Reshoot: Briareos Hecatonchires

Briareos Hecatonchires

From Masume Shirow's Appleseed manga, this is probably my all time favorite mech. My last photoshoot of this figure was not the best, so I just had to reshoot him. Enjoy!

Star Wars Assassin Droid

Assassin Droid

Here we have a new Star Wars figure, the Assassin Droid from the new Clone Wars cartoon. I have to admit I didn't have the highest hopes for this figure, as he doesn't look like much in the package. This doesn't stop me from buying just about every Star Wars type droid I can find. The new Star Wars movies are basically what got me back into buying robot toys, I just have a soft spot for the odd little droids and mechs.


The articulation on this figure is very high, it's a fun toy to play around with. The weathered paint effect is well done, and the moulded details are nice.

You have to love the twin blasters!

Star Wars IG series Droids

IG-88 - Assassin Droid - Lancer Droid

Yea, don't mess with these guys!

From Star Wars universe, IG-88 was an assassin droid line designed by Holowan Laboritories. The IG-88 line was a derivative of the IG 100 Manga Guard droids used as bodyguards by General Greivous and the IG Lancer droids used by Dirge in the Clone Wars. IG-88 later became one of the galaxy's most infamous bounty hunters.

Classics 2.0 Hound

Autobot Hound

This is one of my latest Transformers, from the fantastic new classics 2.0 line. This was just from a quick shoot when I opened him up, but I'm just so blown away by these toys. The articulation is just sick on these guys, for a 10$ toy these are awesome. I also have the newest classics Starscream and I'm equally impressed with him.

Starriors part I

Starriors were similar to Zoids and made by the same company Tomy. Most were humanoid like and each had a gimmick like moving windup guns or saws. There were also smaller wheeled ones with pull back motors. To me these toys were cooler than most gave them credit for. I played with these bots quite a bit, but took real good care of them. Below are 2 of my favorite Starriors, I have several more to post up at a later date.

Hotshot

Crank

Autobot Ratchet

Vintage G1 Ratchet

Ratchet has a face only a mother could love. Most will agree over all he is one of the worst G1 transformers, but I remember having fun playing with him. The robot/battle cart combo was a good idea, and gave the toy alot of play value. Ratchet came from the Diaclone toy line and was designed as a piloted robot, which is why he has a seat instead of a head. Only the Transformers version had a face sticker added to the back of the seat.

I still really like the gun/repair station section. The way it folds out into a mini playset reminds me of Optimus Primes trailer, and there is alot of nice details put into it.


Ratchet's vehicle mode is a one box van, this mold is also used for Ironhide as a red van.

Autobot Tracks

Vintage G1 Tracks

Tracks was released in the 2nd series of Transformers in 1985, and is a very detailed toy for that time. His build is mostly plastic unlike in the first series but all the accessories and articulation more than make up for it. Tracks arms and shoulders allow for a lot movement,
the waist rotates and the feet also move. Tracks was originally released in Japan under the Diaclone line as a red Corvette.

In addition to the great detail and build quality you get an awesome double missile launcher that can be used in car mode also. Finally Tracks transforms into a flying car as seen in my last pic below, the gun fits underneath in this mode. I have'nt any fond memories of this toy but he's very cool, and one of the best G1 Autobot cars overall.



The C3 Corvette Stingray mode is well.. fantastic and super detailed!

A cool extra feature of Tracks is a flying car mode, by pulling out the wings and arms.

Autobot Sideswipe

Vintage G1 Sideswipe

Well here is a great Transformer, one of the best of the original Diaclone molds. The car mode on this one is fantastic, non Transformer fans would never think it was anything more than a detailed model car. Robot mode has well defined legs, feet and arms which have articulation. The head sculpt is cool, I have always loved the human featured Autobot faces and Sideswipe's is one of the best.


This toy has a good weighty feel, the rear of the car ( which forms the legs ) is all diecast. The color is a nice red, and the color of the plastic is a good match to the painted rear. Only the feet and forearms are chrome, but the overall color scheme of red, white & black is great for a bot.

Autobot Sunstreaker

Vintage G1 Sunstreaker

This Transformer was my 2nd, and the first of the larger die cast ones. Probably mostly because of this I have fond memories of this toy and also like Sunstreaker as a character. He has a cool car mode as a hooked up yellow Lamborgini, and although his bot mode has little articulation he has a great head sculpt and fun transformation. Because he is one of my oldest TFs he is a bit more worn than most of my vintage but has held up well.


Sunstreaker didn't come with a gun, instead he has missiles that replace his hands. Only the feet are diecast on this toy, but there are a lot of chrome details including the rims. A little history about Sunstreaker, The Toy was designed by Koujin Ohno (Takara Toys) and is credited as the first "Car to Robot Transforming Toy" ever made. It appeared first in Takara's Car Robot Series in 1982 before being used in the initial wave of Hasbro Transformers in 1984.