KM-06 STORMER

This is the 3rd Seeker installment by Mastermind Creations. The first one was a limited edition pure white version known as KM Awakening while the second version was KM-05 Screecher (the supposed Starscream). As you can clearly guess, Stormer is a rendition of Thundercracker.

The toy comes with a short train track as well as a series of plastic blue caps, for you to seal off the screw head openings. Hence if you take a look, you will hardly see any screw openings.

I have applied gold markings on parts of the figure. Also, the only extra detail on the toy is the green markings as can be seen above. I really appreciate the efforts of Mastermind for such a small part of the figure.

Stormer comes in the form of a 3-winged plane from the steel ages. It resembles the early inventions of the Wright Brothers. There's one main factor why you will never see toys like these bring produced by mainstream toy manufacturers & that's because of the safety issue. If you're wondering whether the wings & propellers of the plane are sharp, they are pointy sharp alright! You could probably use the wings as a letter opener if you wanted to.

A closer look shows Stormers face resembling that of Thundercracker.

One main weakness of these third party toys is the plastic quality. You gotta be really careful when you transform them as they do feel a little fragile at times. Also try not to have sweaty palms when you're transforming Stormer, you don't wanna hurt yourself from the sharp edges.

 
The rear wings can actually be spread open giving Stormer a larger wingspan when flying I suppose. Even though the rear or Stormer looks bulky, the figure is actually quite sturdy.

Various other poses of Stormer.
 

The additional wings tucked along the waist can actually be removed to become fighting blades. Alternatively, you can also combine both of them together to form a huge scimitar.

 

Here's one cool thing I found out from another blog that the instruction manual doesn't show. You can actually combine both the blades along with the rear wings, to form a gigantic shuriken.

I'm sure Stormer is going to need a whole lot of strength to even flip that at someone. Having said so, wouldn't something as huge as that be bloody visible for the opponent to have plenty of time to evade? Go figure.

Lastly, here's a concept art of the early designs of the three Seekers. Although they're not the same, they do bear a lot of resemblance.

To me this has been a fun piece to look at & appreciate. I really do look forward to upcoming figures from Mastermind. One to mention would be Hexatron, which I have yet to purchase.

KM-01 KNIGHT MORPHER COMMANDER

Before purchasing this vintage train, I was very skeptical at the quality of this product. It was only after reading some online reviews that I made up my mind to get hold of this figure.

Being a third party product, they don't come cheap in the market. The other problem I faced was to hunt for this toy at a competitive price since it was becoming harder to get hold of.

The picture above shows the Knight Morpher Commander (KMC) taken out of the box but still in the blister pack.

KM-01 comes in the form of a vintage steam train from the Steel Age.

Rear of the carriage.
 

Taking the carriage apart.

Different angles of the carriage.

There are two types of connecting peg at the rear of the carriage.One is what you would call a male & the other a female socket to hook on to other robots. The recent launches of Knight Morpher Seekers show that the train can be used to drag the Seekers (Starscream, Thundercracker & Skywarp).

On the underside of the carriage, you can store another set of hands for KM Commander.

This is what the carriage looks like once opened up.
 

The first mode you'll get is a mobile assault station.

Then, the cannon barrel can be dismantled to form an array of weapon for KM Commander. We'll look at these in detail later on.

This is the front part of the train that transforms into the robot.

Do be very careful when transforming KM Commander. The plastic quality isn't as solid as your typical Hasbro toy. Certain joints around the body are quite tight so handle with extra care when moving them. This figure is quite light, however posing is not a problem.

Here's KM Commander on display with the assault platform.

The front chest of KM Commander opens up to reveal the Matrix of Leadership.

There is a headpiece that comes along with this kit. Among the three images above, the middle image is the right way to position the headpiece.

This is KM Commander with a shield & his his trusty blaster.

Remember the artillery cannon earlier? It breaks apart to form a jet pack for KM Commander. There is a 'J' shaped groove that fits nicely onto the back of the body.

Finally, the remaining portion of the cannon slides down to form a jousting blade. If you take a closer look, the tip of the blade is slightly bent. Hence, do be careful when inserting the blade back to form the artillery cannon. It's actually a very tight fit.

Overall for the price I paid, I have to say that I'm pleased with the quality & detail given to this figure. It was after this that I decided to pick up KM Cyclops which I have reviewed earlier back in March '13. I'll be looking forward for upcoming figures by Mastermind, especially the Seekers.