Saturday 25 March 2017

TATSUMIYA - FIGHTING ANIMAL

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Hello & welcome!

Intro
This is my review on the complete 5 Fighting Animal series on sealed individual card backs by toy company Tatsumiya, made in China and designs from Japan.

Packaging
The packaging is very vintage Japanese 1980's. You have cool stylized Japanese and I think Mandarin font.
All 5 cats. From what I know I'm guessing their names are from left to right: Lion, Wild Cat, Black Panther, Cheetah, and Tiger. I really don't know if there is any other names for them other than just simply the cat modes their based on. 

Lion close up

Wild Cat close up

Black Panther close up

Cheetah close up

Tiger close up

Back view

Toys
The paint jobs and stickers on these versions are slightly different from the international versions, like the Fighting Animal series by LH (Champion Crown) or the Robo-Kats series by Tek Toys.
Note: I used Tiger's variant since I kept the original Tatsumiya, Tiger sealed. The variant is different with the back stripes which has no black and only yellow stripes, otherwise its not entirely different.

Animal Modes


Robot Modes

Lion Robot Mode

Wild Cat Robot Mode

Cheetah Robot Mode

Tiger Robot Mode

Black Panther Robot Mode


Outro
I love the set! It is hard to find and glad have them in my collection. Quality is the same as the international releases but I really like the colour schemes a little more than the variants that came after.
I hope you enjoyed viewing!
Special thanks to: redstarrobot.com

Kind & best regards,
Robo-Synergy



Saturday 11 March 2017

LANSAY - LES MUTANT TRANSFORMABLES - REPTILE ENVAHISSEUR

THE MUTANT TRANSFORMABLES - REPTILE ENVAHISSEUR

Hello & welcome!
It is a pleasure to introduce a rare gift set I've obtained and that is Les Mutant Transformables, Reptile Enhavhisseur (The Mutant Transformables, Reptile Invader) released by Lansay and made by toy companies Mark and Select. I've never seen them before like the Insecte Envahisseur (Insect Invader) and Insecte de Combat (Insect of Combat) and then a fruitful opportunity arose!
It came near complete with all 5 reptiles but just a few things are missing, like some weapon accessories and instructions but it's all good.
Now onto the review!

Front view


The front view of the box detailing has its own colour layout to contrast differently from the other Lansay - Mutant gift sets which looks great. I always love to marvel at the amount of designing, toy artwork, and overall effort the creators put into selling these toys. On the bottom right side of the box shows beautiful artwork of a nature environment where I can imagine the Reptile Invaders would inhabit in and perhaps fight with their arch rivals the Animals of Combat and Insects of Combat. The box has clear plastic windows to reveal the toys in Mutant modes and stylized text to describe their respective reptile modes. Some parts of my box are a little worn out and missing some parts of it but again its all good, majority of it is in great shape.

Top, bottom, and side views



More of the packaging, excellent detailing and colours. 


Inside view

The toys come on styrofoam insert, its fantastic. Unfortunately my set was missing the toy instructions but it's all good, I still love them!

Comparison next to the Japanese version Bioroid series.

The toys
Each toy has its own unique features and the synergism between them all is wonderful. I have the original Japanese individual box sets of the reptiles and the difference between them is no different since the toys themselves are manufactured by the same toy companies, its mostly the toy packaging that is significantly different, Lansay has done an amazing job with their versions.

And finally a view of the 3 of 4 Mutant box sets and hoping to find the last box set I need to complete all 4 sets of the toy line which is the Animal de Combat (Animal of Combat) also known as the Fighting Animals.

Thoughts
They look great together when the toys are in their boxes or outside of them. If you line them next to other series like the insects. I'm so glad to know they exist and proud to have them in my collection!

Thank you for viewing and I hope you enjoyed this post!

Kind & best regards,
Robo-Synergy