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.

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.