Generations Springer n' Sandstorm~

juz recently managed to get my hands on the new Generations' Autobot Springer (by Hasbro) n' yet to be open at my room desk, Hasbro once again made me rejoice by revealing news n tease a new official photos of Autobot Sandstorm! yup. i can see my wreckers team mates slowly (or perhaps soon) gonna complete!

herewith i'd gather the photos for comparison :)

link:

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-generations-sandstorm-revealed/27280/

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-generations-sandstorm-vtol-vehicle-mode-revealed/27285/

MP Prowl n' Silverstreak are comin'~

it's been awhile since im writin' such of those MP's. n' boy-oo-boy, wut a great morning news when i browse thru my fav' TF source ( www.tfw2005.com and www.tformers.com ) updates on the extra accessories for both MP17 Prowl n' MP18 Silverstreak do comes with extra G1 accurates shoulder blaster! even tho' Prowl might not need of shoulder blaster n' both of the extra ones do infact been tag only as Amazon xclusives, yet, i'm sure by time they reached our M'sian local toyshop it do comes together then...hehe (cross-fingers!) followin' the traits of MP12 Sideswipe/ Lambor that been packaging together with the exslucive pile-driver n' MP13 Soundwave with his energon cube (yup, i got those extra two indeed).

i do compile a lil'bit of the photos here...njoy!~

artcard of Prowl n' Silverstreak (middle here is Bluestreak - same name - n' far left only found the boxset art over the internet)

MP18 Silverstreak - on left is the normal shoulder blaster version n' on right is the Amazon xclusive ones

 MP17 Prowl - on left is the Amazon xclusive's, top right is the normal version n' bottom right is pix both of 'em in the G1 cartoon for references :)

below is the Henkei's version...which by the way, already set a standard of one of the very best G1 homage figure lines

Mech Ideas's Geminus & Apex~

my Wreckers team got two new team-members! (hooorahhhh!) it's Twintwist n' Topspin from the Mech Ideas: Demolition Crew's series of Geminus (Twintwist) n' Apex (Topspin). 

the packaging look very neat n' tink itsa best basic packaging ever. 3-panel for easy inspection if u wana buy on da market shelves, clear bios n' most importantly easy to open n' wrap it (figure) back whenever u wana kept it in storage.

think it's more towards the current IDW's design, yet, the G1 feel is certainly not lost here both in the vehicle/alternate-mode n' robot's of coz.

front view

rear n' side views

bottom view - solid indeed n' which by the way had a neat way to kept storage the "demolition" hammer (detachable on the hammer' head n' its handle) whenever in it's alternate-mode

in robot-mode

front view - different head mold (of coz) n' shoulders; backpack of wings for Topspin n' drill for Twintwist; apart from reversed color (brilliant blue color indeed) for both figures. any comments on this? nahh..all seems perfect-to!!

side view

back view

top view

again, they (Mech Ideas) made us easier to store all the weapons in the robot-mode, whereas, both guns can be placed at the bottom back of figures - just require to expand a lil' bit of both figure backpack - n' as for the hammer, just detached it again to its 3-piece separately n' attached to any of its arm.

wut i like most it the figure articulation, which happend i'd try my best to summarized it here then :) fully articulated n' served all the poses i had in mind - that meant very very good!

lastly, the size comparison to Magnus (Fansproject's) n' Kup (Hasbro's). cool!

the lil' galleries... 

the art card...

The Wreckers~

from left: Blurr, Ultra Magnus, Perceptor, Kup, Leadfoot, Broadside, Hot Rod, Guzzle, Springer (team leader), Inferno & Drift

recent addition of FansProject's the Assaulter aka Broadside to my Wreckers team. so here it is my line-up so far..hehe..hunting (n' customizin') down all the other team mates rite now...hihi... n' oh, will update the Broadside review in few days then. all material ready, juz need time to text it...

nway, my hit list for the team members so far...

• impactor
• twin twist
• topspin
• whirl - custom in progress -
• roadbuster
• rack n' ruin - seriously have not idea where to get it or how to build it -
• springer - done -
• broadside - done -
• sandstorm
• inferno - done -
• scoop
• kup - done -
• ironfist
• guzzle - done -
• rotorstorm
• pyro - custom in progress -
• perceptor - done -
• drift - done -
• ultra magnus - done -
• blurr - done -
• hot rod - done -
• leadfoot - done -

happy new year 2013~

wishing a happy new year 2013 to all toy figures & TF collectors! 

indeed 2013 will bring lotsa more goodness of Autobots and Decepticons alike...hihi...

Junkion Blacksmith's Blaster

 "jazz to the moon base 2! jazz to the moon base 2!" hehe... sorry, can't help it with that Jazz voices whenever i'm playing around with the Autobot Jazz figure. but, nope. this time review is not about that super-cool-autobot-dude, but rather than the bots' communication officer, Blaster.

just bought this one over the weekend (after selling my device label's Blaster - deluxe figure - since can't wait to get his replacement in form of Fall of Cybertron version later end month) this Junkion Blacksmith's BLASTER at amcorpmall. why? its mainly cuz i need his radio-mode to be displayed with rest of my G1 homage collection. tought it wod b kinda cool tho, n yes it did! hehe..actually did try to find back those of world smallest (WST) version, but then it'll cost me like double/ triple the price from this one. oh, wut the heck, enjoy having this one small figurine too!

tried to match it with TF deluxe figure, n by pairing Blaster with non other than the music lover bots, Jazz, tink it'd match juz perfectly well as his (Jazz) boombox :)

verdict, juz spend few extra ringgits from ur pockets for this one really kinda cool ideas, n tink i wana kept it long enough in the collection then...tune over to the bots' voice!!!

upcoming Uranos aka Arielbots's Superion

today juz open the TF-realated website n' the much anticipated  TFC's Uranos project aka Aerialbot's Superion finally revealed all their individual figures! Silverbolt seems a bit larger than the rest, but tink its acceptable as he's the leader to rest of 'em n well, a different "cargo" plane inda first place compared to rest of fighter jets.

i do like the detailing of these Uranos's figures then. and for anyone who G1 enthusiast, it surely do a-MUST in collection! so far, price offered i got is usd80 including shipping (to malaysia), so convert to msia currency is somewhat of nearly RM260/ea. not included Silverbolt, which for sure cost more then. yet, maybe wait for the set to complete then later buy, since track-record of those TFC's Hercules, there's QC issues at their first batch figure(s). for me, beter buy the later option then. SET. hehe.

below is just few pictures i'd found on the website for the Aerialbots' Superion...

ol' cartoon group of Aerialbots - (from left) Slingshot, Skydive, Silverbolt, Air Raid & Fireflight

Superion's box-art

Superion's biodata photos

and Marvel's larger than life version of 'em! haha!

best bet, there'll be many combiner gestalts after this! (Predaking - next!)

Maketoys Powerglide

this Maketoys's Powerglide definitely is more to legends/ scout class group. think by time (last 2 years if not mistaken) when it'd planned to be issue out, this powerglide is to complement the legend class of Henkei's series that time (bumblebee, cliffjumper, brawn, cosmos, etc.)

part of me said, well, wut a waste to such gud design tho.

in comparison here to the other (various) minibots counterpart that in my posession, of hasbro's warpath (deluxe size), igear's seaspray (legends/ scout) & cosmos (scout). not bad side by side with seaspray n cosmos here, but to extend of with warpath... hurmm... maybe beter i get my hands (back) on the xtransbot's powerglide? (got stock with my supplier tho, rite now.. but havent got that extra budget. ha.ha.)

let's start again with basic review sequence (tink so). yup. the packaging box by maketoys here realy neat. same as the later (then now) of laser prime's G2 battle tanker box formatte. this powerglide do come in a set of (hard to get nowadays) Seaspray - which totally a legends class - n' shared same manual instruction sheet together (already on sale in just a day n someone asking for it to be reserved. cool)

as for its alternate mode, yup, it certainly do reflect its G1 looks with same not too bright red color. the transformation sequence quite flimsy tho, whereas both the cockpit n' the middle part of the jet can't seems to be in-tact properly :( there's a gap between both connection points. rest of it juz look nice.

robot-mode, all i can say is maketoys did a splendid job on its design. other than that xtransbot one can be open powerglide chest to reveal his "heart" n weapon storage, this one (maketoys) did justice on its articulation-wise, looks n' playability...

verdict: its really (i really meant it) rare nowadays, lucky enog to won a sole ebay auction from UK to get my hand on this powerglide. so whenever u encounter on such auction or saw him at any toyshop, beter still spend your money on it - either on personal collection or investment (later on) - cuz it is cute enog, got lotsa articulation even tho small in size, QC really gud n' had simple yet best transformation (other than that defect's mention earlier on - myb its juz mine unit tho..)