April Purchase (1) - BoC DX Growl Phone, KO Plex Magi Phone and Hayatemaru Set

Collected my haul from 65Daigou.com tonight... A lot happy, a little sad...


BoC DX Growl Phone
Approximately $10.75... This is the Bandai of China (BoC) version, and it is basically the Bandai America version, with the softer volume still featured... This will be the Good Friday present for my little nephew...


Closer view of the actual toy... No interchangeable heads, unlike the Japanese version...


Tested out the sound... Very soft... So like what I did to the DX Shodo Phones which I bought earlier that also originally has soft volumes... I opened up the Growl phone and upon checking the circuit, I realized there are 2 solder-points for the speaker's positive (+ve) terminal. Left of picture below shows the soldering it came in originally. I de-soldered and re-soldered the terminal to the other port (see right side of picture below)... And it worked!!!!!! Now the sound is much louder and audible!!!



KO Plex Magi Phone and Hayatemaru Set
Wanted to get the 2 pieces of Sentai stuff only... and hence the other toys that came in this pack are discarded almost immediately... Cost approximately $13.55...


Close up view of the KO Hayatemaru (Hurricaneger's weapon)... only the sword part.... this is a more accurate mold than my previous purchase of another KO (remolded) Hayatemaru... Sadly, the locking piece is also part of the mold now... nevermind, can always make.... Think I named the pictures wrongly...


Next is the KO (Plex version) of the Magi Phone... I saw the real one (as part of a Legend Sentai Morphing Set, or some name like that)that day in Takashimaya, but did not buy as I had already ordered this one... But this KO version has no sound nor spring-out effect like the real Plex version... Hilarious face above the buttons... Hahahaha.... Anyway, can always improve...



Upcoming Project: After many many many many attempts and work, this might finally be able to be realized!!!! Still work in progress: Battery case issue, trimming of blocked parts, spring-effect for the card holder... but should be ok, since the main problem of fitting the reader circuit has already been settled... and yes, it can read cards.... Happy...

Megcorp Toy Fair at Funan IT Mall, till 23 March 2014

March Purchase (4) - Candy Toy Ranger Keys (Big One, DekaMaster), PokemonKids Finger Puppets, Spy Gear: Spy Motion Alarm

Bought these at the Megcorp's toy fair at Funan IT Mall... Will post a video of the toy fair later in next post... Price on the stickers are in cents... 200 cents... hahahahaha....

Silver Painting - DX Gaburevolver, DX Gaburicalibur

Was watching the Kyoryuger series, and keep seeing the close-ups of the Gaburicalibur... and wondered why it looked so much more aesthetically pleasing than the DX toy... and then realized it is the (metallic) SILVER surface the weapons have... No wonder... So looked up a few pictures of how other experts paint up their DX toys to look better... and got very inspired after seeing the pictures, as they really did a nice job painting it... So today I quickly removed all the light grey plastic parts, masked the required coloured parts, and spray-painted!!!!! Fortunately I still have a can of silver spray paint with a finish texture that is "non-smooth". And this texture is almost identical to that of the silver paint Bandai has painted on the toys...

Work in progress.... Actually not much parts need to paint...


Notice the difference in unpainted (grey) parts to the painted parts... Looks so much nicer with the silver paint... But in the show, I remember the silver to be a bit more of ...eh... darker and "smoother"... something like what raw metallic look... but since Bandai already painted with the "non-smooth" type of silver paint, then I thought it might be better if continue with the same/similar type...


Done!!! Was a bit difficult to dismantle and assemble the Gaburicalibur, but luckily all parts and such are not missing... Happy... Only worry now is the paint might peel off... I did not apply a layer of lacquer as I want to keep the matte texture of the paint sprayed...


Close up view of the Gaburevolver....


Even painted some parts to black (I think they supposed to be black in colour in the first place, but somehow unpainted by Bandai... I think...).. For example, the dinosaur's nostrils... hahahaha....


Gaburicalibur close-up view of the painted parts... Seriously, I still feel this is what Bandai should have done in the first place...


Because of the thin layer of paint, the mold details / words are still legible and be seen clearly...


Gaburicannon!!!!!!! Hahahaha....

March Purchase (3) - DX Morphin Blaster, DX Bat Shot Memory Gadget, DX Spider Shock Memory Gadget, DX Trigger Magnum, LINE Character White Rabbit, Freebies

Haul from Japanese Collectibles Fair at Takashimaya today (see previous post for a brief video tour of the fair... The prices are not really low, so still waiting for the next Craziest sales and also the Sheng Tai toys sales... Prices are shown on the pictures themselves... The fair should end on 25th March...


DX Morphin Blaster
Have been waiting to get this... Only left 2 pieces on the shelf, and I pick up 1... Later went down to pick up the other (and last) one, to give as a present for my little nephew... Price is still a bit too high though...




DX Bat Shot Memory Gadget
These few pieces of KR W's gadgets, in general, are in slightly to moderate lousy conditions... some has clear tape over the original ones, so not sure if they have been tampered before... The toys themselves seemed un-opened before, judging by the plastic folds and creases are still crisp... But BEWARE: the gaia memories are NOT Japanese version....




DX Spider Shock Memory Gadget
"Spider!!!!"... wait, not "Spid-a-r"??? Oh well, they are Korean gaia memories... Don't believe me? Check out the 3rd picture below....





DX Trigger Magnum
Bought this NOT at the fair bbut on the 4th level toy area... Yes, its low price is what drives my impulse to buy... And then to realised the side clear tape was already broken... Sigh... Anyway, the toy itself seemed to be un-opened... Yes, I am that weird and hygiene freak... hahahaha....




LINE Character White Rabbit
Also gotten this cute little rabbit for my little niece... There is a slightly smaller one, but it has a long body, and so not as cute as this one (with a shorter body)....



Freebies: One Piece AR Carddass
Maybe I will download the app to play this....

Japanese Collectibles Fair 2014 @ Takashimaya, Basement 1 (Talking Hall)

March Purchase (2) - DX Double Vector

Nice haul from eBay! Bought this DX Double Vector (Timeranger) at a very very low price of USD27.50 (SGD36.02).... Nice, considering it to be a semi-"antique" Sentai toy... hahaha.... ok, year 2000 is not that far, just 14 years ago... Anyway, was glad that my earlier attempt to buy a bootleg of this item in Taobao.com did not succeed, else I will have missed out on this good deal...

Front of the box... Very different feel from the modern time Sentai toy packaging, not sure why, but just have this feeling... Checked both sides and found the clear tape to be intact... highly likely to be a MISB!!! ...


Reverse of the box shows the instructions on how to play, as well as some graphics... Toy is not difficult to play, but for starting, the instructions are quite useful... and there are no instruction sheet inside the box, only this "back" side...


De-tombed!!!!! Nice.... Electronics work well, and the plastic looks sturdy.... Still feel very lucky for the earlier unsuccessful Taobao.com deal, if not I will lose out on this funny and fun sound/light features....  Hahahaha.... Swords are a bit short, no surprise, and the rotating of the 2 jointed swords are tight but still ok, no feeling of breaking... Overall, good toy!!! Hahaha...