TF D-307 Powermaster Overlord

The long awaited review... D-307 Masterforce Powermaster Overlord

Base Mode


The 2 Powermasters....










I thought this review is just a plain normal Transformers review but I was wrong. During the transformations, mishap has happened. I broke 2 clips, which really pissed me off. One clip off the ramp and another inner clip of the jet broke as well. Both can be fixed thru extra duty super glue. As much as I love to play this, I forgot this monster is 20 years old vintage toy.

The transformation is quite straight forward but remember to put on powermaster during some tranformation or else like me clip will get broken.

The smaller parts are the ones easier to lose. As I started this piece from scratch, I managed to salvage most of the parts from ebay, still left a few though. I'm glad what I have right now and happy to say its a decent piece.

G1 Targetmaster Slugslinger with Caliburst

Targetmaster Caliburst
Plane mode with targetmaster

Robot mode with Caliburst

Slugslinger, like Misfire is one of the few Decepticon targetmasters. It is as hard to get like Misfire and other Decepticon targetmasters. Caliburst is never easy to get. With a gun tip that tends to be missing, getting a complete Caliburst with gun tip is tough. You can see the the grey dun tip on Caliburst, weapon mode. For Slugslinger, the body tends to get yellowing. Like it or not, I had a few with the same problem.

Notes:
* Caliburst's gun tip is always missing and hard to get
* Slugslinger body tends to get yellowing easily
* No KO / Reissue know yet

G1 Takara D-335 Leokaiser / Liokaiser

The small fellas...
Jaruga, the buggy and Leozack, the jet plane

Drillhorn, the drill vehicle and Hellbat, another jet plane
Gaihawk, the jet plane and Killbison, the tank
Robot modes
Robot modes
Combiner mode

In the Japanese Victory series, there is one very interesting combiner from Decepticon. He is no other than LeoKaiser. Not to mention it is formed with 6 robots, Leozack, Gaihawk, Killbison, Hellbat, Jaruga and Drillhorn. All of them a small animal attached to their chest and they can use it as weapon or use them to attack their enemies. I only have 3 of them out of 6. Unlike other combiner, the only accessory Leokaiser need is the head. The weapon is the gun turret from Killbison. The transformation to Leokaiser is not difficult and yet they look great. One thing I noticed, never carry around Leokaiser without holding the legs. I dropped Drillhorn once and broke the peg. It took me a while to get the part replaced by getting a brand new one on eBay.

Below is a reference from the original box, I don't owned it.


Notes:
* The 6 little fellas are hard to get not to mention other accessories
* Released in Japan by Takara
* KO version was released years back
* Be careful when carrying around, remember to hold their legs, peg might not be so tight
* Leokaiser is becoming rare and very hard to get
* There are two mini guns for Gaihawk

G1 Clones Pounce & Wingspan

Robot mode looks identical, guns are different though
Wingspan's eagle mode & Pounce's panther mode?

Only 2 sets of clones existed in G1. 1 set each from Autobot and Decepticon. Compare to the Autobots, Pounce and Wingspan are a bit hard to get. Few things I noticed about the Decepticon clones. Chest are partial diecast. Wingspan's wings tend to get lost and the guns are different than the other clone. Its a decent piece.

Notes:
* Chest partial die cast
* Released by Hasbro and Takara
* Harder to get than the Autobot clones
* Accessories might be an issue
* No KO/Reissue yet

G1 Targetmaster Misfire with Aimless

Plane mode with Targetmaster

Targetmaster Aimless
Robot mode

Misfire is one of the few targetmasters around. Misfire is also a rare targetmaster like the rest of the Decepticon's targetmasters from G1 Headmaster series. Aimless tend to break the hip connector easily. Mine is broken as well as many cases I heard from other collectors.

Note:
* Aimless hip joint easily broken
* No reissue or KO at the moment

G1 Targetmaster NeedleNose with Zig Zag & Sun Beam

Plane mode with 2 targetmasters
Targetmaster Zig Zag & Sun Beam
Robot mode with 2 Targetmasters!

Targetmaster NeedleNose with Zig Zag and Sun Beam. They appeared at the later series of G1. Be frank, I have not seen them in action in the series. I missed quite a bit towards the G1 Headmasters series. As you can see, I'm missing a small piece. There are 3 Decepticon Targetmaster with 2 Targetmasters in G1.

Note:
* Small upper wing is tend to be missing, even mine as well
* Targetmasters are hard to get.
* No reissue/KO know up to date

G1 Headmaster Junior Horribull with Kreb

Headmaster Kreb
Robot mode with 2 guns and headmaster on
Bull mode with tail...

From the Masterforce series, Horribull is one of the 3 Decepticon Headmaster Juniors. The only main reason they called junior because they are smaller than the ordinary headmasters from G1 series. Horribull is getting rare lately, not seeing much of them on Ebay or other auction sites. The hardest part will be the tail which can be used as the weapon. It took me a while to get this piece complete with the box of course. The gun also quite hard to get as parts are tend to get lost in years.

Note:
* The body easily get yellowing. I had a few with intense yellowing turn the body to brownish.
* The tail and the gun is hard to get.
* Original white Masterforce series box and this one is the same but its extremely rare. It's called as Bullhorn if I'm not mistaken.
* No reissue or KO for this toy known at this moment.

G1 Stunticons Menasor

Stunticons roll out!
Menasor, Superion's arch rival!

Stunticons! Leader Motormaster (black truck), Breakdown (white car), Drag Strip (yellow car),
Wildrider(grey car), Dead End (Maroon car), they combined to Menasor. Natural enemy of Superion in G1 and Headmasters Series. One of the most sought after combiners, however there are fake version of this. Vintage versions are partial diecast and of course with the insignia and the dates of productions. Vintages are made in Japan. I'm never a big fan of smaller guns so I don't usually take pictures of them.

Notes:
* Motormaster chest with roller tend to easily break. I encounter quite a few with broken chest
* There is KO version of Menasor known, no die cast parts like the original