Old Loots: One Piece Vs Figure Gashapon Wave 2

Hmm... ebay?

Same thing, cant rem. They did something nice with this set in that the whole base actually forms an attack motion!

Old Loots: One Piece Vs Figure Gashapon Wave 1

Bought this at Earth-X, hmm.. think its that figurine shop in Far East Plaza. Obviously cant rem for nuts even thou its not that very very long ago.. (I had the shop name in my tracking list thou, or I would have thot this is one of the ebay items.)

Sanji & Zoro in their attack poses.

Hmm.. If only their bases can be combined, cos its kinda wasting space like this!

Old Loots: One Piece Mini Gashapon Machine

Purchased this set ages ago (somewhere in 2009) when the OP craze first struck me. Despite its size (2 to 3 inches tall), its a fully functional gashapon machine!

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Old Loots: Clamp in 3D Land Vol 1

From left: Chii (Chobits), Kudo Kazahaya (Legal Drug), Ichihara Yuuko (XxxHolic), Sakura (Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE) and Li Syaoran (Card Captor Sakura)

This is probably one of the first sets to feature Syaoran, my fav boy in my younger days, which had RR calling me a cradle snatcher. There wasn't much merchandises for Card Captor Sakura in those days as well so this set had me grabbing for Syaoran. (^ ^; )

Old Loots: Gundam Seed Destiny EF Collection 4

Released by Bandai in Nov 2005, the set features the leading 3 couples in their usual getup in the series.

They starting looking like the Leaning Tower of Pisa after all these years and Lunamaria even looks like she's attempting a Micheal Jackson imitation!

Old Loots: Gundam Seed Destiny Petit Studio 3

A 2006 Jan release by Megahouse, featuring the young girls from the Gundam Seed Destiny series and with variants.

I actually still see a set available at Latendo recently!

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Old Loots: Gundam Seed Club Tane Colle 2

Released in 2006 Jul by Bandai continuing the format of Part 1, i.e. more boxes to open!

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Old Loots: Gundam Seed Club Tane Colle 1

Released in 2005 Dec by Bandai, probably my first set with so many boxes to open and has most of the youngsters of Gundam Seed Destiny series.

Of cos the price was a hefty $75 at that time. (I must have eaten quite a few days of bread.....)

All for these chibis!~ I hate my weakness for cute factors.. :p

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Old Loots: Gundam Seed PF Collection 2

Vol 2 of the Bandai Gundam Seed PF Collection, which arrived in Jan 2006 (see I told you it was pretty long ago!). $40.

Seriously those days, I buy off the shelves and I'll get the sets with Cagalli in them.

Now... I preorder.. Ahhh~ the wonders of Internet! :p

Old Loots: Gundam Seed PF collection 1

Trying to keep track of all my old loots from Latendo, so would be posting several of my old sets, generally Gundams when I was having the Seed/Destiny (Kira x Cagalli) craze long long ago (5 years??).

When Latendo was still at Sunshine Plaza...

And I was still a little kid fresh out of school..

And when the yen exchange is still very favorable to SG. This Bandai set costs probably $30-$40~ It'll probably be in the $40-$50 range if it was manufactured now, just like those One Piece Figure Collection series.

This is definitely not the first set I bought, so there's no chronological order to the production. Simply goes by the first out of the display for me to take photos. Hoho~

Din really take care of them after unboxing and I'm now seeing some discoloration and I-dunno-wat's-that-greeny-thing-that-I-had-gotta-rid-of-in-the-computer-while-doing-post-production. Hmm... these wasn't placed anywhere damp!!

I really need to take care of my toys going forward. Danny Choo says dusting them weekly helps. Hmm I shall try on the BRS and Yamamotos and Canaan sitting on my desktop now.

Kateikyoshi Hitman REBORN! - Box Animal Real collection

Preordered these from Latendo as this seems to be the only set featuring all Team Vongola X's box animals (+ Hibird) at that time.

My favorite trio:
Natsu (Tsuna's box animal, 1st from left),
Uri (Gokudera's box animal, 2nd from left) and
Hibird (Hibari's pet, 3rd from right).

*Note: This came in just as we depart for Japan, so it stayed quite a while at Latendo and another while chucked somewhere while I fixed up the place to hang them.

Katekyo Hitman REBORN! - Mini Deformed Figures Monster Set 2

Grabbed this at Latendo while collecting some other arrivals eons ago..



Haha. I love the design of the brains! Shows their owners' personalities~

But did Chrome's brain fall out like Yamamoto's Frankenstein head allows his to?

2010 劉若英 [脱掉高跟鞋] 新加坡演唱会

又一張官方門票. 再次感謝Leslie大哥!

整場演唱會像一出音樂劇. 一段愛情故事貫穿了劉若英的曲目, 而奶茶也聊了蠻多, 笑料也挺多的.


這件衣服僅出現一首歌的時間


換了帥氣的大唱"沒時間", 只是頭髮就errr...


王子! 王子! 王子!


巫女造型


這個佈景直接把MV里的屋頂給搬了出來.




特效也很唯美.


換了這件簡直讓每個人都啞舌的造型


到處亂走, 隨便亂走, 你跟我走, 邊走邊唱不寂寞~
累了那兩名吉他手...


笑死人的一段, 由崇慶做旁述.


特別來賓:瑪莎


最後一段, 穿著運動服出現.
新加坡是黏上去的


她突然間脫了運動服表演高空倒吊


完場的再見

哈哈, 奶茶蠻好笑的. 美中不足的是她沒唱很多經典好歌, 卻唱了蠻多別人的! 有點可惜!

Monopoly can give one a heart attack

We decided to head to Birdy's house for a game of Monopoly during one of our usual daily flying email exchanges.

Hmm.. actually I cant rem what sparked the sudden interest in Monopoly. So starts the planning, RR to lug her sis's board over, and the rest of us to meet up at Birdy's place.

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Lei Garden & Adstra Gold Micro Brewery

We made a reservation at Lei Garden for some good food after RWS (it was full during lunch time when we showed up at their doors!). Heard plenty of good reviews about it.

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Peranakan Museum

Paid a visit to the Peranakan Museum while bringing my KL friends around during one of my off days and boy, it was pretty interesting, more so if you're one of the millions of "Little Nonya" fans (I'm not).

Quite a fair bit of images warning...

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JAPAN 2010 LOOT: Other Miscellaneous Loot

My other loots!

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JAPAN 2010 LOOT: Various Loose Figures

Had been opening my eyes widely over in Japan and found the following figurine loots!

Oh my I simply love those shops that sells gashapons in individual pieces!! Hohoho~~ I can finally buy the individual pieces without getting the full set and those that are out of production!! Weee~~~

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JAPAN 2010 LOOT: GSC Nendoroid 87 - Canaan

Canaan!~

Ok this is another Cagalli factor in play that got me to grab this with BRS. Got her for probably 2100 yen? Cant rem... Its about 30-ish bucks.

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JAPAN 2010 LOOT: GSC Nendoroid 106 - Black Rock Shooter

I was contemplating on this for probably the longest time, simply bcos I dunno BRS/dun understand the craze but it jus pops up in every corner of your eye!

I'll probably say the whole Chuo Dori of Akihabara is full of them!

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JAPAN 2010 LOOT: One Coin Grande Figure Collection Hetalia Round 1

Got these at Kotobukiya in Akihabara after eyeing them for a few stores.

Costs slightly cheaper than SG retails and they're seriously nice with very good quality.

The thing that sets these One Coin series apart from other gashapon sets is the magnet or metal pieces which is embedded in the figure, attracting it to the magnet/metal rod for display. That reads as easy assembly!

Waiting for Round 2 from Latendo...

JAPAN 2010 LOOT: One Coin Grande Figure Collection Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan

From left: -
Top: Toudou Heisuke, Saitou Hajime, Hijikata Toshizou, Okita Souji, Nagakura Shinpachi, Harada Sanosuke
Bottom: Saitou Hajime, Okita Souji, Kazama Chikage

This is one anime where literally every male blood is an ikemen/bishounen. To the point that I cant put names to faces! (Not that I'm good at doing that anyway)

Thus I had to list them out with the help of RR's blog above. HAHA! I'm not as into Hakuouki as her, thou I did complete the series after coming back, I'm very sure I'll forget who they are very soon.

And yes, this is the set Birdy thrusted into my hands over at Yodabashi and I simply went to pay without knowing who they are!

Now I noe..

AFAX 2010

Went on both Saturday and Sunday and it was Sunday that gave me the goosebumps with all the nostalgic feeling.

What's with the full Sailormoon force and the 2 Power Rangers and the couple of Mario brothers running around!?!

awwwww~~~

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(BTW, pls let me know if you would like to have any of the pics in original)

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陳綺貞 2010 [夏季練習曲] 巡迴演唱會

起初,有想過要買票去. 但想到是在Expo而不是室內體育館就作罷了.

太遠了啦. 還有Expo的音響也不是很好,座位也不是階級式的,看不到就掃興了.

沒辦法,誰叫草蜢來襲,把體育館霸去了.

而且對陳綺貞的認識只屬還好而已. 只買過她的<太陽>專輯, 也只懂那幾首歌.

慶幸Leslie大哥給了我們官方門票!

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JAPAN 2010 LOOT: Hetalia Mascot Keychain 2

From left -
Top: Russia, Liechtenstein, France
Bottom: Holy Roman Empire, Chibitalia, China

The Hetalia collection started with a gashapon machine at Yobadashi or Osaka Tower (cant rem as usual in gashapon machine country), to which I donated a couple of 100 yens and out comes Russia and CHIBITALIA~~

Went on to complete the set, shop-looting China for 240 yen, Liechtenstein for 400 yen, Holy Roman Empire for 150 yen (wonders why he's so cheap..) and France for 200 yen. Chibitalia was going for around 600 to 1000 yen at the shop!! (cant rem, only rem he/she's freaking expensive!~)

Total cost, 1190 yen~~~

JAPAN 2010 LOOT: Hetalia Mascot Keychain 1

From left -
Top: Austria, Japan, England
Bottom: America, Italy, Germany


All the main leads! (+ Austria HAHA~)

Got these from one of those gashapon stores over at Nakano for 1195yen to accompany Set 2. v(^.^ )

JAPAN 2010 LOOT: Deformaster Petit One Piece Vol. 1

An irresistably cute set that was picked up from the Tokyo Dome Jump Shop, and which I repeatedly asked RR if Latendo had sent out the preorders for this.

Its made from similar stuff as nendoroids so the quality isn't that bad.

Too cute for words!

JAPAN 2010 LOOT: One Piece Portraits of Pirates - Tony Tony Chopper Strong Edition

Chopper in Strong World (Adventure clothes version)

Got him off the shelves at 2,100 yen which was pretty cheap.


Displaying both versions together.

JAPAN 2010 LOOT: One Piece Kumitate Shiki DX Figure ～The Grandline Men～ Trafalgar Law

Trafalgar Law, Captain of Heart Pirates and a doctor (!) by training.

Interest aroused when he saved Luffy in Marineford, claiming that he's a doctor before Buggy hands Luffy over to him.

Hehehehe. Had wanted to get it from Latendo initially but they did not bring in individuals for Law.

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JAPAN 2010 LOOT: One Piece Kumitate Shiki Mugiwara Theater Figure ～仁義ないTIME ～ドン・ルフィオーネ X ドン・ゾロシア X ドン・サンジーノ

Starting off my loot introductions with the best find!


サンジーノ!!!

I was pretty bored looking into hundreds over of rental showcases in Akihabara that are selling more or less the same stuff, till I spotted this fella at a corner showcase, in a dark corner with Luffione in front and surrounded by platoons of OP SD figures.

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What I miss about Japan

As per tradition, I'll be doing a round up after each big trip.

Previous roundup could be found here.

Ok I din mention the manga/anime haven in Akihabara for the previous trip as the other group doesn't seem that much interested in these and I wasn't as crazily into figurines as now. Also, there's the ka-ching factor.

And since I've written about my tourist's view, I shall do a comparison post for this.

So... WHAT DO I MISS ABOUT JAPAN!?

Onigiris
Definitely! The small, triangular object that boasts little calories but at the same time able to fill your tummy! What's more, they're TASTY! I'm saying those mass produced and sold at convenience stores thou.

SG needs these in their 24 hours shops!!


Bargain buys along Akihabara/Rental display storefronts watever-they-are-called
Absolutely regrets not lugging more nendoroid sets back! Just a lot of legwork needed not to commit suicide at the next store that sells the same toy 100 yen cheaper.

Oh, I miss the stores that sells unboxed gashapons/trading figures so that I do not need to buy the whole set just for that one toy!


Vie De France!
Misses their soft and yummy bread!!


Climate
Not saying I miss the freezing cold or the bitter wind, but when perspiration starts forming the moment we exit the terminal doors of Changi, yes I miss the jacket requirement for outdoors and cosing up under the comforters in Japan.


The leg warmers in trains/buses
Obviously only needed in cold countries but they're really life saviors with a drowsy effect that makes one sleepy within a couple of stations.


The serenity in the trains
I do not need noise cancelling earphones with music to block off the chatter and banter!


Yodabashis, Hands, and the other all-in-one stores
Easy, convenient, all-in-one shopping!


Not an exhaustive list but these are the stuff I'm missing at the moment..

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Japan Pilgrimage II Day 16 - Guest Blogged by 浪迹天涯小狗

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Time to bid farewell to our beloved Japan.

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Japan Pilgrimage II Day 15 - Guest Blogged by 浪迹天涯小狗

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Mistress's street!

Sadly, our last full day in Japan already. Time flies (like how I took 4 months to finish blogging.. :p).

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Japan Pilgrimage II Day 14 - Guest Blogged by 浪迹天涯小狗

Too busy shopping, no images warning!


Ah! Megami-sama life-sized statues over at Kotobukiya.

And once again, I've been neglected!! No pics!
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DUN STOP ME!! Lemme climb Tokyo Tower!!!

Exploration day, managed to squeeze a visit to the famed Tokyo Tower in the mornings.

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Relaxing in progress....

The animals decided to venture Yokohama today~

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