MMC Feral Rex: R-03 Bovis

Third-party company Mastermind Creations has a good rep for production high-quality products. So I was excited when they announced they will produce their first combiner based on none other than Predaking!

Of course, they cannot use the actual names because of copyright. So they have named their combiner Feral Rex. And after a long wait the first member - Bovis - is here!

Review: MP-13 Masterpiece Soundwave

When Takara Tomy announced MP-13 in their Masterpiece line is gonna be Soundwave, there was excitement among the Transformers fandom. Finally, everyone's favourite Communications Commander is getting the Masterpiece treatment. After a long wait (well, those few months felt long) he is finally released!

The box contents, except the coin and 2 extra energon cubes which are separate. The coin is Asia exclusive, and the extra energon cubes are Amazon.jp exclusive.

Vintage Takara G1 Blitzwing

Happy New Year folks! To kickstart 2013 here is a photo review of the vintage Takara G1 Blitzwing I picked up during my last holiday in Tokyo.

I found this vintage Takara G1 Blitzwing in a display at Nakano Broadway. Wife knows how much I like G1 Blitzwing, so she bought it for me as Christmas present!

Review: Jet Vehicon

Readers might remember I got my shipment of Takara Vehicons from RK beginning of this month. Well, due to lots of distractions (ie. work) I haven't opened them... until now. We finally have some national holidays and I managed to take some photos of AM-16 Jet Vehicon during the break.

Asia Exclusive Sixshot (2012)

My latest Transformer acquisition: Takara Tomy Asia Exclusive Sixshot - metallic colour redeco with exclusive coin. I already have the reissue Sixshot from 2002 actually. Decided to also get this 2012 reissue because of the chrome metallic colour.  :)

Decepticon S.T.A.G. (Solo Transformer Assault Group) aka SIXSHOT

Takara Tomy Vehicons

Me and a friend pre-ordered some Takara Tomy AM-14 Vehicons and AM-16 Jet Vehicons from RobotKingdom.com a few months ago. Since the Jet Vehicons are Japan-only release (unless Hasbro change their mind later) we order a couple more of those.

After a long wait, our shipment of Vehicons finally arrived. Let the troop-building begin!



I think I have all versions of the Decepticon Vehicons now, except for Takara Tomy First Edition. (I do have the Hasbro FE though.) Maybe I'll do a version comparison in a future post...
 

Review: Fall Of Cybertron Shockwave

After getting Fall of Cybertron Jazz, I wasn't able to find FOC Shockwave in retail initially. It seems that in recent series the Decepticons are more popular than the good guys? Then one day I managed to find a few of it at 20% discount!

The first photo idea that came to me is this homage to the cover of issue #5 - The Transformers (Marvel comics)

THE TRANSFORMERS...

TF Prime cars - size compare

If you have been collecting the latest Transformers Prime toys, you will notice that the size and scale of the Deluxe-class car figures have been shrinking with the newer waves.

Below is a comparison photo of the TF Prime Deluxe-class cars I have. From Bumblebee (First Edition), Wheeljack (RID wave 1), followed by Ratchet (wave 2) and finally Knock Out and Vehicon (wave 3). Yes I'm missing Cliffjumper. Somehow not keen to get him...

TF Prime Knock Out and Vehicon

The latest TF Prime RID wave 3 has finally hit our local retail shelves. The new characters in this wave are Decepticons Knock Out and Vehicon, and Autobot Hot Shot. I wasn't keen on Hot Shot as he is a recolour of Bumblebee. Good thing I managed to get the two new molds Knock Out and Vehicon on the first day they were released here!

Review: Takara AM-06 Skywarp

The first wave of TakaraTomy Transformers Prime toys started to arrive in Singapore. The special feature of these versions compared to Hasbro's are:
1) They come with arms micron weapons (think of them as minicons)
2) Most markings are stickers instead of painted on.

I bought just one figure from this first wave - AM-06 Skywarp  The packaging of the Takara Deluxe class figures is in boxes, similar to the previous Superlink series. I like the boxart and design, but wish they include a window to see the toy inside.

Review: TFP Soundwave

The new Robots In Disguise series of Transformers Prime toys is just being released in mass retail. One of the most iconic Decepticon character - Soundwave - is in this series.

TFC Hercules

The last 2 components for TFC Hercules - Neck Breaker (Bonecrusher) and Mad Blender (Mixmaster) - were released just before Lunar New Year. I'm glad to have gotten them and to finally assemble Hercules aka Devastator!

"Prepare for... DEVASTATION!"

Predaking with CrazyDevy upgrade

I'd always wanted to get the CrazyDevy The King's Power Parts for my G1 Predaking. But everytime I see the total cost of all the parts, I back out.

Recently I happen to chance upon someone selling his used CrazyDevy parts on local eBay at good price. So I jumped at the chance to finally get them.

Here he is - PREDAKING upgraded with CrazyDevy The King's Power Parts

CDMW-10 Custom Head
CDMW-11 Custom Wings (with the PLUS+ wings)
CDMW-14 Custom Giant Sonic Sword
CDMW-18 Custom Cannons