INVADING INSECT / ROBO-INVADERS / WINGED-BOTS

Now for the last set of the series!

INVADING INSECT / ROBO-INVADERS / WINGED-BOTS

( Front and back view toy packaging by LH, PAT.P.LEADER SHINE ENT. CO., LTD.
Single plastic seal box card-back.)

COMMENTS

The INVADING INSECTs are great, they have great different colours on them with some also sharing a consistent colour scheme themes that allows them to look like a deadly insect team! Like the other previous 3 sets, these exist in different styles and have learned there is literally endless versions from what I've seen. As for my thoughts on the whole look of this fourth set in the series, I love it just like the rest and it continues to teach me more about them and how much fun they are!

( Front and back view toy packaging by LH, PAT.P.LEADER SHINE ENT. CO., LTD.
Single plastic seal box card-box. Great photo credits to ebay seller "kreatobergas". )

MY COMMENTS 

This is another interesting type of toy packaging that stands out uniquely like the rest. The choice of colours on the packaging is what really grabs me due to mostly in the V WORLD series they stick with the consistent colours that represent each teams but in that case they change it up even more with a soild botanical green which I really like since it relates to insects living mostly in that environment. It stuns me again to see more variety of how these toy companies approach on marketing these toys, I never get enough of it!

( Toy art work of FIGHTING INSECT. )

( INVADING INSECT / ROBO-INVADERS / WINGED-BOTS - "SWAT" the Fly. )

( INVADING INSECT / ROBO-INVADERS / WINGED-BOTS - "BITE" the Mosquito. )

( INVADING INSECT / ROBO-INVADERS / WINGED-BOTS - "STING" the Hornet. )

( INVADING INSECT / ROBO-INVADERS / WINGED-BOTS - "MOTH" the Moth. )

( All in robot and insect modes. )

( INVADING INSECT - Complete individual cardbacks. Last photo credit: not sure, if you know let me know! )

( Toy 4-pack box set. ROBO-INVADERS front and back view. )

( LH, PAT.P. LEADER SHINE - V WORLD - INVADING INSECT - 4-PACK BOX SET, ALL VIEWS (MADE IN TAIWAN). Special thanks to ebay seller "pierluca22" for the great photos! I wanted to use the seller's photos instead of my own to show my gratitude for putting it up for auction. )

COMMENTS

This is one of my most priced possessions from this toy line and I am grateful for the seller who kept it in near perfect condition! When I first laid eyes on this version of toy packaging I was blasted away and excited at the same time because I have never seen a version like it. It has the clear thin plastic see through material to allow you to see the toys in a different way with all the fantastic name designs and toy artwork all around with many colour choices to compliment everything you see which makes it very appealing. The top part of the box has a think plastic handle allowing you to carry it like a suitcase, boy I would of been super happy to do that as a kid if ran into this in the store. The bottom part has clear writing of what the toy line series is called. The left and right side parts of the box show the wonderful toy artwork transformations of all the 4 Invading Insects. Now for my favourite part which is back of the box, as you can see it shows all of the toy artwork of the toy/characters that you can collect and apart of the V WORLD series. I've always been wanting box set where it has all them ever since seeing Choryujin's FIGHTING INSECT 4-pack box set version which is similar since it shows all the toy artwork characters as well at the back of the box and to finally have my own is very special to me.
Now for inside the box you get all 4 Invading Insects with all accessories included on styrofoam which blew me away even more and it reminded me of good ol G1 Transformer toy packaging so I was so happy to see this apart of the box set since it was another new discovery that the toy companies have done many more toy packaging desgins to market them better with a wide range to choose from.
Overall this completes my satisfaction of finding a all round perfect toy packaging of this toy line since it has everything on it to make it worth keeping no matter what and without a doubt this is one of my holy grails which I'm proud to have!

OTHER VERSIONS

(  WINGED-BOTS toy packaging. Single card back. )

Company Manufacture - TRENDMASTERS, INC. 

Series Name - MASTERBOTIX

Group Name -WINGED-BOTS

Release - Single card back collectibles. A total of 10 WINGED-BOTS to complete the set. Each sold separately. This set is different as it came with 2 extra new insects instead 8 which was the total you couldn't collect from the INVADING INSECT and ROBO-INVADERS series. 

Year - Around the late 1980s and early 1990s

Designs - Japan

Made In - China

  MAXI, INSECTO ROBOT toy packaging. Single card back. )

Company Manufacturer - PACICPA

Series Name - MAXI

Group Name- INSECTO ROBOT

Release - Single card back collectibles. A total of 8 INSECTO ROBOT to complete the set. Each sold separately. A 3-pack set was available but they are of lower design quality and quality in general.Year - Around the late 1980s and early 1990s

Designs - Japan

Made In - China

REVIEW

GOOD SIDES> These toys are really fun for their simple play-ability transformations and chrome accessories they come with.
> Each have unique consistent looking designs from robot mode to insect modes and their colour schemes are very bright and colourful which is another appealing feature about these toys.

> In robot mode each have basic articulation from the arms and elbows. 

> The Mosquito has the most articulation of all the Invading Insects, she has 6 ball joints in her arms which allows her arm/legs to move all around, impressive!

> In insect mode some have basic articulation like 360 or 180 rotation. The legs flip out or slide out. You can move the heads left and right.

DOWN SIDES
>  - For their time they are fragile toys and I have had experiences where parts broke off, so be extremely careful when handling them!

CONCLUSION
Being a Transformer G1 fan, I fell in love with these toys and their wide range of packaging. They have inspired me to dedicate more to them by doing a illustration project based on all their toy designs and toy art work.

 

FIGHTING INSECT / ROBO-BUGS / WINGED-BOTS

Now let's begin with the third set.

FIGHTING INSECT / ROBO-BUGS / WINGED-BOTS

( Front and back view toy packaging of LH, PAT.P. LEADER SHINE ENT. CO., LTD. 
Single card-back collectible. Front view photo credits to "motumulder" from tfw2005.com member. Back view is custom edited by me since I don't have this version of packaging so I tied to make it look as if it was. )

COMMENTS

The first impression seeing this version of packaging was I wondered how much more of these exist in different styles and have learned there is literally endless versions from what I've seen. As for my thoughts on the whole look of this next series being insects, loved it straight away. 

( Front and back view toy packaging by LH, PAT.P.LEADER SHINE ENT. CO., LTD.
Single plastic seal box card-back.)

MY COMMENTS 

 This is another interesting type of toy packaging of the FIGHTING INSECT series. To see more of this like the FIGHTING ANIMAL and INVADING REPTILE is really refreshing that they went out of their way to design more different types of packaging because I really like these versions since they have style and more concealment.

( Toy art work of FIGHTING INSECT. )

( FIGHTING INSECT / ROBO-BUGS / WINGED-BOTS - "REV" the Mantis. )

( FIGHTING INSECT / ROBO-BUGS / WINGED-BOTS - "FLUTTER" the Butterfly. )

( FIGHTING INSECT / ROBO-BUGS / WINGED-BOTS - "BUZZ" the Dragonfly. )

( FIGHTING INSECT / ROBO-BUGS / WINGED-BOTS - "QUEEN BEE" the Queen Bee. )

( All in robot and insect modes. )

( Toy packaging. Slight difference in packaging design. )

TOY INFORMATION

Company Manufacturer -BOLEY

Series name - ROBO-BUGS

Toy/Character names in letter order A, B, C, and, D.

A) REV - Who can convert into a Mantis mode. Comes with 1 silver chrome weapon accessory.
B) FLUTTER - Who can convert into a butterfly mode. Comes with 1 silver chrome weapon accessory.
C) BUZZ - Who can convert into a dragonfly mode. Comes with 1 silver chrome weapon accessory.

D) QUEEN BEE - Who can convert into a queen bee. Comes with 1 silver chrome weapon accessory.

Release - Single card back collectibles. A total of 4 insects to complete the set. A 4-pack set was available.

Year - Around the late 1980's and early 1990's

Designs - Japan

Made In - China

( Toy 4-pack box set, front view. Special thanks to "Choryujin" for the great photos from his own collection! These helped me understand how much you can collect and see the full range of toy artwork which I appreciate the most! )

( Toy 4-pack box set, back view. Special thanks to "Choryujin" for the great photos from his own collection! These helped me understand how much you can collect and see the full range of toy artwork which I appreciate the most! )

Here is my version below which is the same as the INVADING INSECT box set. Special thank you to seller "elenamtb" ! It came new and complete with everything.
I really love this set box set. I was surprised to see another set like this around. It's really appealing the way its designed and coloured all over the box. I'm very happy to find one of these sets, it is very special!

(Toy 4-pack box set, front view. )

( Toy 4-pack box set, back view. )

( Toy 4-pack box set, right side view. )

(Toy 4-pack box set, left side view. )

( Toy 4-pack box set, top view. )

( Toy 4-pack box set, bottom view. )

( Toy 4-pack box set, out of packaging. All 4 insects and accessories on Styrofoam insert. )

Company Manufacturer - LH PAT.P.LEADER SHINE ENT. CO, LTD.

Release - Single card back collectibles. A total of 4 FIGHTING INSECTS to complete the set. Each sold separately. Also 4-pack box sets were available.

Year - Around the late 1980's and early 1990's.
Designs - Japan

Made In - China/Taiwan

(  WINGED-BOTS toy packaging. Single card back. )

Company Manufacture - TRENDMASTERS, INC. 

Series Name - MASTERBOTIX

Group Name -WINGED-BOTS

Release - Single card back collectibles. A total of 10 WINGED-BOTS to complete the set. Each sold separately. This set is different as it came with 2 extra new insects instead 8 which was the total you could collect from the FIGHTING INSECT and ROBO-BUGS series.Year - Around the late 1980s and early 1990s

Designs - Japan

Made In - China

(  MAXI, INSECTO ROBOT toy packaging. Single card back. )

Company Manufacturer - PACICPA

Series Name - MAXI

Group Name- INSECTO ROBOT

Release - Single card back collectibles. A total of 8 INSECTO ROBOT to complete the set. Each sold separately. A 3-pack set was available but they are of lower design quality and quality in general.Year - Around the late 1980s and early 1990s

Designs - Japan

Made In - China

Company Manufacturer - PACICPA

Series Name - MAXI

Group Name- INSECTO ROBOT

Release - A 3-pack set, lower quality versions of the 8 you can collect and more simplified.
Year - Around the late 1980s and early 1990s

Designs - Japan

Made In - China

REVIEW

GOOD SIDES> These toys are really fun for their simple play-ability transformations and chrome accessories they come with.
> Each have unique consistent looking designs from robot mode to insect modes and their colour schemes are very bright and colourful which is another appealing feature about these toys.

> In robot mode each have basic articulation from the arms and elbows. 

> In insect mode some have basic articulation like 360 or 180 rotation. The legs flip out or slide out. You can move the heads left and right.

DOWN SIDES
>  - For their time they are fragile toys and I have had experiences where parts broke off, so be extremely careful when handling them!

CONCLUSION
Being a Transformer G1 fan, I fell in love with these toys and their wide range of packaging. They have inspired me to dedicate more to them by doing a illustration project based on all their toy designs and toy art work.

INVADING REPTILE / ROBO-REPTILES / REPTILIBOTS

Now let's begin with the second set.


INVADING REPTILE / ROBO-REPTILES /

REPTILIBOTS

( Front and back view toy packaging of LH, PAT.P. LEADER SHINE ENT. CO., LTD. 
Single card-back collectible. Photo credits to ebay seller / harlock-toys )

COMMENTS

I love the next series of these toys in contrast to the Kats. The packaging is very appealing in design and colours and who else you can collect within the toys. There is however a mistake made within the identification of which robot that transforms into their based reptile mode. For example on the back of the card-back with the toy artwork designs, the third robot shown has "IGUANA" written next to him and the last robot shown has "ALLIGATOR" written next to him, when correctly and visually speaking the names should be switched around. It isn't a big problem its just something I noticed and thought I'd share if you are new to them.

( Front and back view toy packaging by LH, PAT.P.LEADER SHINE ENT. CO., LTD.
Single plastic seal box card-back.)

MY COMMENTS

This is another interesting type of toy packaging of the INVADING REPTILE series. When I stumbled across this I found it so attractive as a whole with the colours used, lay out of design , toy art work placing, and how its sealed with a lot clear plastic and cool boxing designing.

( Toy art work of INVADING REPTILE. )

( INVADING REPTILE / ROBO-REPTILES / REPTILIBOTS - "SQUIRM" the Chameleon. )

(  INVADING REPTILE / ROBO-REPTILES / REPTILIBOTS - "SKULK" the Gila Monster. ) 

( INVADING REPTILE / ROBO-REPTILES / REPTILIBOTS - "GATOR" the Alligator. )

( INVADING REPTILE / ROBO-REPTILES / REPTILIBOTS - "IGGY" the Iguana. )

( All in robot and reptile modes. )

TOY INFORMATION

Company Manufacturer - LH PAT.P.LEADER SHINE ENT. CO, LTD.

Series name - V WORLD
Group name - INVADING REPTILE

Toy/Character names in letter order A, B, C, and, D.

A) SQUIRM - Who can convert into a chameleon mode. Comes with 2 silver chrome weapon accessories.
B) SKULK - Who can convert into a gila monster mode. Comes with 2 silver chrome weapon accessories.
C) ALLIGATOR - Who can convert into a wild Alligator mode. Comes with 2 silver chrome weapon accessories.

D) IGGY - Who can convert into a iguanamode. Comes with 2 silver chrome weapon accessories.

Release - Single card back collectibles. A total of 4 reptiles to complete the set. A 4-pack set was available. 

Year - Around the late 1980's and early 1990's

Designs - Japan

Made In - China

( INVADING REPTILE - Individual card backs complete set. Photo credits: ebay seller - maruzzell2 )

( Toy packaging. Slight difference in packaging design. )

Company Manufacture - BOLEY

Series Name - ROBO-REPTILES

Release - Single card back collectibles. A total of 4 REPTILIBOTS to complete the set. Each sold separately.
Year - Around the late 1980s and early 1990s

Designs - Japan

Made In - China

(4 Box Set - Front and back view. )

Company Manufacturer - TEK TOYS, SAN FRANCISCO. CA

Group Name - ROBO-KATS

Release - Single card back collectibles. A total of 4 ROBO-REPTILES to complete the set. Each sold separately. Also 4-pack box sets were available.

Year - Around the late 1980's and early 1990's.
Designs - Japan

Made In - China

Company Manufacture - TRENDMASTERS, INC. 

Series Name - MASTERBOTIX

Group Name - REPTILIBOTS

Release - Single card back collectibles. A total of 5 REPTILIBOTS to complete the set. Each sold separately.
Year - Around the late 1980s and early 1990s

Designs - Japan

Made In - China

REVIEW

GOOD SIDES 

> These toys are really fun for their simple play-ability transformations and chrome accessories they come with.
> Each have unique consistent looking designs from robot mode to cat modes and their colour schemes are very bright and colourful which is another appealing feature about these toys. One thing that was odd about the 4 reptiles that you could collect was the colour scheme of the Iguana being a red and when looking at the toy artwork of him I was thinking what was the thought process changing him red instead making him green like his other 3 reptile friends? Perhaps it was just to make them all different looking from a visual stand point.

> In robot mode each have basic articulation from the arms and elbows. The only reptile that is able to hold his weapon accessories is the alligator since he hands holes molded in his hands, as for the rest they can only have them as they attach in and out of their reptile modes.

> In reptile modes some have articulation of 360 rotation in all 4 legs and sliding up and down head movement mainly for the transformation to robot and cat modes. 

> The molding is great in design with quite a lot of detail on the parts which give it enough aesthetic in robot and reptile modes.

DOWN SIDES
> For their time they are fragile toys and I have had experiences where parts broke off, so be extremely careful when handling them!

CONCLUSION
Being a Transformer G1 fan, I fell in love with these toys and their wide range of packaging. They have inspired me to dedicate more to them by doing a illustration project based on all their toy designs and toy art work.