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This commissioned piece is non-transforming as per the awesome client's request. Hot Rod is Masterpiece scale, and has masterpiece grade articulation. He began as Masterpiece Sideswipe, I modified the chest/hood, upper legs, forearms, shoulders, legs and combined parts from other figures, including G1 hot rod's back/spoiler and side exhaust pipes. Added blue LEDs for his eyes, a small pistol and hand painted the flames on his chest.
This commissioned project is part of a "set" which includes (all completed past works) Predaking, Computron, Bruticus, Superion and the Dinobots.
Defensor is non-transforming, but stands a massive 22 inches tall (56 cm) He's loaded with articulation and has 2 blue LED lights in his eyes.
A-Wall is a paratrooper, and always the first one to disobey orders
I really liked Crosshairs in TF4 and liked how he had a trench coat so I copied it:D
To the surprise of nobody who's ever talked to me, I have eclectic tastes when it comes to collectibles. Yeah, I'll get the things that are generally universally liked, but ultimately shock value and general tastelessness (by puritan US standards) are what kind of guide my collecting path.
About a year ago, there was a company with a dream - Big Firebird Toy - and that dream was to make a transforming Arcee figure that was more Senran Kagura than G1 Autobot. Her name would be Nicee, and would share enough characteristics with her licensed namesake so you could help Hot Rod live out his high school fantasies including a familiar alt mode and a very G1 Arcee head.
People complained, of course, but in this day and age, what else is new? At least this wasn't Flametoys where they were selling licensed figures... this was the Wild Wild West of Third Party Transformer figures. I'll admit the window dressing was might attractive, but the Engineer in me also wanted to know.. just how would they pull off such an ambitious design?
At any rate, preorders were placed and all was well for a while.
First it was COVID causing mayhem and delaying production of everything across the board. Then, rumour has it that Hasbro started actually cracking down on Chinese bootlegs of their figures, and so Big Firebird Toy dropped the Arcee head, and just stuck with their own original content. That all passed, and I finally received my copy of the figure.
So just how did they do? Lets look at the Big Firebird Toy EX-01: Nicee figure.
I ordered mine from TF-Direct, who were the lowest price point at the time. Prices have since jumped up from the $95 USD I paid, which included EMS shipping, but a cursory glance at eBay shows you should still be OK. The figure came in it's own brown shipper, with an art box contained within which houses all the fun stuff.
A quick glance at the art box should very quick establish that no... this is not a kids figure. It's not quite Skytube hentai PVC material, but it is at least Teen territory. Also nice is the Pink foiled letters.
I also have to giggle at the security seal and the quality assurance foil sticker because, well... China.
Nicee is packed in robot mode, and comes in a single layered tray with her accessories. By the time things are said and done, the box is gigantic, effectively 12" x 12" x 4", like something out of the old Toys R Us MP boxes. Accessories include an extra Aheago head, a breast plate with soft rubbery breasts, a laser pistol, an energy arrow, a sword, part of her chasis, the handle for her bow, and six additional hands. Naturally, she has a set of instructions, as well as a nifty art card.
Nicee is a gorgeous figure, and I'm not just talking curves. I had two major concerns - crappy paint work, and crappy build. I've done the best I can on my photos, but one of things I couldn't make out on other photos I've seen is the fact that Nicee has a nice pearl finish on all her painted parts. Try as I might, I could not find any areas of overspray or bleeding, with the only bad paint being a fibre or something being embedded into the forehead of my Aheago head. Even the pink on the wheels are pearl finish. Now, I would ADD some colours to a few areas, such as the blade of the sword and maybe to the face to make the lips turn out better, but that's another discussion - what paint work you do get is pretty damn good and is generally resistant to most forms of contact.
I'm not saying you should break out the sand paper, but you can at least be assured you don't have to worry about actually handling the figure without gloves.
Build quality is a bit tougher to explore, but to put aside any immediate worries, overall things are very good. Nicee has rubber tires, which is becoming more and more of a rare thing. There are some die cast metal parts, though these in high stress structural components. The plastics they used feel like the same stuff you'd get on a Takara Tomy MP figure, but perhaps a bit thinner, maybe due to the sheer number of curved parts on this figure.
The finish on these parts is, without a doubt, phenomenal. very few rough surfaces or mould lines found. My mind is blown at how well the pieces fit together, and that truly the finished product matched the CG renders almost perfectly. QC with regards to accuracy of tabs and slots is almost perfect, but isn't quite up to Takara Tomy standards, so it can be a bit of pain to get things aligned correctly but it can be done, at least, and the parts come together with tolerances that wouldn't be out of place on an MP figure.
Joints in general tend to be a bit on the stiff side, especially the neck and head joints, which can make posing Nicee a bit of a headache..
Finally I feel the hands should have used the more popular method of connection, that is having the ball on the wrist joint itself and the socket on the hand, as opposed to the opposite. This would make things connect more securely, as well as improve range of motion here.
Nicee herself is 19 cm tall, which puts here out of MP scale, as she's supposed to be slightly smaller than Hot Rod. On the plus side, she's that much more visually impressive and has that much more shelf presence.
Articulation is impressive, and is in line with what I'd expect from an MP figure. You get full ankles (two separate points of movement), double jointed knees, thigh twist, hips with pull down for greater range of motion, waist, mid torso, shoulders with lateral movement (so arms can come closer together), bicep swivel, single jointed elbows, wrists, neck, and head. Provided you can get the joints to cooperate, you can put the figure into many, many poses, though for next time Big Firebird Toy, double jointed elbows, please.
For all the effort put into the design of this figure, I feel that Big Firebird Toy put their C Team on weapons duty. The sword is a bit bland, but more importantly, there's one hand dedicated to holding both the Sword and the Bow, and neither of them are really held that well. The laser pistol is perhaps the only weapon where they did some homework as there's almost no way that gun will ever get loose from that hand, and I wish that they had given her a second pistol, in addition to more useful hands.
Another thing that might cool your enthusiasm for Nicee is that she is somewhat of a Partsformer, like most of the current mainline Transformers. In order to achieve a certain body shape, designers just made unwanted parts removable and convertible into accessories for the main figure.
In Nicee's case, that piece of the car body turns into a shield that is pegged in a way that you either can move the forearm it's attached to, or you hold it like a gun because there's no proper handle. Then there's the bow.... oh that bow.
It's made up of the front of the vehicle mode, which usually hangs on to her behind her neck, giving Nicee those wing looking things. Conversion to a bow involves plugging in a plastic piece that gives it a handle, then squeezing it into the hand that is meant for the sword. It's very, very awkward to say the least, and the fact there's no real dedicated hand for holding the arrow is also a major pain.
Oh right, in the event you don't fancy a bow, you can convert most of the parts into a skirt for... reasons, which unfortunately leaves you with a completely useless panel as well as reduced articulation.
Finally, coming full circle we have transformations, though before I go on I should probably mention that you swap out the breast plates by popping up the shoulders and head and replacing the part.
Conversion into vehicle mode isn't really that complicated once you decipher the instruction manuals mentions of degrees and misspelt words. To their credit, there is a link to a transformation video, which I didn't watch, but I'll presume is more helpful than the instructions. The overall methodology is kind of like TM2 Blackarachnia where you stretch out the body, wrap the legs around the body and cover the entire thing in a shell. IIRC the Generations version had this method and maybe even the other 3P Arcee I have, the Occular Max Zinnia.
I guess I should also mention there was controversy about how the vehicle mode had the visual making of a Vagina or something. I dunno.. I don't looking for the meaning of life in my cups of coffee, and I don't go looking for Vaginas in my vehicle modes.
So in conclusion, the base figure itself is very good, and I'm impressed with the excellent paint work and overall production values of the figure. Weapons really is where the ball was dropped, and even then things could have been saved if the variety of hands was greater and if the bow/shield had actual proper handles so they could do their job. But all-in-all, this is much better than any novelty figure has the right to be.
So if you're an open minded transforming robot fan, I'd highly recommend you give Nicee a try.
Just toying with ya! A quiet moment at work and all the available photo-fodder i had at hand on my desk. Surprised that the iphone could cope with macro-level stuff.
Custom Windcharger, started as Generations Bumblebee. Custom head by HondaSaint, customized even further to fit alt mode. New custom chest and rear window vents.
Nombre: Wheelie
Afiliación: Autobot
Grupo: Minibots
Línea: Generation 1
Año: 1985
Número de adquisición: 13
Aunque no era de mis favoritos, fue de los pocos Transformers que tuve en la niñez. Ganga, $2 en eBay.
This was a special project for a super patient returnring customer. Jetfire began as a Macross VF-1J Super Valkyrie. I repainted the super parts and the VF-1J to Autobot Jetfire's scheme. In addition, I replaced the head with Generations Jetfire head, and added blue LEDs inside, which are controlled by a power pack and on/off switch inside the cockpit. Finished him off with a super glossy trademark light blue canopy on the cockpit.
Nombre: Metroplex
Afiliación: Autobot
Línea: Generation 1
Año: 1985
Número de adquisición: 14
El gran Metroplex. Compré en eBay un lote de 7 Transformers más o menos en buen estado, aunque la mayoría incompletos. He ido consiguiendo las piezas de Metroplex en eBay y pienso completarlo pronto.
This is a commissioned piece, non-transforming - which allowed me to make slight alterations and improvements to the robot mode. In addition, I've added (modified) articulated hands, 2 LEDs in his head and loads of details. I also rebuilt the shoulder launchers.
Transformers Autobots de la Película que forman parte de mi colección. 17 de Octubre del 2007.
Otras fotos de mis Transformers Movie Autobots en el tiempo:
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Transformers Autobots from the Movie that belong to my collection. October 17th 2007.
Another pictures of my Transformers Movie Autobots through the time:
This is my model of OPTIMUS PRIME robot mode 1 made in cardboard. I drawn myself all the pieces with my hands without templates, the colors and sizes are taken from design in square notebook. The robot design is original from TV animated series TRANSFORMERS produced by HASBRO in 1985. At the end of the Cybertron’s gold age, Megatron injuried to Orion Pax, then Alpha Trion rebuilt him in Optimus Prime the new leader of the Autobots before the defeat of Sentinel Prime. Now Optimus transforms into a tractor trailer truck. The music was composed by Johnny Douglas and Robert J. Walsh.
Este es mi modelo de ORION PAX hecho en cartulina. Yo mismo dibujé todas las piezas con mis manos sin ninguna plantilla, los colores y medidas son tomados de un diseño en cuaderno cuadriculado. El diseño es original de la serie televisada TRANSFORMERS producida por HASBRO en 1985. Al final de la era dorada de Cybertron, Megatron hiere a Orion Pax, entonces Alpha Trion lo reconstruye en Optimus Prime el nuevo líder de los Autobots tras la derrota de Sentinel Prime. Ahora Optimus se transforma en un camión remolque. La música fue compuesta por Johnny Douglas y Robert J. Walsh.
You can watch my video of this model here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnoIDU1z9h8
Here is the Japanese version of the Transformers back of the box art for the toy line from 1985. The earth is even more prominent than the US/Canada version. And Devastator has arrived to sort out those Dinobots who were picking on the poor Insecticons. (I love how Grimlock has decided to turn Kickback into grasshopper stew! Aren't those drumsticks yummy!)
Inspired by Tron cycles, Chromia was repainted in Quorra's dark sinister black and glowy blue. This light up effect was created with paint only; encircling each layer with a smaller, lighter shade of blue until hot white. She comes with 2 pistols.
Estos son los Transformers Autobots Movie que forman parte de mi colección al 14-Sep-2008.
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These are the Transformers Autobots Movie that belong to my collection. 14-Sep-2008.
Coming at 28 feet tall, and weighing more than a full dump truck, Optimus Prime is a truly staggering icon to the entrance of Transformers: The Ride at Universal Orlando. You really have to see it for yourself to appreciate the size of this thing.
This was a special project for a super patient returnring customer. Jetfire began as a Macross VF-1J Super Valkyrie. I repainted the super parts and the VF-1J to Autobot Jetfire's scheme. In addition, I replaced the head with Generations Jetfire head, and added blue LEDs inside, which are controlled by a power pack and on/off switch inside the cockpit. Finished him off with a super glossy trademark light blue canopy on the cockpit.
When I made Warpath a few weeks ago, the idea of Guzzle instantly came to mind. I think the overall look and treads on the shoulders called me to make it happen.
Here is a list of modifications and upgrades given to Guzzle (started as a Marvel crossover Hulk figure)
* Custom head (from g1 Perceptor)
* Head on ball joint
* Articulated fingers
* Modified shoulders allowing better articulation
* Modified waist allowing articulation
* New chest
* Cannon pegs onto Guzzle's back
* Cannon rotates in alt/tank mode
* Cannon contains powerful blue LASER which has 4 settings; off, always on, slow blink, fast blink.
This commissioned piece uses parts and a combination of pieces from a G1 Perceptor, Masterpiece Starscream, GDO Hot Spot, Generations Inferno, articulated hands and more to create my rendition of a (non-transformable) Generation One Perceptor. He also has 2 blue LED eyes and rifle.
This is my model of OPTIMUS PRIME robot mode 2 made in cardboard. I drawn myself all the pieces with my hands without templates, the colors and sizes are taken from design in square notebook. The robot design is original from TV animated series TRANSFORMERS produced by HASBRO in 1985. At the end of the Cybertron’s gold age, Megatron injuried to Orion Pax, then Alpha Trion rebuilt him in Optimus Prime the new leader of the Autobots before the defeat of Sentinel Prime. Now Optimus transforms into a tractor trailer truck. The music was composed by Johnny Douglas and Robert J. Walsh.
Este es mi modelo de ORION PAX hecho en cartulina. Yo mismo dibujé todas las piezas con mis manos sin ninguna plantilla, los colores y medidas son tomados de un diseño en cuaderno cuadriculado. El diseño es original de la serie televisada TRANSFORMERS producida por HASBRO en 1985. Al final de la era dorada de Cybertron, Megatron hiere a Orion Pax, entonces Alpha Trion lo reconstruye en Optimus Prime el nuevo líder de los Autobots tras la derrota de Sentinel Prime. Ahora Optimus se transforma en un camión remolque. La música fue compuesta por Johnny Douglas y Robert J. Walsh.
You can watch my video of this model here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnoIDU1z9h8
Nombre: Ultra Magnus
Afiliación: Autobot
Línea: Generation 1
Año: 1985
Número de adquisición: 17
Otro Transformers más del lote con Metroplex. Al principio solo tenía la cabina, pero fui adquiriendo el cajón y el resto de piezas hasta que ya lo tengo practicamente completo, ya que solo faltan los puños del robot pequeño, que no me interesa conseguir.
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Name: Ultra Magnus
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Generation 1
Year: 1985
Number in Collection: 17
Another Transformers in the Metroplex lot (only the cab). After that I have bought the trailer and the rest of the pieces until now, that he´s almost complete, except for the little fists.
This is one of my custom made Transformers Prime Copperhead figures, in his robot mode.
This new Autobot was created from a legion class Bumblebee figure for a local group of Arizona Transformers fans. We call this our first Arizona Cacticon exclusive figure.
Envisioned and then realized by myself, he is meant to evoke a desert and snake theme. This project led me to spending 3 weeks on painting 10 individual figures. It was a lot of work, and I'm glad to be done. Each completed figure also included a customized artwork on the original card back and bubble.
Role:
Intelligence Specialist
Bio:
Copperhead patiently blends into the environment ambushing Decepticons who fail to notice the camouflaged Scout. Although a master of surprise, he will slip away to warn the Autobots before threats escalate. If provoked though, he will take the opportunity to strike, hoping to scare off a Decepticon attack. He may be minimally armed, but Copperhead is a valued soldier who finds himself in more battles than he wishes will aiding the Autobot cause.
Full gallery of these guys being made is available here, and my blog entry about it has other details and highlights here.
This was a special project for a super patient returnring customer. Jetfire began as a Macross VF-1J Super Valkyrie. I repainted the super parts and the VF-1J to Autobot Jetfire's scheme. In addition, I replaced the head with Generations Jetfire head, and added blue LEDs inside, which are controlled by a power pack and on/off switch inside the cockpit. Finished him off with a super glossy trademark light blue canopy on the cockpit.
Nombre: Hot Rod
Afiliación: Autobots
Línea: G1 (Takara Reissue)
Año: 2000
Número de adquisición: 135
Hot Rod es una de las mejores figuras de la película de 1986 con un modo alterno muy vistoso y bien diseñado, y un robot avanzado para los diseños de la época. Conseguí esta figura en excelente trato en eBay, impecable con todo y su caja.
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Name: Hot Rod
Allegiance: Autobots
Line: G1 (Takara Reissue)
Year: 2000
Number in Collection: 135
Hot Rod is one of the best figures of the 1986 movie with an very striking and well designed alternate mode, and an advanced robot mode for its time.
I got this figure in an excellent deal in eBay, practically untouched in its box.
Nombre: Wheelie
Afiliación: Autobot
Grupo: Minibots
Línea: Generation 1
Año: 1985
Número de adquisición: 13
Aunque no era de mis favoritos, fue de los pocos Transformers que tuve en la niñez. Ganga, $2 en eBay.
Nombre: Grapple
Afiliación: Autobot
Línea: Generation 1 (Reissue)
Año: 1982
Número de adquisición: 21
Primer Reissue (reedición) de un transformer G1 que consigo. No tienen la misma calidad de los originales, pero si se quiere conseguir personajes de la G1 en excelente estado y no se tiene mucho dinero, las reediciones son una excelente opción.
Nombre: Primus
Afiliación: Autobot
Línea: Cybertron
Tamaño: Supreme
Año: 2006
Número de adquisición: 115
Todavía no tenía en mente adquirir figuras de la línea Cybertron, sin embargo Primus no puede faltar en ninguna colección y lo conseguí a mitad de precio. Es uno de los transformers más impresionantes que existe. Quien puede rechazar a un transformers que se convierta en un planeta? Y más aún en el planeta de los transformers, Cybertron.
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Name: Primus
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Cybertron
Size: Supreme
Year: 2006
Number in collection: 115
I didn't want to acquire Cybertron figures yet, however Primus is a must have in any transformers collection and I got it on sale. It's one of the most impressive transformers ever. Who can reject a transformers that convert into a planet? And even more, into the transformers planet, Cybertron!
Nombre: Sludge
Afiliación: Autobots
Línea: G1
Año: 1985
Número de adquisición: 163
Sludge es uno de los Dinobots de 1985. Está incompleto pero en muy buen estado, solo tiene un problema en una pierna del dinosaurio.
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Name: Sludge
Allegiance: Autobots
Line: G1
Year: 1985
Number in Collection: 163
Sludge is one of the Dinobots from 1985. He's incomplete, but in a good condition, only has a problem in one of the dinosaur legs.
More Transformers Animated toys are always a good thing.
Here are the third-party TFA Autobots: Huffer and Pipes; standing beside Windblade in their robot modes.
The brothers Huffer and Pipes are from Mech Ideas and are called TTT-01 Bluster and TTT-02 Trench. Windblade is my custom version of the character added into the TFA mythos.
Huffer and Pipes use the same base mold but have different heads, transformations, and accessories.
Nombre: Bumblebee
Afiliación: Autobot
Línea: Movie
Año: 2007
Número de adquisición: 23
Un gran rediseño de nuestro viejo amigo Bumblebee.
Primera figura que compro de la película. Me parece que casi todas tienen un excelente diseño, muy similares a los personajes, bien articulados y muy buenas transformaciones.
Este lo adquirí en Juguetón de Cemaco en más o menos ¢8,500, unos $16. Buen precio ya puesto en Costa Rica.
The tiny little Autobot named Bumblebee gets an official Masterpiece grade release from Takara-Tomy (MP 21 Bumble). Pictured in his robot mode.
Far smaller that previous MP Autobot cars, he fits well being the minibot scale. His transformation is excellent as expected.
His design is very much like ToyWorld's Bii, but don't with better paint, engineering, and polish.
This is my model of OPTIMUS PRIME made in cardboard showing the pieces. I drawn myself all the pieces with my hands without templates, the colors and sizes are taken from design in square notebook. The robot design is original from TV animated series TRANSFORMERS produced by HASBRO in 1985. At the end of the Cybertron’s gold age, Megatron injuried to Orion Pax, then Alpha Trion rebuilt him in Optimus Prime the new leader of the Autobots before the defeat of Sentinel Prime. Now Optimus transforms into a tractor trailer truck. The music was composed by Johnny Douglas and Robert J. Walsh.
Este es mi modelo de ORION PAX hecho en cartulina. Yo mismo dibujé todas las piezas con mis manos sin ninguna plantilla, los colores y medidas son tomados de un diseño en cuaderno cuadriculado. El diseño es original de la serie televisada TRANSFORMERS producida por HASBRO en 1985. Al final de la era dorada de Cybertron, Megatron hiere a Orion Pax, entonces Alpha Trion lo reconstruye en Optimus Prime el nuevo líder de los Autobots tras la derrota de Sentinel Prime. Ahora Optimus se transforma en un camión remolque. La música fue compuesta por Johnny Douglas y Robert J. Walsh.
You can watch my video of this model here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnoIDU1z9h8
The dual Autobot logos that went on each side of the cab. Made from rolled fondant and drawn with a food safe marker.
This was a special project for a super patient returnring customer. Jetfire began as a Macross VF-1J Super Valkyrie. I repainted the super parts and the VF-1J to Autobot Jetfire's scheme. In addition, I replaced the head with Generations Jetfire head, and added blue LEDs inside, which are controlled by a power pack and on/off switch inside the cockpit. Finished him off with a super glossy trademark light blue canopy on the cockpit.
This commissioned project is part of a "set" which includes (all completed past works) Predaking, Computron, Bruticus, Superion and the Dinobots.
Defensor is non-transforming, but stands a massive 22 inches tall (56 cm) He's loaded with articulation and has 2 blue LED lights in his eyes.
The latest and last variant of my original C-0T . Special feature: It DOES transform.
Video of the transformation (couldn't upload it to flickr, due to 90 seconds limit).
More pics on Brickshelf (once moderated)
This was a special project for a super patient returnring customer. Jetfire began as a Macross VF-1J Super Valkyrie. I repainted the super parts and the VF-1J to Autobot Jetfire's scheme. In addition, I replaced the head with Generations Jetfire head, and added blue LEDs inside, which are controlled by a power pack and on/off switch inside the cockpit. Finished him off with a super glossy trademark light blue canopy on the cockpit.
This was a special project for a super patient returnring customer. Jetfire began as a Macross VF-1J Super Valkyrie. I repainted the super parts and the VF-1J to Autobot Jetfire's scheme. In addition, I replaced the head with Generations Jetfire head, and added blue LEDs inside, which are controlled by a power pack and on/off switch inside the cockpit. Finished him off with a super glossy trademark light blue canopy on the cockpit.