Movie Deluxe DECEPTICON BRAWL

Remember the most amazing film of 2007 the Transformers movie? Do you remember the part where the decepticons are en-route to battle with the autobots?
Well, a lot of people got confused on the tank transformer in the movie... Is it brawl? or devastator? i think that there are some typos in the film, especially the part where the tank called himself devastator... isn't "dev" supposed to be a constructicon built robot? damn!

Anyways, i just availed a new TF toy last month, and there's only one stock left in Toy Kingdom in SM. I got this rare deluxe edition Brawl. The Sculpture is very very detailed as we speak, especially when it is transformed in robot mode, His face looks really intimidating. The paint looks cool for it captivates the exact color from the live action film. It carries a canon weapon that can fire projectiles, with 2 turrets, and 2 mini-guns. The articulation is not that quite posable for it's really quite hard to transform the thing but it's well balanced when standing in robot mode, it's big feet gives all the balance needed.

There's also a Decepticon Brawl Leader class but im really not a fan of big toys, although i'd like to make one huge soundwave in the near future..

My Comment: This toys is a must have. Although not quite rare as bumblebee, this toy is quite cool and very recommended for the fans of the transformers film
7 out of 10

Final Battle Autobot Jazz

One of the coolest characters in Transformers, Autobot JAZZ. As one of the oldest friends of Optimus Prime, JAZZ plays a big role in all Transformers series. Jazz is head of Special Operations, with his own dedicated roster of agents. He often gives the most dangerous assignments to himself. It's not a matter of ego—he just really is the coolest head for the toughest missions.

In the movie version, JAZZ still retains his care-free cool attitude, Sadly he died in the movie killed by Megatron.

Here now we present to you our latest toy in our collection:
The FINAL BATTLE AUTOBOT JAZZ

This toy stands about the height of Bumblebee deluxe movie version, it transforms into a Pontiac Solstice. The sculpture is great, it is very well detailed.. Oh I forgot to include that this particular series shows a Battle-damaged Autobot JAZZ.. Anyways, this toy carries a Crescent cannon weapon that has a "Blast-Missile" feature, it can be attached to the spoiler when Transformered into a Pontiac, and the spolier can attached as a shield when in robot form. The car's front part is also his chest, and 2 big wheels are attached to his shoulders

Painting is cool too, the damaged parts are well executed from burns to cracks. The articulation balance is quite good as well, it is more balanced than Bumblebee.

MY COMMENT: A very cool toy, well worth the price of $35... This is one heck of a toy for your TF movie collections

Transformers Bumblebee Movie Deluxe edition

We have finally found the toy we've been searching for over a month... we have searched 5 different malls for it and now our efforts paid off!
We present you Bumblebee Movie Deluxe edition, my wife has all the luck she needed to find these rare transformers item...
This magnificent toy has great features:
First off the vehicle mode, it features the exact sculpture of a chevy camaro '08 car that was also shown on the film. the paint is good, the yellow and and black stripes stands out well and the chevy emblem is well sculpted.

Robot Mode: The robot form looks exactly like the one on the transformers live action film, The sculpture is well crafted and the color matches the robot. The articulation is good but not that balanced like my other transformer toys. It also has some sort of blade weapon that is attached under the chasis when it is in chevy mode.

OVERALL RATING: Damn! it took us a long time to find this rare item... One of the best Transformer toys... If you don't have it yet, GO OUT THERE AND FIND AT LEAST ONE, but if you have one right now, don't be stupid to sell it... If you have more than one unit of this toy, sell 'em and make yourself rich hehehehe

Armored Core Formula Front PSP

Probably one of the best psp games ever released. Armored Core Formula Front. This game features maximum mech-robot action and realistic setups for the armored core units.
You can use up to 6 mechs and you can even setup their weapons, coolants, armors, etc...

The graphics is superb, it almost captivates the clarity of the PS2 version of armored core. Although the background music plays a little lame, the sound effects got the whole sound quality back! The hit, guns, laser and other sound effects are going to blow your nuts, the sound effects are very cool it fits the whole robot war thing!
The difficulty is quite for hardcore gamers.. beginners will need much more time and practice to enjoy this mech game.

MY COMMENT: buy the game! your PSP needs it dammit!!!

Arcee Transformers Movie revision

2 weeks ago my wife and i went to some mall in alabang here in manila to buy some biscuits from popeyes chicken, then we decided to stroll around in TOYS 'R US... Then we checked out the transformers section and there it is! We are so lucky to find this Arcee Movie version.. there was only 1 left in stock so we didn't have any second thoughts on buying the thing so we bought it immediately...

This Arcee toy is great, it really has some girly features like.. it's painted in purple, then the robot mode has a curved body plus it has some sort of hairstyle on her head...

The articulation in robot form is great, it has a great balance when standing, i even executed my very own brawl test (brawl test means i'll let the toy stand in standard position and then i'll hit the desk with one punch). Arcee also holds some sort of a crossbow weapon with fire up action feature.. The sculpture is cool, the toy looks realistic.. It stands about 3.5 inches tall.

The motor form also have great features.. If you are familiar with the YAMAHA R1 motorcycle or the HONDA FIREBLADE, well this toy looks exactly like that. The motorcycle sculpture is very very cool! it even has a plate number on the back *LOL*
The muffler on the motorcycle is the main ammunition of the crossbow weapon, and the main seat is the crossbow itself.

MY COMMENT: BUY IT WHILE STOCK LAST!!! this is a must buy item

4D Puzzle - Airplane Space Shuttle

3 days ago my wife bought another 4D puzzle model kit, it's replica of a commercial airplane with a NASA space shuttle on top. Remember the movie Superman Returns? the part where Superman rescued a bunch of reporters from an airplane crash, well this toy represents that airplane.. (well not exactly look alike but it's close enough)..

The sculpture is great, it looks realistic, especially the NASA space shuttle, you can even open the top hatch of the shuttle.
Paint execution is good and it's perfect for your display cabinet.

This collectible is perfect for commercial plane freaks out there, this is good for your collection... By the way you can also replicate that rescue scene from Superman returns, just try to find a scaled superman toy and you're good to go!!

My Comment: Not for extreme toy collectors who has issues with collectible value. Like i said this is only good for display and not resale marketing

Rurouni Kenshin Saito Hajime Story image Figure

I'm a very big fan of the Samurai X series (Rurouni Kenshin in most countries) and my favorite character was Saito Hajime, The captain of the Shin-Sen Gumi Group in the tokugawa era...

I got this toy figure 3 years ago, I actually saved up a few bucks just to get this very rare item. The toy resembles the actual anime version of saito hajime.. The sculpture is excellent, the whole body is very well detailed.. The color execution is cool too, it really captivates the exact color of saito from samurai X. Don't worry about the articulation balance for it comes with a stand.. so this figure is great for display in your cabinets.. although i have never opened it from the packaging because i wanted to keep it in mint condition, this figure you won't let your balls down because this item is great expecially for Samurai X fans out there

My Comment: Great for toy collection, BUY IT!!

Optimus Prime and Barricade Movie Legends (Jollibee Ver. Kid's Meal)

When, transformers the movie was released on the silver screen here in the philippines, Jollibee got the rights as it's promoter and distributor of the Transformers toys... I bought 2 Kid's meal, 1 for me and 1 for my son.. there were only 2 toys left that day... Optimus Prime and Barricade.
These toys are well articulated, i mean for a free toy.. these are pretty good. It's completely transformable and it looks good on my display cabinet. Don't judge it as a low class toy... these bad boys are copyrighted by hasbro, so it means these have awesome collectible values. Optimus Prime and Barricade stands about 3 inches tall, it's attached to a stand, The sculpture is great and the colors are very well painted..

My comment: These items are worth getting, Every transformer toy has great value.
Oh by the way, these aren't available anywhere anymore.. you should have patience and guts to find a person who sell these items... Try ebay and amazon, don't stop until you find at least one seller

Godzilla Movie Display Replica

My brother is not quite into toys that much... He's really not into collecting toys, knowing that he is an idiot in this, i asked him to give me his GODZILLA replica.
The paint and scuplture are almost 99.9% perfect as the US version GODZILLA movie.. The toy stands 10.6 inches tall, the articulation is well made, it feature various action moves such as slashing, stomping and mouth opening... Every action moves produce sounds like if you try to open its mouth, you'll hear godzilla screaming, if you move his arms it can make a slashing sound.... This toy has great features and its perfect for both kids and toy collectors alike... Even my 1 year old boy can't get his hand off this monster...

My Comment: I'm pretty sure that this toy has a great collectible value, especially if you are a godzilla fan...
If you want to buy it... Try Ebay or amazon and best of luck trying to find one! this rare toy is pretty hard to find these days

Gundam Seed Zaku Warrior Model Kit

My family and I went to a mall near our city here in manila. As usual, my wife went to the womens' and shoe department, while me and our son went to the toy section. Actually i'm restricted to $10 budget for buying a toy until the next 3 weeks, My wife has skills when it comes to saving money... Luckily i stumbled in a Gundam section in the toy department, I was looking for a "not more than" $10 collectible toy, then i saw this Mobile Suit Gundam Zaku Warrior 1/144 model kit, I got it for like $5!!! it's about 3-4 inches tall, the paint is well executed, it actually emulates the one in the cartoons, The articulation is great too, it can move its head and arms, and the instruction is well detailed and accurate, even 8 year olds can follow those simple steps...

My Comment: not necessarily a must have but it is in a cheap price, Well worth a buy.... Perfect for serious toy collectors and model kit hobbyists

and before i finish my blog for this.. I must remind you.. That this is not a Play Toy! it's a collectible item that is not meant to be man-handled... Be careful with it

ASTROTRAIN G1 DELUXE EDITION

Recently, me and my wife went to a mall somewhere in makati (manila philippines). Then i saw a regular toy store named "Kids Station", actually we went in there to by my niece a birthday present. After roaming around for like 45 minutes, I stumbled into a Transformer section. Then i saw this ASTROTRAIN figure....

It really caught my attention because it was on sale, 50% off dudes! Anyway, this ASTROTRAIN DECEPTICON figure have some special features. First, it can transform in 3 ways: Robot Form (of course), a NASA space shuttle and a bullet train. it's about 3 or 4 inches tall, highly detailed sculpture and paint design, good for display and IT's TRANFORMERS man!!!

It really captivated the original design of ASTROTRAIN, it is an enjoyable toy and anyone can appreciate it! Even the people who doesn't know the series will definitely like this figure

MY COMMENT: Just buy it! that's all!

IRON MAN ROCKS!!!!

TF Classics StarScream Masterpiece

First announced when the THS-02 Hybrid G1 convoy was released in early 2006. Multitudes of STARSCREAM fans eagerly anticipated this new edition to the premium Masterpiece line. Later on crazed STARSCREAM fans rejoiced when they received an announcement that the new STARSCREAM will be designed by MACROSS co-creator and original pre-Transformers Diaclone designer, Shoji Kawamori. This new mold as everyone was predicting was ripe for repainting to create the other seekers and coneheads.

Later, when the beta pics began leaking over the internet, everyone was crazed as STARSCREAM's robot mode looked exactly like he did in the old Generation 1 cartoons. Until a month later when the painted samples were revealed, everyone wondered why their favorite Decepticon Air Commander was painted blue, and his robot mode was only 10" tall. This led to some solid fans deciding to skip MP-3 altogether and wait for a show accurate version. Much like what they did to the G1 re-issue Transformers collection Starscream who was repainted to match his anime cartoon version.

FORGE COMICS BY CROSSGEN

Perhaps one of the infamous graphic novel in the comic world... The Forge Comics..
I saw this comic book in a local bookstore near at our village, It really caught my eye because of it's pocket book feature. We all know that there are comic books out there that are compiled like a book novel (i.e. Manga Comics), although these kinds of comics are not colored and they are drawn in an anime style. Of course there several DC and marvel comics that are hard bounded and stuff but they are all too expensive!

The forge comic collection is a cheap one, for only $7.95 (but now it's on sale so it's about $2 now).
It doesn't have much value like DC, IMAGE, and MARVEL comics but it's quite fun to read. It features 5-6 totally different stories, Interesting characters and the artwork itself is perfect, Similar to Jim Lee's artworks.....

The only bad catch here is... It's not quite worth a show to die-hard comic collectors, these collections are only good for your bookshelf and for past times and stuff...

My Comment? Well the price is cheap than DC or MARVEL... hmmm.... It's up to the readers if they'll like it or despise it...

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance Iroquois Pliskin Figure

I'm a very big fan of solid snake, throughout the years since the 8-bit era, i've been into solid snake's legacy.
One time i was on my way home I accidentally ran into a hobby toy store, then i saw this eye capturing item... An Iroquois Pliskin Solid Snake table top figure, an actual figure from the game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Substance. it's about 2.1 inches tall, with a polygonal stand.
The sculpture and paint are well made, even Snake's sideburns are good. This hot item is for certified metal gear fanatic, You will not appreciate this kind of collectible if you haven't played any MGS games especially the Sons of Liberty episode.

My Rating? 9 out of 10.... This figure is for exclusive metal gear freaks!!!

Devil May Cry Coin Top Figure

For "Devil May Cry" fan out there, these coin top figure set is for you!... The complete collection consists of 6 figures:
Dante A, Dante B, Trish, Lucia and 2 monsters from devil may cry 2. Every characters have their own sets of weapons, Dante A and B got his famous ebony and ivory dual 45 caliber action pistols, a bazooka, and his 3 swords used from the game. While, trish carries a big sword and .45 dual action pistols, and finally lucia carries 2 daggers and 2 shurikens.


Except for Lucia, the figure sets also include a blast effect thing that goes with the gun barrels and on the monsters. This helps the design to go more realistic as possible.

These toy collections can do various poses, especially Dante A and B. You can make these toy figures more fancy than the game itself!
The only catch here is, the toys are so small... You can lose it in an instant. For a small toy set, these collections are quite expensive. You can avail the complete set for at least $20 or php1,000.

My Comment? You have to be a Solid Devil May Cry freak to appreciate these toy collections. By the way these have very strong toy values because these are the only Devil May Cry 2 figure sets that's been released...

Batman Dispaly Figure (Deceiving)

Look at this photo, it's a Batman Begins Display figure, as you can see it has a full detailed sculpt, good paint and the stand looks awesome. But did you know that this display figure is not authentic? This figure is just hand painted! It came from a local company here in the philippines that makes hand painted DC characters. I bought this for only $2!! it's not on sale by the way, it is sold in it's original price.

This toy does not have any value or something. It's good only for display for your desk or cabinet.

My comment? Buy this display figure if you're only a true batman fanatic or if you have a passion for display kits and not caring about the toy value.

4D Puzzle Model Kit Collections

My wife is a Fighter plane fanatic... She's into fighter planes so much, she actually collects every fighter plane model kits that she sees from hobby shops and some department stores (in the toy section). Then one time, we saw these bizarre puzzle model kits in a Toy section from SM (Shoe Mart) department store here in the philippines. It's Called the 4D Puzzle. the model kit contains 25 or more pieces of plane parts and other stuff. The 4D puzzle model kits comes in Fighter Planes, Helicopters, Pirate models, Animals, etc....

We bought this F15 model kit, about 3.5 inches long from tail to nose, comes with stand and it's packed in a helmet case, it only cost around $3, it's so cheap you can buy multiple planes in a week.
By the way the design sculpture is great, it looks real!

My comment? Hmm... Not bad to invest on, the price is very cheap, you can complete these collections in a month!

Star Wars Snowspeeder display kit

I bought another item here in the philippines, The STAR WARS Battle packs Unleashed Snowspeeder Assault. I got this toy 50% off!!! it's on a pull-out sale as well, like my GI JOE SIGMA 6 Snake Eyes with Timber action figure i posted the other day.

This display kit contains 3 items, the Snowspeeder, a Snow figure stand with a crash point hole, and a mini figure of luke skywalker dressed as a rebel pilot. This toy shows an exact replica of the battle in planet hoth from episode 5 "Empire Strikes Back". The sculpture of the snowspeeder is excellent, it features an opening cockpit, Opening Hatches on both sides and a landing gear at the bottom. The paint looks awesome, plus the harpoon launcher on the back looks real.

The Snow crash point figure looks cool too, you can alternate the poses of the snowspeeder, you can either display it in a flying pose, or the crash landing pose.. It comes with a transparent stand by the way....

uuhh... The Luke Skywalker figure is ok, not that great but it looks ok. It features a lightsaber that looks like a bluish jelly thing, and his perfectly crafted rebel pilot uniform... Well it matches the whole theme anyway so i would say this Display kit is a must buy item... Especially for Star Wars fans out there.

My Rating? hmmm.... GET ONE NOW!!!

Armored Core AC-001 Mirage C01-GAEA

Recently kotobukiya released a series of model kits based on the very popular video game Armored Core 3 for the playstation 2 console. Kotobukiya has always been know for it's highly detailed and perfect execution of action figures and statues, so the expectations are high for this new line of model kits. As if that weren't already enough, the structural design of the robots come from the one and only shoji kawamori, The mechanical designer of Macross and Masterpice Starscream.
AC-001 mirage C01-Gaea model kit, or AC-001 to make it short, is an armored unit based on the design of the mecha with the same name. AC-001 is a Snap-on model kit, which particularly means no glue is required to stick the parts together. The model kit comes in a sealed box. Inside are 12 sets of spruces ( 11 for parts and 1 for the connector ) and a detailed manual that will help you assemble the armored unit.. the only catch is it's written in japanese, but you don't have to worry about that matter because you do not required to learn how to read japanese because the illustrations are well detailed.
You can move the parts of the armored unit, so that you can choose poses you want.
The Sculpture is excellent, it's better than the one you see in the game plus it looks really really cool!

My conclusion:
This model kit is for hardcore robot hobbyist, or for solid armored core fans. You must have an experience in modeling and maintenance, You don't want to waste a fortune right?!

GI JOE sigma 6 Snake Eyes Action Figure

Probably one of the best sculptures i have ever seen in the line of GI JOE toy series. The Snake Eyes GI JOE sigma 6 says it all, the sculpture design totally captures the one from the cartoon itself, complete with katana blade, shurikens, a snow board and his old pal timber. this toy looks a lot like GRAY FOX, the cyborg ninja from hideo kojima's masterpiece METAL GEAR SOLID from the playstation 1 console.....

I had this in the philippines for only php700.00 ($15) only.. well actually, its on a "pull-out" sale hehehe, so i took the opportunity of buying it! anyway, there's a blinking red light on it and i don't really know what's that for, actually all of the sigma 6 figure has it.

And talk about the box design, Man! you'll feel bad taking it out of the box. The box is very well made, coverings and design are all top notch and not only that, the 2 ends of the box can be also a weaponry case....

My overall rating is... just two words................
BUY IT!!!!

War Within Optimus Prime

Titanium transformers is one of the newest line of transformers toys to be released in the toy industry, The toy line features die-cast built with a good number of articulations. one of the first figures to be released is the long awaited war within optimus prime. Ever since Don figueroa drew the art for dreamwave comic's transformers war within, there was never an action figure to represent optimus prime. Sure, there was a statue and recently a small 3 inch die-cast figure, but there were no transforming yet. and what is a transformer that can't transform.. well.. that is not a transformer that's for sure. For the reminder of the review, this toy will be referred to as WWOP ( War Within Oprimus Prime )

Upcoming Metal Gear 4 Guns of Patriots

Konami and Kojima productions certainly made a big break, The Metal Gear series. We have all followed Solid Snake's adventure from The original metal gear from nintendo NES until the metal gear portable ops from PSP.
Solid Snake and The Big boss' tales were very very intriguing, and now the whole world is now waiting for the much anticipated METAL GEAR SOLID 4 = Guns of the Patriots.

This episode features the events after the Big shell incident in new york... The trailers shows how solid snake turned into a grumpy looking old man, and by old i mean he can now collect his monthly pension *lol*

Anyway, i think this "Last episode" will be the end of the line for snake, one trailer showed snake putting the gun into his mouth. this is very very exciting don't you think? Especially the raiden part, He doesn't look like so girly anymore, in fact he looks like a cyborg ninja and fights incredebly.
DAMN! i should get a freakin' PS3, cmon its METAL GEAR 4 for crying out loud.

Perfect Transformation Valkyrie VF-1 Macross

i'm an avid toy collector and a big fan of the japanese anime series MACROSS. i just recently bought a valkyrie VF-1 action figure, it's about 3.5 inches tall, complete transformable features: the Battroid (that's the robot form), The Gerwalk, and of course the tradition Fighter plane form.
It's a great collectible, although my only complain here is it is not that quite durable, i mean the parts of this robot can be detached easily and its quite hard to put 'em together. anyways the sculpture is quite good especially for a average sized toy, It really emulates the main valkyrie used by rick hunter, UN SPACY's best valkyrie pilot.

This is definitly a must have collectible toy. be sure to avail one!