"Genesis Climber Mospeada!"

Mospeada was adapted as the 3rd arc of Robotech, but recently I'm watching the original Mospeada in Japanese... Gosh, it's like a different series altogether! Here's the original song opening... brings back memories as a kid~~ :D

and the sad end theme, perfectly capturing the mood~~



I also found out that there's an OVA (Original Video Animation) released to just cap things off. It's called Love Live Alive, showing flashbacks.. Yellow in concert... and what happens after the last episode. It still leaves that sad feeling at the end, truly classic series.

"CM's Brave Gohkin 1/18 Ride Armor ~ Bartley type!"

I saw this at RobotMaster @ Queensbay and they had 5% discount for it as well. After thinking long and hard for 3 days.... just grab it! I always like Fuke/Rook Bartley's ride armor because of the striking red scheme.

The major attraction to this pack is the alternate head included for Fuke AND the Annie/Mint figure!



Posing with the Dark Mospeada.



and contrasting nicely with the Legioss & Tread's blue scheme...

This is RM280 before discount, which is considerably less expensive than my recent other investments :P However, the ride armor is really small, no bigger than a Star Wars 3.75 inch figure, although collectibility-wise, this is as good as it gets :)

"Mospeada: Legioss & Tread!"

Ok, after the Cyclone, lets look at CMS' Mospeada: Legioss & Tread! The Robotech name for this is the Alpha & Beta Fighter. It comes in 3 colors (Blue, Red and Green). I chose Blue because its Scott Bernard's.



Legioss. The Alpha fighter, which can change into 3 modes:


Fighter

Guardian

Battroid

Transformation is reasonably complicated, but once again, the ABS/PVC and die-cast material feels really sturdy and helps prevent breakage.


And it comes with mini Scott Bernard on his Cyclone in several modes!

Tread. The Beta fighter which Scott's team discovered towards the end of their mission.

Fighter mode. The metal connector bar is removable.

Robot mode

Loaded with missles!

And finally, Legioss & Tread - yeah, the main reason I chose CMS' version (Mospeada license is given to several companies: Toynami, CMS, MegaHouse), coz it comes with both Legioss & Tread together and you can join them to become:



wow... ain't it cool? It's like a dream come true :D


It can also hold Legioss in Battroid mode...... drooling.........



And a family photo of the Mospeada collection. Legioss & Tread now has the honour of becoming the single "Most Expensive Item" in my collection. Can you guess how much this costs??

RM948!!!





...but I got a 15% discount, so that comes out to RM805!

It replaces the Millenium Falcon (RM749.90) and AT-AT Walker (RM499.90) as the most expensive item in my collection. Yeah, Gf would've killed me if she knew I went to buy this :P Actually, she did freak out when she saw it... hahahaha.... siggg

"Mospeada Ride Armor: 'Dark Bartley & Dark Mospeada'!"

I haven't done collection reviews in awhile. For some time now the collection has moved beyond Star Wars into some of the other stuff that I really like, like this one: CMS' Mospeada Ride Armor: 'Dark Bartley & Dark Mospeada'.

Mospeada is the Japanese anime adapted as the 3rd arc of Robotech, named The Next Generation, telling the story of Scott Bernard and his band of freedom fighters on their quest to liberate Earth from the Invid.

'Dark Bartley & Dark Mospeada' is actually the Shadow version of the famous Cyclone bikes used in the series. Too bad I started collecting these late, I would have preferred Scott Bernard's Cyclone, but hey, this itself is a great piece, retailing at RM245 after 5% discount.






Yeah, the Cyclone bike converts into the armour for the rider! The conversion is fairly complicated, but luckily the model is made of ABS/PVC with Die-cast metal parts so they don't break easily. Which also explains the hefty price for such a small item! This guy is about the same size as a Star Wars basic figure...