Meet the Autobots

Hello. My name is Optimus Prime, we are an autonomous mechanical toys from the planet Cybertron. But you can call us Autobots for short. I am a Voyager Class First Strike edition, a redeco of the original mold with a Generation-1 colors, which mostly covered in red with dark blue on the ankles, and the All Spark light blue on my chest and upper arms.

My first lieutenant, Jazz. He’s jacked up as a Premium Line Deluxe Class with striking silver paint job, very cool brass coloring visible on some of his body parts. He may be the shortest of the Autobots here, but the coolest looking one nonetheless.

Rescue Ratchet, my medical officer. He’s a new Voyager Class redeco, fairly similar to the old G1 looks. He’s the biggest of all the Voyager Class series. But don’t let the bulkish look turn you down, because he is more poseable and articulated than Jazz does.

This is Ironhide, my weapons specialist. He’s a lean mean fighting machine and a mighty fine Voyager Class Premium Series. Just take a look at those huge cannons on each of his arms. Combine the two and he’s got a BFG capable of shooting four projectile missiles! The Autobot insignia on his front hood is quite a nuisance, since it can be spotted too easily by suspecting Decepticons. He’s not very happy with that, but a fair trade for his overall better color enhancements.

And of course you’ve met your guardian, Bumblebee. Thanks to Mikaela’s critics he now comes with two variants, the Classic and the new 2008 Concept Camaro. He looks too dark in the Classic Camaro version, but he yields two cool projecting missiles which can either be mounted on his shoulders or held in his hands. The Concept version on the other hand sports a cannon which can automorph into a blade. In the end he looks much much cooler with his new look.

Gabe is unquestionably Jazz, while Mom is definitely Ironhide. Me? I’m probably more like Bumblebee. And which Autobot character are you?

Sunshine Fun Carnival

On 12 July 2008 we were at Mal Artha Gading as part of the Sunshine Fun Carnival event of the day. Lots of games were happenning there, with many children and adults competing to win prizes. Some of the games to my observation were Uno card games, Hotwheels speed racing, and coloring competition.

We arrived at 14:00, and waited roughly two hours while Mrs. Ester and her spouse were coordinating their staffs to set up the stage. We could not just stand and do nothing so when opportunity arrived, I get to help them a little on stage.

About 16:00 when the competitions have finished, we came in and brought our show to the audience, while the juries were calculating the scores.

I could tell that most of us were quite nervous performing live on stage before the public. Gabe were good with his Nocturne play even though he did miss a note. The second song was Eccosaise. He lost some notes there he had to stop for a second, but he managed to smoothly slip right back on track and finish the song.

Overall this was not close to our best performance. Nevertheless it’s a valuable and rewarding experience for all of us. I personally enjoyed the whole show, especially soundtracks from Jay Zhou’s the Secret movie. A timeless jewel of musical experience imo.


On our way home, Gabe said enthusiastically, “Next time I want to play in a bigger mall, pa!”

“Yes, we’ll do that..” I replied with the same tone.