Monday, May 19, 2008

Haul of the Day

Transformers Movie

Picked them up at Takashimaya at 20% discount.

Comics

Kinokuniya finally had a 20% discount for all stores, opened to the public.

Haul of Yesterday - 18 May 2008

Forgot to mention got this 1/6th water bottle "gift" from shaun.

Music Recommendation - Duffy

Just heard her songs on a TV advertisement. Quite a retro feel.

Mercy


But I like this one better. Has the "My Girl" tune to it.
Warwick Avenue

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Comics Borrowed Recently


Was talking to a colleague the other day, and he said Nausicaa was a great read. While browsing through, saw the middle comic by Matt Smith. He has a similar style to Mike Mignola.

Haul of the Day

Transformers

Thanks to shaun for picking this up for me.

Marvel Legends ShowDown


H.A.L.O.

Mid year clearance sale at SpawnAsia.

Beowulf

Too bad they did not make a human form. That would be great.
The paint on the figure and simple articulation was quite hard to resist.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Haul of the Day

Iron Man Movie

A rare find at the local retail shops.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Haul of the Day

Revoltech


Transformers Movie

Wonderfest 2008 exclusive G1 Colour Arcee

Star Wars Kubrick series 8

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Toy Review - Indiana Jones 4: Mutt Williams Action Man



Ladies Man with Action Man bike that came with McDonald's kids meal.

Toy Review - Indiana Jones 4: Mutt Williams More Pictures


Size comparison with Marvel Legends.


Roll out !


Strike a pose !

Toy Review - Indiana Jones 4: Mutt Williams


Packaging




Accessories


A paper box, a non-articulated green snake and a knife on the figure's hand.

Figure


The figure is in the 3 3/4" scale, same as the Hasbro Star Wars figures.

Articulation

Since Hasbro uses the same design as their Star Wars figures, you basically get the same set of articulations, which is good enough.
  • Ball jointed neck
  • Ball joint shoulders
  • Ball joint elbow
  • Cut wrist
  • Cut waist
  • T hip
  • Ball joint knee
  • Ball joint ankle

Poses




Thursday, May 08, 2008

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Visit to Alex's House

See details here and here.

Thanks to shaun for organizing it and Alex and Daisy for letting us intrude into their privacy for a day. Your hospitality was priceless. Daisy prepared food for us, and both were busy showing us around and tending to our questions, and opening up pieces to let us have a look. Alex even dressed up for our visit. :)

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Haul of the Day

Mattel DC Universe Classics


When everyone thought that Mattel distributor would never again bring in DC SuperHeroes line with some many figures still burning the shelves at department stores (partly due to their greed by rising the price from S$19.90 to S$34.90, and now having to succumb to pressure to reduce back to S$19.90), they managed to sneak in limited cases of DC Universe Classics Series 1. Hopefully they will continue to bring in the rest of the series. It's a bit worrying seeing how many Red Tornadoes whisking about the shelve space, and not taking off though.
Thanks to shaun again for picking these figures up for me.

NECA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Whoohoo ! Finally picked up these figures from the local distributor. Thanks Alex !

Marvel Legends Iron Men

Picked these loose figures (House of M and Young Avengers, no accessories) from the local flea market for S$10 a piece, capitalizing on the current Ironman movie release.

Hasbro Spider-Man 3 Sandman

Picked this up at the same flea market stall, seeing the price of this figure, and since it is still officially unreleased. This figure is similar to the movie BAF Sandman, but without the BAF part and different set of attack hands.

Hasbro Indiana Jones 4

Shia Labeouf making it big time with a major role in Indy4, after Transformers.
Got this figure to go with the Transformer figures.

World's Smallest Transformers

One down, and one more to go to complete the WST Dinobots.

Saturday, May 03, 2008

Free Comic Book Day at GnB Comics




Check out what shaun got for me at G & B Comics, which observed free comics book day today.


See his report here.

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Re-ment Update

More haul from the yaoya series.

Haul of the Labour Day

Bandai S.H.Figuarts
After months and weeks of hunting and waiting, finally laid my hands on the last set at Ng Collections.




It's sort of an offshoot of the Souchaku Henshin Series (SHS) series, to milk more money from collectors. The difference I can see is the articulation, details and form are much better than SHS, but lacks the weapons. But the recent SHS releases seems to be close to the SHF series as well.

Tomy Tomica Hyper series



Got a good deal, after a further 15% discount. The price is a bit below the original yen price. Must be clearance stock from Japan. Wanted to see if the trailer can be used with other Optimus Prime or Ultra Magnus Transformers figures.


Got these to complement in case cannot go with the Transformers. Alternatively, will pass it to my nephews.