger series of Transformers is one of the smaller toylines. They look detailed given its small size. The one on the left is a limited release that came with the Japan Transformers movie DVD. Both are the same mold and are based on R.I.D Scourge design which basically is the same mold as Laser Optimus Prime. The special edition is hard to find and the right normal edition is almost selling out at China Square Central.

Transformers Metal Monument Beast Convoy

2008-08-05T21:09:00.006+08:00

No, Its not spoiled, this metal monument has a special feature not found in most other Transformers statue which I like, inter-changeable heads. It comes with 2 heads featuring 3 'faces' if that's what you call on a robot.

Nice details, very heavy and I also like the bronze chest. One thing to be careful about, do not drop this on anyone or even on tile floors. You can find this at China Square Central 2nd floor, going for very cheap, SGD$15 or maybe less. It makes a cool paper weight at least.

Transformers ACT 7 Star Convoy PVC

2008-08-04T22:44:00.004+08:00

Part of my growing PVC collection, nothing much to say here except that I have not bought the actual Star Convoy Toy yet, the actual transforming one I mean. Anybody offering to sell me a Star Convoy can post me a message here.

Transformer Choro Q Convoy (Optimus Prime)

2008-08-03T22:56:00.005+08:00

Pics update:

Today I will be showing the Choro Q Convoy, both the metallic version and the TV version.

On the left we have the metallic version, on the right is the TV version. I like the vehicle mode more than the robot mode. Basically both of them are sort of a novelty, poseability is virtuality non existant. Well, they are still Optimuses. Don't ask me where to get them. Go Ebay.

Transformers Titanium Diecast War Within Optimus Prime

2008-07-30T22:50:00.011+08:00

Updated With new pictures.

Damn that's a long name. Anyway, The War Within was actually a series of comic book mini-series written by featuring Generation One characters with brand new pre-Earth designs. I have not read the comics themselves because I am not that big of a comic fan but hey its Optimus Prime so I will chronicle it.

This is Prime's cybertronian vehicle mode on cybertron. It looked sort of like a cross between 4x4 motocross bike, batman's tumbler and a hint of Harley Davidson. The toy still maintains its G1 roots, big red chest and blue legs with spots of yellows on the right places. The wheels looks big and badass. Oh and did I mention that despite the toy's size, it feels rock solid and its really heavy.

I won this on ebay for US$7.50. Items was used but it was a steal. The downside was that it was suppose to come with a stand but the stand was missing. Still trying to get the seller to find me the stand and send it to me. The figure is not very poseable other than the standard 'I look badass with a gun in my hands' pose, you can't really pose complicated actions.

This toy is out of production, so its basically in the rare category. Try scouting Ebay. Amazon still sells this although prices can rich quite high. Ebay is your best bet if you want it cheap.

Optimus Prime wallpaper

2008-07-27T01:47:00.004+08:00

Hi folks, you can download wallpapers based on the revoltech Optimus Prime here in 2 different sizes and and colours.

They are made by me in 3D.

1024 X 1280

1680X1050 (widescreen)

Enjoy.

Transformers Hybrid Style THS-02 G1 Convoy(Optimus Prime)

2008-07-24T23:00:00.015+08:00

Don't ask me what hybrid style means because I also have no idea which styles came together to create this amazing collector's item. I do know that it is quite small, smaller than the robotmasters series and also one hard transformer to transform even with my agile fingers.

I really want to say the articulation is amazing. The joints are stiff but yet loose enough to really pose the character well. Paint job is top quality although expect chipping eventually especially the metallic parts. I think I will let the pictures do the talking even though my camera sucks.

Yes a jetpack, it comes with a cool jetpack.

An nice shiny Autobot stand also comes with the THS-02 to
let you do some amazing mid-air poses.

The legendary fan favourite energy axe is also included.
Truly worth every penny spent.

It even comes with the matrix, talk about expert craftsmanship.

Now let's move on to the vehicle mode. The THS-02 comes with the trailer, roller and an assortment of hands and other accessories, very good deal.

Get ready for some more pics!

Alright, the home stretch.

Being a Transfromers collector's must have item, this truly is an amazing piece of work. Its detailed, the articulation is superb, paint job is good although I would prefer it be chip-proof. The THS-02 is sort of like the original G1 Optimus Prime toy but with advance levels in articulation and details and smaller. I have no problem with the size although it is tough transforming it. If you have the Masterpiece MP-04, think of this as the amazing kid brother of the Masterpiece except with an additional roller. But like the Masterpiece, it cost a premium although not as high and its a little hard to find. But if you ever get the chance to buy it, do not hesitate, prices for it soars high. OR you can always drop me a message/email blah blah blah......

P.S. Thanks to allan for pointing out the THS-01 error

Transformers R.I.D Air Attack Optimus Primal

2008-07-21T22:20:00.000+08:00

Optimus Primal was never in the R.I.D series. The air attack was original intended for the beast machines line of toys but somehow someone in Hasbro or Takara fcuked it up and ended up deing in the R.I.D series. But anyway, Beast Machines is one of my favourite Transformers cartoon. The 3D was pretty amazing for its time. Character designs were more interesting than what the beast wars had. And the idea of mixing organic components into cybernetic entities was a daring move. And might I add that Beast Machines was also one of the original voices for saving the environment. Let's see some pics.

I like the head, very detailed. Despite it being a Hasbro line product.
Very good job Hasbro. If only you put the same effort into all your other toys...

half-assed?

The animal mode resembles the cartoon series quites closely using almost the same colour palettes. The arms especially gets high praises from me. Unfortunately the same can't be said to the back legs. which looks kind of weird. It looks like, pardon the pun, half-assed effort on Hasbro's part. Monkey mode doesn't do anything much other than look menacing and proud, articulation is stiff but still movable which sometimes scares me because I afraid of using too much strength and breaking the joints.

If all else fails, at least he can still show Megatron the finger.

In the show, the Maximals don't exactly 'transform', instead they sort of morph into their robot mode which fortunately the toy was not able to do or else I would have freaked out. But the toys still transforms although a little practice is needed because the joints are really very stiff. Its not really poseable because only the left arm is articulated. The right arm has the redundant spring punching action built into it, a real turn off. Hasbro seems to like putting spring-loaded punching arms into all the Optimus Prime toys. PLEASE STOP IT! I want 2 articulated arms. Because of this, You can't really do much posing. Really wasted potential. The fingers on the other hand is surprisingly articulated, more so than the Takara Masterpiece Figures. The downside is that all fingers look the same partly because it is required to rotate 180 degrees when 'morphing' to monkey mode.

Overall still a pretty cool toy, its huge, the colours are pretty damn close to the cartoon series, it also has electronic sounds that sounds real good. I just really like the design of the character. Anyone who wants to find one, try online, or you can always post me a message or email me to ask for availability. I'm sure to find you one.

Transformers Movie Premium Class Optimus Prime MA-21

2008-07-18T22:34:00.000+08:00

Ladies and mostly gentlemen, I give you the Movie Deluxe Premium Class Optimus Prime.

Why do you see chrome? That's because you are looking at the TakaraTomy version of movie deluxe Prime. Unlike the less than average Hasbro version, TakaraTomy has taken the extra step of painting parts of the toy with chrome. Its not much but I really do like the chrome that was added. I am hoping there will be a fully chromed version. Oh yes, the blade that came with it is way more fantastic then the lackluster energy blaster that came with the hasbro version. More pics below.

I enjoyed watching the Transformers movie when it came out in 2007 and I will watch the sequel when its released in 2009. Hack, I even got the 2 disc special packaging dvd. To all the hardcore G1 fans who still think Michael Bay is the anti-christ for destroying Optimus Prime, enjoy your G1s. More pics.

Vehicle mode really shows off the chrome well. I am cursing myself for not having a better camera to take the pictures with. Overall paint job was good, colours are very vibrant and they have better details than the Hasbro version. I just didn't like the rubber smokestacks on the sides. They are actually made of soft rubber. Don't try to pull too hard on them or they will break off.

As of now in Singapore, I do not know of any shopping malls that carry the TakaraTomy version of Movie Deluxe Prime. DO NOT BUY THE HASBRO VERSIONS, THEY ARE NOT AS GOOD. you are actually paying more for the Hasbro version than the TakaraTomy version. I've seen prices as high as $99.99 for the unimpressive Hasbros. I got my TakaraTomy at a premium $85, that was months ago when they 1st release. Prices should still be between $90 - $100. Contact me at palpmaster@hotmail.com for availability and latest pricing. I will try and find it for you.

Until next Prime.

Transformers Beast Wars TM-SP DX Convoy (Optimus Prime)

2008-07-16T21:43:00.000+08:00

As you can see above, the Beast Wars TM-SP DX Convoy or Optimus Primal as it was called on the American Beast Wars.

I never really liked the Beast Wars series cartoons. It was one of the 1st fully 3D cartoon I have ever watched right after Reboot. The story was just your typical good vs evil scenario without human civilization. I just never liked the animal robot idea, until somewhere near the end where Primal saw the original Optimus and changed into a huge hulking robotic animal-like hybrid. Optimus Optimal. Which I will chronicle it later in the future.

The original Beast Wars Primal did not sport a full mouth piece. Instead, it has an opening in the mouth piece that shows the mouth. This DX edition uses the original G1 head design and mixes a little of the Primal's head design and also a little something special which I will be showing you in the pictures below. But first a little on the weapons, Primal doesn't use the energy axe like the original G1 does. Instead he uses curved swords that can be combined to form a dual bladed weapon. Some energy blasters hidden in the arms and back.

See the special head design I was talking about? I have no idea what possessed Primal to have cause this. I missed out most of the Beast Wars Cartoon. But I like it, it looks cool and that skull-headed morning star looks menacing.

Robot Gorilla mode is really fugly. I really hate the mouth area, but to be fair the DX has one of the better looking ape face compared to the other Primal Gorilla modes. The ears stick out like a sore thumb. I would display this as robot mode and never revert it to his gorilla mode.

Now for pricing and availability. I had the rare chance of flying to Japan and bought this back from Akihabara. Cost me about 3700+ yen for the toy. It is available here in Singapore although pricing here will be more expensive. As usual ask me for availability, I might be able to find one for you. Until next time.

Transformers Animated Cybertron Mode Optimus Prime

2008-07-14T23:23:00.000+08:00

The latest Transformers Animated series was kinda too kiddie for my taste. I hate that little whining bitch girl. Can't really stand her, bring back Spike and his father and even his wheel-chair friend. I hate that bitch, she thinks she's the lord of the transformers or something with that stupid key of hers. But enough rambling about that, let's move along to another Optimus Prime collection. A note to the readers, I thought Megatron in this animated series was quite impressive. Sort of like Magneto in X men.

Anyway let's have some pics up...

The new Prime design looks fantastic. It still uses the original G1 colours and its still a truck vehicle albeit an alien truck. Its sort of a fusion of the Beast Machines Optimus Primal( another of my favourites, which I will be posting later) and a little influence from the movie Prime. Its hulking and has really powerful looking anatomy. Yes it does looks cartoony but probably because the show was aimed at the new generation of kids who grew up on cutesy pokemon. Thank god Grimlock does not look like Barney.

Poseability wise, its not bad but compared to what my revoltech can do, it still lacks a little something. Might be the rotatable hands and legs of the revoltech that give it the extra stability and cool factor. It still does a mean chopping stance well. I really like the shape of the upper body when he's holding the axe like that.

One thing I notice from the animated series is that his axe actually plays an even more important role in combat, whereas in the original G1 series his energy axe only makes a cameo in one episode and the rest of the time he uses the blaster to shoot Decepticons. He does'nt actually have a blaster in the animated series, just a water hose of some sort. But its still great. kinda explain his great hulking physique in the series, more melee like a warrior less sniping like a coward.

The vehicle mode actually looks close to what it looks like on the cartoon. As usual, the strong G1 influences, the flat nose truck, legs stretch to the back to form the back wheels or in this case tracks, although the signature trademark of how the arms are usually placed in vehicle mode(forearms just under the chest) differs slightly in the Cybertron vehicle. I just don't really like how the axe is stored on the vehicle itself. Kinda out of place and ugly with the hands sticking out like that. But wat do you expect for a mass-produced toy like this.

Overall good toy, a little brute force needed to transform the hands into place, nice poseability, I recommend it for fans of the animated series and longtime hardcore Transformer fans. Pricing range from SGD$26 to $27. Not a whole lot of difference, if you see this in stores or malls just grab one. Its getting hard to find and I've seen it sold out in big toy marts. But anyone needs help finding one can drop me a message.

Kaiyodo Revoltech Convoy(Optimus Prime)

2008-07-13T00:16:00.003+08:00

Added new pictures.

First up, the Kaiyodo Revoltech Convoy. One of my favs even though it does not transform. I like it because its poseable. A real fun toy to pose with and looks damn cool.

It looks sort of anime-ish. Great sculpt and paint job although I think the dark greyish part on the hip area, chest window frames and mouth piece could be a little lighter and more shiny like the ones on the legs. The bluish hue is actually more towards the purplish side. Don't get me wrong, I kind of like the purplish blue, very unique. Another thing you will notice is that the shoulders each have its own autobot logo, which I thought was kind of weird. As if the enemy will have difficulty recognizing him as leader of the autobots. The box comes with 3 other inter-changeable hands making it a total of 5. 2 for the left hand and 3 for the right. A blaster that looks just as cool and the matrix of leadership which I thought was only a novelty because the extra hands don't come with the 2 that will hold the leadership matrix properly. But sort of glad that it was included.

A note to readers, the toy does not come with a stand, I just stick it to an autobot symbol which I found and bought. The toy also can't stand like that, I use blu-tack. I really like its simplistic design. It does not have much details but the shape of the toy just has this great anatomy to it.

There is a flaw in the design though. The height of the shoulders do not match up on the horizontal plane, as do the legs. So you will see that when its standing straight the shoulders do not line up and the hip is slightly tilted off to one side. Maybe only my revoltech has the problem or the entire line of revoltech convoy is faulty. I don't know, never bothered to buy another one to check it out and I don't know anyone else who owns one of it. Overall, its not a big problem because the fault disappears once you start posing the figure and it starts looking cool. I recommend it to people who likes figures that can do really expressive poses.

Anybody wants to buy this toy can contact me. I bought mine for SGD$28 which was about a year ago in 2007, but prices have gone up since then. Contact me for availability and latest pricing.