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!

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.

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!

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 : )

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.

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 : )