HFTD Legends action figures - wave 1

Top row (from left): Optimus Prime & Cyber Fire Bumblebee

Bottom row (from left): Red Rampage & Ravage

These are the catalog photos of the 2010 Transformers Hunt for the Decepticons (HFTD) Legends figures, wave 1.  Like their Deluxe counterparts of the same toyline that I blogged about yesterday, these Legends figures are scheduled for worldwide retail release during the Q3 of 2010.  So meanwhile, keep saving up and happy waiting for them to come to our local departmental stores!

HFTD Deluxe action figures - wave 1

Top row (from left): Battle Blade Bumblebee & Ironhide
Bottom row (from left): Jetblade & Sea Attack Ravage

Here are the catalog photos for the 2010 Transformers Hunt for the Decepticons (HFTD) toys.  Wave 1 is scheduled for worldwide release sometime in the 3rd quarter. 

As the Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) craze dies down and the ROTF toys start to go on clearance sale in Singapore, the HFTD toyline aims to take over their predecessor with even more toy repaints, though some like Battle Blade Bumblebee and Ironhide have modified and new molds (hurray!).

I don’t think Jetblade and Sea Attack Ravage need another review as they are the repaints of Dirge and Ravage respectively from the ROTF toyline.  The video review for HFTD Deluxe Ironhide is available at my previous blog post.  Happy waiting for these HFTD Deluxe toys to come to Singapore!

The video reviews of Transformers Hunt for the Decepticons (HFTD) Deluxe Ironhide toy are available online now!  

Looking at this figure, I still prefer the Voyager Ironhide figure from the 2007 Transformers The Movie (TFTM) toyline.  Nevertheless, a smaller and Deluxe version of Ironhide will make him more affordable to the kids especially, after all Ironhide is also a really cool Autobot character from the Transformers movies!  Enjoy the video!

Note: The video review by the same reviewer for Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) Deluxe Ratchet is also available online!

Here’s part 2 of the 2010 line up of Transformers Hunt for the Decepticons (HFTD) toys (Scout, Deluxe, Voyager & Leader classes.).  The photos can now be viewed at Seibertron.com!  Happy waiting for the toys to come to Singapore!  I definitely want HFTD Deluxe Battle Blade Bumblebee!

Happy viewing of the many Transformers Hunt for the Decepticons (HFTD) toys (Activators, Legends & role playing, etc.) at Seibertron.com! I’ll be waiting to get HFTD Legends Ravage and Red Rampage!

Well, I thought I read rumoured news that the Autobot twins - Skids and Mudflap might be left out of the cast of Transformers movie 3.  Apparently like many fans around the world, a photo such as this taken on the movie set astounded me.

So are the twins going or not going to be in the movie?  Only time will tell. To me it doesn’t make too much difference, as long as my favourite Bumblebee is still the star of the movie!

Filming for Transformers movie 3 has started and some resourceful fans have managed to take ’secret’ photos of the vehicles to be used on the movie sets! 

Here we have both Ratchet (spotting new colors and patterns) being loaded onto a trailer together with Optimus Prime (who looks the same as before). 

Only time will tell if these shall be the official colors and images for these 2 movie characters, after all it is not uncommon for characters to get another makeover during the movie plot! Happy waiting for further confirmations!

Yes, head down to the original posting at Seibertron.com to take a look at our favourite Camaro’s new image for the 3rd Transformers movie! 

It doesn’t look like much of a change at first glance, but then again, Bumblebee’s image in Transformers movie 2 - Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) wasn’t so vastly different from his 1st movie look either. 

Anyway, the latest and newest Bumblebee car mode will likely mean that we will have a new toy mold for movie 3!  Happy waiting for the Transformers movie 3 toy preview photos to eventually show up online (most likely early next year)!

… more than the physical possession of the actual toys.  Do you agree with this view?

Take the above toy for example - She will be the Exclusive My Little Pony offered during the upcoming San Diego Comic Convention (SDCC) 2010 (17-18 July).  Every year during the SDCC, there will be special exclusive toys made available to collectors and everyone will clamor for the chance to own them.

Like the hordes of toy collectors around the world, I want to acquire the SDCC exclusive toys of the toylines that I already collect.  Every year once the online photos of the various SDCC exclusive toys are made public (or in some cases, leaked out), the fans and collectors get very excited and claim that they want to buy these and those toys etc.  They will talk, discuss, think and dream about those toys until the day they get them.  It’s a never ending annual cycle.

One of the most fun parts about toy collecting is finding your method to acquire the toys you want to collect.  Some of us make at least weekly trips to the, flea markets, local departmental stores or collector’s toy shops to hunt for the toys.  When we find the toys we want, we feel like we have struck the lottery and go home with the newly purchased toys.  We feel very pleased with ourselves, like we are the happiest persons on earth.  But for long will this ‘happiness’ last?  Well, it varies according to the individuals, LOL!

For toys that not available locally, sometimes we get a local toy dealer or local collector’s toy shop to order the toys for us, and then we go and collect them when the stocks arrive.  But most toy collectors are very internet savvy, so they order or hunt down the toys online themselves.  In this way, they get to enjoy the thrill of the hunt.  Again, the toy hunting game goes on and on.

Of course you also feel a sense of ‘pride’ where you can tell other collectors that you own such and such a toy, and at a very good price too.  Then what happens to those toys of pride afterwards?  They mostly sit in ‘cold storage’ somewhere in your home while you chase after the next new and exciting toys, right?  Relax, you’re not alone in this toy collecting hobby.  Everyone had more or less gone through these phases, and are still doing so, LOL!

My nephew (the one who calls me a geek) asks me why can’t I just prepare a toy check list and put a tick beside the toy name each time I spot them in the shops or departmental stores?  Can’t that just count as ‘collecting’ the toy without having to fork out money for it and not having subsequent clutter issues at home?  After all, I can’t use the toys like practical items.  It’s the thrill of the hunt that matters, isn’t it?  Now that’s some food for thought.

So is this true for you as well?  That the thrill of the hunt excites you and makes you feel happy?  More so than buying and owning the toys?  Will my nephew’s toy ‘collecting’ method work too?  Feel free to share your comments here!

… before they are cast aside so that you can pursue the next new toys on your want list? 

Don’t you feel like those ancient Chinese emperors who take in a new concubine each week or day, just to cast her aside after being in your favour for a very short while?  Then the toys go into ’storage’ in the back palace or ‘cold’ palace (place for the out of favour and forgotten concubines).

Many years later when you’re looking for something in your cupboard (or when the emperor goes for a walk in the garden), you find a toy that you forgot you even have (he chances upon a concubine whom he doesn’t remember ever meeting).  It’s like a “have we met before?” scenario, LOL!  

Like a panther on the prowl, I go on a never ending vicious cycle hunt in search of the next new toys on my endless want list.  When I have finally gotten everything on the list, something else will appear to catch my attention and be added to my want list to hunt for. 

Many a times I tell myself that I shall only collect a few nice pieces from a certain toyline.  Then somehow along the way, I ended up collecting nearly everything, including the freaking variants (which happen to look quite nice, even though the factories made a mistake in the colors!).  Fortunately, I have a monthly toy budget to keep me in check!

Sometimes I think that this toy collecting hobby freaks me out.  Do you feel that too?  Please feel free to share your thoughts and comments with me here.  I really need to know if I am, or am not alone in feeling like that.  Thank you for your contributions!