My Shiny Toy Robots

A 3 figure G1 Pretender extravaganza of customs to show off this time round, with a custom Bludgeon made from a Cybertron deluxe class Unicron, and the first 2 of my big project to create classics versions of the whole cast of Masterforce (well, second and third if you want to be precise, since I did already do Blackzarak...)! Lander is made from a Movie scout class Hardtop and Diver is made from a Movie Scout class Storm Surge. As before I'll give you an image of the original G1 figure first so you know what I was going for. Enjoy!

Although technically not a "cinema release" post because it was a japanese only cinema release that has just got its dvd release over there (and therefore fansubs are now availible) I'm going to review the first movie of one of my favourite anime series' of all time - the heaven shattering, drill piercing epicness that is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann . Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Movie: Guren Hen (or Crimson Chapter if you prefer the translation) is basically a retelling of episodes 1 to 14 of the original series, which revolves around lead characters Kamina and Simon breaking through to the surface after humans have been forced underground by beastmen with giant mecha known as 'gunmen'. Along the way they meet Yoko and a cast of other rebels, and gain the titual mecha 'Gurren Lagann'. However the movie also omits some details from the series and adds a lot of new things toward the end too. These include (SPOILERS to follow) * Opening footage of Lor...

Though not my first custom, here's the first one thats gonna go up on this blog! *applause* Not alot done to this figure actually, I just took a Cybertron series Dark Scorponok (which I got damn cheap in TK Maxx last year)- which is already a blatent homage to this character, and got painted over the horrid sky blue plastic that was ruining the figure's deco. For the horns I took the figure's visor, cut it up and superglued the horns to the side of the head, then painted over them to match the helmet. Just so you're in the know, Blackzarak was one of the big bad guys in the japanese exclusive Masteforce G1 series (the first pic). Then theres a pic of the unmodified Dark Scorponok...so you know what I had to begin with! And finally there's the finised product.

"Skywarp wouldn't call himself a coward. He'd call himself smart. So what if he runs away from combat? Fighting is dangerous! All those missiles and lasers could really hurt someone! As a clone of Starscream, he's got all the power and skill of the leader of the Decepticon air forces, but none of the courage or ambition. He could easily be one of the most dangerous Decepticon of all time, but since he screams and runs away the second a shot is fired, he's mostly just a joke." Here is my first toy review! Transformers Animated voyager class Skywarp! The most obvious place to start is that this figure is a repaint of the Starscream mould, so other than colour it bears no difference to the original figure whatsoever. But anyway, I'll take you through it as if this were brand new... The figure transforms into a futuristic style jet, and the black and purple deco works very well. In fact, I'd say its even nicer than Starscream's. The toy also featur...