Saturday 28 January 2017

Masterpiece Wheeljack MP-20



Profile (Translated from the Trading Card)
MP-20 Cybertron Mechanical Engineer / Wheeljack
Function: Mechanical Engineer
Motto: "Never do what your enemy expects you to do."
Profile:
Wheeljack is a cheerful mad scientist; he is also an excellent engineer who is always immersed in creating new and fantastic inventions at the base. Sometimes however he gets injured when his experiments go wrong. He is an expert driver and boasts skills which rival Hollywood stunt drivers. In robot mode he can fly at a maximum speed of 515km/h allowing him to cover a distance of 1300km.
STR...6; INT...6; SPD...7; END...9; RNK...5; CRG...2; FBL...9; SKL...7

Wednesday 25 January 2017

GiG's Diaclone & Trasformers (Part 1: The Micronauts)

GiG's Time Traveller figure from 1980 (Source: eBay)

Italian toy company GiG was founded in 1968 by Gianfranco Aldo Horvat and mainly licensed toys from other toy companies for sale in Italy. Best known by Transformer fans was GiGs partnership with Takara, bringing their Diaclone Car Robots and others under the new brand name "Trasformers".

In 1985, Hasbro asserted their dominance against GiG pushing them into line to use their Transformers branding which Takara themselves had adopted after dropping their Diaclone and Micro Change lines when they saw its popularity. GiG still maintained their relationship with Takara and even released a few "exclusive" Transformers of their own such as the Bruticus & Abominus giftset and Transformer Victory's Galaxy Shuttle.

GiG continued to operate as in independent toy company until 1994 when it partnered with another Italian toy company, Giochi Preziosi. In 1999 GiG was completely merged into Giochi Preziosi. Gianfranco Aldo Horvat remained with the company until 2003 and he died in 2009.

Saturday 14 January 2017

Masterpiece Clampdown MP-14C



Profile (Translated from the Trading Card)
MP-14C Cybertron Police Officer / Clampdown
Function: Police Officer
Motto: “Without law, authority is powerless.”
Profile:
A robot policeman dispatched from Seibertron to an Earth police facility through an interplanetary talent exchange program. Cooperating with human partners, every day he devotes his efforts to the safety of his region. Unsophisticated and kind-hearted, he cracks down on vicious crimes with a firm manner. Now and then he'll butt heads with the locals or his co-workers owing to differences in culture or moral concepts.
STR...9; INT...7; SPD...9; END...6; RNK...5; CRG...8; FBL...6; SKL...7

Thursday 12 January 2017

Clampdown 91 (e-Hobby exclusive, 2003)


(Profile Translated from the character card)
91 Cybertron Police Officer Clampdown
Function: Police Officer
Transformation: Supercar Police Car
Ability: A robot policeman dispatched from Seibertron to an Earth police facility through an interplanetary talent exchange program. Cooperating with human partners, every day he devotes his efforts to the safety of his region. Unsophisticated and kind-hearted, he cracks down on vicious crimes with a firm manner. Now and then he'll conflict with the locals or his co-workers owing to differences in culture or moral concepts.
Weapon(s): Flash Bang Grenades & Automatic Handgun
STR...9; INT...7, SPD...9, END...6, RNK...5, CRG...8, FPR...6, SKL...7, TTL...57


Friday 6 January 2017

Gold Armor Grimlock (RiD, 2015)




(Profile Translated from TAV02 Grimlock)
Function: Dinosaur Warrior
Profile:
Dinobot warrior Grimlock transforms into a T-Rex. A powerful transformer who mows down enemies with his powerful tail and attacks with his sharp jaws. In the distant past he was remanded due to his scary appearance despite his innocence. Initially hostile towards the Autobots but has gradually opened up, warming to both his companions and the humans. Now the good-natured Grimlock, along with his comrades set out to capture the escaped Decepticon prisoners.
STR:10; INT:5; SPD:5; END:10; RNK:6; CRG:8; FBL:9; SKL:7; TTL:60