Thursday, October 30, 2008

SOME MORE GUNDAM OO MECHA DESIGNS

Take note of Serave's back here it has a face Man it's a wierd looking Gundam. Hmmm I smell some combiners here because of face in the back of Seravee. Another image of Gundam Exia and the other 3 Gundam OO Cherudim, Arios, and Seravee + the O Raiser. Pics from SRW Hot News

INTRODUCING THE GN-0000/7S 00 GUNDAM SEVEN SWORDS


He really has a lot of swords there these is the Ultimate Gundam melee. I think that this one will be the new MS for Gundam 00V and it was spotted and published in Hobby Japan Issue. Pics from Toysdaily


Sunday, April 27, 2008

TFTM Wingblade Review

WELL GUYS HERE IT IS TFTM WINGBLADE REVIEW:


TFTM Wingblades vehicle mode is supposed to be an A-10 Warthog (Thunderbolt II) tank buster plane in a real world. This is the plane that shoots down Scorponok in the desert. Remember when the soldiers where running and escaping from Scorponok on the deserts. The soldiers agreed on assuring an air strikes over Scorponok so the calling of an air strikes is succesful and an A-10 appeared to dismantle or slowdown Scorponok. I think this is the one on the movie.



So on for a review TFTM Wingblade is an Ultra Class box from Transformers Movie toyline. It is a remold of the same character from TF Cybertron I forgot which character it is. Well anyways these is for the movie toy line. He is an inch bigger than a Voyager Class Ironhide and also he has a wing span that can cover two TFTM deluxe class autobots.



The paint or color scheme is good really love the Autobot insignia on the middle chest of him kinda reminds me of Voltron. The insignia on the middle chest is kinda bit of shiney. He has a butt load of armaments that was attached on his wings like quadruple missile on it a double cannon on the wings you can fire one off each on its wings. I think these is my only toy that requires two triple A or two double A batteries. Did you say batteries? yep batteries that is located on the bottom of its cockpit. The purpose of these two batteries is that you can play a sound where you push a botton on the top of the cockpit. I don't know what kind of sound it is I haven't tried putting two batteries yet on these one.



The alternate mode or vehicle mode of Wingblade is a good one it is the closest A-10 Warthog (Thunderbolt II) you'll ever get on a Transformers. On a robot mode Wingblade is awesome he has a lot of detachments on it. Like you can detach the flaperons on the wings that those flaperons acts as a blade. You can also detach two blade holders on the bottom or at the tail end of the plane where you can attach it to the flaperons. You can also detached the two cannons on its wing tips and can attached it both on its arms same as the blades.



TFTM Wingblade includes an insert key where you can insert it on a certain part to reveal its true firepower. On Wingblades side the insert key is located on the top of the cockpit once you insert the red key the nose of the plane opens and reveals its hyper mega cannon or what ever you call it. You can remove the keys afterwards and can close the nose cockpit again. You can also move the head of the cockpit on top of its head on robot mode and put the keys on it to act as a hyper robot mode blasting away Decepticons on to oblivion. The transformation is an easy one all you have to do is a simple twist and turn on these baby. The articulation is really good you can do a bunch of common movements despite of its sheer bulkiness. Althou the kick test failed to accomplished because it is too big and can't support its own balance while standing on one foot. Also when you move its legs or arms you'll hear some clicking sounds everytime you move it this is because the joints are really tight.



Well to conclude it these is another must have TFTM movie toy line you'll never regret having these one stored away on your display cabinets. If you still doesn't have the original one that came from TF Cybertron (can some one please tell me the name of the character of the same type from TF Cybertron toyline) then these is a must have. Got these one from GT and it cost me 2000 bucks it was supposed to be 2000 bucks but i have a discount so it went down to 1900. Next stop I'll be eyeing on TFTM Jetstorm.

So for the score:

I'll give TFTM Wingblade a 8/10 why because it didn't passed the kick test .... :-)

Saturday, March 29, 2008

TF Classic Mirage

TF Classic Mirage

TF Classic Mirage is one of the best articulated Transformers Figure that I've ever seen. You can do tons of poses in it. I hope that all of the Transformers toy are as articulated as Mirage but that depends on the figure itself. Mirage is a tin Transformers that's why he is very articulated. It's like a stick figure matches when on robot mode. Basically the robot mode wins over the alternate mode. It's much better to stay on a robot mode rather than its alternate mode. The high kick test on mirage passed with an excellent mark.

Transformation is easy but you need to figure it out on where or how to transform some bits or pieces of it. The alternate mode of Mirage resembles like that of an F1 Formula race car. The details on it is really great you could see the Witwicky Sparkplugs logo on its tail ends. You could also see the F.P.Racing logo's on both left and right. The number 26 is also really visible. You could also see 4 mufflers on its rare ends. The front tail boom is removable and it acts like a beam gun for Mirage on its robot mode.

Over all these is really an excellent figure and is a must have figure for all of the Transformers fans. Articulation is excellent you can fiddle with it and can do a lot of poses. These is a highly recommended toy.













Friday, March 28, 2008

TFClassic Starscream

TF Classic Starscream:



Some of my inight on Starscream:

Starscream is a Decepticons screamer or should I say a Seeker or a destroyer. He is the second in command of the Decepticons. He always dislikes Megatron's leadership and always wants to grab power from him unfortunately Starscream is Megatrons dog. I remember in the 1986 cartoon movie of Transformers Starscream was put into dust by Galvatron (aka Megatron when he has been transformed by Unicron).


Starscream was second best and I think he has grown some cult popularity even far more popular than Megatron. He is a very strong Decepticon warrior and was always stubborn on his wits and he doesn't even care if some of his comrades was destroyed in battle. All he even care was to become the leader of the Decepticons and destroy all of the Autobots and reign supreme of the universe. Autobots were having a hard time in destroying these fellah. Starscream is fast and he is like a screamer of death.





Toy Review:

These is a classic line at best. Starsream details is really superb the only thing that I don't like about him is his big gun on both of his shoulders. The guns was suppose to be thin and small not with some big guns. I know we like big guns but not like these guy. These is a perfect rendition of the original Starscream from the cartoon series. The transformation of Starscream from robot to plane is really rather simple, easy, and plain. The alternate mode of Starscream is a close resemblance to F-15 Eagle. And the details on the alternate mode of Starscream is really good or close to excellent. Another turn off on the alternate mode was you guess what its his big guns. Well you can actually remove the big guns to be much better.

The articulation of it was also good there are just some minor articulation. The kick test has passed and you can actually do some high kick poses. The articulation of Starscream only goes on both shoulders and the legs part. The body doesnt move like 360 degrees.

Well these is a must buy from the classic line and you will surely enjoy fiddling with Starscream and you'll never grow tired of looking at his awesome alternate mode. A must buy for TF fans like me.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

TFTM Incinerator Reviews








TFTM Incinerator:

Box Description:

Since the end of the war and the destruction of Megatron, more and more individual Decepticons have been appearing on Earth chasing rumors that their leader still lives. Most choose to remain hidden from the Autobots who have stayed behind to defend the world, but not Incinerator. He's actively hunting All Spark enhanced Autobots, reasoning that one of them must know where Megatron is. When he catches an Autobot, Incinerator takes him on a little ride, swooping and diving dangerously, hovering over canyons and volcanoes, and generally terrifying whatever information he can out of his victim. When he's done, he just finds the deepest hole he can an drops his helpless prey in.

Review:

TFTM Incinerator is a very solid figure and I'm surprised that Incinerator came out as a voyager class immediately without going into a deluxe version of it. I basically like the alternate mode rather than its robot mode cause alternate mode resembles an Osprey type helicopter. The Osprey type is a solid one with a rotatable rotor action there is a small lever on the back of the tail end which you can pull back to rotate the rotor blade. Basically the small lever resembles that of an small Early Warning Radar. You can also move both of the rotor blades forward that can be look like a plane or you can move it upwards to look like a helicopter.

While in robot mode Incinerator looks is very menacing because of its rotor blades act as a spinning weapon that can slice up an Autobots into half. The only odd thing about Incinerator is it doesn't have a hand the blades are its hands but its ok. The transformation of it is somewhat a little bit of hard. There are a lot of pushing back on its transformation like on the cockpit for instance. You have to pull it out and push the bottom of the cocpit and lock it on its front middle part. Overall the transformation is really rock solid and there are no gaps or other unstable locking place on its part while transforming this awesome figure.

I would like to recommend these one and its fun to play with when it is on its Osprey mode. I would like to recommend buying two of these babies. One for the Osprey and the other is for the alternate mode. Basically I only have the Hasbro version not the Black Takara once.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

TRANSFORMERS 1984 CLASSIC

TRANSFORMERS 1984 CLASSIC
OPTIMUS PRIME (DELUXE From Leader For the Ages box)

Rating:

Robot Mode: 10
Alternate or Truck Mode: 6
Articulation: 10

From my point of view these is an accurate version of Optimus Prime. The Robot mode keeps these toy shines on all aspect. The head, the shoulders, the chest it is definitely an accurate version of the famous G1. The only noticeable difference is the knee pads it has 3 dotted lines on both knee pads where in the original cartoons doesn’t have. Also the whole design of the legs is somewhat different from G1 but it doesn’t matter as long as half of it was accurate these is the best affordable version of Prime. Most of the toy is made from a hard plastic. There is hardly no die cast parts on these one except from some screws but that doesn’t count. Details are really superb. Articulation is top notch I like the whole body rotating punch action when you push the black button on the back of Prime.

These Prime is actually a kneeler and he sure pass the high kick balance test and he can also actually do the splits but almost. These Prime is somewhat different from the voyager class of Transformers Classic and it is small like it is in par with a 1/144. Also the noticeable part is his gun. The gun here resembles like of a Tommy gun. The Gun of Optimus Prime can also be transformed into some kind of small gun that can be put on the back of Prime when he is on a truck mode. The transformation from robot mode to truck mode is relatively and you can easily follow the instruction manual without a hitch.

While on the alternate mode of Prime I think the truck mode is average not really an accurate version of the old Prime. The truck is more like of a crane less tow truck rather than a real bad ass truck. The truck is long compare to the old version. You can hardly see some seats inside the window of Prime. There are hardly some oddly miss proportions on the cab of the truck mode. The wheels firmly touch the ground and it rolls very well no miss proportion. The truck mode is somewhat detailed to its form.

In conclusion to the review if you want to have an accurate version of Prime this one is very affordable. By the way these Prime comes from a two pack deluxe called Leader for the Ages. Two Primes for the prize of one. These Prime is classified as a 1984 release while the other Prime that comes from the Deluxe is the 2007 Optimus Prime from the live action movie. I only review these Prime because I like the accurate version of it. I bought these one from Greattoysonline and it cost around 1500.

The only reason why I bought these is because it is cheap compared to the other Prime deluxe the other one that I was talking about is with Megatron it cost around 2000 plus. So I opted out for the cheaper ones. This is highly recommended if you want to have two Primes at once and it was really cheap too.