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Post by zephon on Jan 2, 2007 13:39:26 GMT 8
Garvy! The 1:18 Hummer, Lamborgini and MR2 Roadbots are now available in TK Megamall! Takbo naaaaa!!!!! Thanks for the heads-up! I was fortunate enough to spot them before Christmas while I was shopping for presents for nephews and neices. I picked up the Lamborghini and the MR2. Will try going back for the Hummer when funds are available! About the Hummer.....I just got one and...it doesn't have any leg room  |
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Post by Garvy on Jan 3, 2007 11:01:07 GMT 8
Thanks for the heads-up! I was fortunate enough to spot them before Christmas while I was shopping for presents for nephews and neices. I picked up the Lamborghini and the MR2. Will try going back for the Hummer when funds are available! About the Hummer.....I just got one and...it doesn't have any leg room Ok, that's sad. Quite frankly, it seems that none of the new ones have legroom. Even the MR2 and the Lamborghini can't fit any 1/18 scale figure. The MR2 seats are too near the dashboard to accomodate a 1/18 figure, so even if there was any legroom, the figure would look oversized. As for the Lamborghini, in my opinion, it isn't at the 1/18 scale. First off, the headroom is severly lacking to fit a figure in there. I did manage to fit a 3 inch Microman in there (not the 1/18 type) but it was an EXTREMELY tight fit. If I have some free time on my hand, I may try studying if I can use a dremel tool to make more legroom on some of these vehicles, but I'll have to consider the options carefully as I don't want any such modifications to affect the transforming capability of the vehicles! Cheers, Garvy |
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Post by Garvy on Jan 5, 2007 10:06:01 GMT 8
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Post by Garvy on Feb 19, 2007 11:22:14 GMT 8
 Microman Micro Action Series Votoms: Strikedog (boxed front) Microman Micro Action Series Votoms: Strikedog (boxed back) |
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Post by Garvy on Sept 9, 2008 8:16:43 GMT 8
 Microman Black Tiger Tank (boxed) Microman Black Tiger Tank (a look inside)In 1980, during the last year of the original Microman series, Takara released two remnants of the Rescue Microman vehicles - the Black Tiger Tank and the Rolling Thunder.
The Black Tiger Tank was very design with different purpose than the previous Rescue Command vehicles. Last year Rescue vehicles were built as search and rescue type vehicle, Black Tiger tank however was obviously design for one purpose alone - destroy the Death Marcks & Death King. Like most play-sets released during the second half of Rescue Series and Punch Series, it came with exclusive Microman figure. The figure that included with Black Tiger was a dark olive green color M26X type. The figure was not named nor designated by Takara. The dark green color make him look a lot like army tank commander than a Rescue Crew.
The tank is motorized and it has two modes of operation. The first one is stationary firing mode - when activate the light flashes, turret spins and twin barrel recoils. The second mode is activated by lifting up the side wheels which causes the vehicle to move with bump-and-go mechanism. Black Tiger also comes with a missile launcher mount on extendable seat locates next to driver seat. The tank also has an add-on figure stands part that can be add to the back of the tank which along with numerous 5mm pegs on the tank turns it into a personnel carrier. - from Microforever.com |
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Post by chet on Sept 10, 2008 23:56:46 GMT 8
Dude, did you ever open that Strikedog? How about a review?
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Post by Garvy on Sept 11, 2008 11:43:52 GMT 8
Dude, did you ever open that Strikedog? How about a review? Yes, I did open it although I never got around to taking loose shots of it. I'll see if I can dig it out of storage and do a review but that could take time. Cheers, Garvy |
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Post by chet on Sept 12, 2008 1:23:04 GMT 8
Looking forward to it!
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Post by Garvy on Nov 2, 2008 20:56:55 GMT 8
Did some slight restoration to the Diaclone Great Robot Base and added pics to page 1 of the thread...  |
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keeping the site active as a place to dump info for easier backtracking. 