GT7: Starscream Inspired Integra.

First honest attempt at creating a livery on GT7.  Time consuming but therapeutic.  

Lego Optimus Prime.

Modded Face Mask.

One Shall Stand…

After a slightly stressful 15 minutes of waiting on a non responding Lego web, Optimus Prime has been ordered, secured and assembled! What an awesome model that actually transforms. A few things could be improved such as large gaps and stiff articulating joints. The face was a big problem due to the huge gap between the eyes and face mask. Modded and it looks way better to me. See above. The size is massive and the overall appearance is g1 accurate. Hope Lego makes more Transformers in the future. Tommy likey!

WFC.

Smokescreen.

Jetfire.

Collecting a few non MP transformers as well. Such as the above War for Cybertron figures. Good quality and nice molds. Jetfire courtesy of friend.  

Masterpiece Transformers.

How’d You Get in There, Grim?

My interest to collect MP Takara transformers has been reignited thanks to my friend’s mutual interest!  The original MP was Starscream from my parents bought at HLJ online which started it all in 2006. Around 2014, I got Grimlock, Soundwave, and Prowl to start things off.  After a long hiatus, I’m back and going full speed ahead! Will document updates here and add more pics as this is just a portion of the collection. Might open a few of them but I enjoy the fresh boxes a lot!  

The list:

1. MP-03 Starscream opened 
2. MP-08 Grimlock NIB
3. MP-11NR Ramjet NIB x2
4. MP-11NT Thrust NIB
5. MP-13 Soundwave opened
6. MP-17 Prowl NIB
7. MP-18B Bluestreak NIB
8. MP-18S Silverstreak NIB
9. MP-19 Smokescreen NIB
10. MP-21R Red Bumblebee NIB
11. MP-27 Ironhide NIB substandard
12. MP-31 Delta Magnus NIB substandard
13. MP-35 Grapple NIB
14. MP-39+ Spinout NIB
15. MP-40 Hot Rodimus  NIB
16. MP-42 Cordon NIB
17. MP-44 Optimus Prime ver3 NIB
18. MP-45 Bumblebee ver2 NIB
19. MP-47 Hound NIB collector 
20. MP-51 Arcee NIB
21. MP-52 Starscream ver2 NIB x2
22. MP-52+ Thundercracker NIB x2
23. MP-52+ Skywarp NIB x2 (1 collector, 1 standard)
24. MP-53 Skids NIB
25. MP-53+ Senator Crosscut NIB
26. MP-54 Reboost NIB
27. MP-56 Trailbreaker NIB
28. MP-57 Jetfire NIB
29. MPG-01 Shouki Trainbot NIB
30. MPG-02 Getsuei NIB
31. MPG-03 Yukikaze NIB
32. MPG-04 Suiken NIB
33. MPG-05 Seizen NIB
34. MPG-06S Kaen NIB

Transformer Legos.

Robot Mode.

Vehicle Mode.

Back Side!

Inspired by east coast nephew to design Lego mechs.  This is what resulted while playing with me kids.  Generation one inspired transformer, Ratchet!

Optimus.

Found an older picture of when I got to meet Optimus Prime! Nah, this is my youngest brother all decked out in his home made Optimus costume. Possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen. Made with cardboard, duct tape and spray paint. Amazing what he can do with a little luck and a lot of energon!

Transformers 2.

Watched Transformers 2 yesterday and really enjoyed it. Lots of action and awesome special effects. Quite possibly better than the first. Plot was simple but, do you really need a strong plot with Optimus Prime and Bumble Bee fighting Decepticons? No.

Update 10/24/09:
Wow time flies. Just got Transformers 2 on BR. Honestly, I liked it better the second time than the first time.

xB Transformer.

Another cool transformer. As you can guess, it turns into a Scion xB. Nice thing about this little guy is that he is partially made of metal. Interestingly, I also found the US version which is blue and completely plastic. Japanese toys rock.

Transformers Blu-Ray.

My Wife and I finished watching Transformers on Blu-Ray and both enjoyed it just as much as the first time at the theaters. We have Transformers on DVD as well and I can tell the difference between the two formats. Picture quality and sound are improved on Blu-Ray... maybe sound a little more. Seemed like I heard nuance sound effects that I didn't detect on the DVD. For example, during scenes with the the actual transformers I could hear more mechanical sounds emitting from them. Little details are cool. The special features (on disk 2) caught my interest for a change because it referred to the generation 1 transformers multiple times (my childhood heroes). Usually, I find special features are quite boring and basically a waste of a disk. Overall, great movie and I give it 9.8 thumbs up. As a courageous robot from Cybertron once said, "Autobots, roll out."

(Note: Picture above has nothing to do with the movie. It's Starscream, masterpiece by Takara)