Tarak - Tarak

These little goodies that I call Tarak - Tarak are toys that I love to play with when I was still young.  Here in the Philippines, children of all ages love this toys, which is also known and called by little boys with many names such as, tarak-tarak, broom-broom, kotse - kotse or during our time we call it matchbox, one of the manufacturers of this toys, which in turn became a generic term for toys of this kind, regardless of who the actual manufacturer was.

These mainly are called DIE-CAST TOYS.

The term die-cast toy here refers to any toy or collectible model produced by using the die casting method. The toys are made of metal, with plastic, rubber or glass details. Wholly plastic toys are made by a similar process of injection moulding, but the two are rarely confused. The metal used is either a lead alloy (in the first toys), or more commonly Zamak (or Mazak in the UK), an alloy of zinc with small quantities of aluminium and copper. Lead, as previously so widely used for cast metal toys, or iron are impurities that must be carefully avoided in this alloy, as they give rise to zinc pest. These alloys are also referred to casually as white metal or pot metal, although these terms are also confused with the lead toy alloys. The most common die-cast toys are scale models of automobiles, aircraft, construction equipment and trains, although almost anything can be produced by this method. (wiki)

Die-cast toys comes in different scale, but my favorite is these 1:64 scale models cause its nice, it does not consume much space, and very affordable.  Nowadays I don't play with this toys anymore, I just collect and display them, just plainly having a piece of history.....

here are my tarak -tarak, enjoy!.....

 

Marvel Legend Toys

Marvel Legends is an action figure line based on the characters of Marvel Comics, initially produced by Toy Biz, then by Hasbro. This line is in the 6-inch (150 mm) scale, with spin-off lines in the 4-inch (100 mm), 8-inch (200 mm), and 12-inch (300 mm) scale.

History

The Marvel Legends line is a spin-off of the Spider-Man Classics line also produced by Toy Biz. At its inception in 2002, the Marvel Legends line took over the clamshell packaging and the included comic book that had shipped with the Spider-Man Classics line. The first Marvel Legends series included representations of the Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man, and Toad.

Beginning January 1, 2007, Hasbro was the new license holder of the rights to produce toys and games based upon the Marvel Universe, while Toy Biz was renamed Marvel Toys. The new Hasbro packaging did not include a comic. In recent years, production on the Marvel Legends line slowed down to the point that it was rumored it would be cancelled, but Hasbro employees revealed at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con that due to fan requests and upcoming movies based on Marvel characters, the line would be making a comeback in 2012.^[1]

Build-A-Figure

In 2005, Toy Biz introduced the "Build-A-Figure" (referred to as a "BAF" in the collector community) to the Marvel Legends line, starting with series 9. Each figure in the series was packaged with a piece of a larger figure — in the initial case, a 16-inch (410 mm) tall figure of Galactus. A consumer who bought each figure in the assortment would then have all the complete components to assemble a character unavailable in individual packaging.

The concept was re-employed in the tenth Toy Biz series, where each figure was packaged with a piece of a mutant-hunting robot known as a Sentinel. Additional BAFs would includeApocalypse, Onslaught, Giant-Man, Mojo, MODOK (From Toy Biz), Annihilus, Blob, Brood Queen, Red Hulk, Sandman (Spider-Man Trilogy Limited Edition), Ronan the Accuser(Fantastic Four Limited Edition), Fin Fang Foom (Hulk Limited Edition), Ares, and Nemesis (From Hasbro).

With the release of the Giant-Man BAF, Toy Biz packaged smaller parts with each character, requiring 10 figures to be purchased to create the BAF (including one of the variant figures).

Starting with the Onslaught BAF and continuing with the Mojo and MODOK BAFs, Toy Biz returned to the six-piece formula. Hasbro continued the six-piece formula with the Annihilus BAF in its first series, and temporarily moved to an eight-piece formula with the Blob BAF in its second series, but switched back to the six figure format in series 4.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Legends

Date of download:April 27, 2011

Me I collect Marvel Legend toys 6-inch scale. I have a few of this mostly X-men figures. With the help of some friends and fellow collectors my collection increased in number.  I too have one BAF figure Apocalypse to be exact.  I got it from a trade and a friend and fellow collector gave me the last part that I needed to complete the figure. and it was nice.  

Here are my MLs, enjoy:

 Silver Surfer

X-Men

 

 My first BAF.....I'm Hoping that the second would be a centinel

GUNDAM

Well, it all started with the fascination of this little robo kits called Gundams

Gundam Models refers to plastic and non-plastic model kits depicting the mechas, vehicles and characters of the fictional Mobile Suit Gundam universe. These kits have become popular among anime fans and model-lovers, especially in Japan and in other nearby Asian countries since 1980s.(wiki)

Plastic Gundam model kits are manufactured by Bandai in Japan (or China) which has an exclusive license in manufacturing and marketing them around the world, the first of them being sold in 1980 in Japan. The models are typical of Plastic model; frames of injection-moldedPolystyrene (PS) parts which must be cut out of the frame before assembly.(wiki)


The challenge for most modelers is on the assembly of this kits and painting.


as for me I just assemble them, well painted a few, literally few cause others have been wasted. I consider myself a preschool when it comes to painting gundam model kits and some I bought from fellow collectors.


here are my Gundam kits..

Scale: 1:144

MG - Msster Grade Scale 1:100

My Favorite SD Gundam RX - 78 - 2

Customized the color on this one - my first successful 


I call it Gundam bee

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