Dr. Wu Extreme Warfare

I've finally dipped my toes into the world of Dr. Wu's "Worlds' Smallest" scale of transforming robots with the purchase of E12 Blue Thunder vs. E13 Sky Glide...or better known as Thundercracker and Powerglide.

 

 

Unlike some of the other bio cards included with the toys from 3rd party companies, Dr. Wu's cards are slightly different. The stock used for the cards is a textured paper versus the normal glossy paper or plastic used. With the rounded corners, these remind me of playing cards. The art used for both the toy packaging and the cards is top notch. The back of the cards features Chinese (?) language along with some English in a very small, thin font.

Expect the Dr. Wu page to be updated again soon with more card scans as I kinda like these little guys quite well!

New Additions to the Kingdom Section

I finally found the time to scan a large stack of cards sitting on the corner of my desk and in the stack were several Kingdom cards. I really enjoyed this inclusion with the toys and hope Hasbro revisits the trading card pack-in later down the line again. With this update, the Kingdom section has also been updated.

 

Fans Hobby MB-14 Kap

It's been awhile since I've been able to update the Database, however today I have one small addition and somewhat of a rarity for me - a new 3rd party entry with Fans Hobby's Kap.

For many reasons I've resisted the urge to jump into the 3rd Party Masterpiece scale collecting circles, but I gave in when I saw what Fans Hobby was doing with the Masterforce characters. Kap was the last of the Junior Headmasters to be released and while the price was a little higher than his predecessors, it still was affordable.

I love the layout of these character cards and the fact that it uses toy photography over character artwork. I have several other figures from this MasterBuilder series that I hope to scan once I get around to opening the toys (I'm waiting to get another Detolf cabinet from IKEA...though the wait is getting harder and harder!) so if you are a fan of Fans Hobby then stay tuned for further updates. 

01/29/22 Update

Today's update brings some upgraded scans to the Final Victory, X-Transbots' Naval and Toy World's Muddy round out the 3rd Party section. Also added a new Beast Wars Telemocha card of Convoy (even though the foil front doesn't scan that well.

Transformers Car Robots - Super Car Bros.

Well it's been entirely too long between updates to the Database so let's remedy that with a trio of new cards. After moving this summer and having the pleasure to set up my collection again, I decided to dedicate half of one Detolf display case to Car Robots/RID. After re-acquiring Super Fire Convoy, I decided to go after the 3 "car bros" to compliment the Autobot shelf. While the base versions are great toys, I only had room for one version of these molds so I went with the "super" repaints. Luckily I was able to track down all 3 Takara versions, boxed and complete for super cheap. As a added bonus I was abl to scan these beautiful cards to add to the Database. 

The front of these cards have a holo rainbow foil, which thankfully scan better than some foil cards...which you'll see on a future update coming soon. With the addition of these 3 cards the Car Robots section is very close to being complete.

"Hey, Perceptor, what's shakin'? other than this fortress"

A good local friend of mine sent over some scans of KFC's Transistor (Blaster) and his cassettes...back in January?! Yeah, sometimes I bite off more than I can chew!

I don't partake much in the 3rd party realm so I really appreciate whenever I get submissions for this category. I've owned some of these KFC cassettes in the past and thought they were a pretty good representations of the G1 characters. I've not a hands on experience with Transistor, but I've always thought this version of Blaster was one of the better looking options out there.

Transformers Kingdom: Ark

 As I was prepping my next Transformers review for my toy blog, Random Toy Reviews, I decided to go with Huffer from wave 2 of the Kingdom series. The included card was the Ark, but I'm still trying to figure out if this is the version 1 or version 2 of the card. Nonetheless, I'm thrilled to be able to add more content to the Database.

Kingdom has arrived!!

Ever since the Kingdom series was hinted at online I was intrigued. The War for Cybertron Trilogy (from a toy perspective) has been on the best. From the Cybertronian modes of Siege, to the more common Earth forms in Earthrise, Kingdom is set to take us back in time. While I'm still not sure what the story will be and how we have Optimus Prime fighting alongside Optimus Primal, my inner geek is still freaking out a little.

If the new toy line and included characters wasn't enough to get me excited, later I found out that trading cards would be making their way back into the packaging... *sigh*. Well that means I'll have my work cut out for me if I'm going to catalog every Kingdom card here in the Database. 

The cards are only packaged with deluxe class or larger toys. Thankfully the cards are tucked away in a cardboard pouch as so they won't receive too much damage inside the packaging. Each card comes with a prismatic foil layer. Being a sports card collector as well, this layer reminds me of the protective layer card companies like Pinnacle and Topps used to protect some of their high end cards. The layer is meant to be peeled off, but with these the prismatic layer also features a headshot of the character. It's an opaque layer and when peeled off reveals the beautiful art underneath. Hasbro used a thick, chrome card stock for these cards. Each card has a rainbow sheen to them, again if you have dabbled in sports cards think of a Topps Refractor or a Panini Prizm. They are beautiful. 

My dilemma was the whether to peel or not. I know that sounds silly, but both images are stunning. What I ended up doing was grabbing a few white "dummy" cards I had sitting around from older sports card packs I had opened. I noticed when I peeled back the corner of the top layer that the adhesive on the backside was still pretty sticky. Once I peeled the card, I carefully tried to match up the curled top layer to the white card. It was a little tricky trying to get the top layer matched perfectly, but eventually I was able to suppress my OCD and be happy with the end result.

So far I've opened 3 Kingdom deluxe class figures...Cheetor, Blackarachnia and Paleotrex. I figured each character would feature their own character card, but either they are randomly packaged or I got jipped! Cheetor had a Blackarachnia card as well as Paleotrex. Blackarachnia on the other hand had Dinobot's card. I still have Warpath to check, but I'm leaving him for another day.

If these cards are indeed randomly packaged it's going to make it tough to get them all to scan. This is where (I hope) you, the reader, can come in to help. If you are willing and have a scanner, I'd love to get a scan of the card before the top layer is peeled off, as well as a scan of the card underneath. 300 dpi resolution is fine (.JPEG format) and I much prefer a scan over a phone picture. I'll make sure to give you proper credit on the Submissions page if you wish to help me out with this endeavor.

Thank you to Hasbro for bridging two of my hobbies (Transformers and trading cards), but did you really have to make it so tough on me to get all the cards? My sole reason for buying Paleotrex was for the card...and I got a double! ARGH! That said, I will be up for trading my duplicate, unpeeled cards. Right now I have an extra Blackarachnia so if you'd like to trade, please let me know.

New Third Party Additions - FansToys, Magic Square & X-Transbots

Thanks to a good local friend, I have a few new images from some 3rd party releases he's recently acquired. The 3rd party section of the database has a lot of holes as I don't buy these figures much, so I could really use your help. If you have a card from a release that isn't already in the database, or if you can supply a higher resolution scan, please by all means reach out to me at flywheels@yahoo.com. Any submissions will receive proper credit.