September Purchase (1) - DX Henshin Onibue - Onteki (変身鬼笛.音笛), DX Henshin Kigen - Onjō (変身鬼弦.音錠), Candy Toy KR Ichigo Lock Seed (Loose), KO Musou Saber, KO Daidaimaru

My haul this month... The first 2 items are bought at the Robinsons Expo Sales, at a very cheap price (and with a price... ) of $5 for 3...



DX Henshin Onibue - Onteki (変身鬼笛.音笛)
Super!!! Have been wanting to buy these 2 henshin devices for a long time, ever since I had the DX weapons... I had bad experiences with KR Hibiki stuff, so I decided not to take risks and bought 3 each (1 for my little niece, 1 for myself, and another just in case of non-working ones...)... And I did not regret, as only 1 of the 3 are working fine, 1 has bad sound level, and another has no sound!!!! However, have manage to replace the speakers (though took a long time to dismantle and reassemble, and replace bad worn-out screws...)...



DX Henshin Kigen - Onjō (変身鬼弦.音錠)
When using the supplied battery, initially there is a long "tackling" sound from the speaker after switching on that I thought is a faulty toy, until after some time the weird sound die off and resume back to normal operations. Think might be old batteries dying... Will try out new ones next time...



Candy Toy KR Ichigo Lock Seed (Loose)
Gotten it from Taobao.com, cost about $9.65. Sounds are quite similar to the Rider War version I think, but with Rider Punch, Cyclone "go"(???), and Rider Kick for the special attacks instead... Since it is a candy toy version with opaque rim, it may be quite difficult to install lights into it...



KO Musou Saber
The KO version!!!!! Gotten this (and the KO Daidaimaru set) from Taobao.com too... With the good experience I had with the KO/bootleg Gokai Saber / Gun, I thought this (and the KO Daidaimaru) will have 95% the same casing mold as the original one... But I was wrong... Many parts are now molded together... And the plastic used (for all items) seems to be the "shampoo bottle" type of plastic, only slightly more rigid... Print quality on the packaging is good though... Cost around $20, after shipping...



De-tombed the toys... Pulling the trigger will activate 2 alternating types of sword clashing sounds, as well as an LED lights up at the bullet-indicator area... Not too bad actually...


This KO is super light (and I like this), and as mentioned, many parts are simplified to a single mold... The Lock Seed locker part is now transparent yellow in colour, and looks very very nice.. of course, the piece is thinner and no activation switch for the "Lock on!"... The blade is also molded together with the gun body, so I'll need to cut the molded blade off if I want to replace a new/longer blade...


... And the pull-tab for changing to gun mode is also molded together with the main body... sigh...


The holster that comes with the toy works well, though a little flimsy...


Looks like it is a Melon Energy Lock Seed, disguised under the codename of L.S.-04!!!!! Because of the soft material used, the lock gets stuck easily... The cover is flipped up and secured to the main body with a small clip-peg...


No sticker inside the cover... Sadly the casing of the lock seed is remolded, otherwise I am tempted to switch the cover over to my Gashapon Melon Energy Lock Seed...


Pressing the lock release button at the side releases the lock (supposedly) and activates 2 alternating types of sword clashing sounds and an LED light, just like the KO Musou Saber. In fact, all the toys have the same sound circuit inside... No other buttons...


The KO lockseed can attach to the KO Musou Saber... with no additional function or features, of course... but looks good...


..Sadly, the KO Musou Saber cannot fit in the authentic lock seeds, unless some trimming is done...



KO Daidaimaru
It is the dark version of the Daidaimaru!!!! Superb colour choice!!!!!!! Also costs around $20... Almost everything for the KO Musou Saber can be said for this KO Daidaimaru...



De-tombed...


Only 1 LED light will flash with the sword clashing sounds, when trigger is pressed... Should I add in blue light??? Hmmm....


Similar to the other one, this set has a KO Lemon Energy Lock Seed...


This set comes with a small figurine that I don't know is which Amour Rider... anyway, will be throwing this figurine away very soon... Already broken the pegs on the armour when taking them apart...



Important question: Can the KO Musou Saber and KO Daidaimaru be combined????


Yes they can!!!! Naginata mode!!!!!! There are no spring-locking mechanisms; the parts lock in by small narrow protruding tabs... a little little shaky but not loose... Nice... And because they are light, I can use little force and hence no worries when swinging them around. Double nice!!!! And because there are no buttons to push when taking out, I can separate them so much faster and easier! Triple nice!!!!!


And can the KO Musou Saber combine with the DX DJ Gun???


Yes they can!!!!! Taiken mode!!!!! Hahahaha.... Did not try if this Taiken mode retains its gimmicks but believe it should be able to... nice...



Now waiting for my Bootleg Sengoku Driver (version 2) to arrive... hehehe...

August Purchase (2) - Woodelix Rider Machine - Cyclone

Gotten this in Changi City Point for $3... at a (pathetic) Toys and Gifts Bazaar at the basement... Not sure if it is the last day, the assortment and quantity of the toys there are not good... Especially the Gashapons, which are back with the $10 per bag again. However, there is only 1 (loose) layer of capsules lying on the 2 "tables". A few bigger capsules are the Astro-switches. When I ask the staff whether they intend to replenish (bags and boxes are visible under 1 of the "tables"), the male staff reply he don't know, and upon some questioning, finally he push the responsibility of replenishing to the "supplier" or something like that... sigh... Anyway, bought this for my display and some other few stuff for my little nephew and niece...



Very small, but I think it is a good display piece. Might go and print out some stickers if got time next time...



Arrrrrggggggghhhhh.... Should I get the bootleg Sengoku Driver, or a real one for probably 2x++ the cost of the bootleg??? Should I waste time and get lower performance level with the restoring of the bootleg, or should I exchange the time back with money (by buying the real one)??? Can't decide... hahahahaha.... Maybe don't buy is best, save money, hahahahaha....

August Purchase (1) - DX Kamen Rider Taisen Lock Seed Set

Bought this gem at CSC on Sunday... at a price of only SGD 10!!!!! Yes, $10 only!!! Wow, good find... If only I had not order the loose Candy Toy KR Ichigoh Lock Seed, but anyway... Decide to give the Heisei one to my little nephew and I keep the Showa one... nice...



Also bought 2 Hello Kitty key-chains for my little niece...

Update: Bootleg Gokai Weapons - Major Sounds Restoration

Actually finished the gun quite a long time ago, but did not want to post until all Gokai weapons mods are completed... What I did was quite simple: Remove the ridiculous sound circuit, add in 2 new ones - 1 from an toy revolver gun, the other is a sound recording circuit which I record the "Final Wave" sounds. Then micro-switches are hot-glued to suitable places for activating the sounds... I might be adding an on-off switch just to save on battery life...





The bootleg Gokai Saber restoration is similar. However, the bootleggers are lazy and used the same Gokaikey-cylinder from the bootleg Gokai Gun, so the top part protruding part must be cut off...


The LED on the new sound recording chip for "Final Wave" is also replaced with a running multi-colour LED... And done!!!




Here's a picture of the bootleg Gokai weapons... Nice... but wait... I gotten a legit version of the Gokai Saber, so my original intention of fitting in the new blade into the bootleg version will now switch to fitting it into the legit version... yes...



Chisel... Chisel??!!!! (... Hmmm... not funny.... Anyway...) For the new Gokai Saber blade, Akuna Prime used a 2mm (I think) ABS sheet to make the base of the new blade. Difficult to form out the curve due to the blade-holder part is TOO curved... So if I have to follow the curve, then the blade's curve will be too much... sigh... Should have not follow the holder's curve... Anyway, the new blade will be around twice the size of the old one; not too long so as not to spoil the proportion of the blade to the other parts of the saber.... And some trimming to the blade's shape was done along the way of making....


Next, I use 0.5mm (I think) to do the rims, on both sides of the blade, joining using double-sided tape... Looks good when testing...


Have to drill the holes to fit into the pegs of the blade-holder...


Then all is left is the spraying... arrgghh...... Spraying is simple but because of my impatience, I mess up the whole thing... Then paint ran out.. have to hunt around my neighbourhood to find the roughen-surface silver spray paint... Anyway, this is the best I can do... The inner part is sprayed with roughen-surface silver, and the rims are sprayed with chrome-silver, which I did not spray thick enough in the last round of spraying... The picture shows the blade supporters pieces which strips of the 2mm ABS are cut and pasted on the edges... In this case, this is used to hold the blade roughly in the middle without moving left-right too much, as the new blade is too thin...


Really, this looks so much better than the "hopeless" (as said by a certain customizer) original Gokai Saber with the short blade...NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahaha.....


A closer look at the new blade replacement... The electronics and mechanical features are still intact with this new blade replacement...




Seriously, the original Gokai Saber size is too small... even for a child... This is so much better.....


...And this will be my set of Gokai weapons to display!!! Hahaha...


The bootleg version comes with a unique Gokaikey, the Gokai-Grey key!!!! Actually the key itself is the Gokai-Yellow's code... I swap the body of one of the Gokai-Grey keys with my little nephew's extra Gokai-Red key... Since the bootleg Gokai weapons cannot use original Gokaikeys, I have to use both bootleg keys to activate my Gokai weapons... Yeap, the original keys are thicker, and the bootleg weapons have slightly thinner key-holes....


Till next time!!!

July Purchase (3) - DX Gokai Saber, Gashapon Cherry / Melon Energy Lock Seeds, Digifusion Figure Series 02/04/09, Pokemon Monster Collection Set, Barbie Dolls 3-Pack Set, Licca Chan Bedroom Set, Candy Toy Hello Kitty Furniture Set

Paid a 2nd visit to the 18th Craziest Toys Sale at Takashimaya... And bought many things...again... so maybe the toys are pathetic, but somehow I am even more pathetic???? Hmm...

DX Gokai Saber
Could not resist buying this to use for my modded blade for Gokai Saber... Now I will have a bootleg and 1 legit Gokai Saber... Wait... Should I mod another Gokai Saber blade??? Hmmm... no more material liao, I think...


Gashapon Cherry / Melon Energy Lock Seeds
Bought at CSC. Cherry Energy Lock Seed for my little nephew, and the other for my display, together with Shocker Lock Seed!


Digifusion Figure Series 02/04/09
Redeemed a $10 voucher after I paid for $100, and return to buy the Sparrowmon for free. Seems all can digifuse with Shoutmon to become a big creature... For my little nephew... Wow, gestalt...


Pokemon Monster Collection Set
Can battle!!!! Hahahaha.... Hope my little nephew will like....


Barbie Dolls 3-Pack Set
Bought at the toys sale... $20 for 3 Barbie dolls, hmmm.... seem very worth... For my little niece... Think she will be very happy... hahaha...


Licca Chan Bedroom Set
Bought at the toys sale... Only at $20, I think it is quite worth... For my little niece...


Candy Toy Hello Kitty Furniture Set
Bought at CSC, together with the gahsapon lock seeds... Owner gave a discount of $3, nice. Thanks! For my little niece...


Freebies - Astro Boy Jumping Pals
They are freeeeeee!!!! Gotten them because "spend at least $50" at the 18th Craziest Toys Sale... Hmmm... how come I recall seeing them at the redemption table at last visit to the toys sale?... Anyway...