Revoltech Series No.19 Cybertron Commander; Convoy

January 12, 2008 by BaseGuardian
Filed under Revoltech

Transformers The Movie ; Deluxe Class, Bumblebee.

December 23, 2007 by BaseGuardian
Filed under Transformers

Hi there heroes, today I’m going to review the most item search on the ebay after the Transformers The Movie was released , The Transformers The Movie Autobots Bumblebee (Concept Camaro, version).This toys was made by Hasbro/Takara (mine is Takara’s),in 2006/2007.I bought this from HLJ for Yen2200 that is about USD20, or RM70 exclude shipping, its a bit expensive. I’ve been looking for a cheaper one,but the price on ebay just keep rissing, so I just preorder it at HLJ. I bought this on June this year. This is the second version of Bumblebee, (Transformers) The Movie.
Packaging; this Transformers Bumblebee was packaged in a plastic carded container. The background of the packaging is red with Transformers The Movie’s fonts. inside the packaging Bumblebee was held by a twisties, on a plastic tray. There is an instructions leaflet given , but the transformation is just basic and simple you’ll probably don’t need it.This is a level 3 conversion rate Transformers.
Design; the sleek look and design of the Concept Camaro ‘08 is very well present on this figure. Hasbro/Takara deserved the credits for designing this toy to looks very much similar to the real car itself.But no rubber wheels on this figure( well it’s only a Deluxe Class figure!) In robot mode the Bumblebee looks very darn good, to me it is about 90% movie accurate. The head was sculpted with a normal looks (not a battle armored version). The advance automorph works well, when you turned the hood and side panel down the door will turn upside, and will looks like a pair of wings behind him. One more automorph trick is at his legs.
Articulations; it has very good articualtions. There is ball joint used on the neck, shoulders,waist and hip. Bumblebee can be poses in many ways in stability.
Material ; mostly ABS plastic (correct me if I’m wrong), with some metal nuts and screws.
This Bumblee used a clear blue plastic for the windshield, door and back mirror.
Colorings; the colors are not bad, but you can spoted the different on the door and body color( and some other parts) ,it lighter or darker on some parts. I think this is the only flaw of this figure, for me The head colorings, I wish they can do it better but for a Deluxe Class figure, it is okay with me.
Is it worth to get one or not? ; Yes, it’s worth to get one of this figure even if you are not collecting the Transformers The Movie toys line and i know it is a bit expensive due to it’s worldwide box-office movie fever.BaseGuardian Heroes Metre:

Packaging : 9/10
Design : 9/10
Articulations : 9/10
Colorings : 7/10
Worth or not to get one? : Yes.

-BaseGuardian.

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Tags: Bumblebee camaro concept, toys, transformers the movie

RAH X3 Wolverine.

December 16, 2007 by BaseGuardian
Filed under Medicom Real Action Hero

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Hi there heroes, today I got some time to play with my old collection. It is 1:6(12inch) Medicom Real Action Hero(RAH) X3 Wolverine. Let’s see how the figure earned it’s way in my collections. This figure was bought early this year. Won it from a HK ebay seller for USD70(thank god I was lucky!) +USD20 shipping. Retail price for this figure locally is about RM6++, that is about USD1++. This figure was one of the character in the X3: The Last Stand played by Hugh Jackman ( like you don’t know ) . I wont tell you about the story. Click here if you still don’t know the stories :). Medicom Toys ( a Japanese base co.)is well known for its RAH figures lines besides the Kubrick and Bearbrick.

Let’s talk about the packaging first, the box have a very clean and simple looks. The box design is (if I’m not mistaken) similarly looks like the danger room or maybe cerrebro wall. It got a window covered by a thick paper cover, like a hardbook cover. Inside it have a plastic tray covered by a plastic cover lid. Not a single twisties holding the figure in the plastic container(thanks medicom).

Move on to the figure, Wolverine’s costume(jacket and pants) was made from some sort of leather like cloth(or maybe a real leather???), it has a soft texture and looks very suitable with a 1:6 figure(because the wrinkles and folds looks so real). The tailoring for his leather jacket is superb! The jacket looks like the real costume in the movie, for me it 99.99% movie accurate, but some thing got to be saccrificed when you want to have a good looking costume. It even have the goldish yellow line sewn to the costume not just printed on to it , but some thing got to be saccrificed when you want to have a good looking costume. the stitches looks stretchy if you over pose the figure

The body used is probably just medicom naked kai, please correct me if i’m wrong . The articulation is great but I am a bit worried to over pose the figure cause I’m affraid I might tore the stitches. The head sculpt , well, Medicom is known for not to have the greatest head scuplt (for me he looks like a Chinese )on it’s RAH. They (Medicom) for me , is great for the head sculpt that have helmet or mask. For colorings, it’s not much in this figure, the only colored parts are the head sculpt, fists and the boots. I’m a bit dissaponted with the colorings on his face, Wolverine’s mousetache and beard looks like he got some dirts (or maybe hot chocolate???) smudges on to his face . They can do a better in my oppinion.

Accessories, like other RAH lines, they don’t have much.Well, with Wolverine what else do you want, he is the weapon. The figure came with a clear plastic stand and couple of extra fists.

I recomended you to get this figure even if you not a Medicom RAH fans. The figure have a high quality craftsmenship and surely will become rare due to is limited productions.

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