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Hi all! I interrupt my usual blog posts for a special announcement. Instead of explaining it myself, I’ll just copy the email I got. I’m sure Fara won’t mind.

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HOBBYCON 2010 (www.hobbycon.my), the 4th and the largest Hobby Convention in East Malaysia is back!

There’ll be lots of booths consisting of artists, gamers, collectors, magicians, game developers and cosplayers sharing their passion and demonstrating their respective hobbies!

There will also be a doodle art wall where everyone can participate and show off their talents!

Love Tekken? Well, drop by and register yourself at Gamer Concept booth before 12pm to kick some ass!

Some of the events highlights are:
1) Stage Performance – 12pm onwards
2) Cosplay Competition (Solo Category – Day 1, Group Category – Day 2) – 3pm
3) Tekken Competition at Gamer Concept Booth, 1pmpm

So bring your children (they’ll love it, trust me) and take lots and lots of photos!!!

Check out Borneo Post coverage herehttp://www.theborneopost.com/?p=79369.

Event Poster: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/photo.php?pid=5495046&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=22651218027&id=668353341&fbid=445875123341

Event Schedule: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/photo.php?pid=5782542&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=22651218027&id=668353341&fbid=465893898341

See ya there!!!!

Warmest Regards,
Fara

It’s been a while since I last did a pictorial showcase of my individual figures. But with the number of figures I have, it’s going to take a lot of time to do each of them. So instead of doing each & every figure, I’ll just concentrate on a particular theme. This time, it’s on the ‘Titans’ in my collection as well as my bro’s collection. What are these ‘Titans’? They can refer to the characters that are the main pillars of Transformers, characters who you’ll see in pretty much every version of Transformers. Also, they can refer to the size of the figures. But for pretty much all the figures I’m going to show here, it means both

ROTF Jetfire

Jetfire is known to those who watched the G1 & Unicron Trilogy series though the movie version doesn’t seem to be based on these series at all. Here he’s an old cranky SR-71 Blackbird, a majestic looking plane even till today. But the robot mode leaves much to be desired. Besides that, he can combine with ROTF Leader Optimus Prime to form Jetpowered Optimus Prime yet the combination still leaves much to be desired. At least it does look kick ass, but there’s very little posing you can do with the combined mode for the figures. Oh ya, this is an unofficial combination mode, the official one looked too sucky to me.

Optimal Optimus

Unless you watched the Beast Wars series, you won’t know who this guy is. Beast Wars was one of the more entertaining Transformers series I’ve watched. The ones produced by Americans always have more sensible story & great humor compared to the ones done by the Japanese. Optimal Optimus is the result of Optimal Primal combining his spark with the spark of Gen 1 Optimus Prime. Yeap, the original Optimus Prime. How did that happen? You have to watch Beast Wars to find out.

Beast Wars Transmetal figures have a very high degree of accuracy to the series, even down to how transformation is done. This figure has 4 modes, a sort of tank mode, a flying tank mode, a beast mode & a robot mode. The last pic shows it in comparison to a deluxe Transmetal Rattrap figure.

* This figure belongs to my bro.

Galaxy Force Optimus Prime

Galaxy Force is the Japanese version of the Transformers Cybertron series. This is the last series in the Unicron Trilogy & the story as well as animation originated from Japan. As a result, there’s a lot of absurd plot twists as well as a story that at times makes me wanna whack the people who made the series. The Japanese sure have a weird storytelling mentality that I just can’t get used to.

Optimus Prime in this series has been called one of the best versions of Optimus Prime among all the Transformers series. Design wise it sure looks great & it has 4 modes as well. A firetruck, a flying firetruck, a normal robot mode as well as a Super robot mode where he combines with his trailer. Robots combining are a norm in the Unicron Trilogy & one of the most best combination to come out is the Optimus Prime Sonic Wing mode (last pic), a combination with Wing Saber & definitely the coolest looking combination to me.

* This figure belongs to my bro.

ROTF Leader Starscream

For those who remember, I already have a ROTF Voyager Starscream which I quite liked & was definitely the best movie Starscream figure during that time. Well, that has now changed with the release of the new Leader Starscream. This figure is definitely the most accurate looking movie Starscream figure & beats the Voyager figure by miles. Originally I didn’t plan to pick this up but I couldn’t resist during a huge 30% annual sale at a local toy store. Though the plane mode is a bit fat on the underside, at least there’s no ugly hands sticking out like the Voyager Starscream.

Masterpiece MP-5 Megatron

If there is a Megatron figure to get, this will be it. Well, besides the Henkei/Classics figure which is also a great figure, this Masterpiece Megatron figure is classic Gen 1, though proportion wise it might not be correct as it’s a bit skinny but it’s still looks correct. His cannon is kind of too big & heavy. It actually weighs more than half the figure itself! Also, this figure has the reputation of being the most easy to break when transforming among the Masterpiece lineup because of it’s very thin plastics. I managed to break one of the arm supports myself but thankfully, it’s not something vital & doesn’t interfere with transformation. Overall, I still like this figure a lot because of it’s great look, especially if compared to the other Gen 1 based Megatron figures which you can see here.

Ok thats it for this update. As mentioned in the comments of my previous post, I’ve a new display cabinet. Here’s how both of my cabinets look like side by side.

My Display Cabinets

Finally my cabinet is filled up to the point I feel I should post a blog about it. Because of the big number of figures,  I’ll just be listing out the names of the figures without any particular order, especially for my Henkei/Classics line. So here we go!

Level 1 Left Side

Level 1 Right Side

Powermaster Optimus Prime Apex Armor, Gen 1 Jazz, Animated Jazz, Disney Mickey, Disney Donald, Classics Bumblebee, Classics Rodimus, Classics Inferno, Classics Starscream, Henkei Megatron, Henkei Astrotrain, Henkei Rachet, Henkei Ironhide, Henkei Optimus Prime, Henkei Sunstreaker, Henkei Sideswipe, Henkei Smokescreen, Classics Grimlock, Classics Jetfire, Classics Mirage.

Level 2 Left Side

Level 2 Right Side

ROTF Recon Ironhide, ROTF Starscream, ROTF Bludgeon, ROTF Bumblebee, ROTF Skids, ROTF Rachet, ROTF Sideswipe, Classics/Universe Smokescreen, TFC EX-002R Battle Rollar, Beast Wars Transmetal Rattrap, ROTF Legends Contructicon Devastator, OTF Legends Jetfire, ROTF Legends The Fallen, ROTF Legends Skids, ROTF Legends Ironhide, ROTF Legends Optimus (Takara Battle Damage ver).

Level 3 Left Side

Level 3 Right Side

Alternators Optimus Prime, Sunstreaker, BT Bluestreak, Tracks, Mirage, BT Skids, Prowl, Windcharger, Smokesreen, Wheeljack, Sideswipe, BT Argent Meister, Hound.

Level 4 Left Side

Level 4 Left Right Side

ROTF Jetpower Optimus Prime, ROTF Buster Optimus Prime, Masterpiece Starscream, Masterpiece Megatron, Generations WFC Bumblebee, Generations WFC Optimus Prime, Generations Drift, Alternity Cliffjumper, Alternity Megatron.

Phew!!! So that is what is in my display cabinet at the end of Aug 2010. So what now since my cabinet is full? Eh….. let me think a bit. What about a new display cabinet?! Stay tuned to find out.

P/S: Here’s what DHL sticks back on your box after they open it for customs inspection.

DHL Resealed Tape