Zephon's Gundam collection (07/23/06 update)

[vic01]

Zephon, how was the diecast content of that ZZ Kado Senshi?

[zephon]

vic01 said:

Zephon, how was the diecast content of that ZZ Kado Senshi?

Quite good, I have to say. It's nice and hefty for it's size.

I don't have any SOC's to compare it with, but the ZZ Kado Senshi has that "vintage" look and feel to it (off white color and matching styrofoam packaging and nice heavy feel).

[no3Ljm]

hey, a die-cast Gundam. how cool and rare is that? that's a cool die-cast Gundam you have there bro. ;D

[zephon]

n0eljm said:

hey, a die-cast Gundam. how cool and rare is that? that's a cool die-cast Gundam you have there bro. ;D

You can flip through the previous pages for the others that I have: Metal Material Model Sword/Launcher Strike Gundam, GQ MMM Sword and Blast Impulse Gundam. For the other time line, there's the Hyaku Shiki and the ZZ Gundam.

I think the old High Complete Model RX-178 might have metal parts in it since the box says "Plastic and Metal Parts Model".....

[zephon]

Well, it's not really a Gundam:

I just wanted to show the Binaltech weapons pack on Alt Smokescreen. I attached the rocket launcher and lightsaber:


For this one, I used the Weapon Pack 02 from the Armored Core model kit series and:



My problem with Alt Nemesis Prime is that he's got a gun that looks like a snub nosed revolver that's really not going to intimidate anyone. Hence, the Armored Core Weapon Pack 02 pistol:



Better, right? ;D

Here's the weapon in another angle:


So far it's only the gun in Weapon Pack 02 that works w/ the Alt/BT's.

I'm trying to use other non-binaltech/alternator weapons. I really haven't tried Gundam weapons bot it seems that they may need a painjob to fit in the "realistic" setting of an Alt/BT toy....

[no3Ljm]

nice TF toys you've got there, bro. die-cast? does the legs of nemesis price spreads like smokescreen? ganda! ;D

[V2]

whoa... i think my alt grimlock needs a weapons upgrade...

thanks for the tip!

[zephon]

n0eljm said:

nice TF toys you've got there, bro. die-cast? does the legs of nemesis price spreads like smokescreen? ganda! ;D

They're only Alternators so they're just made of plastic, as opposed to their Binaltech counterparts whose car pannels are made of die cast (hence, a die cast 1/24 car when in robot mode).

Yes, the legs of Nemesis Prime can spread and they have knees (albeit loose).

[zephon]

Here's more:

I just bought an Alternators Ricochet. It read in a forum that it's silly that his motto had something to do about rockets but the Alternator fig doesn't have a launcher. Well, might as well do something about that:



It's not only the BT Arming pack that I added but also the mini-con Checkpoint in gun mode. Here's another pic:



Since the real gun handle is too shallow and small for an Alternator's hand, I had to use the second gun handle.

So as to be not OT:

I have no idea where my 1/100 Gundams have gone so I can't really try to mount Gundam weapons on Alternators. So far I've tried Armored Core weapon packs 01 to 03 and only the gun in 02 works. I'm gonna try to find some cheap-priced gundams with bullpup-type weapons to see if they'll work

[zephon]

I wanted to try to buy those RGM MG sets on sale at P1300 and just get the guns to use on my binaltechs....but I got side-tracked by the new TF's that came out.

Anyway, here's Binaltech Prowl (blue) with Armored Core weapon pack 01:





Hey, even police officers need to carry a long firearm these days This definitely adds more firepower to Prowl!

[ikabod]

can ask you what's the difference between binaltech and titanium series of transformers? thanks. . .

[zephon]

ikabod said:

can ask you what's the difference between binaltech and titanium series of transformers? thanks. . .

They're basically 2 different product lines for TF's. In Binaltech, it's like they got realistic 1:24 scale model cars and gave them the TF treatment. Hence, Binaltech cars have die-cast car bodies (yun kaha ng kotse) but all other parts and limbs in robot mode remains plastic. The all-plastic version of this is Alternators. The nice thing about these 2 product lines is that they are really "robots in disguise". You can place these side-by-side with other 1:24 cars and they'll fit in. The cars are from real-life cars (Subaru Impreza, Dodge Ram, Mazda RX-8, Dodge Viper...you get the picture).

For the Titanium line...well....as for Optimus Prime, they made his War Within version -- the limbs and body are die-cast. Robot mode is in 1:144 Gundam scale from how I see it. I'm not sure what the core concept of the Titanium line is but it's possible that they're trying to make a cheap die-cast TF product line.

[archaznable]

bro compared to the two Binaltech and Titanium which is more expensive?

[zephon]

archaznable said:

bro compared to the two Binaltech and Titanium which is more expensive?

Binaltech wins hands down in price!
Cheapest brand-new Binaltech is P1,700. Average price is P1800 for the latter series and about P2700 for the earlier series.

Alternators range from P1300 to P2000 (SDCC Nemesis Prime exclusive). Average price would be P1600.

Titanium TF's (Prime and Megatron) run for a low of P900 to a high of P1300.

[ikabod]

so titanium series is all die-cast? more like soc huh? am actually like to get an optimus prime lang, yung kamukhang kamuka, tapos with good articualtion for cool poses. . . at least same size as 1/100 gunpla. . . any suggestion?