Prowl, Prowl and Prowl

Taking these pictures and writing this makes me feel like a Prowl slut, but i'm not. Really.

Just happen to own these molds.

In fact, i'm already in love with the G1 Prowl/Streak/Smokescreen mold.

Just got a Universe Deluxe Prowl off a reseller. Yes, i do not have CHUG Prowl before this and i'm wondering why it took so long…fortunately, i did not have to pay a really absurd price for this.

Here's the photo of the 3 versions together…in alternate car mode.

The masterpiece as always is an exact replica of its G1 counterpart, sporting a Fairlady Mold.

In bot mode, the masterpiece is just slightly taller than its deluxe cousin,  but with tons of articulation.

The CHUG Prowl, disappoints me in terms of mold and robustness of the toy. Don't really like this version of Prowl. The doors are flimsy, pop out easily during transformation.

The G1 piece shown here is the Takara box reissue. The details on the face shows mold degradation, but as i've said before the mold rocks big time!

Masterpiece designs never fail to disappoint. but the material of construction disappoints me.

Details of the Masterpiece Prowl's head sculpt.

Very clear lines and you can see a fresh mold used. (look at a reassure Prowl/Streak's face and you will know what i am talking about.

I still feel the G1 mold wins the competition with MP Prowl close behind.

The reasons are the die cast, rubber wheels. The MP mold technically is far better, representing anime Prowl in all categories, but as a toy, it lacks the feel of a masterpiece…lacking the metal and rubber.

I always feel that the later pieces of the masterpiece, have not enough or zero die cast. 

TakaraTomy, please please please start to put in diecsat and rubber wheels for future masterpieces…

Pre Rub Bluestreak

This is a result of being poisoned….

Though i have always known that the streak/Prowl/Smokescreen mold is one of the best G1 molds out there, i never really take a close look at it…instead concentrating of the sideswipe mold variants as shown in my earlier postings…already bought the Commemorative Reissue Streak and the e-hobby Black hood Streak, i stopped pursuing the streak mold…..BUT one of my pals, who is a streak slut (in fact he is more slutty for streak than the slut in me for starscream!) keeps talking about streak and how good the pre rub streak mold is…as i listened and listened and listened and listened…..like a virus, it slowly, unknowingly, infiltrated my senses…before i know it, i had to get one for myself….just like how Agent Smith in the matrix infected everybody else within the matrix…and i'm definitely not Neo..

Found a piece in one of the local shops in Singapore…surprisingly…..the best thing is, the box is in an excellent condition and supposedly, it is still MISB! but due to aging, the bubble has dried up and dropped off from the card back. The sealing tape at the sides of the box fell off naturally, due to the glue drying up….

Here, take a look...

Close up of the artwork…

I proceeded to un-MISB the "mysterious" best-of-the-best G1 car mold ever…

Result? Believe me, i was knocked out by this one.

The pre rub is really the best of G1s! The fit on the toy is, if i can say, better the the Masterpieces.

The whole feel of the toy really brings me 30 years back with the die cast, rubber wheels and all. The face of streak, very clear and distinct lines with nice details. Compare it with the reissue and you will know what i mean.

The pre rubs are the first pieces (after the diaclones) that are produced with the fresh mold and it really shows the quality. With that, i'm bought over.

Look, no flap crease!

ahhh…..yes, the picture of the elusive Diaclone Blue Bluestreak…and agin, when i keep going back to look at the Blue fella, the poison gets worse…its never-ending!

It has come to a point that i look at Bluestreak at breakfast….

The front car plate: Fairlady

The Pre-rub, look at the head mold, clear and well-defined lines…you will never find this on any reissue! 

Rear car plate: Fairlady Z

Bot is the reissue, car is the Pre-rub.

A far difference between them….oh yes, sometimes its More Than Meets The Eye at breakfast!

After this, continued with the pre-rub antidotes for the poison….managed to get a Starscream as well as a Prowl…damn poison….damn friend…but it's pure satisfaction…contradicting. yes.  To have a collector pal like that, someone who helps me get some of my rare pieces and then poisons me with even more rare pieces…*sigh* blame it on my lack of discipline when it comes to TFs...

Transformers G1 Blitzwing

Got this piece, G1 Blitzwing for some time...finally managed to find a slot to setup and take some pictures of the recent figures and along the way, this fella...

Got it from ebay, it says vintage 1985 G1 Bltizwing...loose and complete with his Gyro-blaster Rifle and Electron Scimitar.

didn't really find out if its a takara boxed reissue or an actual 1985 vintage.

To me, so long as it is complete and playable, nothing broken, its good.

Let's look at Blitzwing now....Very blocky...having some of the worst articulation ever...hahaha

but he's still cool....he's a triple changer!! 

thought of getting him after getting the Generations Voyager Blitzwing.

A terror on the battlefield, the G1 toy (given the small size) does not really reflect that. In fact he don't really look decepticon to me...perhaps they should have upsize him (and Astrotrain too!) slightly, into the height of inferno...

One of his alternate mode: Japanese Type-74 assault tank.

Don't know if it's my piece, but the tailfin of the plane mode will fall out (at the bottom of the tank mode) if i lift it up. Only one of the fins is falling out, so i presume its not a factory fault. not a big issue really as you can't really see it when you display blitz in tank mode.

The second alternate mode: Soviet MiG-25 fighter jet.

Frontal and side views look cool...

But its abit odd to have the tank turret sticking out at the back...

"Tell me what's on your mind, or I'll splatter it on the wall and see for myself"

*Artwork Courtesy of Botch The Crab

Surprise find at CSC! C-99 Grotesque!

This is what got me excited and delighted today.

Was in CSC (China Square Central) for a couple of deals with other collectors...Wife was helping a friend to look for some Ninja turtles figures as cake topper....kiddo was there to look for his Minion Golfer...

As usual, while the wife and kid i walked around the shops, more interested in the shops that are not specialized, selling almost everything under the sky....(The specialised toyshops i feel that they are too close to the market and too opportunistic, not that i don't visit these shops but it it very highly unlikely i'll buy anything from these specialised shops)

So....i went into a shop, caught a glimpse of a Takara Transformers box at a non-prominent shelf high up. I asked to take a look at it....

Box: abit of wear, which is natural for the years that it has survived.

Styrofoam: nice and pristine

Toy: abit dusty but otherwise nice. Fire sparks still work!

Papers: Complete but stickers applied.

Downside is the that some of the stickers on the figure are somewhat peeling off.

There is already a loose piece of a complete Hasbro Grotesque at home...but looking at this, i can't resist a nicely boxed takara piece...then comes the price...it is very well-priced...such that i just took it without thinking...damn! i forgot to bargain!!

The very nice G1 artwork which toys nowadays can never ever match.

The nice nice styrofoam...something vintage fans can't resist. The thing is you can have a nice Hasbro piece but once the bubble is off, it is equivalent to a loose piece because there is no way you can't properly box it back. Things are different with Takara versions...the STYROFOAM.

A 1987 piece that was released with the Headmasters. There are 2 other monsterbots, Doublecross and Repungus (Repungus was never released in Japan, so only Hasbro version)

The loose Hasbro monster along with the Japanese monster....

Always nice to secure a Takara piece...really satisfying and great day for me...oh yes, i managed to secure an Encore Minibots MISB too...a set that i missed and have eluded me for a long time, managed to find it also at a very reasonable price....gosh, what a great day today...the wife got what she came here for...the kiddo found his minion...what a great day!

Transformers G1 DoubleDealer

Transformers Vintage G1 Doubledealer

One of the powermaster which i'm actively looking for, actually the takara brother of this fella but it seems that Doubleclouder is quite difficult to find...

Got this again from a seller at TFW2005 boards, loose and complete. With some yellowing to the missile. abit dusty too, but that is easily resolved.

A triple changing (Bot, Tank and Hawk) Power master, he has 2 powermaster engines Knok and Skar. He is neither Autobot nor Decepticon and he can become both.

 The Missile can be broken down into 2 pieces, the shoulder cannon and the blaster for the bot mode.

 Tank mode. Bot to tank transformation is pretty direct and same as any other vehicle transformation principles.

Hawk mode. Interesting way of hiding the hawk mode...the head is twisted and stored at the back where the 2 wings fold. transformation technology back then wasn't as bad as it seems.

for the transformation to Hawk mode, i had to look at the picture and figure out. probably i'm not as well-verse as others...but that's the fun of G1 TFs to me...especially if i get them loose without instructions. to figure out how to transform them is an art!

Powermaster engine Skar who transformers into a bat.

Powermaster engine Knok, as usual transforms into a dude.

Hasbro Fire Convoy/Magnus/Omega Prime giftset

Hasbro Transformers Cybertron Omega Prime Giftset

Consists of Fire Convoy Optimus Prime and God Magnus.

MISB. But Box in bad condition...C-5

Galaxy Force Optimus Prime

Bought this brand new MISB. but i've un-MISBed it...

Was attracted to this fella when i saw pictures of it in forums...

GALAXY FORCE OPTIMUS PRIME CONVOY...

Can be combined with Sonic Bomber to form SONIC CONVOY..

Box and figure in excellent C-9.5 condition.

Never been transformed, only combined.

oh yes, this is the takara korean version, but similar from all directions, except the box that is not..