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Entertainment Earth 1-Day Sale: DCUC Figures

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 05:24:00 +0000

In case anyone missed it, there's still a few hours left before Entertainment Earth's one-day sale for DC Universe Classics action figures ends.

The following figures are still available as of this writing for $6 each:

DC Universe Classics Jemm

DC Universe Classics The Atom I

DC Universe Classics Omac

DC Universe Classics Eclipso

DC Universe Classics Toyman

DC Universe Classics The Atom Indigo Lantern

DC Universe Classics Lex Luthor Orange Lantern

[Preview] The Emperor's Hand

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:41:00 +0000

This is a preview of what's coming in a few days. Yep, that's Kotobukiya's Mara Jade.

I still haven't been updating this blog enough even though I promised myself I would. Oh well.

One thing though: I'm back. My toy-collecting hiatus is at its end.

[Alter] Maeda Keiji

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:51:00 +0000

I got my Maeda Keiji last week from CW Toys. As any collector with a nice new camera would do, I took pictures as soon as I got home from Greenhills. And as any collector who is swamped with work would do, I'm posting the pictures a 6 days after I took them.

Better late than never.

One thing I noticed was that the boxed figure was HEAVY. Upon opening, I found out that it was mainly the umbrella that was heavy.

Scantily dressed with only the open kimono to show you that she's supposed to be a samurai, I was not disappointed with her. Alter did a good job with the sculpt and all the fine details -- I guess that's partly the reason why I'm completing the Hyakka Ryouran line.

Those boobs.

The bikini holding her together is actually made of rubber...or at least it feels like it.

That face.

A night shot with my favorite prop: our wall lamp.

And now with a new-found prop: some "Zen" stuff in our garden

Did I mention that her umbrella is huge?

I really love the details in her kimono

Huge box for a huge (umbrella) figure

Figure details:
Character: Maeda Keiji

Origin: Hyakka Ryouran

Manufacturer: Alter x Hobby Japan
Scale: 1/8
Release Date: 01/2014
SRP: Y10286

Good news to Philippine toy collectors!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:33:00 +0000

My friend, owner of the newly-opened CW Toys, is now expanding his services to include Western toys!

Visit his FaceBook group page to see the items that he currently has (anime and video game figures) or message him to inquire about toys that you want from the US.

The LEGO Movie spending spree continues

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:24:00 +0000

I went to two Data Blitz stores over the weekend to see if they had Bravely Default. Sadly, both stores are out of stock :(

Because my money wants to leave me so badly, I looked for something else to buy.

Surprise! The World Ends With You is available! I've been searching for this game for a long time. I played this a long time ago in my DS but unfortunately, I only downloaded the ROM in a flash cart and it was corrupted.

Then... The LEGO Movie Videogame! Boyfriend and I were debating as to whether we should get this for the 3DS or PSVita.

"Better graphics" was his main argument.

"I'm buying" was mine.

The LEGO Movie

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 02:26:00 +0000

WE FINALLY SAW THE LEGO MOVIE LAST FRIDAY!!!

It was awesome!

Amidst all the bouquet-toting couples, boyfriend and I decided to watch The LEGO Movie -- because we stopped caring about Valentine's Day. We initially thought that we couldn't because Sure Seats (where we buy our tickets in advance to avoid lines) showed that Greenbelt was showing only one movie: a love story one. Blech. Luckily, they added more and The LEGO Movie was one of them.

The story was lighthearted and the dialogue was funny. +++ points because Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman were part of the voice actors as Bad/Good Cop and Virtuvius respectively. It was a good concept for a movie, though predictable (cue "Man from Upstairs"), but it was well-made. No boring parts for me!

And the theme song! I've been singing it since last night!

Anyway, we dropped by Hobbes & Landes after the movie because, well... See for yourself:

Yep, they were already selling the mini-figures. Series 1 is out and it has 16 figures in total. The series includes Emett, Bad/Good Cop, Lucy, Shakespear, Lincoln, Business and some of Business' robots.

We got Business, Emett, Panda mascot and Bad/Good Cop.

President Business has his Octan cup

Emett has his instruction manual. Unfortunately, he doesn't come with hair outside of his hardhat.

Bad Cop with his phone and handcuffs.

Turn his head around and you get the drawn ~~creepy~~ Good Cop face!

The Panda Mascot comes with a mini Panda..so cute!

Alternatively, you can remove the panda head to reveal a boring guy underneath

I really wanted to get the Mermaid, unfortunately they were all out. Bummer. Hopefully, series 2 has Unikitty. I love Unikitty. Oh and Virtuvius!

Dark Horse's Game of Thrones figures series 2

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 04:07:00 +0000

After the release of Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow, Dark Horse has a new set of Game of Thrones figures coming this May.

They're already up for pre-order as well:

Character: Ned Stark

Origin: Game of Thrones

Manufacturer: Dark Horse

Release Date: 05/2014

Price: $22.99

Preorder: Entertainment Earth

Character: Khal Drogo

Origin: Game of Thrones

Manufacturer: Dark Horse

Release Date: 05/2014

Price: $22.99

Preorder: Entertainment Earth

Character: Tyrion Lannister

Origin: Game of Thrones

Manufacturer: Dark Horse

Release Date: 05/2014

Price: $22.99

Preorder: Entertainment Earth

[Kotobukiya] Jaina Solo

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:52:00 +0000

As promised, here are a bunch of pictures I took of Jaina Solo using my EOS M. The 22mm pancake lens was still used for these photos.

Jaina's actually my first figure from Kotobukiya's Bishoujo line. I've always found the entire line pretty but there were just too many of them being released. It was a bit of a turn off for me knowing that I had a lot of figures to buy if I'm going to start collecting this line. Fortunately, they decided to do Star Wars.

I immediately had Jaina on pre-order. I'm getting Mara Jade as well.

The details on the helmet is amazing.

She has her own lightsaber! It has a really tiny peg that attaches to her finger.

You can actually customize the base. The one on the picture is a removable insert. Once removed, it just shows the "Star Wars" logo.

Out in the sun!

Imagine it's in Endor.

Imagine again.

Figure details:
Character: Jaina Solo
Origin: Star Wars
Manufacturer: Kotobukiya
Scale: 1/7
Release Date: 09/2013
SRP: Y6800

[Alter] Momohime

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 09:04:00 +0000

Since I've been meaning to try how my camera fares with taking pictures of my figures, I decided to test it on two lovely ladies: Momohime and Jaina Solo.

This post will feature - as the title implies - Momohime.

I've always been fond of my Momohime figure. Alter did a good job with her sculpt. She comes with extra hands (and sleeves) so you can change one aspect of her pose.

Just look at that face!

I decided use our garden for "added effect." Since her base features rocks and running water, it blended well with our soil and whatever foliage fell on the ground.

And here she is on a pot.

I currently have a 22mm "pancake" lens and primarily used the macro settings of my camera (all else is on auto). I'm pretty happy that my camera takes good pictures of figures and that I can adjust the focus on what I want to emphasize.

...next post will be Jaina.

Figure details:
Character: Momohime
Origin: Oboro Muramasa
Manufacturer: Alter
Scale: 1/8
Release Date: 01/2013
SRP: Y7800

Sci-fi Galore

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 06:15:00 +0000

To finally end my blu-ray binge buying this month, I got the titles in the picture above -- still at the discounted Php499 each. These were all bought in Alabang Town Center's Odyssey.

They had more titles than the usual cartoon movies found in other branches. They also have a bunch of blu-ray titles for sale at Php699 and Php899. Titles include Source Code, Titanic, Limitless and Face Off.

Star Wars Force FX Lightsaber Sale!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:28:00 +0000

Entertainment Earth currently has two Hasbro Force FX Lightsabers on sale right now!

Name: Anakin Skywalker Force FX Lightsaber

Origin: Star Wars

Manufacturer: Hasbro

Scale: 1:1
List Price: $124.99
Sale Price: $75.00

Order Here!

Name: Darth Maul Force FX Lightsaber

Origin: Star Wars

Manufacturer: Hasbro

Scale: 1:1
List Price: $124.99
Sale Price: $75.00
Order Here

Items are for free shipping if you live in the US. Which is very sad for those who live outside of the States (like me!) as shipping can cost as much as $50.

Don't Take a Bath on a Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:00:00 +0000

A trip to the bookstore resulted in purchasing these books:

The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor
After reading The Walking Dead volume 19, I realized that it's gonna be another looooong wait until the next TPB comes out. I've put off buying the Rise of the Governor book because when it came out, I had a lot of catching up to do with the comics -- but that's not the case now. Well, I can't really say much about it right now since it's now part of my to read pile; I'll get to discussing it when the time comes.

Tatlong Gabi, Tatlong Araw
Ever since I've read Ligo na u, Lapit na me, I've considered myself a fan of Eros Atalia. I like his stories, I like how they're easy to read and I like the humor. I've just started on this so yeah, no discussions until I'm done.

Wakasang Wasak
Carlos "Siege" Malvar is also one of the local authors I'm following since I read his works: Roles and Crash. The two reminded me a lot of UA&P in a funny and exaggerated way. Those two are totally different from Wakasang Wasak. It's a collection of short stories, comprised of three stories reminiscent of both The Twilight Zone and...Goosebumps. I had a hard time putting the book down and I was able to finish it in one sitting.

Don't Take a Bath on a Friday
It's just a compilation of superstitions and folk beliefs of Filipinos. Most of it I've heard or learned in school, some I've already forgotten until I read it from this book. My sister and I had a good laugh with some of the superstitions listed (i.e., looking at the mirror at a certain time to see who you're going to marry).

It's funny to think that many Filipinos, no matter how much times have changed, are still superstitious. I guess it's part of our culture? I often find myself still adhering to old sayings as I go about my day -- hard to remove from my system haha. I think it's good though, as it makes me more mindful of what I do. Nothing hardcore, but just the right amount of cautiousness.

---
Having said all these, where can I find a collection of all superstitious beliefs from around the Philippines?

Darth Vader and Kids!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:19:00 +0000

These have to be the cutest Darth Vader maquettes EVER!

Based on Jeffrey Brown's books, Darth Vader and Son and Darth Vader's Little Princess, Gentle Giant created two maquettes for each book.

Character: Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker

Origin: Star Wars

Manufacturer: Gentle Giant, Ltd.

Scale: 1/6

Release Date: Q2 2014

Price: $149.99

Character: Darth Vader and Leia Organa

Origin: Star Wars

Manufacturer: Gentle Giant, Ltd.

Scale: 1/6

Release Date: Q2 2014

Price: $149.99

Each statue comes with an exclusive copy of the book they're based from. The book is exclusive because it contains:

• 16-page signature with the original black & white concept sketches from Jeffrey Brown! These sketches have not been released to the public until now, and are exclusive to this boxed set.

• A new full color illustration from Jeffrey Brown printed on board and packaged in a vellum sleeve.

• The book cover and spine will be printed with color foil stamps and spot gloss varnish.

You can pre-order both now:
Darth Vader and Son
Darth Vader's Little Princess

More blu-ray deals

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 03:49:00 +0000

I checked out a couple more Astrovision and Odyssey branches to see if they had more blu-ray titles available. I guess I'm pretty lucky.

I was able to get:

Pocahontas and Pocahontas 2
John Carter of Mars
Air Force One
The Fox and the Hound and The Fox and the Hound 2
National Treasure 2
Alice in Wonderland
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
The Little Mermaid

The are all Php499 each, so they're a very good deal. Stocks are depleting quickly though, unless you visit a video store that's not really frequented by people.

Dark Horse's Game of Thrones figures

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 03:29:00 +0000

I've recently seen the figures to be released by Dark Horse from the Game of Thrones series. They're quite nice and pretty affordable given their details and size. The figures' heights range between 6" to 9", depending on the character but they're all priced at $24.99.

I just wonder if they'll be available locally...and how much they'll end up costing.

The ones to be released this week are:

Character: Daenerys Targaryen

Origin: Game of Thrones

Manufacturer: Dark Horse

Height: 7.5"

Release Date: 01/22/2014

Preorder: Amazon

Character: Jon Snow

Origin: Game of Thrones

Manufacturer: Dark Horse

Height: 7.5"

Release Date: 01/22/2014

Preorder: Amazon

The other figures lined up for preorder soon include Ned Stark, Khal Drogo and Tyrion Lannister.

Blu-ray discs on sale

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 02:37:00 +0000

Local video stores are selling some blu-ray titles for Php499 each until supplies last. Local video stores mean Odyssey and the Astro franchise.

We asked why they were selling the discs for roughly 1/3 the original price and the saleslady said that the company handling the titles were giving them up to another company. It's basically a liquidation sale.

Of course, boyfriend and I didn't pass up on the chance to load up on blu-ray discs...

Yep, all Disney movies. Clockwise from the left:

Lion King 2: Simba's Pride
Brave
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Tron
Tangled
Oz: The Great and Powerful

Other titles that we saw include Little Mermaid 2, Frankenweenie, Up, Alice in Wonderland... And a few non-animated movies that I can't really recall for some reason.

Star Wars Captain Han Solo Hoth Ver.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 02:33:00 +0000

And he's up for pre-order!

Character: Han Solo

Origin: Star Wars

Version: Hoth

Scale: 1/6 (12")

Manufacturer: Sideshow Collectibles

There will be two versions for the Hoth Han Solo: one wearing the brown parka as shown in the picture above, and the other, a blue parka:

The accessories that come in the box are:

Prometheus Body

Detailed Portrait with Headgear and goggles

Detailed Hooded Brown/Blue Parka with rank badge

Detailed Cold Weather garments

Two scarves

Belt with pistol holster and detachable droid caller

Two part sculpted boots

Binoculars with fabric strap

Life scanner with both retracted and extended antennae

DL-44 Blaster (Han Version)

Right Trigger Hand

Right C-Grip Hand

Right Large C-Grip

Right Reach Hand

Left Fist

Left C-Grip

Left Large C-Grip

Left Reach Hand

Sculpted Snow environment Base Hugger

Figure Support Base

Exclusive Accessory: Detailed Portrait without headgear

Preorder is up at Sideshow Collectibles:
Hoth Han Solo - Blue Parka
Hoth Han Solo - Brown Parka

Camera upgrade!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 14:12:00 +0000

I finally decided to upgrade my camera. I've been using a Canon IXUS 115 and it has been my companion whether I'm out traveling or when I'm taking hobby-related pictures.

It's a good camera and I have no complaints but as I traveled more, I found that there are limitations to a point-and-shoot camera. My recent trip to Cambodia proved that. Temples were big and sculptures high up; my 115 couldn't produce a zoomed-in picture that isn't grainy.

So the search began.

I'm not that into photography - all I wanted was to preserve memories of the things I saw. I don't even like taking pictures of people. My criteria for a good camera was easy to fulfill:

I could zoom in without compromising the picture quality
A higher resolution than my 115's 12.1 MP
A small and lightweight body

With those, boyfriend suggested either the EOS M or the EOS 100D. After much deliberation and to cut the long story short, I decided to get the EOS M.

The kit comes with a 22mm 'pancake' lens and a lens adapter for the EF and EF-S lenses. Having the adapter means that I can borrow my dad and sister's lenses.(If I want the extra weight.)

I got the white one coz black is boring

Side-by-side with my now-backup IXUS 115

The lens adapter

Still the lens adapter

We tried shooting sample shots and they came out wonderfully! Hopefully I can take shots of my toys over the weekend so I can show how happy I am with my new camera.

I do apologize for the picture quality. These pictures were taken using my Xperia Z Ultra that has a sucky 8MP camera.

Here, have a happy box:

On selling gadgets

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 16:43:00 +0000

Boyfriend and I went to Greenhills earlier today to try and sell his Samsung Note 2. He recently got a new phone, an Xperia Z Ultra LTE, similar to mine except for the LTE part.

It was my first time experiencing the whole selling process in the cellphone stalls in Virra Mall. The Note 2 is an old phone model so I didn't expect all the attention from the different stall owners. They were actually bidding on the phone so I think we were able to get a good price for it.

After selling it, boyfriend wanted to go around the usual toy stores to see if there was anything worth buying.

All we were able to buy was one trading figure from Worst.

Welcome to the family!

Pretty sad, huh? We're running out of toys to buy with the streamlining and all that. I did see a whole other bunch of CrowsXWorst and QP trading figures selling for PHP 3,200 (100 per figure) but I had about half of the set and they weren't breaking it for individual purchases. I didn't have a choice but to skip that.

So I just opted to buy more earrings!

I should try and catalog all my earrings. Then again, I don't really keep track of the details like the prices and where I bought them, so it will be pretty hard to catalog. Unlike my collection where I've built an Access database just to make the cataloging easier.

But that's a blog post for another day.

Yu Yu Hakusho - Kurama

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:24:00 +0000

A belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all! Better late than never, right?

So anyway, I got Yu Yu Hakusho's Kurama by Kotobukiya a couple of weeks ago. It's a good figure with a good sculpt.

He's part of the ArtFX-J line and so far, they've released 5 characters from the anime: Hiei, Kurama, Yusuke, Kuwabara and of course, Kurama the Fox. I have three out of the five (Hiei and the two Kuramas) because as I think I've mentioned, I'm streamlining.

Moving on, I think the face sculpt could have bit a little bit slimmer than how it currently is.

Still a bishie, so who am I to complain?

As for the pose, he looks pretty badass, with all the "movement" of his clothes and hair. Oh yes, the hair looks perfect, by the way...all that silvery goodness that has a gradient gray color scheme.

The figure also comes with an extra arm, so you can change the way he's posed. One's the "BANG!" arm that I've used in the pictures while the other one's what I call the "Rawr" arm.

"RAWR..."

Onto the base. I found Fox Kurama's base to be a bit unstable compared to the other two Yu Yu figures that I have. It's elevated from the center; a circular 'leg' extends a half-inch away from the edge of the base. This made it harder to attach the figure to the pegs on the base as it occasionally tilted when I was fitting the feet in.

Ethereal print for an ethereal character

Oh right, the box. Meh, it's plain.

And to end this post, here are a few more crappy shots:

What does the fox say?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:36:00 +0000

Last weekend, the annual Christmas Toy Fair happened in SM Megamall. Boyfriend and I decided to check it out, just to see if there's anything worth buying. Entrance fee was Php50 (a little above a dollar). The Toy Fair occupied only one of the three Megatrade Halls, so the whole place was cramped. (What with some big-ass costumes of some cosplayers.)

We went around. And went around some more. Not finding anything worth buying, we went around one more time. And true to the saying that the third time's the charm, I was able to buy two figures:

Crows' resident badass, Harumichi Bouya

The bounty hunter and the bounty

Yes, those are two small figures that I was able to get for Php200 each. Not a bad deal. Quite sad that this is all that I was able to score. I also saw the Carbonite Han Solo calling card case but I didn't want to shell out Php1500 for something so small which will probably go on sale at some of the online stores by next year. I can wait. We also saw some of those Collectors' Edition Disney dolls (Aladdin and Jasmine, Snow White and Prince Charming, Aurora and Prince Edward(?)) that cost an arm and a leg at Php11,800 each pair. I really wanted the Aladdin/Jasmine one but meh, too expensive.

Despite the depressing Toy Fair hauls, my preorder arrived and was delivered by the ChekwaToys owner:

My favorite fox ever

At least I got the Kurama fox version. So I got 3/5 of the Kotobukiya Yu Yu Hakusho figures. Which is good coz I'm streamlining. *cue sarcastic laugh*

I'll probably post a mini-review of the Kurama figure one of these days.

So, what did the fox say? "BANG."

Almost 2 years...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:28:00 +0000

...have I been on hiatus.

I think I got tired of writing hehe. That, and I've been really busy with work and other boring stuff.

But I'm back from the real world and I'll try to update this blog more. And I'll probably end up writing more than just stuff about toys.

However, the post tomorrow will be about my recent toy hauls from the Christmas Toy Fair last weekend.

Well, that's that.

March to April Hauls

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:16:00 +0000

Since I haven't been online much lately, I'm posting these things just today :D

These are the stuff I acquired during the latter part of March up to the first week of April. I've been blowing my money off like there's no tomorrow (well, no, not really) even when I haven't received my last pay from my previous job and my first salary from my new job isn't until next, next week.

So crap, I'm living off 7-11 haha.

First off, after watching John Carter of Mars, I realized it's high time to read the books. I put this off since it's a pretty long series. BUT! Here it is. I got the collected works, so they're three thick books containing all eleven John Carter stories.

Then to add to my Lalaloopsy set, boyfriend got this for me. It's one from the mini series and I forgot to take a picture of my second big Lalaloopsy doll.

And then, boyfriend and I dropped by the Tagcom convention last Sunday at Robinson's Midtown. It was my first time to go to that mall and dang the size of it haha. Anyway, among the toy stalls there, we were only able to get three things: 2 Macross Frontier Ichiban Kuji prizes and a Mew toy that apparently was already a double (and I forgot that I already had one!).

Sheryl Nome glass. Boyfriend's is a Nyan Nyan mug.

And The Walking Dead series:

And of course, more samurai goodness!

Among the other things I've forgotten to take pictures of are my 3 new Mighty Muggs: Darth Revan, Shadow Trooper and Snow Trooper. Boyfriend also got our first Mini Muggs: Iron Man.

March Hauls

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:21:00 +0000

An impulse buy and a preorder arrived.

Boyfriend and I went to Rockwell last Saturday and I saw that they still have this Han Solo that's MISB:

Hello, Han! You're finally mine!

Out of the box without the antennas on his tracker.

When I inspected the item at the store, I saw this little paint chip on his scarf:

Which merited a Php400 discount.

Come Sunday, boyfriend and I went to Greenhills to meet up with the Otakai people for the membership card distribution. My item that I asked my friend to get for me from AmiAmi also arrived:

Hello, 6th Hyakka girl with the big-ass hammer!

On another note, do watch John Carter from Mars!

May the force be with my butt

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:45:00 +0000

Uncle and cousin came over today and gave me this:

Yep, those are boxers.

Star Wars boxers!

With Darth Vader!