Encore 07 G1 Skylynx

I never complained much about Encore's box designs. So far so good.

The art and design of the box does bring back the "old days"...

Instead of styro, now they use plastic inserts.

There are 2 Skylnyx here, one is Vintage and one is new... Make ur guesses...

Vintage left comes with Toybox logo and new one comes with Takara...

The vintage eye is gold color while the new one is blue...

The 3 modes...

Eagle mode with red gun turret...

New version with black gun turret.



Apparently, the new Encore version is not that bad after all. Its surprised to see it not selling so well in market. Its worth to buy now, vintage used to cost around US 80-100 each without boxes. Do your maths....

G1 D-301 Headmaster Wilder / Fangry

G1 Omega Supreme

My favourite Transformers G1 toy.. no other than Omega Supreme
The color art for the box is too yellowish to my liking...

The new head....
The old head...
Can you differentiate which is new and old?
Omega Supreme Robot Mode!

Amazingly the new Tomy Takara's version is not disappoint as I thought. I have the old ToyBox version so I have something to compare with. I heard about defects on this so I pulled this out and see it for myself. So nothing much to complain and I should say it could match the vintage Toybox edition. I am really surprised indeed. With the price such low, this is a must grab product. As I say, my fav G1 toy.

G1 Tailgate

From the series 3 minibots. Made in 1986, Japan.

Note:
* Series 3 minibots

G1 Huffer

From Series 1 minibots, 1984. Made in Japan. Same mold with Pipes, just different colors.

Note:
* Series 1 minibots, 1984

G1 Gears

First series minibots. Made in Japan, 1984.

Note:
* First series minibot

G1 Warpath

Originally made in 1985, Japan. Series 2 minibots. One of the main characters of G1 in the series.

Note:
* Reissued originally, reissued version is made in China

G1 Takara C-311 Headmaster Grand Maximus

Grand Max with Pretender & Cog
Back View
Side profile
Upper Half Front
Upper Half Back with yellowing... sigh

Pretender and Cog


After 6 years, I finally got Grand Maximus after I had Brave and Fortress Maximus. I might not have the complete set but with the main guy, I'm more than satisfy. The watermark Qusol is the seller who sold this monster to me. I missed 2 opportunities to own it, so I just grab this at 3rd time. Grand Max released in Japan only in 1987, Made in Macau under Takara. The back part got some yellowing and I will update with more pictures if I'm free to transform it to base mode, which I don't really think so for now. Originally from the Masterforce series, Grand Max stands hand to hand with God Ginrai to go against the infamous Black Scorponok. Basically, it has the same mold as Fotress Maximus but with the Pretender shell extra and of course the different color schemes. The combinations color red and blue is nicer than Brave and Fort Max. I would say among the 3, Grand Max looks the best.

Below is the reference from the original box, I don't owned it though, sigh.... Notes:
* 1 of the 3 largest Transformers Base
* Never released in US due to the size of the toy which violates the US regulations
* From the Masterforce Series, 1987 Made in Macau
* NO KO Version of the toy but parts like the guns and the sword are reissued KO
* Grand Max and parts are getting VERY RARE and extremely expensive to get

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