My Hobby History - Part II

Hi there, after so long hibernating from blogging, now i plan to continue writing on my passion for The Transformers collectibles. My second TF figure was from Galaxy Force (Japanese ver - Garakushī Fōsu) or know as Cybertron series in the U.S, which was the Autobot Leader named Galaxy Convoy a.k.a Optimus Prime (Cybertron). Before i start the story telling on where, when and how much i grabbed this figure, i would like to proceed with the storyline of this Robotic Anime from Japan which was started to aired on the Jap TV station some where around July, 2005 till October, 2006

Screenshot of Galaxy Force anime

"When the destruction of Unicron results in the formation of a massive black hole, the planet Cybertron, home world of the Transformers, is threatened, and its population is evacuated to Earth, taking the forms of local vehicles and machinery to hide from humanity. In order to stop the black hole and save the universe, the Autobots need to find the legendary Cyber Planet Keys, which was lost due to an attempt to create a cross-universal space bridge network and reside on four worlds somewhere in the universe. These Keys were then combined together with Omega Lock, the focusing device for the Cyber Planet Key's power. Returning to Cybertron, the Autobots use the Omega Lock and Cyber Planet Keys, which awakens the spirit of Primus, the deity who is creator of the Transformers, and Cybertron itself actually transforms into the god's body."

Picture of Primus prototype figure

Enough with the synopsis, now i shall intro u my second TF figure which was obtained in the island of Penang when i was visiting there during my trimester break. Initially, i have no intention to shop for any 'souvenir' for myself as my target is only to explore Penang island throughout the vacation period. But destiny had brought me to one of the shoppipng centers near Gurney Plaza (forgotten the name of that place ad) where i found the U.S ver of Galaxy Convoy a.k.a Optimus Prime. The figure tagged at the staggering price of RM218.80 which later brought me to use my bargaining skill to step down the sky rocketed price. Unfortunately, the uncle of that shop (Toon Shoppe) was very 'kiam sap' to lower down the price with the reason that this item was hard-to-get item at that time. With passion surpassing my wallet's limit, finally i paid RM218.80 to that uncle and brought back that figure happily ever after... err.. not really happy 100% caused it cost a bomb and burn one big hole in my wallet.

Picture of Galaxy Convoy, TAKARA ver

Picture of Optimus Prime, Hasbro ver (mine is this ver)

Picture of Optimus Prime in vehicle mode I
Picture of Optimus Prime in vehicle mode II

Picture of Optimus Prime in robot mode
Picture of Optimus Prime in battle mode
Picture of Hybrid Style Galaxy Convoy

There is also another version of Galaxy Convoy which was released later after the Galaxy Force show. This version of figure was just 1/3 of the normal Galaxy Convoy height and thus carried the model type of Hybrid Style. Although it is small in size, but the detail and articulation is better or on par with the normal version of Galaxy Convoy.

Picture of Planet key in "chip-on" action