TFC Hercules Exgraver (Not Scavenger)

Transformers 3rd Party Hercules Exgraver (Not Scavenger)

The first of the "not constructicons" which i bought.

Came with a part missing but spoke to TFC and they sent in the replacement part.

Not bad for a toy manufacturer...but then again i need to go through a friend...emailing them takes a long time to get a respond.

As the rest, to transform into Hercules's right arm, there's no requirement for partsforming.

TFC Hercules Structor (Not Scrapper)

TFC Hercules Structor (Not Scrapper)

One of the best rendition of the Constructicon Leader.

Almost 99% likeness to his G1 counterpart.

Awesome articulation for a "G1" toy... There's something to complain about though..the hood for the vehicle mode isn't G1-like. It's a cabin rather than a hood...well, nothing's perfect...

TFC Hercules Heavy Load (Not Long Haul)

TFC Hercules Heavy Load (Not Long Haul)

Not a bad mold, so far all the "not constrcuticons" are well-built.

G1-likeness is there, poseability is there.

the only thing i can complain about is the paint job. not there the paint job is crap but i feel more details can be added. Definitely a call for the customizers out there to give Hercules a new coat.

Really have no complaints about this one...after transforming it a couple of times, i gave them to my 3 year old boy to play with. In fact, these are built in a way which is more robust than the official toys for the CHUG line. I can safely retrieve them from my boy's toy basket and still intact.

The vehicle mode is what boys like...to push the vehicles around. All 4 wheels can touch the ground...and we all know that some TFs can't due to the transformation difficulty; that the parts can't clip together etc, etc... Like the MP-09 Rodimus prime?

TFC Hercules Dr Crank (Not Hook)

Bought Exgraver (Not scavenger) earlier. But did not Take any photos of it.

When i went to Hong Kong in Dec 2011, i actually picked up the other of the "Not constructicons" at a very good price (thanks to my buddy in Hong Kong!).

This is the first...Dr Crank (Not Hook).

Joints are really tight. No stickers required. Very simple instruction which are easy to follow. In any case, to those that play with transformers regularly, you could probably "decipher" how to transform the figure easily.

Nice articulations add the CHUG feel to the toy, yet retaining G1-ness.

The Hercules joints (which looked like the energon combiner joints) are super tight. making the combined form somewhat robust. In fact i think the combiner joints are more effective than some G1 combiner joints. But of coz, nothing beats G1!

Weapons for all the "Not constructicons" are quite similar, making it confusing which belongs to who if you mix them up. Especially for me since i threw away the boxes and brought them back to Singapore loose.

Articulated yet blocky....:)

Hot Toys 12" Captain America

Hot Toys 12" Captain America!

Have been waiting for this a long time...

Finally its here!

Dont usually buy 12" figures but Iron Man and Captain America captured my eye.

Captain America is very detailed, even to the material of the uniform matches that of the movie.

The box....

First layer of the interior with an introduction...

The figure!!

Uniform and facial expressions are superb!!

I was told that alot of the Captain Amerias were sold with the star crooked...didn't know about it until after i received it..luckily it's straight!!

Back view

Side view

I finally have it in my hands!!

The shield can be mounted on his back just like the movie!

I finally have the captain in my hands!!!

Purhases from Hong kong trip....23 December 2011...Victory Saber Giftset!

Was in Hong Kong for hoildays...met up with one of my collector buddies who's residing in Hong Kong right now....He got for me a gem, Victory Saber Giftset!

Then we went to In's Point at Yau ma Tei...its very near the exit A2 of Yau Ma tei Station, less than 5 mins walk. Basically the whole floor (i think its 2nd floor) are all shops selling toys.

Again with his help, i got a good discount for some 3rd party stuffs like Maketoys Bomber (powerglide) and Hover (seaspray), Hercules - Dr Crank, Heavy Labor & Structor.

I took out the boxes for the hercules-bots. The boxes were far too big for me to bring back, so they are considered loose...but 3rd party stuffs to me, boxes are not important and of no value.

The Henkei Minibots were acquired at a toy shop in Macau which i incidentally came across. Super pricing for the 2 sets of minibots!

Encore G1 Ironhide and Ratchet were also acquired in Macau at the same toy shop. Also at a good price.

Encore G1 Black Ironhide from Macau and Reissue G1 Inferno was bought at In's Point in Hong Kong...agn, my buddy helped me get a discount.

The Gem, one of the reasons why i chose Hong Kong as my holiday destination...to collect my Victory Saber Giftset which he helped me acquire months ago!

The box is perfect, almost in C-10 condition.

Complete paperworks.

Unused toys, bone white & almost perfect styrofoam except for a break at Victory Leo's Cannon.
Absolutely no chrome wear....

Victory Leo's missiles are still on sprue.

with the Victory Leo giftset, he has helped me got 2 pieces of my holy grail. (The first being the Goodbye Megatron). I can't thank him enough.

On top of that, he and his wife introduced me to a excellent hot pot restaurant where my family enjoyed the meal really much.

THANKS ALOT! you know who you are!

Transformers Legends 4-pack Starscream and Bumblebee

Bought this for my son to play with...in order to divert his attention from my transformers toys.

Discovered this to be one of the worst molds ever!

The 2 bumblebees are ok, not bad...but the Starscreams....CRAP!

The cybertron starscream has loose ball joints that pops out whenever i try to transform it vice versa...even if i treat it with the tendermost hands, it still pops out...really crappy...the movie starscream...feels very plasticky (i created this word if there's no such word), feels very KO...arms are flimsy like hell, legs look distorted, the whole figure is thin like paper, i mean flat as in FLAT!!

I would never ever recommend anyone to buy this set unless its cheap like crap!!

But the Bumblebee, especially the universe one is good....

Transformers Prime Starscream

Transformers Prime Starscream

This is deluxe sized, by Hasbro.

Transformers Prime is a new animated TV series which i did not follow. But as a Starscream slut, i just have to buy this another one of his incarnations.

Build is rather flimsy and i've broken the plane tip. went back to Toys R Us for an exchange.

Bot mode is cool. but the wrist and shoulders arent really 360 degrees articulated.

Was too lazy to change it to the alternate plane mode so no pictures of the plane.

Missiles are made of rubber so customizers have to note when repainting this fella.

The tip of the plane which have to be rotated when transforming the toy is held to the body by a small plastic stud installed inside both plane tip and body.

and there is a spring stopper to hold the part in place whether in plane mode or bot mode. this adds more stress to the stud. ( I know this b'coz after i got the new exchange piece, i took out the screws and analysed what went wrong.)

If you twist the parts too hard while transforming, then likely the stud will break.

My recommendation is to loosen the screws abit then you attempt to transform.