Doing some spring cleaning for the Chinese New Year, and partially goofing off by taking some pictures of my collections before they are temporarily packed into the boxes.
My nude body collection.
Hottoys and BBI
Barrack Sergeant and Shadowman
Obitsu (Japan) and a loose Brad Pitt which I hope to kitbash to a Fight ClubTylor Durden someday. The hair sculpt needs to be fixed. If only I had a Se7enhead sculpt, that would be the best.
Influenced by my nephew, I started to watch the cartoon and collect the basic figures.
The original 10 Omnitrix Aliens
The new Omnitrix Aliens (after season 1)
The Heroes
The Villians
The latest action figures are retools of existing ones, and laid out in "battle poses". Replacing the lenticular card and animation discs are a trading card with a hidden code that can be deciphered using the display base.
This is quite an old song from Puffy's 1998 album Jet, but it's such a catchy song that it still rocks today ! By the way, you might have heard part of this song during the Karaoke segment in Heroes season 1, where Hiro teleports himself into the ladies toilet.
Music Video
Lyrics Chikagoro watashitachi wa ii kanji Warui wa ne arigatou ne Kore kara mo yorodhiku ne Mogitate no kajitsu no Ii tokoro Sou iu koto ni shite okeba Kore kara saki mo ii kanji
Moshi mo dareka ga fuan dattara Tasukete agerarenaku wa nai Umaku iitemo Dame ni nattemo Sore ga anata no ikiru michi
Moeteru watashitachi wa ii kanji Ikite iru akashi da ne Yo no naka ga sukoshi mieta ne Mogitate no kajitsu no Ii tokoro Sou iu koto ni shite okina Kakudo kaereba Mata ii kanji
Sukoshi gurai wa fuan datteba Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi
Chikagoro watashitachi wa ii kanji Warui wa ne arigatou ne Kore kara mo yoroshiku ne Mada mada Koko kara wa ii tokoro Saigo made mite ite ne Kuregure mo Jama shinai de ne Mogitate no kajitsu no Ii tokoro Sou iu koto ni shite okeba Kore kara saki mo ii kanji Sore dewa sayounara
Look at my special HottoysModern Firearms Collection Series 2 M4A1 R.I.S with M203. It's special because it can reach those hard to reach corners. Cool isn't it ? Firearm courtesy of shaun.
Star Wars 30th Anniversary Destroyer Driod with shield version
1/6 Toy Solider M14 SOCOM 16 carbine collection (black) and Very Hot fabric and laces Oakley boots After recently watching Black Hawk Down again on the free-to-air channel, and with a bit more interest in 1/6th military weapons, I started to notice the weapons the soldiers were carrying. The most prominent was the one carried by one (or both ?) of the 2 Delta Forces troopers who setup a perimeter around the second Black Hawk that was shot down, and so bravely protected it, albeit lost their lives in the end. Prominent because at first it looked like a WWII weapon. Later Marcus explained to me the weapon's reliability is the main reason the rifle is still in use (though there are variations to it) today.
I happen to find this piece at TFH after digging through their shelves. I had to resort to such tactics cause a certain someone (I won't mention any name here) could not give me the one that came with this set. The good thing about this piece is it has a rifle strap, which weapon sets so far do not include.
Again, saw this song from the TV, the title track from the album of the same name. Fish Leong belts out sentimental songs so strongly. This song is also the main theme of a movie (no info on the movie).
I was doing some search on the net and came across this great site that promotes toy culture, by featuring photos, reviews and toy links. Do check it out.
Well, shaun finally took pictures of the haul I got for him on the last day of the year and started to post all over the forums (what a showoff), I am able to reveal what items I got for him.
Anyway, he's got some great galleries, so do check it out here, here and here.
Gifts from shaun, which are meant to cover all occasions, from Christmas to birthdays to New Years and what nots. It was meant as (Christmas) gifts to end the year 2007, but it eventually became gifts to start the new year 2008.
Transformers Japan Lawson store exclusive Transformers Movie DVD 2 disc set with a movie-colour-accurate movie Blackout figure, and 2 loose pieces of battle damaged movie Bumblebee from the Evolution of a Hero boxset. One piece goes to my nephew.
Below is the haul I got for shaun. Click on the picture to see why part of the picture is blacked out. The left is the latest Hottoys Modern Firearms Collection III PMC Selection.
Here's some stuff that I have accumulated over the past few weeks.
Transformers Transformers Movie Bumblebee Evolution of Hero 2pack. The only difference between this set and the rest is the "battle damaged" paint or effect. Thanks to shaun for helping me secure a set.
Revoltech Danboard from Yotsuba manga, and Hyper Hobby mailaway exclusive Black Shin Getter from TFH.
Busou Shinki Konami's Busou Shinki MMS series 7 from Ng Collection.
Miscellaneous Marvel Legends built-a-figure black Apocalypse from TFH. Konami's Sentai series Ryukendo R-A03 from John Little. Saturday Toys wardrobe series 02, 05, 06, 07 and 08 from TFH.
Comics and Magazines Spectrum:The Best of Contemporary Art #14 darkSector zero (Bill Sienkiewicz art) Zombies vs Robot vs Amazon #1 (Ashley Wood art) International Artist #58 The others are a Malaysian published Chinese comic which had some interesting artwork, and the last one is a birhtday present for my colleague's son.
Once again, my cover picks for the month of March 2008.
Marvel Comics
Iron Man #27 by Gerald Parel
New Avengers #39 by David Mack
DC
DC Special: Raven #1 by Damion Scott. I think this would look better in black and white.
Batman #675 by Tony Daniel. Angry as usual, but I think he has too many teeth for a human.
Detective Comics #842 by Dustin Nguyen. The snow background and building is done pretty well, though I think the Batman's cowl should have a bit more snow.
Action Comics #863 by Gary Frank. Superman and Legion of Super Heroes. Looks like Christopher Reeves ?
Birds Of Prey #116 by Stephane Roux. I like this cover because to me, it has 3 different drawing styles for each of the characters depicted. Stephane Roux is a french artist.
Thanks to William for giving a heads up, managed to get a cheap official version of the 2 disc Transformers movie DVD.
Didn't get the R1 or R3 versions because the extra stuff were not up to expectations, and the rest were merely gimmicks (transforming case, metal case, free toys, etc). Hopefully they will do a better edition sometime down the road. But I will be getting the Japanese Lawson store exclusive set that has a movie acurrate Blackout.
The more I watch the show, the more lame I find it to be, especially the story, plot and dialog between the humans, the human characters, though the CG Transformers and action scenes are still great eye candy. Somehow it seems too cheesy, comical and the story and characters just does not make much sense.
Hopefully the sequel will be more edgy and more time devoted to the Transformers.
Just too cheap to buy some decent backing boards as backdrop for taking photographs of my hauls, I restorted to DIY using boxes of some Gundam model kits that came free with Dengeki magazines. I took all three and converted one to a Base, and the other two as sides. Here are some test shots. Will make another post of the DIY backdrop.
Transformers Cybertron HotShot test subject.
Transformers Cybertron HotShot in vehicle mode with a good ole Charlie Brown head knocker.
