Opelouis's Toys Collection: October 2017

Sunday, October 22, 2017

SHFigurearts Tamashii Limited Star Wars II : Clone War, Padmé Amidala.

PADMÉ AMIDALA

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I got this Tamashii Limited set long time ago when it release, I open the box a few times, but never got chance to take the pictures. Personally think this is a decent Amidala action figure on the markets, not comparing to 1/6 scale version on the markets, can't compare either, with the scale of this range, others hardly compare with it. Natalie Portman is also one of my favorite actress on the screen, she is beautiful, well acting skill(won best actress in year 2011), smart...

Padmé Amidala
was elected Queen of Naboo at the age of fourteen, soon after which she was forced to contend with the Trade Federation occupation. Her resolve to liberate her people led to the removal of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum from office, the election of Naboo's Senator Sheev Palpatine to the chancellery, and the chain of events that would ultimately lead to the unraveling of the Republic. Upon the conclusion of her two terms as queen, Amidala continued her career in public service as Naboo's representative in the Galactic Senate.

At the height of the Separatist Crisis, Amidala became the target of an assassination attempt due to her opposition to the Military Creation Act. To ensure her safety, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and the Jedi High Council arranged for her to return to Naboo under the protection of the Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker, whom Amidala had befriended years earlier during her time as queen. Shortly after the events of the Battle of Geonosis—the opening conflict that sparked the Clone Wars in which Amidala herself took part in—Amidala and Skywalker secretly wed on her homeworld, with only the droids C-3PO and R2-D2 bearing witness.

During the war, she became a leading member of the Loyalist Committee that sought to bring peace between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Her efforts were often controversial within the Republic Senate, an institution that largely favored the defeat of the Separatists and the centralization of power within the Office of the Chancellor...
{fromwookieepedia}

Padme figure itself and the box.

Padme Amidala 360 GIF.

It's height around 5.6".

Close up on the normal face expression head. The head sculpt is not bad, not 100% look like Natalie Portman, but it looks good enough for a 5~6 inch action figure. (best, I think)

Another face expression head part. This one looks like teeth is showing too much, kind of look like overbite...

Pretzel bun hair at the back of the head.

Damaged clothes showing the flesh of Amidala.
(it is kind of weird that the beast scratch Amidala's back, but the whole lower piece of the shirt fall off, that is a tiny chance the beast nail caught Amidala's shirt and tear it right off, it's like the director of the movie intended to show Natalie Portman's belly(ahem!)...)

Back of the shirt with crack marks of Nexu beast, but the back of Padme doesn't have any scratch marks or wounds.

Shoulder bracelet on both shoulders painted metallic silver paint.

All of the details on this figure look almost exactly same like in the movie.

And there is some weathered effects on the boots too (caught dirt in the arena), very nice.

Damn't, that is sexy. (for an action figure)

Seriously, this is not the reason I get this figure...

Some details under the boots, wonder what brands she is wearing.

Back and forward movement is good, because there are two ball joints on the neck part, and the head can turn 360 too(I didn't do that, it is so creepy to do so).

Shoulder and elbow joint works well, just the wrist joint movement is limited.

Two ball joints on the ribs and waist position...

...back/forward movement do well.

But the waist can only turn a small amounts of angles. (she needs to work hard on flexibility on the waist...)(no pun, ok?)

Thigh can lift up to 90 degree angles, knee can fold over 120 degree angles, ankle tilting is fine but poor back/forward movement, and it got toe hinge too.

An E-5 blaster from the fallen droids, the only choice of weapon she could get in the arena.

Handle and the main body is separable for Padme small hand, but the handle's pegs is very loose, blaster keep falling off when I posing the arm.

My first choice blaster babes, lol.

Nice...

Compares to previous SHF battle droid version.

Both blaster is totally different molding, because the details of the blasters is different on each blaster.

Compare to her LEGO counterpart.

Both of the figures look exactly same. (I got LEGO bricks blindness, lol)

Clone War SHFigurearts line up. (I missed SHF Anakin, hope someday I could find one)

Compare to other characters.

She is quite a good gunslinger in the series.

"Why Ani? Why are you so obstinate? Sometimes you have to listen to me."

"Oh, Ani..."

"What about me? What about me? I want hug too!" Lil Padme.

"Me! Me!" Lil Padme yells. Padme really miss Anakin a lots...

Surrounded by Separatist Battle Droids! Doom--?

Here's come the helps! Jedi! Powerful ally!

"Protect the senator!!" She is safe, finally, with the army of clones, she can strike back to the force of darkness!

SHF Clonetrooper Phase II

SHF Riot Trooper

SHF Mace Windu

SHF Obi-Wan Kenobi

SHF Capt Phasma

SHF FO Stormtrooper

SHF Kylo Ren

SHF Battle Droid

SHF Clone Trooper

SHF Darth Maul

Thanks for watching!

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Takara Transformers LG-46, Targetmaster Kup/Chear.

SERGEANT KUP

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Kup

is a tough old coot. He's almost as old as rust, in fact, and he was plinking Decepticons and Ick-Yaks with acid bursts from his trusty musket laser long before most of you turbo-revvin' young punks were born. In his day, lasers didn't need to use light; they did whatever they were told to do. And liked it.

He's probably had a thousand adventures, Kup has, and he'll be glad to relate a story of any one of them at any time to a willing audience. The Dinobots love Kup's war stories, lapping them up like cheap energon, and don't seem to mind when he inadvertently leaves a piece out or changes the story between retellings. Old memory chips'll do that to you. Other Autobots can be less patient, and Kup finds this disrespectful and irritating.

If there's one thing Kup dislikes, it's when young punks don't respect their elders. If they'd only listen, they might learn something. Hot Rod is one of the worst offenders in this way, but he's a good lad-bot, and Kup will straighten him out sooner or later, even if it takes a tank of Sharkticons.

Occasionally, Kup's vast experience gets in his way. When a situation doesn't remind him of anything, he has trouble figuring out what to do. This doesn't happen very often though.

Pick-up alt mode 360 GIF.

Top view. The alt mode look not that bad, just the length of it is too short.

The cockpit is rather too big(high) for the Headmaster, like small child sitting in a big truck, haha.

Details of the cockpit. The groove at the leg space doesn't hold the Headmaster figure tight, so the figure is rolling around in the pick-up.

Driving panel doesn't have any details on it.

There is three Headmaster/Titanmaster standing points on the flatbed.

With those pegs, the flatbed can stand three Headmasters/Titanmasters.

I think the tilted peg stand is meant to be Headmaster to sit on the fist as seat, but it didn't work well, it didn't really sit on it.

With the Headmaster manning the Targetmaster gun, the peg stand point is tilted to make the Headmaster like holding the gun, look good. But the gun is too big to put on the truck, look bit weird.

I prefer how the Targetmaster weapon sits on the alt mode this way, looks more promising.

Extra peg holes on both side of the alt mode for weapons.

Look kind of cool with those weapons on.

A display stand peg hole is underneath the vehicle, pretty convenient, but this is not an air vehicle, so, it is kind of useless, well, better than nothing.

I like how the back panel open like this, like real pick-up truck.

Comparing to TR series Hot Rod. The alt mode is shorter than Hot Rod, but the bot mode is taller than the red one.

Headmaster with unknown name, as usual, Takara always not giving a name to their Headmaster in this latest series, it suppose to be call Flintlock in Hasbro version.

Side.

Carrying an old face on the back.

Robot mode 360 GIF.

Height is around 5.9 inches.

The old face we familiar with, haha. The eyes is looking weird like it didn't completely clear out those printed residue, and now it look like those line patterns under the headlights.

The whole torso look really nice for me.

And those details on the back is fascinating, just those jetpack(two guns of Hasbro version) is not include in Takara version, it would be perfect if come with it. The hips is hollowed, ugh...

Lower legs is bulky but nice.

No hollowed space on the back of the legs.

How the legs is formed is impressive, I like it a lot, Transformers suppose to be transform like this, limbs form by many different parts.

There is a lot of sculpt details on this figure, very cool. (Now I think of getting Orion Pax too, but later Power Of The Prime will release another Orion Pax...)

Another Headmaster/Titanmaster standing peg point on Kup shoulder, it would be better if there some peg hole on Headmaster/Titanmaster hips. (oops!)

Head can turn 360 all around.

Shoulder can swing outward 90 degree, elbow can fully folded, wrist joint just hinged to inward or outward for transformation use.

There is a hinge under the ribs part, it can use as a joint.

360 swivel on waist, also a transformation joint, a little loose on this figure.

Hips joint can't swing outward more than 45 degree, but it is acceptable for posing, knee joint goes 90 degree, no tilting ankle joint.

Peg holes on side panel of alt mode still usable on bot mode.

He is a not a flying character, but just to show how the display stand peg hole works.

Targetmaster Recoil 360 GIF.

The articulations of this figure is acceptable due to it size.

In weapon mode.

There is also some peg stand point on the gun, don't know what the purpose of it, maybe it's just some sculpted details? (my Hardhead Headmaster figure knee hinge is getting very loose... 😡)

This gun can store on the back of Kup.

Size comparison on this three figures.

Comparing different series of Targetmasters.

The smallest is the Generation series.

And the worst articulation series is also Generation.

Size comparison in TR series.

Size among Wreckers, really wish they could make Roadbuster bigger and better.

Comparing to Transformers Prime Kup.

So much different.

Kup is part of the Wreckers, they wreck, they rule.

An old advicer in the Autobot group.

Story teller?

One day on Cybertron, Hot Rod discover a secret from an intel, some the Decepticons decided to take revenge on Kup, he contacted Springer and going to rescue old Kup.