Showing posts with label thundercracker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thundercracker. Show all posts

Friday, November 28, 2014

Posting after 4 months!!! Decepticon Jets, attack!

 Its been a really busy time of the year for me…haven't really been posting much….but that does not mean i've stopped collecting and acquiring.
Just to start…i've finally managed to complete my G1 Decepticon jets…again, thanks to a good friend collector who helped looking out for these….and i must say, the jets which i've acquired are in a very good condition…The Starscream is even better than the one i have now. Well, there can never be enough of starscream..
All 3 seekers are pre rub…really crisp.


I've never been too bothered about getting the rest of the seekers (probably due to the recolor of a same mold)…but if opportunity came along, why not? Seeing these pieces in such great condition only strengthens my theory of "strike the iron when it is hot" 


Next up, the Coneheads…never ever owned anyone of them but all 3 came at the same right time.
Couldn't bring myself to take them out of the packaging yet (these are MIB except for Ramjet) but looking at them brings back childhood memories of not being able to own them. Damn, 1984 Rise of the Autobot cars….and Decepticon Jets!



The last cone head, Ramjet, i have to make a special mention. This is MIB with the bubble still sealed on car. The great box condition only makes it more attractive to look at.
The same time, i loose piece of Ramjet was gifted to me… Thanks (you know who you are)
Looking at the Boxart and read news of an orange canopy Ramjet, i got a junker Thundercracker to replace the grey Ramjet canopy. The outcome: SUPER!!.
Ramjet is now my favorite deception jet, after Starscream of course!



 The orange canopy really stands out…in both modes. and i'm all for G1 accuracy.
Probably somewhere out there, there is an orange canopy Thrust...


The seller really kept these in good shape. looking at them…30 years and they are like fresh out of the factory. really kudos to him. Irregardless of the reasons to why he is selling, he can rest assured that these gems will be in good hands.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Transformers United Seekers:Aces Boxset

Transformers United Seekers: Aces Boxset.
Using Universe Starscream or Classics Starscream's mold, the toymakers re-issued this box set.
This is probably the 5th version of starscream.

The box art is nice and it scores with that treacherous look on Starscream....




Tech specs at the back of the box...









 The mold seems ok with the figure looking fine...straight lines no visually no signs of mold deterioration. But if you actually play with it, some parts of the toy is very tight. Compared to Henkei, the playability has taken a step back.
Paint job is really crap...though there's some brownie points with those metallic shiny paint...but the paint detailing is downright pathetic, really.

Missile launchers and missiles looked as if they had just came out of the mold...no paint job at all...
Shoulders, no paint job...

Paint details on the knee and crotch...gone...




Simialr for Skywarp and Thundercracker...paint details' gone..it seems that they tried to replace all those tiny details with the metallic paint and hope that the market respond : "WOW, TT finally out did themselves!!!"
no way man...













Took out my Henkei Starscream and did a pictorial comparison...here you have Henkei on left and Boxset on right..

wrong orientation guys, bear with me...Henkei on right and Boxset on left.
The faction symbols: Henkei, on clear...Boxset on silver.

Boxset has shiny boosters..

Look at the difference in detailing...






Henkei Starscream

Boxset Starscream

Missile launchers...Henkei on the left and Boxset on the right....just pathetic...