Better start blogging again

...before I stop entirely heh. It's been a solid month since the last entry, and quite a few things have happened between then and now.

Firstly, Bangkok!

Left for BKK the next morning after my last paper, spent a grand total of 4 full days there with the gf. We had a ball of a time shopping and shopping and shopping! Stuff there was really cheap (except the imported stuff), which made it that more satisfying to buy stuff :) We walked essentially the entire morning to evening, went back to the hotel to rest our aching feet, and went out in the evening again to the night market (on two of the four nights anyway). We eventually amassed quite a mountain of stuff between us, and actually managed to lug everything back. Our luggage was severely UNDER the weight limit, which was a real waste, cos I would've liked to bring back more food!! Oh well, next time!

Toys-wise, they're generally more expensive than anything we get here, which I guess is expected. Despite all the news I hear about Thais being huge Toku fans, I only found three or four shops selling toku and stuff on the third day, and more expensive than what I could get back home. Did manage to pick up SH Zanki for cheap tho, which was great since I was looking for it for awhile.

Second, We Will Rock You!

Well, it rocked! We got seats three rows from the front, off to the side, which gave us wondrous views of gyrating, taut bodies singing the best from Queen. The downside was that we almost went deaf, cos the speakers were more or less in front of us : But it was entirely worth it when it got to the last 20 minutes of the show, cos it became a real rock concert! Excellent experience and musical that I recommend to anyone who's familiar with Queen's music, and even if you're not, you will be shaking to the tunes anyway!

Thirdly, the TRU sale :)

Decided to go early to the TRU sale on the member's preview. Ended up as the tenth or so person, not too bad. Saw some huge boxes of Zoids, so I was crossing my fingers to get those, butttt the first guy swooped those up :\ No worries! I immediately went for the KR stuff, grabbing the lone Kaixa belt, Denliner Ikajichi (Gun form) and SIC Doras and ZO, before making another round to and realising there was a Faiz belt as well! And as I picked THAT up, a whole pile of treasure was below that: Kaixa Blaygun and DX DenLiner (!!!). Eventually picked up a Kaixa Pointer and Shot, as well as the last Faiz Shot. All the above for only $85! The prices were seriously amazing, especially for the Denliners, really surprised to find them there :)

To log down my other purchases for the last month:

KR
SH Figuarts Rider No.1
SH Figuarts Rider No.2
SH Figuarts Rider V3
SH Kiva

TFs
Stealth Bumblebee (my like, seventh '08 : )
BWX Tigatron (Cheap!)
Henkei Astrotrain

SS
Baenetnasch Eta Mime

Others
Mugenbine Powerful Tyranno Clear Red Version
Guitar Hero guitar (fun as heck!)

Whew, I'm about caught up for the month, til the next post!

Almost near the end~

Yup, finally got done with the project I was really anxious about, don't think it went too well, but I'm just glad it's over. The week's been pretty crazy with all the preparation, late nights and early mornings.

Anyway, the Falcon's brought in the limited Chevy Aveo Swerve figure! And bundled it with some sweet packages to boot! Got myself the Screenbattles (Final Stand & Capture of BB) sets with Swerve for $100, a really good deal! It means that I now have SIX versions of the Camaro 08' mold, count them:

Hasbro (Opened)
TakTomy (Carded)
TakTomy (Loose)
Battle Damaged (Loose)
Cliffjumper
Screen Battles

And there's TWO MORE coming out!!! Argghhhhh. Whoever said the Camaro mold was hard to get obviously wasn't looking hard enough :

Also picked up Microman RyuJinO ($14.90) finally completing the three of them, and picked up Myth Cloth Thanatos ($80) today as well. Thanatos' box is HUGE. Seriously! Spotted some slightly paint problems here and there but I guess no set's perfect. Wonder if I'll ever open him :[

Can't wait for it all to end

Been heck busy the past two weeks, with everything coming to a head in the last few weeks of school. It's getting more and more tiring as the weeks go by to work on project after project, and to keep thinking how it's all gonna affect the ol' jee-pee-ehh. Sigh.

Anyway, I somehow found time to pick up some stuff over the past 1+ week:

Microman Ryugano - $14.90
SIC 40. Agito and Machine Tornader - $100
Movie Deluxe Black Arcee - $30

Andddd I actually broke down and got the DX Den-O Belt ($50)! Really good price, and I had been tempted to pick it up for so long, plus I felt kinda shitty after a meeting on a Sunday, so buying it made me feel somewhat better.

Oh well.

Three more weeks, and then Bangkok. Can't wait for it all to end.

JL: +1; Wallet: -$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

And yay, JL had a 20%+20% sale AGAIN! Just over a month from the last one, which caused me some serious damage :

Anyway, this meant a good time to pick up some LEGO sets again, went down on the first day, and picked up MM Recon Dropship ($49.55 after all discounts from $81.50) and after much consideration, I also picked up Exo-Force 8107 Fight for the Golden Tower ($61.96 down from $101.90). Was pretty pissed that I just picked up the Armored Drilling Unit last week from Carrefour (where I saw Becky filming at Suntec, most coincidental meeting ever considering I don't see her in school AT ALL), so I got a set from JL, and returned it to Carrefour, saving me QUITE a bit! ($54.66 from $89.90).

Also did the same for Combat Crawler X2 today, which I bought for the full blown price of $69.90. Thank goodness I had the receipt still, so I got it for $42.50 instead, a very substantial saving if I don't say so myself : ) Picked up a spare Cyclone Defender, since it was only $10 after all the discounts, and FINALLY decided to pick up the Golden Guardian ($46.90) after dunno HOW long. A bit scared they clear it from the shelves soon, cos it's been out for awhile.

Well, time to start saving for Bangkok!

Ruinous

Got a whole lot of stuff on Saturday! Had arranged to go down to Falcon's with G, with the intention of picking up the Henkei Leaders, but totally didn't expect the new Revoltechs to be in as well! So I ended up collecting Henkei C-01 Convoy ($43) and Revoltechs Hot Rodimus and Starscream ($25 each). I went down to Suntec to kill time before the trip to Falcon's, and saw to my surprise (and slight horror), that the Mars Mission MT-101 Armoured Drilling Unit had a further 20% off at Carrefour!!! Just as I was really tempted to pick it up too, but even then, at $70 it was still a big buy, so I resisted and didn't pick it up.

Butttt I went back after the Falcon trip and got it anyway (Mars Mission MT-101 Armoured Drilling Unit, $71.90) : So much for self-control heh. Anyway, the set is REALLY good, the build was fun, and the final product, quite amazing! The beast is huge, and I really like the way the other components hook up to the main body.

I also picked up the two tiny MM sets today, the Mini robot and Alien Jet sets ($5.50 each), very cute, but without any of the bigger sets, don't really serve a purpose. Will see if I can do anything else with the pieces :)

In other news, going to Bangkok for a much needed break after the exams! Everything's booked, just need to research on good shopping places and all : ) Can't wait for the term to end!

Impressed!!

What am I impressed with??

The LEGO Company :)

Let me explain: last month I bought the Mobile Devastator. When I opened it up, the sticker sheet was very badly crushed, and one of the stickers was missing! Sucks! So I went to the LEGO website to put in for a replacement set of stickers. I wasn't sure if it would work though, cos on submitting the form, it said that they don't serve Singapore, so hey. Anyway, I also called the local branch office to request for the stickers, and was told they'd get it in for me, but it would take about 6 weeks. Oh well, better than nothing I guess.

An d LO AND BEHOLD, today, about 4 weeks after I put in the request online, I got a letter from LEGO! Direct from the HQ in UK! Inside was an addressed letter apologising for the problem, and a brand new sticker set! I am very, VERY impressed and grateful! It isn't easy to keep up with all the requests i'm sure, especially when it's from across the globe! That makes it all the more amazing! Their dedication to service excellence really shows :) Left them a compliment on the website to tell them so. Keep it up guys! And thanks!

Ok, in purchasing news, let's see, I picked up Mugenbine Chase Dober ($24.95) from Robinson's on Wednesday, as long as Bionicle Mutran and Vican ($20.90) from the LEGO roadshow in AMKHub. I had a $10 voucher to use at the fair (min. $60 sepnding), so I was looking for something else to bolster the purchase. I considered getting another Fire Vulture (which I probably will eventually) and another Iron Condor, which I honestly wasn't too keen on doing, cos what's the point of having repeat sets right? I'd rather build something new! So I pondered the smaller Aqua Raiders sets. Really cute, but then I'd be tempted to get the entire set (which is conveniently on discount now), and the theme didn't appeal to me all that much. So after browsing a bit more, I settled for the new Mars Mission MX-41 Switch Fighter ($39.90 after 20%) which looked extremely cool cos it transformed and came with an alien ship as well. And damn. I think I'm hooked :

Today, I went by OG, and saw a HUGE stash of TF deluxes in the store. This stash had a good number of '08 Bees, which was slightly surprising, and more surprisingly, the "Wal-Mart exclusive" Cybertron repaints! Big Daddy! (picked him up, got 10% off thanks to a kind lady :) Didn't look at the rest, but not too interested anyway.

I find it hilarious how US exclusives always end up on regular shelves here in abundance :)

A quick post, cos I should be studying : |

Just a quick update, got the pair of Appendix (Leo and Aries Mu, $50 for the pair) on thursday, got myself a new Bagman bag ($60) as well during the IT show, since I'm kinda wearing my old out quite a bit.

Went down to CSC to have a look see as well today, picked up the set of KR HD-S Series 2 ($30) which I was looking for and finally decided to buy today. SH Figure Arts V3 and Ichigo aren't in yet :\

Ok, back to work!

Updates for the last week of Feb

Well, didn't really get that much stuff over the last week of Feb. Carrefour had a 20% off on all Hasbro stuff, which was a nice surprise, so I picked up the probably-last new mold for the Movie line, Deluxe Stockade ($26.90 before discount). His transformation IS amazingly simple. Nifty figure none the less :) Also picked up 3 more Galactic Heroes sets, Anakin (Clone Wars) & Clone Trooper, Dark Side Anakin & Clone Trooper, and Emperor & Clone Trooper ($8 after discount). Eh yeah, all Clone Trooper sets heh. I have like, hmm, quite a few Clone Troopers already :)

The gf also came back over the weekend! She got me the two smaller Exo-Force sets from the last line, River Dragon and Battle Arachnoid, as well as a spare Shadow Crawler which was sale-ing off for AU$14. It's so sad that this is the last installment of Exo-Force, cos if the two small sets are anything to go by, this could be the best of the line yet! Alas, they're cutting the line, sadness is me :(

Oh yes, almost forgot, I picked up Movie Realisation Eva 1 from Mike as well, looks VERY nice! Haven't had the time nor space to open it yet tho, will do so soon!

Pata pata pata pon~!

The english version of Patapon finally came out over the weekend, it makes SO much more sense now I actually understand what the little eyeballs are saying. It's a bit of a drag replaying the front, since I went through them on the JP version already, but it's interesting to see what they're actually saying.

I went back to CC to pick up the Legends Bumblebee vs. Scorponok two pack ($17.90) on Sunday, after visiting the Madhouse sale AGAIN, and finding another Lightsaber ($8)! The two little figures aren't bad, Bbee is a little boring, pretty much a Micromaster, but Scorponok's really quite articulated and detailed for a two inch tall toy. I have placed him on Megatron's shoulder as his loyal pet, muahaha.

Yesterday, I picked up the latest KR Kids (Kiva arrives!) ($19.80) as well as the Leia Boussh and Han Carbonite Galactic Heroes ($10) set from another CC branch which had a better paint job. I really like the little buggers (both the KR Kids and GH), pity I don't have the space to display them.

Also finally watched Sweeney Todd today after a meeting, it should have won an Oscar for most gratuitous use of Fake Blood in a musical, SERIOUSLY. Not a bad watch, the visuals were beautiful (somehow London during the 18th century is always dark and gloomy), the music wasn't bad (Depp's voice is a bit low, Helena Bonham Carter's a bit flat) and the story was really pretty interesting. Surprise twist at the end, and ultimately, the musical is meant to be a tragedy. Would be interesting to see a staged version of this : )

Hasbro Warehouse Sale. More like MADhouse sale.

So Hasbro held a warehouse sale from the 22nd to the 24th of February, at the usual warehouse place, Toa Payoh SAFRA (for some reason all warehouse sales are there :)

I wen down after class on the first day, reaching slightly before 12. Now, they advertised Transformers in their ad, so I was expecting EVERYONE to be there for TFs. And boyyyy was I right.

Everyone there was basically scouting for TFs. By the time I reached, most of the good stuff was gone. There were DVD MP Primes, Cybertron Primus and Supreme Starscream, some old Alts, old Cybertron and Energon basics, deluxes and ultras, and some movie stuff too! (Leader Megs and Brawl apparently, spotted a bashed up Swindle and accessory-less 74' BBee) Oh, also some Beast Wars 10th Anniversary stuff and Universe as well. I managed to pick up Cybertron Mudflap (GF Demolisher) for $18 which I kinda forgot I didn't have, as well as loose in card Cybertron deluxe Optimus Prime (repainted Armada STD Convoy) for $2, loose in card cos the figure was definitely played with, put back in the card, and resealed with tape. In fact a good lot of the stuff there were returned goods. Other stuff I managed to pick up:

Xevoz (All $2 each)
Sky Grinder
Sledge Trooper
Moon Stalker Vs Hemo Goblin (Opened before, HG has two of the same thighs)
Shadow Blade Vs Bone Cutter (Opened before, not sure if anything's missing)

Galactic Heroes ($3 each)
Obiwan and Sandtrooper
Super Battle Droid and R2-D2
Hoth Luke and Han
Mace Windu and Kit Fisto
Lando and Skiff Guard
Chewbacca and Clone Trooper

One of the hot items at the sale was the Electronic Lighsaber (only $8 from $69.90!), which I managed to get a Anakin/Darth Vader colour changing one! Thing was the box was opened, so it was a risk that it might not work, but thankfully it did! Someone actually came up to me and offer me two others as well, a misb Mace Windu one and a Count Dooku one, both of which I eventually didn't get, although I sorta regret giving the Mace Windu one up to someone. Hope the guy enjoys it!

I was really disgusted by the "familiar" faces (read: CSC, ST, other scum from dunno where) hoarding the good toys there. They had multiple TF figures, and SW stuff and everything! When I went down again today (23rd), it was really sad to see little kids wanting TFs ("Mommy, I wan Transformerrr") but being sorely disappointed as they sifted through the remainders, while two guys stood at one side with their TF haul, talking about how they're gonna bring it back to their shop.

I hate scalpers.

In any case, I picked up a 70th Anniversary Monopoly set for only $15!! Great find, gonna head back there to get one more set for the niece tmrw : )

I went over to the sis' place today as well, so I dropped by CC, and found the latest wave of Galactic Heroes! Couldn't resist the little buggers, and got the following ($10 each):

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul
Aayla Secura and Commander Bly
Ki-Adi-Mundi and Commander Bacara
Commander Gree and Tarfful

I basically picked up all the clone trooper ones, and couldn't resist the Maul vs Obi-wan set either. Was really tempted to get Leia Boush and Han Carbonite set too! Very cool, hopefully they still have it next time I go by. Oh, and I FINALLY got my Vader/ Hologram Emperor and second set of Vader/Obi-wan from the idiot on Yahoo! who kept pushing off the meet up time. Bloody idiot.

I should stop buying things

Like the title says :

Well, I went down to Taka on Tuesday to exchange one of the Mugenbine whose arm was broken, and ended up buying a spare Myth Cloth Sagittarius ($56) which I've been intending to get for the longest time. The last time I managed to get one from Roy, the set had been opened before and the buckle was missing : So after returning it I never got another one til now.

Then today, I met up with a fellow SGC member who was kind enough to lend me his SimplyToys card to get the extra discount on the Sonic Phantom ($32.30 after discount)! I also found the Mugenbine MugenPharoah Candy Toy ($27 for the set) which I've been waiting for. So needless to say I've been spending QUITE a bit lately. Blogging about it helps me keep track too sooo :

May have to re-evaluate my buying a DS Lite heh.

Anyway, gf's flown off to Aus, and I miss her already : \ It's always funny not to be able to call her after work/school. Well she'll be back next Sunday, so til then I've got a lot of LEGO to build!

Loves Lego

Annnd continuing from the previous post, the spending didn't stop there.

Read from SGC that JL was having a 20% PLUS 20% sale! I immediately thought of getting the Mobile Devastator from Exo Force, because the price was REALLY good ($130.50 from $203.90), and probably the cheapest I'll ever be able to get it at here in SG. I also thought of Toa Mahri Kongu, which was the last Mahri I needed to complete the team. So I took a trip down on Sunday morning to JL Marina.

AND THEY HAD THE 2008 BIONICLE SETS IN.

Totally surprised! They were VERY cheap after the discounts, almost like clearance prices! So I grabbed a couple of sets as well. And burned another big hole in the wallet : \ But I suppose that I might as well get them now, since I'll eventually be getting them, but definitely NOT at this price. At least not for a good year.

SO! This was my damage for today:

Mobile Devastator ($130.50 from $203.90)
Toa Ignika ($26.15 from $40.90)
Toa Mahri Kongu ($14.40 from $22.50)
Phantoka Pohatu
Phantoka Kopaka
Phantoka Vamprah (All three above at $15.30 each from $23.90 each)
Matoran Photok
Matoran Solek
Matoran Gavla (All three above at $8.25 each from $12.90 each)

Whew! On top of the discounts, I still get 5% off the CC bill! Damn I love JL : ) Even though their vouchers are damn useless.

Oh, before I forget, I picked up Phantoka Antroz and his Matoran Radiak from BricksWorld on Wed too, at 20% off. Damn if I'd only waited : But I guess who'dve thunk that JL would be crazy enough to do the extra 20 off heh. Win some lose some! And I think I won quite a bit : )

So now I have lots of Lego to keep me company during break week when the gf's away on biz trip : \ Gonna miss her!

Mega Mugenbine Mania

Yup, as the title suggests, I went Mugen-Mad over the weekend! Was intending to head to Paragon's TRU on Thursday to check out reports of the Star Wars Transformers that came in (they had in fact, but that's another story), but I decided to head to Taka first, just to check out the toys.

And HEY, Mugenbine was on clearance! Finally! Prices were really cheap ($10 for the small sets, $15 to $25 for the larger ones, down from $18 to $40 per set), so I picked up more than a few heh. Went back on Friday to pick up some more, so this is what I got from there:

Regular sets ($9.95 each)
Iron Stag
Junk Beetle
Quest Knight
Razor Ninja
Save Gunman
Teiouryu
Uzumakidori
Wanrikiguma
Yutenma

New Mugenbine series
Attack Condor ($9.95!)
Powerful Tyranno ($14.95)
TryWolf ($14.95)

Victory Leon ($19.95)
Zord Elephant ($19.95 from BHG Bugis)

So yup, HUGE haul and spent a heck load in two days. But I definitely spent more in the next post :

More Lego! More!

Went down to town on Sunday to walk walk, and post CNY sales abound! But only Metro has discount on LEGO so hey : \

Picked up Shadow Crawler ($30.50 with 20% discount) from there, the last of the medium mechs that I was lacking, since it doesn't seem like they're going to sale them off. And anyway if they did, I might consider getting another, cos SC is a really cool set! The build was fun and different from the usual two legs two arms one torso construction, and it was cool to see how it all came together. Definitely pick this one up!

After contemplating for a long time, I also got Hydraxon ($40.90 with 20% discount). I decided to pick him up cos well, the set's getting hard to find nowadays, and with the discount, it doesn't cost much more than the sale price that Gadunka went for ($29.90). Now I'm only left with Maxilos and Spinax to complete the 2007 Warriors set. I'm trying to get someone to lend me their ST card so I can get it from there, as it's about the only place which has it now. Bricksworld is supposedly having a storewide discount from tmrw though, so hopefully I can find one in one of the outlets.

As for today, I dropped by the Falcon's before my meeting to check out the NECA Raziel that was released just yesterday. AND THEY WERE SOLD OUT. Of the regular Raziel : \ Speaking to one of the guys there though, he said I could have his piece first! Really grateful to him for the extremely kind and generous gesture : ) So I pick up the pair of Raziels, Material and Spectral forms ($45 for both). They look really great, currently contemplating if I should open them up still heh : )

Happy Lunar New Year!

Yup, CNY is finally here! And kinda into the fourth day already : How fast time passes.

Was pleasently surprised to know that RC had a CNY offer for the TakTomy version of MP G1 Starscream ($108), so I decided to head down to pick up a piece before resuming visiting on the 2nd day. I'm still wondering if TakTomy's gonna pull a stunner on all of us and release a MP SS with cape and crown. Highly possible, considering the MP SS has joints on the shoulder to accomodate.... something. That'll surely be a bitch if it really happens :

Got a pretty good haul for New Year this year, ang pow wise, gonna ration it and spend it as wisely as I can.

In other news, Exo-Force is slated to end after this year. Depressing! I really enjoy the series too! Now I'm just tempted to get every set ever released, sigh. I'm pretty close to completing the 2007 line, got almost all the sets below $65, the larger ones I'll have to wait for a sale or never pick up, cos seriously, $200 for a LEGO set is too much for me at this point. Someday perhaps, but not now.

I'm gonna miss you Exo-Force <:(

It's raining toys. Ouch.

More on the title later :

Headed down to Uncle Ng's today after the meeting, and DAMMIT I SHOULD'VE PICKED UP SEAHORSE THAT DAY. He was nice enough to spare me one , but that meant that I had to settle for that one piece, which thankfully was in pretty good condition. Still. I had 12 pieces to choose from that day : \ So with Seahorse Baian ($55) in hand, I'm all caught up with SS Myth Cloth!

I opened up Seahorse Baian cos it was double sealed, so wanted to check if everything was ok. Pretty good piece, it actually looks more interesting in person than in pictures. After putting him back in the box, I decided to open up Merak Hagen, which I was intending to do last night but too tired to.

Now about the entry title.

I wanted to display Hagen, so I thought I would take the Myth Cloth stand that currently holds SIC Faiz Blaster and SIC Ibuki. It's a perilous task to do that cos that shelf is PACKED. To the BRIM. And I certainly paid a price for that. On moving SIC Todoroki, EVERYTHING in front just FELL. So down came SH Den-O sword, rod and axe forms, Sasword and SIC Zanki. Onto my messy side table below. Sword Form's shoulder plates came out in the process, intiating a panicked search amongst the mess, but thankfully I found them. On hindsight, if not for the mess, they would have hit the floor which was MUCH further below. Anyway, no real casualties, although I think Rod form had a bit of the mask scratched, although I can't really tell.

The irony?

I had the spare Myth Cloth stands which I got from KL. So I used them in the end. *sigh*

While rearranging the figures on the shelf, I had a bloody shock: SH Zabee's left forearm just CAME OFF. Yes, the joint just snapped right off! WTF!! I'm just waiting for Sheng Tai to bring in Kabuto now, so I can get a cheap replacement for Zabee >:

Anyway, it's the eve of CNY tmrw, so Happy Lunar New Year to all! Here's to a wonderful year of the Rat!

Myth Cloth Catch Up: Part Deux

Yup, catching up pretty fast with Myth Cloth, a healthy boost of funds certainly helps : P

Had the initial intention of heading to Uncle Ng's to pick up Seahorse Baian today, but since I was in the area, decided to drop by Falcon's to check the figure out there instead.

Annndd on reaching there I realised that they had both Odin Saints which I missed out on. Beta Merak Hagen I knew the had, since it only came in end of last year. Zeta Mizar Syd, I knew they had one piece, but it wasn't a good piece. But I tried, and lo and behold, they had spares of Zeta! So I decided to pick up both of them ($60 each), leaving only Seahorse Baian to get myself up to speed!

And that I'm intending to do tomorrow >: )

Myth Cloth Catch Up

FINALLY picked up Crystal Saint and Chrysoar Krishna ($50 each) from Uncle Ng's, Seahorse Baian was in too, contemplated, decided not to get it, but now thinking I should've gotten it :

Kinda caught up to Myth Cloth now, except the two Odin saints I'm lacking. I may have to resort to the V shop to get Zeta, meh, not an idea I like :

Also collected HDX Kamen Rider the First/Next figures ($80) and HDS Den-O Part 2 ($22) from Mike, after pre-ordering them two weeks back. I really wish I had proper space to display these figures, cos they really are very nice! Alas, no space, so in the boxes they remain :\

I'm currently contemplating picking up the Den-O Chibi I-Dolls! Really cute buggers, and especially after finishing Den-O, I really like the characters from the series : ) Unfortunately, each set costs $60, which is kinda painful, so I'll think about it a bit more before deciding.

First TF Movie Figure on Sale!

As the title reads, Leader Brawl has officially become the first TF Movie figure to go on clearance! Happened to chance upon it in TRU Tampines, was there at the right time I suppose! He was going for HALF the price at $49.90! My patience in holding out on the figure finally paid off heh : )

Leader Brawl is a much better figure than the deluxe one, they should have done this one in the first place. The mold fleshes out a lot better at this scale, and looks a lot more menacing, a huge mechanical monster ala the movie. He's big, ratchety, and NOISY. Pressing the main gun cannon gives off a firing sound and lights, while rotating the secondary turret left or right produces chain gun firing sounds and lights until you straighten it again. Transformation's complex enough, but the sides of the tank are a bitch to fit together cos the arms have to be JUST right :

Still, recommended! Especially at that price =D

Also picked up one component of the Mugenbine repaint ($6) I've been hunting down recently, it seems like all the Comic Connections have cleared out of them. I should've just gotten them when they first came out last year : \

20% Storewide Sales: Gotta Love 'Em.

Metro had a storewide 20% off today, which I saw them putting up signs for LAST NIGHT, meaning I had to come back today : \

But it was worth it I must say! The sale extended to yellow tag items too, meaning they had a further discount of the already discounted price! So I picked up Exo Force Blade Titan ($30.50 less 20%) which I have been meaning to get for awhile, and Bionicle Gadunka ($29.90 less 20%). Also picked up a Robot Heroes Decepticon Sneak Atack 5 set for FW, I just love converting pple to TFs =D

I also went down to JL Marina yesterday to check out the sale, and picked up a spare SH Blade King Form ($14.95 with a further 20%: ), it's a cool set, and since it was $12, I thought what the heck. Heh.

And yes, my post about Incinerator and the Allspark cube on TFWorld 2005 was front paged, whoot! Only my fifth post there too! Glad the folks there appreciated the pics : )

A trip to the Hangar

Made my way down to Falcon's today after a really long time! Roy gave me some tips on studying for accounting mods after I told him how I was screwed by them (as usual) last term, which were really helpful! Reminds me why I feel so at home there : )

Anyway, picked up my SIC Kuuga Rising Form ($55) which has been sitting there for a long time, Galactic Heroes Luke and R2 ($5) (which I missed during the Falcon's sale) as well as Incinerator ($50)! Didn't know it'd be out so soon, and surprise surpsrise, the TakTomy Allspark figures come with a small Allspark cube! (Seen below in the hands of Landmine)

Fits into the palm of your hand!

Really cute little addition to the series, and a welcome one at that. Now to find a minature figure to feed the cube to Megatron's chest >: )

Pic of Incinerator

Apparently Allspark Stockade is out at TRU, shall have a look soon.

Major shopping

Went back to Taka on Sunday while the additional 10% discount was still on, decided to pick up Cross Bisar ($29.95 less 10%) and Gyro Bisar ($14.95 less 10%). Cross Bisar is really not bad, but the arms drop off WAY too easily in Bisar mode. Gyro Bisar is not too bad, but the Bisar mode is rather stiff cos the leg armour isn't very poseable.

Headed down to CSC after that, for the first time in months! Was intending to pick up SH Den-O Plat Form and Momotaros ($40), which I did, and I saw a great deal for the SS Myth Cloth Black Display Stands ($15), so I got one! While looking around CSC I also checked out the prices for the Myth cloth I don't have, will slowly pick them up. Amazingly, Zeta Mizar is disappearing :

Quite a bit of damage that one day, eeps, but it's been a while since I got stuff from CSC. So well : )

In other news, saw pics of the upcoming Go-Onger Minipla kits, looking good! The design motiff (the eyes, the eyes!!!) really boggle me, takes getting used to seriously. But hey, combining vehicles always rock : )

Day of wandering around Orchard

Went down to have a look see at Orchard after school, as well as getting Pa's HP serviced by Nokia. I think I spent the longest time in Wheelock Place ever today, and not because of the Nokia Care Centre.

Anyway, Taka's having an additional 10% discount for Taka Credit Card members, so I of course had to have look. There were MANY things that I would have liked to buy, but had to restrain myself, simply because I didn't really need them. Like the Ryukendo Delta Shadow. Various TF repaints. Mugenbine. Den-O TRU 5 Armors Set. Hmm.

I DID pick up the last of the main team of the Amdrivers, Ragna ($12.50 less 10%). Been thinking of getting it for a long time ever since they slashed the prices, and with an additional 10% today, why not? I really wonder why Amdrivers didn't take off in Japan. The figures were very cool, the Bisars had nice transformations and looked good. But I have to admit, the anime sucked. And maybe that's why it failed : \

Wandered along the rest of town, heading down to the Nokia shop as mentioned, spending an inordinate amount of time in Wheelock, went down the new Orchard MRT entrance (pretty!), wandered around Popular (which is closing down), contemplated going home but decided to walk to Paragon to check out Metro and TRU. Was hoping to find some Exo-Force stuff on discount, but no such luck, so headed to Robinsons. And while at Robinsons, my phone buzzed.

BIDDING.

Shite, totally slipped my mind to re-bid for BP. Panicked for a bit but I went to get the Exo-Force mini-fig magnet set for only $6.45 (half price!) before finding a seat in McDs, and logging on using Wireless@SG. It's times like these where I'm super gratefully that the Govt decided to set up the network. Note to self: NEVER do anything important via Wireless@SG, or at least leave more than 15 mins to deadline to do it.

Then FINALLY I went home. Shoulder was dying by then from the bag and laptop. Ouch.

Advent! Den-O Wing Form!

Whoot, managed to get Souchaku Henshin Wing Form ($45)! I was pretty dismayed when it was anounced that SH Wing Form would be a Yahoo! Japan Limited edition, which pretty much meant that I had almost no chance of getting it. So imagine my horror when I realised that Mikelz did a pre-order for it AND I MISSED THE DEADLINE.

I immediately mailed Mike explaining the oversight and whether there were any pieces left for me. While he didn't have any on hand, it was really great of him to order another piece for me! So! I finally have it in my hand! Thanks Mike!

Wing Form is a Yahoo! Japan X Bandai Limited figure, and like most Bandai mail order pieces, it comes packed in a brown corrugated box, like the SS Myth Cloth mail-away specials. A pre-order was done on Yahoo! Japan, and the item was only released in end December. Being a more unique form of Den-O's his gold and white really makes him stand out from the majority black of the other forms. The base body is the same as the other SH Den-O figures. The main differences in the set would be the shoulder pieces, which are larger, his henshin belt buckle, his dual weapons and of course, his face mask.

A very nice piece which definitely makes a great addition if you're collecting the SH Den-O figures!

Robot Heroes Wave 2 complete!

BHG Bishan had a huge restock (relative to what most toy sections get in terms of TFs these days), which included the Allspark Wave 2 Deluxes, and both waves of the Movie Series Robot Heroes. SO, I picked up the last RH I was missing from Wave 2: Ironhide Vs Bonecrusher.

I must admit that the RH interpretation of the robots IS kinda wierd, and none more so represented than by IH and BC. Ironhide's head is alright I suppose, although they made a wierd sculpting choice to simply place flat plates for the side of his head. Bonecrusher on the other hand: WAY off from the movie design. His head's sculpted with a sort of bull look going for it, which can be seen by the card drawing of him. Really strange design decision, but hey, they're cute as hell, so what the heck.

All caught up with the Robot Heroes now, now to wait for the next wave of G1 and BW figures to arrive. In maybe June.

Another edition to the Exo-Force family!

Finally picked up the lone Aero Booster that was sitting on the shelves of JL Marina for the longest time last Saturday! Was intending to pick it up with the vouchers I had, but lo and behold! It was the last day for a storewide 20% discount for cardmembers! The luck! The gf also picked up Iron Condor from Robinson's for me, nicely discounted at $20.90 : )

I must say the set is really good, build time probably about under two hours? Satisfying build none the less. I'm getting hooked on these big LEGO sets heh. The small mech really is a repaint/variant of the Cyclone Defender, pretty cool! I like the way the whole set comes together, it just looks... satisfying : )

Still have the Iron Condor and Sky Guardian to build, gonna take my time to get to them, don't wanna run out too fast, especially since the 2008 sets don't look like their coming anytime soon.

First Purchase for 2008!

And we hit 2008 at last! To "celebrate", here's my purchase on the first day of the new year : )

Bionicle
Toa Mahri Hewkii (Yellow one) - $18 from Metro SK

Decided to pick him up since he's been disappearing from the shelves : Glad to get him at discount though! LEGO's so overpriced here in SG :\

Last Purchases for 2007 : )

Rounding up 2007's purchases with the following items bought in the last week of December 2007!

Transformers
Movie Deluxe Allspark Landmine

LEGO Exo-Force
7707 Striking Venom - $49.90 from Robinsons!
7721 Combat Crawler X2 - $69.90 from JL Marina
8100 Cyclone Defender - $12.50 from TRU's Maniac Monday sale!
8101 Claw Crusher - $12.50 from TRU's Maniac Monday sale!
8103 Sky Guardian - $24.40 from Metro SK