I got this picture from here of this cool combination of turbo animal force characters that use Gear Tortoise's guns as guns (but he isn't holding them). This pic is what made me order the Turbo Animal Force figures.

ok that RULES...i wish i could figure out how to make that.

I built him as soon as I got the figures (Arch Tiger, Guard Kong, Saga Falcon, Impact Dile, Wing Bat, and Gear Tortoise). He was a bit tricky and alot of parts were left out (which became its weapon). He was pretty top heavy so I had to create some supports out of the "legs" of Arch Tiger and Saga Falcon. Here is how I built him:

http://www.geocities.jp/hetare_d_max/galle...iographies.html

HOMG.

They gave the "Four Dragons" Five stars in their review! That you do not see very often on that site!

Just thought I should post that I have uploaded 19 new pix of Mugenbine combos into my Webshots album:

http://community.webshots.com/user/unclejoe420

Hope you like them!!

Great stuff UncleJoe!

Thank you, thank you very much!! (bad Elvis impersonation)
Hardest part of making a combo robot is naming the smegging thing!! heheh

Here is my latest creation on Prominence!

TYRANT HERCULES!!


http://senpuuji-gai.hp.infoseek.co.jp/

Nice work Cosmo - that's one mean-looking SOB!! Guess I could start collecting some duplicate sets while I wait for my Speed Eagle (sorry to harp on about it). But either way, am gonna wait till the weekend, so I can have a go at designing a nice huge 'bot!!

cool bots Uncle Joe & Cosmo

Thanks Overbite!
Is anyone else having problems uploading images to the site?

Anyone able to translate whats going on at Prominence? Those five posts of nothing but text are bugging me. Please let me know!

Think I did try running the Prominence site thru Babelfish once, and am pretty sure it helped. I guess you could try copying and pasting the bits you want to read into Babelfish - just hope you can read Engrish!!

EDIT: Oh well, so much for that idea... DOH!!!

Babelfish won't translate their posted "image" of text. What they wrote in the comment box is "temporary image" and crap like that. It looks like someone is ranting! The site used to get pictures from japanese soft porn sites every once in a while before he put up filters to stop it! It was great go and look up toys and you get some Asian girls boobs instead LOL!

I use excite to translate the pages. Just make sure you click on this radio button (日→英) right under the URL box to translate from Japanese to English.

Thanx for the tip Overbite - will have to try and remember that one!!

Not long now till the Mugen Build Mammoth is supposed to be out; fingers crossed pictures of it should be surfacing fairly soon

Because the post is an "image" or picture of text it can't be translated by additional software.
Has anyone tried uploading a picture here? I was going to show a few Keybots creations, but I can't get it to work. It keeps telling me "upload failed" ! WTF?

Okay, I got it to work! I guess there has been alot of work going on in the site so it was offline.
Well here is one of the Keybot creations: Burn Thunder! Click to view attachment

The next one is: FLAME GATLING GALE!Click to view attachment

are those your creations Cosmo or official ones? While the concept is interesting I am not to interested in the kiddie look of these toys.

These are my creations. I felt the same way when I first was looking at them. Don't let the "kiddie" look fool you these thigs are alot of fun and challenging to make cool designs! I Love 'em! Heres a great design from the fan site "Key + Toy"

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Yeah they are cool, but I don't need to start importing any more Japanese toylines. Two are enough.

Hey guys!
Check with Ryan at Fan2Fan he can get the Mugenbine candy toys!
My set cost $17.50 plus shipping. ( I ship by EMS, which is expensive, as much if not more than the toy itself, but I do get it in about 4 days and theres less time for it to get damaged in shipping! )
You can contact him through his site:http://www.fantofan.jp/
Give him some time to respond, he gets hundreds of requests a week!
He can also get other items as I had him get me some Keybots I was missing that no one was carrying!

Thanks for the heads up, Cosmo!
When you say the Mugenbine candy toys, do you mean the new set of candy toys, or both Mugen Emperor vs Death Emperor and new set?

Aoi

Check with him. I don't think the old sets ae being made anymore, but I could be wrong. I'm getting the NEW set.

Well, am waiting for Ryan to see how much postage is gonna be for the Zord Elephant he's holding aside for me. At least I haven't paid for the thing yet, unlike some other bits I've got on order which have yet to ship (sorry for griping).

Must remember this coming week to have a go at trying to fit as many of my sets together as possible, without the whole lot falling over and causing an earthquake!! - will be worth a giggle at least!!

Heres a big combo I did a while back.
Its called "INDUSTRIAL LEON"

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Is it true that the Keybots are popping up in places like TRU? :|

I've never seen them at TRU State-side. I could be wrong, but I've never even seen a press release from Bandai America that they are releasing them in the states. ( Which is highly doubtful given the chocking hazard the "key" represents to "STUPID" American children. )
They are carried by TRU Japan and have a couple of TRU exclusives.

All I can really say about those combos is SWEET ZOMBIE JESUS!!! Those monsters kick some serious butt, Cosmo - excellent work!! Guess seeing these is even more insentive for me to start getting duplicate sets now (especially the Juuki Gattai sets and maybe even the Sector Double set if I have enough dosh left over). But that will depend on a few things, as well as my Gundam turning up first!!

Right - plan for tomorrow - see if I can build a bot taller than 35cm (my current personal record)

Yeah I like Cosmo/Mr.Gee's work too.

I still got some MRR sets for trade trade, if anybody's looking.
I'm looking for any and all mugenbine, except fangtiger and xenonbine (already got them...).
I also have some hasbro reissue tfs.

Ooebi's Hobby has a great review of the Mugenbine candy toy set " Four Dragon Legend".
You can check it out here: http://ooebihara.sakura.ne.jp/ganngu/ganngu416.htm

Hmm... Odd...
I recall seeing at a sighting list that they were popping up at TRUs. XD

I checked with Bandai America, they have no current plans to bring "Keybots" over to the States, but they thanked me for my interest in Bandai!
If they only knew!

Perhaps I should have a word with my sister, who's manager of a toyshop in Stevenage, about importing some Bandai bits in!! Would make collecting Mugenbine and KeyBots a whole lot easier!! And who knows? Perhaps it would bring in a whole new audience!!

well i finally finished opening all the figures i have...put the stickers on Guard Kong and Arch Tiger, and the Turbo Animal Force set...Pure love...just pure sugery sweet love.

also ive got the rest of the Ride Bine figures and Three Musketeers coming in the mail. And i sent an email over the FantoFan about the candy toys...thanks for the heads up on that =]

on the downside its been over 2 weeks since i last heard from Amenbo and they still havent shipped Powerful Tyranno and Speed Eagle...their status is "packing"...ive officially decided im never ordering from them again lol.

on the downside its been over 2 weeks since i last heard from Amenbo and they still havent shipped Powerful Tyranno and Speed Eagle...their status is "packing"...ive officially decided im never ordering from them again lol.
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Sorry to hear about that Jimmy.
Its funny how these things go. I hear such great things from other people on the service Hobby Link Japan provides, yet everytime I order from them I get screwed. Now you order from Amenbo, a company I've never had problems with, and you're getting the shaft.
I can't help but wonder if this is an on going problem with the inventory and improvements they're trying to do to their web ordering system? Oh well, "The best laid plans of mice and men!".

Well, I too am having probs with Amenbo, but i dropped them a line via Paypal (who handled the transaction), and the following day i got a message saying they're currently working through a bit of a back-log with orders, and are working to get my order out within the next few days!! Assuming you used Paypal to order your items from them, perhaps you should try contacting them like I did.... Worth a shot, I suppose!!

Thats a great idea! I never thought of contacting them through Paypal!
I hope the problems they are having are short term. Like I've said previously, I've been dealing with Amenbo for the past 5-6 years and I've never had any problems, but in that time they've never done an inventory and web upgrade of this magnitude like they are doing now. I'll just wait and see how it goes from here. I still think they're better than HLJ.
A word of warning about Fan2Fan, he sometimes takes awhile to respond so don't get too discouraged by the lack of communication. Ryan answers every request, which can be a daunting task given the amount of e-mails he gets. He will get back to you.
Now here's something fun! To take your mind off your troubles!
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Some Keybots pictures for you to color!

My guess is that they have a large back-log from orders placed around Xmas / New Year, hence why it is taking awhile.

PS Nice Keybots pix, Cosmo - do you have any of the newer sets on order?

how exactly do you contact them thru paypal?

You go to Paypal, and go through their Resolution Centre - they will then ask what kind of problem you have, and with whom. you can then drop the people concerned a message / email via Paypal, and that should get a response (hopefully). Sorry if this explanation is not detailed; I will try and edit it later with more specific instructions, ok?

Yes I have ordered all the new sets, I'm interested in the Dark Dragon Castle set as its suppose to change from castle to dragon with a turn of the key! It'll be neat to see how they worked out this gimmick!
Here are some pictures from Amazon Japan.

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Sweet looking pix, Cosmo!! I guess I know what I'll be ordering, once my Speed Eagle and GM Sniper Gundam get here -

PS Does anyone know if there are sites like Providence, but for just these Keybots?

There are no sites or BBS's like Prominence for Keybots. The one thing you need to know is Plex the designers of Mugenbine offer incentives to have a site like Prominence. They'll pay for "x" amount of the sites cost.
Thats why there are so many Mugenbine sites!
A neat site to see some Keybot customs is : http://keytoy.web.fc2.com/ this is the Key+Toy site, he has some neat customs on his site!

Sorry to hear about you shipping problems with Amenbo guys. I too am waiting for Amenbo to send out my figs (Speed eagle & powerful Tyrano). I also noted that these figs are out of stock on their site. I don't know if we are waiting for a new shipment to arrive or if they are totally swamped. I have used them a number of times and this is the first time I've had to wait this long for a shipment to arrive. I still plan on using them in the future because they do have good service and package their products well and are cheaper than HLJ.

Good luck and hopefully everyone will get their orders shipped out soon.

Interesting... I tried looking for pics of any Keybots there... No luck. XD
Could you post some pics or give me some links to the rest please?
If there are any others, that is... XD

Quite like the look of the Dark Dragon Castle set - wonder if they will be doing any more building-themed sets for Keybots? Am definitely gonna order a few sets once my outstanding orders turn up!! Also, thanks for posting the Key+Toy link - must remember to bookmark the ruddy thing!!

Here are all my Keybot web links that I have. There aren't that many out there.

1. The official Keybots homepage. Run around there are all kinds of fun things on this site. http://sss.channel.or.jp/sss/key/index.html

2. Key+Toy. A great site with a few customs. The combinations are great! Some things I would never have thought of! http://keytoy.web.fc2.com/

3. A small keybot site but they do have more up-to-date news and links. http://kanikanr.blog46.fc2.com/blog-entry-154.html

Thats it! Like I said not that many sites dedicated to Keybots toys. If you want reviews, check out Blackfeather's site. He's reviewed most of the newer Keybot line. http://www.hcn.zaq.ne.jp/blackfeathers/

Have fun!

Amenbo must be getting close to normal again as they just sent me a notice concerning Dark Dragon Castle. I hope the rest of you will be receiving notices shortly.
Heres a Keybot Wallpaper to enjoy in the meantime.
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