December Purchase (2) - DX Houou Blade And Houou Shield ( Uchu Sentai Kyuranger ), (2nd Buy) PlaMonster Blue Unicorn ( Kamen Rider Wizard )

Went back to " X'mas Toy Galore " at Kallang Leisure Park again and bought more stuff... has spent over $270 already, hahahaha... think is to compensate for the less frequent warehouse sale these 2 years... hahahaha... anyway, gotten mostly repeated stuff as presents for my little nephew and niece. For my little niece, I got her a Figuarts bear thing (SGD30), and a Triple Change Henshin Belt Vol 2 (SGD20), as she previously mentioned she does not have a proper Kamen Rider belt... hahahaha... now the 3 of us can henshin together into KR Kabuto(s)... "お母ちゃんが言っていた..." ... hahahaha... Gotten my little nephew a DX Ryu Tsueider (SGD30) as he likes dragon related stuff after being hooked onto 'Dragon Ball Super', and also a DX Houou Blade and Houou Shield (SGD38) (which I also gotten 1 for myself too) ... Now got to find places for my displays!!!!


Also bought this PlaMonster Blue Unicorn (SGD3) again as the previous one will be given to my little niece as she likes unicorn stuff...

Modification : DX RyuTsueider - Staff Extension ( Uchu Sentai Kyuranger )

Used a Halloween toy axe bought from Daiso to extend the staff portion of the DX RyuTsueider. Might seem to be a little long due to the small dragon head making the proportion look weird. However, the length suits me just fine to just slightly bend and slam the Ryu Tsueider on the ground to "transform", hahahaha...


All parts are hot glued. Actually, the original length looked quite good in rifle mode but was way too short in staff mode, hence my modification cause...


And if desired, the alternate rifle mode with a shorter barrel length can be achieved by removing the middle piece (screw-threaded) ...


A size comparison of the modified DX Tsueider and the DX WizarSwordgun...

December Purchase (1) - Triple Henshin Belt Vol 2 and 3, DX Zyuoh The GunRod, DX Kyutama SP Set, 2nd Buy DX Kyu The Weapon, Figuart My Melody Pink

Bought these at the "X'mas Toy Galore" at Kallang Leisure Park... Also bought a DX Beast Driver, a DX Dicesaber and a DX Mirage Magnum (not in picture) at $10 per piece to store...


A surprise find, as I had always wanted to get the Showa belts... and they cost only $20 a piece.. Will be displaying with the KR Stronger and KR Black buckles for these 2 belts... unfortunately there is no Vol 1 (which has the Amazon buckle)... May go back again to get 1 more for my little niece...



Could not resist this as it is at a very low price... DX Zyuoh The GunRod... $20...


Not know why I bought this DX Kyutama SP Set... Costs $8... but should be a good display set...


Bought this DX Kyu The Weapon at $30, for my little nephew this time...


And a Figuart My Melody Pink for my little niece at $20...

Operation Restoration : KO DX Orb Calibur - Ultraman Orb Series

Carried out a 2-day operation to restore my cheapo KO DX Orb Calibur using a 2nd-hand DX Orb Calibur's circuit. Works around 90%, as all features are available, except for the elemental selection is not stable, as can be seen in the clip where some elemental modes "skip" fast to the next. Also the spinning of the orb is not smooth, needs an average of about 2 spins to get to the transformation mode or supreme calibur mode . Nevertheless, I am very happy that this is done!

First, "trim and fit" the NFC (or whatever technology) chip to fit into the middle-holders... Nearly threw away this chip as I did not know then that there is a "联动" between the Orb Calibur and the Orb Ring... Lucky...


Next to restore is the spinning gimmick. Took a long time than estimated as the structure of the KO is entirely different from the DX, hence the KO parts cannot be made to functionally-work with/same as the DX circuit, and many spaces have to be made by cutting off the existing plastics... One of the parts that did not work that well is the spinning tab on the ring part itself to activate the switch when the ring part is rotated, as I just lazily used hot glue to form the tabs... anyway, somewhat can work so will have to be thankful, hahahahaha...


The KO has the display for the 4 elemental modes in colour, which makes it looks nicer than the DX version when displayed (in my opinion). But to make it light up, well... possible but my laziness in hesitating in removing the clear top plastic cover nearly ruin the display while drilling the holes for the LED lights to pass through... In the end, I break the locking clips of the top clear cover to cut big holes on each elemental mode logo to allow the light to properly shine through...


Have to also make shades for the lights not to seep through into the neighbour... hahaha...


The circuit from the 2nd-hand X version is "transplanted" into the KO body... Hot glue is indeed my best friend... currently...


The trigger has to be restored too as the KO one is remolded to be mounted onto a slide switch... Lots of trimming and cutting and trial and error...


Finally done!!! Also touch up the paint job as best as I can (actually I am very very lazy and tired at this point, hahahaha... ) ... It works, albeit the elemental mode switching is a bit cranky... I am more than happy already... In fact, after filming the demo clip, I still continue to do some adjustment by loosening some screws to see if I can get a better spin control... A bit of success, not much, but hey I will not be complaining... hahahaha...


Here's a quick demo or the end results, and I borrowed my little nephew's DX Orb Ring for the scanning feature...