Kabaya Series 5 In-Hand Images

Oh no...SC style combiners getting new components?! That combine all together to form a super powerful version?!

How big are the prime and Deathsaurus?

Hmm. I'm not as impressed as I thought I'd be. They're impressive for what they are, no denying, but just not as impressed.

Doesn't give me a lot of hope for Fortress Maximus. Crap in a hat.

They're like gum/candy toys. They're not meant to be that impressive.

at least we get to have an on hand experience to build them by outselve. Unless a KO one can make a better size and more articulation available.

That's not a bad Defensor at all. Ya gotta admit that for what it is it's still better than any combiners we've "officially" received in the past decade. seriously.

monstergrotusque wrote:That's not a bad Defensor at all. Ya gotta admit that for what it is it's still better than any combiners we've "officially" received in the past decade. seriously.

Well, G1 and Kabaya are cut a LOT more slack than modern, full-sized combiners. Our levels of expenctation are set so low that it doesn't take a whole lot to impress us.

In comparison RotF Legends Devestator is pretty good as a combiner. The movie style isn't really my thing, but I picked him up and found him to be pretty good for what he was.

monstergrotusque wrote:That's not a bad Defensor at all. Ya gotta admit that for what it is it's still better than any combiners we've "officially" received in the past decade. seriously.

Oh, I'm not saying it's not an impressive piece, as it is. It just didn't impress me as much as I had hoped.

What really spoiled me was Bandai's candy toys. They tend to blow TakaraTomy's out of the water, really.

Autobot032 wrote:

monstergrotusque wrote:That's not a bad Defensor at all. Ya gotta admit that for what it is it's still better than any combiners we've "officially" received in the past decade. seriously.

Oh, I'm not saying it's not an impressive piece, as it is. It just didn't impress me as much as I had hoped.

What really spoiled me was Bandai's candy toys. They tend to blow TakaraTomy's out of the water, really.

The Bandai Sentai candy toys are usually better than their DX counterparts.

Im on the bandwagon that this is fairly impressive compared to the other combiners we got lately... not counting the ones post third party awesomizing of course. The only thing that really has this set beat is the individual robot modes, well except DOTM devastator since he has no individual bot modes. Although again... this is a cheap candy toy, I can only imagine what kabaya could do on a larger budget.


Plus its defensor, he hasnt got any love in a long time. I hope kabaya does some of the other unloved combiners next; computron, menasor, or abombinus would be great.

We have all seen those video reviews for Transformers figures in which the host goes on and on about the shade of blue font underneath the box. When really, we are only looking for as much information as possible on the toy. Well youtube.com user, YouHeidx has a review video of the Kabaya Gaia Guardian set. From opening box, threw the assembly process and into comibining robots, this video is extremely entertaining and informative. Check it out below or click here to visit YouHeidx's youtube.com channel.

that. was. AWESOME!

Very awesome!

That was quite amusing.

Allow me to provide dialogue starting from the transformations:

"Purotekutobotto-Tai, TORANSUFOOMU!!"

"Sutorītowaizu, TORANSUFOOMU!"

"Fāsuto Eido, TORANSUFOOMU!"

"Gureizu, TORANSUFOOMU!"

"Gurūbu, TORANSUFOOMU!"

"Sukaifezā, TORANSUFOOMU!"

"Hītorokku, TORANSUFOOMU!"

"Purotekutobotto-Tai, GATTAI! Gaia Gaadian"

"Eh, Nani? H-Hotto Supotto-shireikan!"

Sabrblade wrote:Allow me to provide dialogue starting from the transformations:

"Purotekutobotto-Tai, TORANSUFOOMU!!"

"Sutorītowaizu, TORANSUFOOMU!"

"Fāsuto Eido, TORANSUFOOMU!"

"Gureizu, TORANSUFOOMU!"

"Gurūbu, TORANSUFOOMU!"

"Sukaifezā, TORANSUFOOMU!"

"Hītorokku, TORANSUFOOMU!"

"Purotekutobotto-Tai, GATTAI! Gaia Gaadian"

"Eh, Nani? H-Hotto Supotto-shireikan!"

And allow me, to provide translations:

"Protectobots, Transform!"

"Streetwise, Transform!"

"First Aid, Transform!"

"Graze, Transform!" (Note: Graze is Blades' Japanese name)

"Groove, Transform!"

"Skyphaser, Transform!"

"Heatrock, Transform!"

"Protectobots, Combine! Gaia Guardian!"

"Eh, what? C-commander Hot Spot!"

Off topic question about the Super Sentai model kits, where is a good place to buy them?

wow, that was great. The protectobots look better than the g1 bots. I hope he does a follow up video with Hot Spot.

I love this guys videos, they're so well done.

Now I just need to get myself a set of these and Hotspot.

Very good video!
But I just need some clarifications first.

You guys say they are "candy toys".

Can we eat them? how do they taste? I do hope the stickers are edible.

How sturdy are they? should you use glue (a non-toxic glue, of course) or they snap well together? What kind of glue to use so the taste of the toy remain tasty?

Summer is comming soon and I do hope these luxury treats will not attract ants.

[quote="-KanrabatYou guys say they are "candy toys".

Can we eat them? how do they taste? I do hope the stickers are edible.[/quote]

The reason behind being called candy toys is each set comes with a sugar candy

I could have done without the cheesy overused stock sound effects, but other than that it was a great concept for a review. I applaud him for doing something different.

Godzillabot Primal wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:You guys say they are "candy toys".

Can we eat them? how do they taste? I do hope the stickers are edible.

The reason behind being called candy toys is each set comes with a sugar candy

I had my doubts it was something like that. I just couldn't resist.

Beside, the sturdiness question remain. I don't want to spend a fortune on toys that will look and feel like some dollar store knock-off.

great video all around
really looking forward to getting my kits in now
Kabaya has been a great series lately and i look forward to more of them

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And allow me, to provide translations:

Had a feeling you would.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Skyphaser, Transform!"

Close, "Skyfeather".

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Skyphaser, Transform!"

Close, "Skyfeather".

Right, it would have been "Sukaifeiza" otherwise.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Godzillabot Primal wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:You guys say they are "candy toys".

Can we eat them? how do they taste? I do hope the stickers are edible.

The reason behind being called candy toys is each set comes with a sugar candy

I had my doubts it was something like that. I just couldn't resist.

Beside, the sturdiness question remain. I don't want to spend a fortune on toys that will look and feel like some dollar store knock-off.

Think of it this way: They're more like small snap-together model kits, since you have to build them yourself, and have comparable quality. They have very limited articulation and basically fit together by snapping and pressing parts together, and while the molds are quite detailed, all the 'paint' details you would see on a full figure are stickers instead. Sometimes you have to disassemble them to transform them. So the plastic quality is better than a knockoff you'd find in a dollar store and they aren't going to break easily, but they are more like tiny models with an added novelty of transformation than real figures. The stickers can make them look a little cheap if not applied well. If you have painting skills they could definitely be done up to look really cool though. That said, they look very awesome displayed with small-scale figures:

Our friends at the Transformers Galaxy Hong Kong Fans Group facebook page have posted a nice gallery of Kabaya Series 5, which features Deathsaurus, War for Cybertron Optimus Prime, and Hot Spot. Deathsaurus gets most of the love, but we get a good look at all three. Images mirrored below.

Deathsaurus is cool, but I think Hotspot looks pretty great! Shame WFC OP's head is kinda...funky looking.

RAcast wrote:Deathsaurus is cool, but I think Hotspot looks pretty great! Shame WFC OP's head is kinda...funky looking.

Blame the face sticker. Those things are tiny and absolute bastards to put on.

I'm more disappointed in Prime's alt mode, it clearly needs some more stickers.

Hot Spot is much better than I was expecting. Come on HLJ, deliver my parcels faster!

Burn wrote:

RAcast wrote:Deathsaurus is cool, but I think Hotspot looks pretty great! Shame WFC OP's head is kinda...funky looking.

I'm more disappointed in Prime's alt mode, it clearly needs some more stickers.

That too. It's just kinda plain.