In this video you will see how the car works via saline solution. Good for projects! ;) I'll be posting a video review for this soon.
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
UPDATE 101: Dynasty Warriors Lu Bu and Zhang Fei
Lu Bu is in the middle fighting off Chinese warriors
Zhang Fei looks a little thinner here not like his toy counterpart
Hope you have a great time checking my posts! I'll be updating the posts as soon as I can! :)
Zaku Live Action Concert Version
I love Gundam. I've got a lo of figures and kits from Bandai, TT Hongli, Gaogao, Dragon Momoko and other makers of Gundam kits. At first I thought that the only pink colored gundam is the Justice Gundam. I never thought that a bad-ass Zaku would also wear the same color. How cute :)
Pretty much the same mold as the original Zaku, only difference is the color. This kit by the way is from LWDragon in 1/144 Scale.
The Shield is mounted on the left shoulder via ball joints,the other shoulder possess the infamous Zaku spike. Articulation is the same as all 1/144 scale kits, good articulation.
I haven't added the stickers yet since I want to have a clean built on my kits. Got a ton of unused sticker sheets and decals :)
Another fascinating thing about this is you can upgrade it to become a gunner Zaku. You'll going to notice at the back there is a small peg where you can put the Gunner Zaku backpack.
Weapons include guns and his favorite weapon, the tomahawk which is molded in black plastic. There are extra hands one open hands to carry Lacus Clyne, the Zaku's pilot and another hand.
TOY: Gundam Seed Zaku Live Action Concert-Lacus Clyne Version 1/144 Model Kit
MAKER: LWDragon
FETISH: Action Figures, Toy Robots, Kits
X-Men Bishop Action Figure
Let's go on to more serious toys. I've got here X-Men's Lucas Bishop. All I can say is that this guy is MASSIVE!. Just look at the muscles on this guy. The color scheme is just great and color tone is just perfect. One positive thing I can say about this figure is the points of articulation. It has around 20 or more points so basically it looks more human that a mere toy.
Though this guy is made of plastic, it is still quite heavy compared to other action figures. And since this is an original MARVEL toy, the figure itself is good. The pegs are perfect,no loose joints which is good.
Lucas was a member of the Xavier Security Enforcers under the care of Prof. Xavier of course. He came from the future and he thought that the X-Men were just legends. Bishops main ability is to absorb energy that is directed towards him and use this energy to blast away his enemies. He also uses his 2 shotguns.
I like his dark expression here. He's ready to blast some mutant butt!
Since this guy is so massive,getting him to stand up is a big issue. If you have toy stands that can accommodate his size you can use it so it doesn't topple down your other collections.
TOY: X-Men Lucas Bishop
MAKER: Marvel
FETISH: Action Figures
Salt and Water Fuel Cell Car
I'm a fan of unique toys. When I found out about this toy, I grabbed my wallet and purchased 10 boxes of these saline powered car. Saline is a solution made with a part of water and a part of table salt.
This is pretty small. This is almost the same size as a Matchbox or a Hot Wheels toy car.
I built one and had it running. It lasted for a good 30 minutes. How cool is that? With just a drop of saline you can have this running for minutes!
This is mainly made up of plastic.
I have no idea what is written here though I guess it is "salt and water car"
Here are the parts for the car. The blue and white plastics are the body, wheels and the case for the "battery" On the upper left, beside the blue plastic is the parts for the "battery" The small,yellow thing is a gear that connects to a bigger gear and it helps run the wheels. The long white plastic with a bulb end is the dropper, the metal thing with two wires is the positive and negative that connects to the motor that runs the wheels. The white square piece is a special cloth where you drop the water,the black one is a magnesium plate and the last one is an aluminum, plate.
If you have science projects at school and you want to have an easy yet unique project, you can grab it ant any grocery stores or toy shops.
TOY: Salt And Water Fuel Cell Car
MAKER: A Chinese company for sure.
FETISH: Cars
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
DYNASTY WARRIORS: Lu Bu and Zhang Fei
This is my first review for "DYNASTY WARRIORS: Lu Bu and Zhang Fei"
This guy is Lu Bu from Dynasty Warriors. If your not familiar with Dynasty Warriors, it's a video game from Play Station 2 I think. The game consists of mainly famous Chinese Warriors from their era. What they're fighting for I do not know since I do not own a PS. :)
The box is pretty neat. The only thing I noticed is the maker of these toys. I bought this in a grocery store by the way. The maker of the toy is "Takara Towy" clearly a knock off of the original Takara Tomy line, though this one is not clear to me if Takara Tomy really made Dynasty Warriors toys.
So here is the toy in the unboxed state. Pretty neat for a knock off. It stands around 6 inches fairly the same size of an SH Figuarts toy.
It's made with plastic, no die cast parts. There are no perfect toys right? I've got an issue here with the toy's head. I'm going to talk about it later. Let's go on to the articulation. It has 4 points of articulation. The Head rotates 360 degrees, the shoulder rotates 360 degrees as well but the shoulder pads hinder the rotation. The shoulder is secured via pegs that connects to the body. The waist rotates 360 degrees.
Let's proceed to the accessories. There is only one accessory for this figure. I don't know what this is called but it is a staff with a sharp point.
This is what I am talking about. You can't really see his head completely. The head is poorly scaled so if you're going to look at it in this side, the head is covered by the shoulder armor. But to sum it off, though we got some negative feed backs, it is still a good find.
The character's name is Zhang Fei also from the Chinese company Takara Towy. Have you seen a black Chinese? Not being racist or something but I never seen a black Chinese guy before :)
This is Zhang Fei out of his box. The color scheme is identical with Lu Bu, yellow and brown. They also got almost the same, a long staff with a pointed end.
There are 8 points of articulation. The head goes 360 degrees, the shoulder can go up and down and rotates 360 degrees as well, there are elbow joints that can go 90 degrees each and the waist goes 360 degrees.
The Chinese market offers you lots of items it a very cute price. Toys, accessories every thing and any thing that you can think of. So if you want to have a unique collection, you can buy it in any grocery shops, malls and other stores that offers cheap items.
TOY: Dynasty Warrior: Lu Bu and Zhang Fei
MAKER: Takara Towy
FETISH: Action Figures
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