Sunday, April 7, 2013

SONIC BOMBER





The third of the Kabaya Zones, today we take a look at Sonic Bomber.






Sonic Bomber's jet mode is really flat, except for  the protruding blaster at the rear.




Taking a closer look at this robot, the stickers bring out the character of this toy, rather than the dull black plastic molds.










In robot mode, you can see what I meant earlier that this robot is very thin when you view it from the side.




This robot can't do much when you want to pose it around, as movement is very limited.










Here's we take a look at Sonic Bomber's base mode. Micromaster Speeder's scale is proportionate to the base. However, by far this has to be the worst base mode among the three Zones.





Now let's take a look at all three of the Zone's together. In robot mode, they all have the same proportion. However the actual Zones come in different sizes. Dai Atlas is actually the largest, followed by Roadd Fire & Sonic Bomber being the smallest.




Here's what most of you have been waiting for, to see all three of the Zones combine to form Big Powered!







I have to admit that in this mode, all three Zones look pretty good. The connecting points are very tight and they don't look or feel flimsy when you play with the entire spacecraft.

By far, Kabaya DX Fortress & the Big Powered combiner has to be the top two Kabaya Trasformers in my list right now.


Related links: Dai Atlas

Related links: Road Fire

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

ROAD FIRE





The second kit from Kabaya's 6th wave of Trasformers is Road Fire. In vehicle mode, Road Fire comes in the form of an assault tank.






The view from other angles.




Now, let's have a look at Road Fire in robot mode. Similar to Dai Atlas, the stickers make the kit livelier.






Various angles of robot mode.






Road Fire's base mode looks a little hilarious to me. The legs go all the way up to form a defense tower while the center hull opens to reveal Micromaster Speeder. Nevertheless, due to the color scheme, this ranks number two amongst the three Kabaya Zone figures.


Related links: Dai Atlas

Related links: Sonic Bomber

Saturday, March 30, 2013

DAI ATLAS





This is the latest toy from Kabaya that comes in a set of three. First let's take a look the vintage Dai Atlas. This robot came out in Japan during the early 90's, under the series known as Zone.

In the cartoon animation, Dai Atlas took over Star Saber to lead the Autobots.







The first mode, we see Dai Atlas in the form of a huge aircraft. Personally, it looks more like a huge tank with wings & a sharp nose.




Dai Atlas can also transform into a land assault vehicle. The cannon on top actually comes from Sonic Bomber's kit which I will review in my next post.







Other angles of the assault tank.




Next, we take a look at Dai Atlas in its full grandeur in robot form.



























Here, we see that that stickers have done a great  job in bringing this piece to life. They are easy to apply but do be careful as they may peel off over time. What I usually do is to apply a translucent payer of glue on the sticker to keep them in place for a longer period of time.





With some help from accessories in Sonic Bomber & Road Fire's kit, Dai Atlas is now equipped with his shield & blade. The Z blade comes with Road Fire's kit while the mini gun turret & blue ramps come from Sonic Bomber's set.






Since it this toy line has been discontinued long ago. Getting hold of Dai Atlas has been the dream of many collectors like myself. Due to the sky high prices of mint conditioned toys, perhaps the next best thing is to get hold of this Kabaya set to quench our thirst for collection.




Lastly, we take a look at Dai Atlas in base mode.







The kit & pieces snap together nicely to form this simple yet amazing structure. The mini, Micromaster Speeder that comes from Road Kire's makes as a nice display together with the Dai Atlas Base.

Stay tuned for my upcoming posts on the remaining two Zone robots & how they combine together to form the mighty Big Powered.


Related links: Road Fire

Related links: Sonic Bomber

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

DIRGE






One of the few Seekers from the Generations line, let's have a closer look at Dirge.







Dirge is one of the few Seekers that doesn't follow the mainstream mold of Starscream.





Both top & bottom views of Dirge. The chest flips out to form landing gears.




A close up shot of Dirge.
 






View of Dirge in different angles.









Overall the figure is very sleep & there is no complaints to the paint job, articulation or transformation process. I've not taken pictures of Dirge with the missiles as they're tucked together with the other stash of missiles from other Transformers figures.

If you're a Seeker fan, don't miss out on this figure. In my country, not many people are interested in this figure as they were going at clearance price.