Sole Phreak!

Early this year I've been going on a shoe buying frenzy. I used to buy 2-3 pairs a year but this year alone (the past 5 months) I've already bought 12 pairs! And Its all thanks to my ex-colleague. This guy is a shoe freak. Don't get me wrong, I love shoes as much as the next guy but my friend here he takes the cake. He has to date, own 30 pairs of sneakers.

Every other day he would be on some shoe website looking thru all the latest sneakers. I was sitting beside him in the office so eventually i took up the same habit as well. Next thing you know we're swapping sneaker stories and sharing the latest kick pics.

The first pair I bought this year is the Nike Prestige II SL. I wasn't much of a Nike fan before this, having only owned a pair of their tennis shoes line. And I've always wanted to get a pair of Air Force One's but never had the moolah to splurge on them. So when I saw this on the shelves it was love at first sole. I didn't even hesitate to get them. It was like look, try and buy. I haven't stopped buying shoes since then.

So yeah now I am officially a sneaker freak. Like my comic and toy collection ain't enough now I'm collecting sneakers. I need to make more money...

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Gone to soon...

You left us so suddenly. You left us too soon. Allah lebih menyayangi kamu. We'll miss you Kak Min...

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Suits Me

Its super duper hard to get 1:6 clothing here in Malaysia. Its even harder to get a decent looking suit so when XL was bringing in ToyMaster's 3 piece suit it was a no-brainer to get it. I went to pick up the suits and incidentally the Hot Toys' Men's Suit just arrived as well so I picked that up too.

It comes in 2 colors and 2 styles. The first one is a brown suit with a bow tie and the second one is black and a neck tie (see more photos from my previous entry here). In comparison to Hot Toys' Men's Suit, IMHO the tailoring on this one is better. The way it fits on to the figures looks natural. And bear in mind its a 3 piece so for ToyMaster to get it to fit right is pretty hard. So now I just need them to start making other items of clothing and Im all set :)!

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Favourite Figure Contest

Bank Robber Joker. Need I say more?

To vote for your favourite entry, click here

Do vote for my entry friends :)! Thanks!

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Milking The Cow Dry

The San Diego Comic Convention is here once again, where comic freaks and toy geeks from all over the world converge at one of the planet's biggest multigenre fan convention. Expanding to more than just comics, including everything pop culture such as horror, anime, manga, animation, toys, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, and fantasy novels. Going to Comic Con should be on your "Things I need to do before I grow old" list.

I'd definitely love to go to Comic Con one of these days. 4 days of comics, toys, and games is something one should not pass. What more could a geek like me ask for innit? Seeing as how major SDCC is to the fanboys, the manufacturers would usually take this opportunity to sell exclusive merchandise to the few hundred thousand people visitors who are lucky enough to make their way to SDCC.

Though exclusive as it may be, sometimes big evil capitalist like Hasbro and Sideshow do sell their items way beyond the convention. I managed to snag a SDCC Exclusive Mighty Muggs Ironman from Isetan, so yeah go figure. Now apparently Hot Toys is also getting in on the act. Hot Toys will be producing an Ironman Mark 3 exclusively for SDCC. Yeap, you heard right folks, another variant to the Ironman suit. This time in Gunmetal Grey with a hint of tarnish and rust. Honestly it doesn't look half bad. Pick it up If you have spare cash lying around the house or underneath your bed. I wouldn't mind getting me one. 

Other Sideshow SDCC exclusives worth mentioning is the Crimson Cobra Commander and Luke Skywalker and Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise Twin pack. So for those of you living in Singapore and wanna score these Exclusive figures, head on down to Simply Toys and make your pre-orders. Pre-orders for non attendees will open on the 15th of May. 

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Suit Shopping

I went down to collect my 1:6 suits from XL on Saturday. The "Tony Stark" Hot Toys suit and Toymaster 3 piece suits came in on Wednesday. I don't really have any nude figures at the moment, waiting for the new TT's to arrive so I can't really show you the suits in action.

The Hot Toys suit looks pretty good, seeing as how they've done a few figures with suits on they've manage to pull this one off really well. The only thing about the set that I didn't like was the shoes.

Toymaster's 3 piece suit looks good too. I picked up both the black suit (tie) and the brown suit (bow tie). Tho the material isn't as good as Hot Toys', it's still a pretty decent looking suit. I can't wait go get my hands on the new TTs so I can test the suits out. Until then, this will have to do.

p.s sorry for the poor quality pictures.

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In The Pipelines

So far this year has been a pretty slow year for my collection. Since January I've only picked up 6 1:6 figures, with 3 more on its way. Gone were the days of toy hauls and random purchases. I choose my items wisely now. I've got plans for next year and those plans require money so I'll be slowing down on my toy collection for a while. But that doesn't mean I'll be stopping my collection nosireybob! I'll just have to be a bit more picky and less prone to seductions by Sam, heh!

So here's the last 3 remaining preorders I have for the year. Hopefully nothing good comes my way or else there goes my plans! Waaaah!!!

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