Friday, September 5, 2008

G2 Laser Optimus Prime (Movie Color)

I got this KO for RM25. A decent KO, just that the paintjob on the head could've been much better. The hip joint is too loose, I'm afraid.. Really hard to make it stand still..


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Thursday, September 4, 2008

RiD Side Burn (Movie Bumblebee Color)

Yup, thats right.. RiD Side Burn/Car Robots Speedbreaker with Movie Bumblebee color scheme.. Got this one for RM11. The paintjob is OK, except for the chrome on the headlights that could come off rather easily. This KO isn't balanced too well due to its skinny feet, so its kinda hard to pose. And one last thing to note is that this KO's original wheels were waaaay too big that made it impossible to transform into vehicle mode (I got it carded in robot mode).. so I had to change them with smaller ones..


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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Energon Prowl

I got this KO just the next day after I got Inferno. I still have Hotshot, and though many of its parts are gone, it can still combine with Inferno and any other Energon Deluxes so I bought Prowl instead. It looks decent enough, with a rather accurate details as far as I can see. My only complain with this KO is that paintjob chest is poorly done. Its costs the same as Inferno as it also comes from the same batch of KO.

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Combined with Inferno..


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..and with (a broken) Hotshot.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Energon Inferno

This one is actually my second KO Energon Inferno.. Last time I bought it for my then 3 year-old brother so of course, by now most of its parts are missing.. Now, its all for myself :P I really like this KO, probably because it kinda looks like RID Optimus Prime (in which I have a very slim chance of finding its KO). The paintjob is fairly good, only missing the gold paint on its feet/blasters. One other thing that is missing is its 'visor/ears' thingy on its head, so when you transform it, the head is VERY visible.. As usual, I had to 'improvise' it in my own crappy way..>< Costs only RM16.

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Um.. sorry about those 'blindfolds'..


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A rather decent KO..

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Energon Bulkhead

I got this KO for half of its original RM21 price. I would never buy it otherwise because it is missing the coolest thing that this particular Transformer should have had: the afterburner/power arm unit.. The paintjob is excellent and without any visible differences from the original version. However, apart from the power arm, this KO is also missing its 'spinning action blade' and clamps on both side of its waist.. So yeah, because of those reasons, I'm not very fond of this KO at all..


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Saturday, August 2, 2008

Classics Astrotrain

One of my favorite in this little collection of mine, KO Classics Astrotrain. At RM16, its design is so detailed and accurate, that if it wasn't because of the misplaced Decepticon logo and the lack of gold paint below his chest, it'd be quite impossible to tell it apart frm the original one. Only complain I have for this KO is that its left leg is extremely stiff & very hard to bend on the knee joint. Otherwise, a very fine KO..


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Awesome space shuttle mode..


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..and nice linear train mode.

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Something's wrong here..><


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Excellent robot mode!

Friday, August 1, 2008

Cybertron Thundercracker

As I mentioned on the Override post, Cybertron Thundercracker is from the same set of Dy-Toys. This time, the paintjob is really accurate and detailed. However.. the huge missile launcher on his hand is extremely loose.. I had a very hard time trying to place & latch the missile into the launcher..it keeps shooting out by itself ><. Apart from that, one of its landing wheels is missing right out of the box (I guess I just have bad luck).. Photobucket

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Jet mode.. Not bad..


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Robot mode. Damn hard making the missile to stay put..

Cybertron Override

Override a.k.a Nitro Convoy in Galaxy Force is also one of the 5 KOs that makes a set from the same manufacturer, DY-Toys (http://www.dy-toys.com/). The set also includes the Classics Starscream, Classics Astrotrain, Cybertron Thundercracker and Cybertron Sideways. I have them all.

Now, on to this KO. Just like Classics Strascream, this KO is also done quite well, but some miscoloring clearly shows.. The head is painted almost as a contrast from the original in which it has more white than red/orange compared to the original. The backlights are not panted. Final note about this KO is that although it comes with one, the Force Chip does not work. You'd have to flip the laser blasters manually..


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Oh well, at least they're able to make the vehicle mode looks like it can_go_very_fast.. ><


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Forusu Chippu Igunishion!... :P

G1 Blitzwing

No, this isn't the brand new Animated version of Blitzwing, this is the old G1 version.. The design is really dated (from the pics I've seen on Seibertron.com, the original one isn't any better) but hey, its a triple-changer and costs only RM15, so how could I refuse getting one? :P

I got this KO with it carded in its jet mode, and it didn't look impressive at all. It took me a while to remember this character from the tv show (a few weeks, to be exact ><), and when I realized this was a triple-changer,I immediately bolted to the store and grab it.. The first thing that came in mind after getting this is that the_fugly_stickers gotta come off.. But my kid bro liked it and didnt want me to take it off, so they stays.. From what I've read somewhere, this KO is somewhat sized bigger than the original one but I have no idea wether thats true or not.. Nothing to complain about this KO apart from the stickers, just that I want to note that its missile are VERY powerful. I imagine this is a direct KO from the Takara version since I read somewhere(probably the TF Wikia) that that version has a full-powered spring missile while the Hasbro version is a few times weaker due to safety reasons.


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Jet mode.. The stickers sucks!!


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Tank mode. Quite cool.


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The robot mode is really ugly..


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At least the sword is kinda cool.. Lol..

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Classics Megatron

Next one up is Megatron. This is the only Megatron I had ever wanted to get out of all the other after G1, simply because he can finally transform into a gun again after years and years of being.. something else. I got this KO for RM20.

Other than the weird head and different paintjob(which I thought was cool, btw), all other parts are exact copy of the original. It also has a nifty sound effect and blinking LED when a button on the search scope is pressed. After being impressed by Jin Saotome's cool custom (aren't we all?), I decided to try cramming in a pointer laser myself and to my surprise.. it worked :P

Nothing much to complain about this KO.. except that it has a horrible head and the joint between the torso and the pelvis is ridiculously small that I thought I might break it everytime I try to transform it..


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Finally.. Megatron is a gun again..


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One heckuva badass.


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Nice LED & SE :P


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Customized laser :)

Classics Starscream

Yup.. Another KO of the Classics series. Seems alot of KOs of this series available around Malaysia. Got this one for RM16. It looks pretty good in vehicle mode, hardly any difference from original, save from the lame Decepticon logo sticker.. ><;




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Fighter mode..


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Battroid mode :P


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..with Megatron!