The Red Lion

I knew this Leo Prime is already released in US but I couldn't see any in Hong Kong. At last I order one from the China auction site. To be honest, I don't like the Galaxy Force LigerJack figure very much. It is just a piece of brick in both beast mode and robot mode. The only reason I bought LigerJack is that it can combine with Galaxy Convoy. This Leo Prime repaint attracts me with the new remold Prime head, and the classic red/blue color scheme. And what's more, this Leo Prime is the first US release of Lio Convoy, with a Prime head sculpt! (remember the legends Leo Prime?)
Lets enjoy the photo gallery. (click to enlarge the photos)

In Package.


"Aware of it only as a rumor"? Of course, Lio Convoy comes from the East!


Nice boxart.








So difficult to make any pose!


Prime's trademark head is the strongest reason for me to get this figure.










Robot mode also lacks of joints. I wants poseable figures, Hasbro/TT!


LigerJack's color scheme is actually better than Leo Prime's.


Prime meets Convoy!


Liger Convoy is Galaxy Convoy combined with LigerJack. So he is Prime Convoy?


Eat my big claw!


The dramatic double Convoy!
This combination is really great. The color of Leo Prime fits very well on Galaxy Convoy.

Henkei Red Alert

The last wave of Henkei series, Alert and Smokescreen, are out. Though both of them are the third repaints of the same mold, I couldn't resist to pick them up. I decided to make a gallery for Alert first as he is still a Japanese exclusive figure up till now. As mentioned in previous post for Lambor and Sunstreaker, I like this mold very much. Alert is an exact repaint of Lambor, even with the same head sculpt. The only difference is the emergency lightbar on the roof. Maybe the mold used for so many times, it is very difficult to insert the shoulder canon into the hole. Not much to talk about this figure, just enjoy the pictures!
(click to enlarge the photos)

Japanese package is always nice.


Another nice thing comes with Japanese version, the BIO card.


Very nice car mode.






"ALERT" license plate.




Lambor and Sunstreaker and twin brothers, but who the hell is Alert?


Not much to say with robot mode.




I don't remember if there is a scene in G1 they all show up.

Finally, lets see the evolution in 25 years.

ROTF Megatron

I can't resist to buy another piece of crap as long as it is called TF and it is a new mode. Megatron toys in the first movie already suck, the new toy in ROFT does not improved much. The alternate mode is a so-callled Cybertronian tank, but i can only think of this creature! The robot has some improvement over the first movie one, but still lack of articulations. How can Hasbro give such a bad desgin to the Decepticon leader? Even Demolisher is better than Megatron. It is better to save your money and skip this to wait for the Leader class Megatron.
Anyway, more pics for you to make your decision. (click to enlarge the pictures)

In package


BIO


Mixmaster and The fallen are much more attractive!








Tank? Jet? Who cares!


Robot mode is not that bad actually. But the arms are not qualified for Voyager class toy.










This is the big claw with MechAlive gimmick. The blade flips out when you bend the arm.


The only nice part in this figure is the head sculpt! Evil!

(2009.04.20) I found there is another MechAlive gimmick! There are 4 gears in the upper torso of Megatron. When you turn his waist, the gears move! Nice detail!

Tantarian

雖然完成了FFIX, 但還欠這個secret boss未擊倒, 始終未感盡興. 所以又把舊紀錄load出來再挑戰. 但較接近的save data也只是disk 3開始, 結果要多玩2小時的劇情才到圖書館找到這書怪Tantarian. Tantanrian比想像中要難打, 其一是小隊level比較低, 其二是不能選參戰成員. 沒有白魔法的小隊打boss始終比較辛苦. 開始時又不知怎樣才可讓Tantanrian現出真身, 根本不能扣它血; 到它現出真身, 打它一下又躲回去...才知道原來不可用物理攻擊. 它兩招"紙嵐"和"かど"也很厲害, 很輕鬆解決我一, 二人; 又常常放毒...結果花了不少時間, 3人作回復/復活/解毒, ビビ一個用最強魔法(但這時最強魔法也只有中級魔法...), 才解決了它. 總算可以放下FFIX了! XD

在逃離的過程, 本來要營救ダカー和エコ, 怎料到有閒情到圖書館挑戰這書呢?

Tantanrian真的是一本書!

這樣的小隊, 很難打boss啊!
通常書本打開時, Tantanrian也不會現身, 跟普通書本一樣.

戰勝後, 只換來一句"頼もしい奴だ"...

FFIX Finished!

苦戰了3個多月, play time超過80小時, 終於完成了FFIX! 雖然最終boss不是很難打, 但也試過全滅幾遍, 不能太輕敵 :P
這次玩FFIX算是第一次靠自己明白故事的RPG, 感覺特別深刻, 似乎也覺得故事特別感動, 但有一半的感動應該是替自己感動吧? 這次也算是完成得比較徹底, 幾乎所有枝節都玩透了. 現在只欠圖書館的隱藏boss未挑戰, 之後再load disk 3的save來玩吧! 看看結局的一些比較深刻的片段吧.

FF系列最強魔法之一的Ultima, 但FFIX最有敵人才會用, 而且只是一個演出, 完全不會傷害到玩家!

結局龍騎士老鼠小姐終於和情人重聚了, 真令人感動!
另一段感情線笨蛋騎士和聖騎士女隊長...一朵鮮花插在牛糞上!

期待已久的Staff Roll! SBB! (這圖不加watermark了 XD)

The Next Generation Leader

Character from the Micron Legends series join the Henkei family. It is really nice that Hotrod (Hotshot) can get a new design. Though I didn't watch the Micron Legends series, it was the time I returned to the world of Transformers, thanks to BT-01. I love the idea of a robot works with a companion Micron. However, Micron Legends toys are far below expectation. The articulations for most figures are only G1 level! Henkei series really gives a new life to Hotrod.
Hotrod's car mode is so-so, not as cool as Sunstreak. It is still nice as a sports car. The biggest difference is the improved articulations in robot mode. Even Hotrod has no waist joint, the great leg articualtion still let him make very nice pose. At the first glance Hotrod has also very nice arms, but the shoulders are actually blocked by the armor. This is my only complaint. Anyhow, hope the Henkei line can keep going after Movie 2.
Let enjoy this little gallery. (click to enlarge the photo)

Japanese version package is always nice.


BIO card.


Not much different from Micron Legends.


"HOTROD"




Jolt the helicopter.


Combine!


Can Jolt drive?


Jolt in robot mode.


Hotrod in robot mode. Nice!


Working goggles!


The good partners.






The leader and the future leader.
STD Convoy is the best Micron Legends toy.


"Let me teach you how to be a leader's best support!"


Most people think that Hotshot is the new Rodimus. To me, he is more Bumblebee than Rodimus.

鹵八鵝店

很久沒吃過潮州"打冷"食品了. 今天中午到灣仔, 到了春園街的鹵八鵝店吃午飯. 對上一次到這裡吃飯已經是4年前了. 這裡的鹵水食品是否最美味我不敢說, 但以這麼便宜的價錢, 可以吃到這樣的品質, 已經物超所值了! 今天我點了鹵水鵝, 鹵水豆腐, 鹵水蛋三併飯, 加上一罐汽水也不過$37, 太超值了吧? 鹵水鵝非常好吃, 肉質很嫩滑, 也有很香的鹵水味; 豆腐比較乾和硬, 我不知是否正宗潮州做法, 但不太合我口味; 鹵水蛋很夠味, 連蛋黃也有濃濃的香味, 但比較老了一點, 如果能像日式的鹵蛋做成半熟蛋黃又能保住鹵水味便更完美了. 下次要點鵝腎和墨魚試試 :P

日語的樂趣

同一句說話, 以不同的終助詞說出來, 帶來了不同的感覺. 一看到少年Jump今期的D.Gray-man這一格, 讓我深深感受到, 掌握了不同的終助詞可以令日語生動不少; 但意識到自己未能好好掌握這些終助詞, 又有點慚愧...

姫川亜弓

玻璃假面去年開始復載, 對我這個fan來說是天大的喜訊, 而且幾話下來的故事亦還算合理.可是4話過後稍作休息, 今年再次復載的第一話, 的確令我非常滿足: マヤ對紅天女的領悟和演繹, 真澄與マヤ的關係等等. 可是復載第二話最後幾頁的劇情就令我很失望, 再加上今期的第三話, 可知美內先生要走回頭路了...
先說說歷史, 玻璃假面在十多年前連載時, 故事也推展到紅天女的選拔最後階段; 但是美內先生對當時連載的內容不滿意, 故在單行本38期時開始是棄用連載時的內容, 畫出全新的故事. 雖然我沒看過當時連載版的內容, 但有在網上看過文字digest. 當時的內容明顯是一貫受歡迎的連載漫畫得到的對待: 編輯部為了故事能繼續下去, 迫作者令主角們陷入新的危機, 帶來新的高潮. 當時的內容說到亜弓受傷導致失明, 紫織發現真澄的真感情後作出處處破壞這兩個情節最為感冒.
說了這麼多舊事, 要講的就是上回開始, 美內先生讓故事回到舊連載版的內容去了! 上回最後幾頁說到亜弓受傷, 今回說到紫織發現真澄與マヤ的關係. 紫織那邊的發展雖不喜歡, 但相信最終會令マヤ與真澄的感情開花結果. 但亜弓的受偒導致失明這樣的發展, 令我感到很難過.
亜弓是マヤ的宿敵. 一般漫畫內主角的對手都是令人討厭的傢伙, 但亜弓不同. 她雖然有美貌, 有父母的庇蔭, 能受到最好的培育, 但亜弓並沒有自滿, 也不會態度傲慢; 她的多才多藝也是不是天生的, 而是努力的成果. 但全世界的人都不明白這點, 所有人都以為亜弓是天才, 靠父母的關係/遺傳才可有今天的成就, 所以亜弓是孤獨的. マヤ才是真正的天才, 在演出上亜弓敵不過她是鐵定的事實. (似乎美內先生是方法演技的終極信徒) 亜弓也清楚明白自己沒有マヤ的才能, 但她在梅谷找到自己可以做的事, 找到了她才可以演出的紅天女.
我知道以亜弓的演繹最終必定會敗於マヤ之下, 但我可以接受, 因為亜弓以自己的方式作出了努力, 這樣的結果我能接受, 即使輸了, 也不失亜弓的Pride! 雖然亜弓有點可憐, 但我會為她獻上由衷的敬意, 送上最深切的掌聲. 但是若要亜弓失明, 要對抗逆境來作出新的領悟來追近マヤ, 我不會說不能接受, 但我會替亜弓不值. 這種增加實力的方式是マヤ的風格, 絕不是亜弓的風格! 美內先生你太偏心了, 你讓マヤ有著這樣的才能, 月影劇團的朋友, 兩情相悅(雖還未能結果)的愛情; 但對亜弓卻讓她遭逢這樣的厄運, 倒不如讓她懷著自己的驕傲落敗吧! 雖然亜弓一定不甘心, 但對fan的我來說, 這才是令我滿意的結局!
一直以來我也是比較喜歡マヤ多一點, 始終故事對她描寫較多. 但今天起, 我要為亜弓聲援! 我不希望亜弓勝出紅天女的試演, 因為這完全違背了整個故事, 但我希望亜弓能有尊嚴的落敗! 亜弓, 加油!

懶洋洋的中午

烈日當空的中午, 躲在影子下午睡, 但願我是貓!