Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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 : )

Sunday, February 24, 2008

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.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

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!

Sunday, February 17, 2008

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 :

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

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 : )

Sunday, February 10, 2008

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 <:(

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

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!

Monday, February 04, 2008

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.