mental block

2011-05-03T13:11:00.009+08:00

SETELAH PENAT BEKERJA, MARI KITA HAUL! - SELAMAT HARI BURUH.

I might be a few days late but the mood is still on, as i'm in a very good mood. What a great weekend i had. And not to mention the great haul too. Here you go.. :)

Loading Toys x MGBB - Modern Warfare 22nd SAS Regiment.

Been waiting for this for quite some times. Pre-ordered it last November. Since i'm a fan of the SAS, this boxset is a must. And i bought 2. :D

All i can say is.. i'm OK with the boxset. Though there are still "what?" & "why laa..". The fabric is good. Vest, gas mask, helmet, knee/elbow pads, & holster are acceptable. But the custom MP5K is the letdown. The details are off compared to MGBB's prototype. Looks a bit oversized. The boots are like shrinking or something. And it's bootfeet. Packaging is the funny thing about this boxset. Why they use a big box that can fit a figure for just a gear set only? Why not use a small box like Very Hot? Hmm, maybe it's the marketing things. You open the window box & the accessories are all there for you to see. I can understand that. Conclusion: Again, it's an OK boxset for me & am happy for it.

TTL - Female SS 2.0.

Nice headsculpt & my kind of girl. 'Nuff said. :P

Burger King (Singapore) - Chicken Run plush toys.

Got 2 of them chickens.. Ginger & Babs. They're actually a set of 5 when released back then in 2000. Tapi auntie kat flea market Amcorp Mall tu ada 2 ekor ni saja. Harap next time ada lagi yang lain la. Boleh buat reban ayam pulak. :P

Cheers.

2011-04-28T21:49:00.026+08:00

OUTSTATION DAH MULA.... AND SO DOES THE HAUL.

9/4/2011 yang lepas bermulalah aku kerja oustation. Tahun ni mula awal banding dengan tahun lepas pasal budget dapat awal. Tahun lepas budget dekat bulan 5 baru dapat. So aku dah tour Perlis & Kedah (& Padang Besar, Thailand too :P). 1 week there & it was a "pesta makan" for me. How much do you pay here for a piece of Popiah Basah? RM1? RM1.20? There you can get 4 pieces for RM1 only! And the taste is good. Do Nasi Lemak bungkus 6 kupang still exist here? Not a chance. Char Kuew Teow, Nasi Lemak bungkus, Cendol Pulut, Ais Kacang.. it was a weight gainer for me. Makan & makan all the way. Too bad i didn't take the pictures. Sorry for that. Hey, i was busy "entertaining" my stomach.

Aku tidur kat Homestay Idaman di Taman Indah, Jitra. Rumah 3 bilik, 2 bilik mandi/tandas, 2 buah tv with Astro, peti ais & air condition. All that for RM100 per night. Actually it's RM150, but the owner is a friend of my boss. So go figure.

The haul: 2 helai t-shirt bundle beli di pasar malam Jitra. And not just another t-shirt, Juno & Hooters. Condition memang cun. Macam baru. Juno RM10 & Hooters RM3. Dirt cheap huh? Aku puas hati! :D

*Entry pasal Juno. Clik here.

Northern region not done yet. Will be in Pulau Pinang & Perak in 2 weeks then fly to Sabah & Labuan. Woohoo! :D

2011-04-24T23:51:00.004+08:00

MARI MEMBACA. :)

Dah lama sangat aku tak beli buku. Not even a comic book. Magazine pun dah tak ingat bila kali terakhir beli. Tapi hari ni ada sebuah buku yang membuatkan aku nak beli.. Tank Girl: Armadillo! And A Bushel Of Other Stories. Even better, the 233 pages paperback only sold for RM5! How can i pass such "insane" bargain. Bought at Book Xcess Amcorp Mall. Aku dah korek habis bargain bin kat situ tapi 1 saja yang ada.

The novel.

I'm not a big fan of Tank Girl. Never had the comic book. Just browsed through a few issues at a comic book shop way back then. But i love the characters & the artworks. Not to mention the movie. Yup, there was a movie in 1995 staring Lori Petty as Tank Girl. Though it doesn't received a good review but i still love it. Never heard of Tank Girl? It's a comic book created by Jamie Hewlett & Alan C. Martin. For details, please do yourself a favour & click here for the comic books & here for the movie.

The comic book.

The novel was written by Alan C. Martin & published by Titan Books. Released in 2008 with USD 9.95 price tag. There are 59 short chapters. And not just that. In The Bushel section (bonus section - the book was divided into 2 parter), there are short stories, interview, unpublished/unfinished scripts, poems & many more. Aku baru saja baca a few pages tapi dah cukup puas hati. So if you can find one, just grab & enjoy. Recommended.

2011-04-16T01:41:00.006+08:00

EMILY BROWNING - ASLEEP (SUCKER PUNCH SOUNDTRACK).

Sing to me Baby Doll, sing to me. I really need a good night sleep, an eternal sleep. Tired.. so tired..

Beautiful song. A very beautiful song. Goodnight..

Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I'm tired and I
I want to go to bed

Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
And then leave me alone
Don't try to wake me in the morning
'Cause I will be gone
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to go

Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore

Sing to me
Sing to me
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore

Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I really want to go

Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep

There is another world
There is a better world
Well, there must be
There must be

There is another world
There is a better world

2011-04-10T00:45:00.004+08:00

"TUHAN GUNA HANDPHONE KA?" - A CASE STUDY OF HOW OBSESSED SOME OF MALAYSIAN WITH THEIR HANDPHONES.

Actually there's no such thing as a case study. It just my observation for quite some times. It's everywhere. And it make me sick. Bukan niat nak kutuk orang suka hati, but that's the brutal truth. So please bear with me..

Jumaat lepas as usual aku pi sembahyang Jumaat kat Masjid Tunku Mizan aka Masjid Besi. Normally aku sampai lebih kurang 10-15 minutes before azan masuk waktu. Jalan kaki saja pasal dekat dengan office. Ok, memang dah selalu & dah naik meluat aku tengok orang dok "bercinta" dengan phone kat dalam masjid. Kalau kat luar kawasan boleh terima lagi tapi dah dalam dewan sembahyang pun nak make/answer call. Tu belum kira yang dok text lagi. Penting sangat ka kau punya call tu? Dah takleh tunggu lepas sembahyang? Oo.. kau nak selamatkan dunia ka? Make/answer call pasal nak defuse nuclear bomb. F**k you la!

Nak jadikan cerita hari tu aku ternampak sorang mamat dok text sambil letak BB dia atas carpet (kat dewan sembahyang). Kat depan ada ceramah sebelum masuk waktu. Nak show off phone ka atau kau memang bangang? Pastu ada lagi sorang dok buka casing iPhone & gosok2 atas carpet. Cuci casing ka? WTF?! Then susun 2 bijik phone dia kat depan. Tu sebelum kutbah. Time kutbah pun belambak lagi yang camtu. Khatib dok kutbah kat depan dia baik punya tersengih2 layan text. Kau nak bercinta ka, nak seronok tengok stock market naik ka.. pi kat luar la bro. Dah tak sempat2 ka? Orang kiri kanan dok tengok pun tak paham bahasa lagi. Bab tak tau hormat/adab dalam masjid aku taknak sentuh. Nanti makin meleret pulak. Aku memang angin 1 badan betul dengan orang camni. Time tengah sembahyang kadang2 segala macam bunyi ringtone boleh dengar. Phone kau takleh silent ka? Eh, phone mahal tu kan?

Makes me wonder.. 1) orang yang call tu tak tau ka time orang sembahyang Jumaat? 2) maybe orang yang terima call tu sebelum ni memang dok boleh jawab call time sembahyang Jumaat, which means dia tak pernah pi sembahyang Jumaat kot? Kalau tegur nanti kata aku "macam bagus" pulak. Lantak kau la. At least aku terasa/tau dalam hati yang kau buat benda tak betul. Tu saja yang aku mampu buat.

Aku tak kata aku baik. Kadang2 time kutbah pun aku terlelap pasal mengantuk sangat. Tapi aku tau/kenal simbol suruh silent phone kat dalam masjid. Kat depan dewan sembahyang dah tampal besar2 kau tak nampak ka? Maybe orang camni bila mati nanti batu nisan guna phone kot? Pacak 2 bijik kat atas kubur tu. D'uh..

2011-04-07T23:23:00.004+08:00

STORMTROOPER - THE VINTAGE COLLECTION.

Just when i thought i've to hunt down this one on Ebay, it suddenly appeared. After countless "recon" at my nearest shopping mall that turned out everything-else-were-there-except-Stormtrooper, today is my lucky day. Went to another outlet hoping to score another 1 but nope, there's only 1 for me today. Fair enough as i'm already happy. :)

Actually i can't remember how many Stormtrooper with different mold that i have. But this one is the latest. Using the body from Sandtrooper with Dewback (Walmart Exclusive) that have ball-hinged hips. So the legs can be open wider for more action. Came with standard issue blaster & rifle. Helmet also removable (head is from TAC series).

This one is really hard to get now. If you bumped into 1, just grab.. IF YOU'RE A COLLECTOR.

2011-04-04T23:37:00.002+08:00

US MARINES IN SANGIN, AFGHANISTAN.

Dokumentari/rencana yang menarik dari BBC. Kepada peminat military, silalah tengok.

Part 1.

Part 2.

2011-04-03T23:19:00.006+08:00

SOMETHING TO CHEER UP - HAUL!

"If you feeling down, get yourself a toy

Lets go out to town, have a little joy".

Is that rhyme or what? :P Finally i got my Soldier Story US Marines in Afghanistan. Supposed to be i got it last week but somehow the seller "accidently" sold mine. *Fainted* Thank God they still got 1 more. Phew. Even from inside the box, all i can say is.. TERBAIK DARI SOLDIER STORY! Can't wait to gear up the figure. Just gimme some time to do the review ya.

"Accidental haul".. Hot Wheels Back to the Future Time Machine. Maybe just my lucky day. And not just 1, but i found 4! 3 already passed to friends. So who said it's rare? :P Since i'm not collecting HW anymore (used to back in 2004 until late 2008), i'm gonna pass it around later. Anybody want just lemme know. BUT, only if you still don't have it. Just trying to be fair la for true collectors out there.

So that's it.. my happy Sunday. :)

2011-03-31T00:28:00.004+08:00

AND THEN, IT'S 35....

Just turned 35. What? Aaaa.. the age, the numbers. Oh, well.. i don't care. Maybe i do care. Actually i used to care. But i'm not anymore. I mean, what will it be if i'm 45? I'm still like this after 35 dunno-what-i-do years. Been here & there, trying so hard to achieve something & yet still nothing. I can't even do 1 thing right. What am i gonna do next? I'm not a bad guy. I dunno how to conned people, i dunno how to charm a girl & bring her home on my bed, i dunno how to party all night & get drunk.. i'm even not a good guy. So who am i then? I don't belong. I just dunno what to do. Some times i feel that God is laughing at me.. "Look at the loser, hahaha!". Maybe i deserved all that. Maybe i'm just not a good son, not a good brother, not a good friend, not a good worker.. not good at anything. I want to be good. I want to do something right. But then again.. i'm tired. I'm tired of everything. Tired of hearing my housemate alarm early in the morning but he don't even wake up, tired of avoiding kids playing football near the elevator that they already hit me once, tired of bias officers at the office.. tired, i'm just tired. You know what i want right now? I always imagine i that 1 day i'm gonna die alone on my bed without anybody by my side. I really hope that day will come. Maybe tomorrow. I just wanna die in my sleep, in peace. So the next morning i don't have to think about everything else. Then maybe for once, i'm finally free..

Goodbye.

2011-03-27T23:04:00.006+08:00

WHAT THE HELL.

Sebelum korang dengar aku membebel, jom layan lagu dari Avril Lavigne dulu. Hehe. Ni 1st single dari latest album dia, What The Hell.

The new album - Goodbye Lullaby.

Kalau korang tengok betul2 video tu, perasan tak yang Avril promote brand dia? Masa dia bangun dari katil (dem berdarah hidung, haha :P) pastu terus pi kat cermin & guna perfume Black Star. Later masa pi shopping dia ambik baju Abbey Dawn. Tu semua brand dia la. See how artis luar guna segala media yang ada untuk promote brand diorang. One thing yang aku respect pasal artis Barat ni ialah diorang pandai buat business. Boleh kata semua artis kat sana ada business sendiri yang bukan cap ayam punya. Takyah susah2 pikir, tengok Planet Hollywood dah la. Tu semua otai yang punya (Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis & Demi Moore). Aku tak tau la if it's still a big deal now pasal kat KL dah tutup. But it was last time. Johnny Depp pulak ada kelab sendiri, Viper Room. Dia tu dah la kaya gila dengan berlakon saja, ada kelab lagi. Memang makan tak habis, haha.

Bukan apa, aku cuma terpikir artis Malaysia ada ka yang camtu? Ok, aku tau a few ada business restoran, butik & others. Cat Farish, Amy Search, Sheila Rusly & beberapa orang celebrity chef. Dengar cerita best gak makanan kat sana. KRU pulak dengan studio diorang. Maybe ada lagi yang lain tapi aku tak tau. Tapi aku rasa berapa kerat sangat yang buat camtu. Yang lain lebih gah dengan cerita gossip, kena tangkap basah, kahwin-cerai-kahwin balik, hisap dadah.. semua yang takda faedah & memalukan industri hiburan kita. Artis luar ada jugak buat camtu tapi diorang still hebat. Takyah la dok tiru/ikut benda2 tak elok. Sapa suruh. Mostly artis2 hingusan la. Baru berlakon 1 2 drama dah berlagak nak mampos. Dengan artis lama taknak hormat/belajar langsung. Bagi aku artis kat Malaysia ni kalau setakat nak hidup dengan duit berlakon/menyanyi memang takleh jadi kaya. Lain la artis perempuan yang kahwin dengan Datuk ka, Tan Sri ka. Jadi bini nombor berapa pun tak kisah asal duit banyak. Tapi later kalau bercerai kau dapat apa? Nothing la. Loser, haha.

Recently sorang kawan aku jadi designer untuk t-shirt tour Double Trouble. Amy Search yang bagi dia job ni (congrats bro). Amy ada bagitau nak mula buat brand untuk artis. Laa.. apasal baru sekarang? Patut benda ni dah lama. Kalau ada brand sendiri at least ada royalti. Orang pun boleh kenal yang ni brand sapa, yang tu brand sapa. It's all about branding yourself. Korang artis kan? Role model.. ya ka? I don't think so kot, haha. Berlakon/menyanyi itself already a business. So why not expand it? Teringin jugak aku nak tengok artis kita betul2 hebat/berjaya sampai tahap international. Ya aku tau memang ada, tapi boleh maintain ka? Takan nak bangga dengan one-off saja? Kadang2 kesian tengok artis yang dah lama gila dalam industri tapi nampak macam takda kerja. Well, hopefully it's a good start from Amy. Better late then never. Kalau tak later artis kita jadi cam takda harga. Syok sendiri saja. Berlakon 1 2 drama/filem, released 1 2 album pastu terus diam. 2 3 tahun pastu keluar compilation. Tak habis2 dengan compilation. Yang peliknya dok rotate lagu sama saja. Beli 2 compilation dah boleh dapat 1 complete album sorang artis, haha. Oklah, hopefully Amy & the gang berjaya dengan mission diorang. Aku peminat ni, hehe. Lagi pun kawan aku terlibat, so aku nak tengok dia berjaya jugak la. Selamat....

The fragrance line - Black Star.

The clothing line - Abbey Dawn.

2011-03-26T23:05:00.003+08:00

1/6 HECKLER & KOCH UMP.

Last 2 weeks i bought my 2nd UMP. It's from an unknown brand. The quality & details are acceptable. So far i think there's only 3 or 4 1/6 UMP out there. DML's is the rare one. Here's my review:

DML.

Buttstock can be fold.

Removable magazine & silencer. The bullets inside magazine also can be remove. Came with 1 extra magazine. Sling made of rubber with metal buckles. The magazines are translucent so you can see the bullets inside.

UNKNOWN BRAND.

Buttstock can be fold.

Removable magazine, silencer & foregrip. Came with 1 magazine only. Sling made of cloth with metal buckle. The magazine is a bit loose. The bullets you see are not translucent but molded & painted.

Unknown Brand (top) got 2 holes at the barrel just like the 1/1 scale. There's spring loaded inside for cocking action. Selector also got printed for single fire, burst or automatic. DML doesn't have the 2 holes, spring loaded & printed selector.

2011-03-25T23:11:00.005+08:00

I'M STILL HERE! :)

Assalamualaikum. Dah lama tak klik "New Post" kat sini. Rindu la pulak, hehe. 1st post of 2011 after 3 long months. Guess i'm rusted already kot, haha. But hey, i'm back now. Banyak gila benda yang aku nak blog kan. Dah lama sangat tertangguh. Naik sesak otak aku dengan benda2 tu. Now it's time to unleashed! Oh yeah! :D Tapi entry ni just for teaser only. Preparation for the upcoming post. A reminder that i do have a blog, haha. :P Ok guys, see y'all again tomorrow. Choww..

Oh, here's the reason for the comeback..

"Come back Helmi.. Come back to the Dark Side where you belong. Leave the others for they're not worthy".

2010-12-23T10:22:00.004+08:00

HAUL.. HAUL.. HAUL..

Lately aku agak aktif haul barang2 1/6. Tapi dalam skala kecil2an la. Control budget bro. Tak nak jadi cam last time dah. Haul tak ingat dunia sampai end up kena jual balik. So this time kena behave, hehe.

Ni aku consider haul penutup tahun 2010 (harap2 la :P). US Navy SEAL UDT (Underwater Demolition Team). Memang dah lama teringin. 2 bulan lepas ada kat Ebay tapi nak guna duit masa tu. Berkat kesabaran, last week muncul kembali. Tak kasi chance dah, buy it now terus. Hahaha! :D

With night vision goggles (from DML DEVGRU Night Ops - Shane). NVG aku beli asing. Weapon asal MP5 tapi seller tukar ngan G36.

US Army in Afghanistan from Very Hot. I love Multicam! I'm totally sold for this one.

Straydog Kerberos Panzer Cops from DML. A reissue with new head sculpt. Murah & berbaloi. Rugi la kalau tak beli, haha.

Loose accessories.

The Force is still strong in me.. POTJ AT-ST & Imperial Speeder Bike with Paploo. What can i say, i'm a sucker for OT. Especially with POTF/POTJ/OTC packing. Sold Paploo to my friend since i don't collect Ewok anymore.

That's all for now. Cheers. ;)

2010-11-03T10:20:00.020+08:00

SIVAJI THE BOSS VS. MACHETE.

Fuhh.. dah lama tak update. Lately memang malas gila + tak tau apa nak update. Actually ada ja bahan. Haul ada gak skit. Tapi bila nak amik gambar yang.. hadoi. Malas nak cerita la. Tengok, malas lagi. Haha. :P

Semalam aku layan dvd Machete for the 2nd time. Sakit perut gelak. Cerita B grade tahap bengong. Takyah pikir banyak, gelak ja. Haha. Pas abis layan aku terpikir.. apa jadi kalau Sivaji & Machete team-up atau versus? Sapa paling hebat? Fyi, both are my favourite "superheroes". :P Mesti filem tu akan jadi showdown of the century. Captain America? Thor? Batman? Nahh.. semua tu fiksyen semata2. But Sivaji & Machete, now that's the real thing. Even better than the real thing. Way more better, haha.

So dalam keadaan ngantuk & bosan ni aku list down kekuatan/kelemahan Sivaji & Machete. Mari kita tengok sapa yang kena!

Sivaji.

Yang Hebat:
1) Software Engineer. Kira kat Chennai tu dia la paling genius.
2) Pandai menari tarian tradisional ngan orang kampung.
3) Pandai main alat muzik terutama gitar.
4) Semua perempuan suka. Dia hanya perlu senyum sambil pusing kepala bagi rambut berterbangan skit.
5) Pemimpin yang berkarisma. Semua orang suka. Tapi kalau ada orang nak apa2kan dia.. seluruh Chennai akan bermandikan darah!

Paling hebat:
1) Baling gula2 masuk dalam mulut.
2) Baling syiling ke atas pastu bagi masuk dalam poket seluar. Aku penah try tapi tak jadi. Ni bermakna dia memang hebat!
3) Pusing spek mata dari belakang kepala ke depan tanpa guna tangan atau sebarang alat bantuan. Dia cuma pusing kepala ja.

Yang Tak Hebat:
1) Rambut blonde tak bleh blah.

Aksi muka ganas gila.

Aksi jiwang.

Aksi serba boleh.

1 Malaysia? 1 Chennai daa..

Machete.

Yang Hebat:
1) Bekas Agen Persekutuan.
2) Suka tolong orang, pemurah & dermawan. Duit upah (USD 150K) untuk bunuh Senator dia derma untuk "orang kampung".
3) Dia ni pun semua perempuan suka. Tak perlu senyum pun pasal sepanjang cerita memang dia tak senyum.
4) Juga seorang pemimpin yang berkarisma. Dia cuma perlu angkat tangan sambil pegang parang.

Paling Hebat:
1) Pistol? Senapang? Tak main la. Guna parang (machete) ja.
2) Pakar senjata. Mesin rumput pun dia guna untuk belasah orang.

Yang Tak Hebat:
1) Tak tau guna sms ("Machete don't text").

Aksi ganas seorang pakar senjata.

Aksi seorang pemimpin.

Machete gets the girls.

So who's the winner? Who's the ultimate i'm-the-man-womanizer-superhero-don't-f**k-with-me? Saingan memang sengit. Kalau LOTR bleh sampai 3+ jam, filem Sivaji & Machete maybe bleh sampai 5 jam! Haha. Apa pun aku harap one day Robert Rodriguez & S. Shankar will consider this. My dream movie. :P

2010-10-12T10:12:00.004+08:00

RACCOON POLICE DEPARTMENT S.T.A.R.S TACTICAL VEST & SHIRT FROM DRAGON.

After been thinking for about 2 months, i finally decided to buy it. Now i can start to kitbash my Biohazard/Resident Evil theme, hehe. This is from Dragon (DML) Biohazard Code: Veronica series. I think it came out in 2001/02.

Why 2 months? Actually the vest & shirt were sold in set with a pair of camouflage pants, belt, holster with Glock, pouch, canteen, Maglight with pouch, boots & throat mic with radio. All that for RM75 (!). The only original part from Chris Redfield are belt, holster with Glock & boots & i only wanted the vest & shirt. Well.. win some lose some. I know HT vest is way better but i don't want to pay a ridiculous price for that on Ebay. So DML is good enough for me.

The vest is nicely done but a bit small. I tried on HT TT body & it look tight. There're 5 pouches but none of 'em can fit any magazine. Maybe they're utilities pouches. But i can always fill any of it with shotgun shells. No big deal at all, hehe.

Here's my work in progress.. S.T.A.R.S officer. This is my own version. So it may not look like from any of the video game series. Still looking for some parts.. black long sleeves t-shirt, holster, drop leg MP5 mag pouch, gas mask bag, knife, knee pads & grenades. Already bought ACE combat boots online.

Stay tuned. :)

2010-10-11T16:42:00.004+08:00

HERMI ODLE.

Series: 30th Anniversary Collection (TAC).

Year: 2007.

I have to confess.. this is the the ugliest action figure i have in my collection. Not even the "you're one ugly motherfucker" Predator can top this, haha. But ain't everybody in Jabba's Palace are ugly?

"Hunchback of Notradame". :P

Accessory: A vibro axe.

Hermi Odle is great being the 1st time made into action figure. The details are awesome. The articulations not that much but fair enough. He got swivel neck, wrist, waist & hips, ball jointed shoulders & ankles. Even the jaw can be open. The best touch Hasbro made was the cloth cape & scarft. I really dig that.

*credit to Rebelscum for carded figure.

2010-10-01T09:33:00.005+08:00

AMANAMAN WITH SALACIOUS CRUMB.

Series: Power Of The Jedi - Fan's Choice Figure No. 2.
Year: 2001.

Here's another bounty hunter for you. This is a nice figure even without that much articulation. He only got ball jointed arms. The paintjob is good.

Accessories: Staff with human skulls & human skeleton.

Amanaman came with Salacious Crumb, which i considered a bonus figure since i don't have his 1st released with Oola (POTF2 Fan Club Exclusive).

If you're a Bounty Hunter collector, then you must get this figure.

*Credit to Rebelscum for the carded picture.

2010-09-28T09:24:00.004+08:00

BIB FORTUNA - THE SAGA COLLECTION.

With the purchase of Jabba's Throne recently (which i haven't open yet), it triggered me to do a review on Jabba's gang aka whoever inside the Jabba's Palace. I still missing a few figures to complete the gang. But will try to do whatever i have. So Jabba 101 class start today. :P

I start with Jabba's right hand man. This is the 2nd Bib Fortuna released in modern line. The 1st one was POTF2 & then reissued in OTC. SAGA version is better because Bib looks slimmer & of course the sculpt is good. Articulations are basic. Ball jointed head, swivel elbow & wrist. I think it's good enough since all he did was standing next to Jabba.

Series: SAGA.

Year: 2006.

Accessory: a dagger which can fit into his belt.

"Dey wanna wonga"

Since the Vintage Collection is back, i guess Hasbro will include Bib in the series. Give him a cloth cloack, add some articulations & that will hit the spot.

*credit to Rebelscum for carded picture.

2010-09-27T09:35:00.006+08:00

DARTH VADER (FOIL CARD) - THE VINTAGE COLLECTION.

Picked up this guy yesterday. Thanks to Fared who bought for me during my Raya holiday. It's the only VC foil card that i want. Others i'll pass. I noticed this version missing a hilt from the original VOTC. Less 1 accessory huh. That is so Hasbro. And i don't want to start on the starcase (bring back starcase for Vintage Collection!).

The foil.

Where's my hilt?

As for the already listed VC figures, my next will be Wooof & Gamorrean Guard. Hope can get a loose one.

Wooof - need him to complete my Jabba's Skiff guard.

Gamorrean Guard - additional to my Jabba's bodyguard.

2010-09-24T09:54:00.006+08:00

THE LUCKIEST PUPPET IN SESAME STREET.

Just look at the big smile on Elmo's face. You lucky red puppet, haha. If you guys been following news on Yahoo, there's a controversial video which involved superhot Katy Perry & supercute Elmo. Ok, off with your twisted dirty minded. Haha. Actually Katy shot a video clip of parody to her song "Hot & Cold" with Elmo for Sesame Street's 41st Season debut. She even tone down the lyrics for the show.

"You're up and you're down.. You're running around.. You're fast then you're slow.. You stop then you go".

But somehow parents got issue with her dressing. Well, it's Katy Perry. Dunno who's to blame because i thought there's a dress code/ethic for that kind of show. Especially the one that involved children. As a fully grown up adult, i dont think that her dress too revealing. But for children, it's not appropriate. But do you think those children really paying attention to all that? I mean Katy's dress? Elmo was here way longer than her. Hmm.. maybe. Kids nowadays, haha. Check out the video on Youtube. Can't upload here because my office block it.

Whatever it is, to parents out there.. you judge what's good for your children.

Cheers. :)

2010-09-23T09:03:00.003+08:00

SANDTROOPER - THE VINTAGE COLLECTION (VC).

Finally got mine yesterday evening while doing my grocery shopping. Wave 2 just landed & they're fresh on the peg (all 12). What a luck, hehe. This is my 2nd VC figure. 1st is Darth Vader (foil card). Actually i just wanted to get a loose one. But since they're right in front of me.. hey, it's no brainer lah if i don't buy right? This guy will be keep carded & i need a starcase.

I'm not really into 2010 vintage figures because:

1) Prequel included. What?!
2) No starcase like VOTC.

Why did i bought this? Fyi, Sandtrooper never been made in the vintage line. The 1st one was POTF2 Green Card (1996). But some said it was released on Red Card 1st, then change to Green Card. So technically it's not a vintage. But it's a Kenner. Now that's why. A friend of mine said "buy because of the logo lah". Haha. Totally agreed with him.

2010-09-02T11:59:00.003+08:00

TIGER ACE (OBERSTRUMFUHRER) - MICHAEL.

It's been a while since my last toy review. Now i'm back with a WW2 German soldier from DML (Dragon). Bought this on Ebay last month. I'm not really into WW2, but just recently got poison buy German soldiers from DML & DID. So i guess the tank commander is a kickstart for my WW2 collection, hehe.

He's wearing leather-like jacket (made of soft pvc) & overall inside. Boots are molded. The Swastika made of rubber.

MP40 with sling, adjustable buttstock & removable magazine.

Sauer 38H pistol (correct me if i'm wrong on this) with removable magazine & 2 hand grenades.

Field cap (molded), headphones & throat mic.

Working holster & belt.

For a figure released in 2000 & below RM200 price tag, i'm happy with it. The leather-like jacket is very nice. Gloves are also nicely done. I thought the MP40 is spring loaded, but it's not. Can't complaint that much since this is early generation of Dragon action figures (again, correct me if i'm wrong on this). The seller told me that the 3rd generation are better. You can get more details on weapon & accessories. Overall, it's a good action figure. :)

2010-08-10T13:24:00.006+08:00

OUTSTATION HABIS SUDAH.

Jumaat lepas adalah last day aku outstation. Sejak dari bulan 6 tour 1 Malaysia.. well almost. Terengganu & Sarawak ja aku tak pegi. Best ka outstation? Hmm, once a while buat keja kat luar opis ok gak. Lagi pun Unit aku memang kena tour every year. So bagi aku best la pasal bleh jalan2. Sabah memang heaven. Ramai hot chick, haha. :P Tapi yang tak laratnya bila nak bayar bil hotel. "Battle damage" abis since aku takda credit card. Memang la bleh claim tapi time menunggu tu yang tak larat. Kalu awal, 2 weeks dah dapat. Kalu lewat, tunggu next gaji la. Hadoii!!..

Bil2 hotel yang merabakkan wallet aku. Ada lagi 2, 3 envelope tu. Damn.

Apa2 pun puas hati gak la. Terutama pasal makan. Dah 2 weeks in a row aku overdose seafood. Mula dari Kuantan, Sabah & Labuan. Dari ketam, udang, segala jenis ikan & siput apa tah yang kena korek guna toothpick tu. Memang layan, haha.

But the best part is, ada haul! Sempat gak aku beli Stray Dog - Kerberos Panzer Cops (DML) kat Ebay. Will review later. Dah lama tak shoot gambar toys ni malas la plak, hehe.

Segala penat, letih, tak cukup tido, tak cukup duit & lain2 berbaloi bila dapat ni. Kepuasan sebenar! :D

Choww.. :)

2010-06-28T13:26:00.005+08:00

HAUL LEPAS BALIK DARI OUTSTATION.

2, 3 minggu ni aku agak busy. Last week kat Perlis & Kedah seminggu. Sebelum tu bercuti kat kampung, seminggu jugak. Actually aku bakal busy sampai bulan 8 ni pasal banyak outstation, huhu. Semalam lepak kat Amcorp setelah 2 minggu tak pi sana. Weekend yang cukup puas hati pasal akhirnya dapat apa yang dah lama aku nak/cari. Benda apa tu? Jom tengok.. :D

Comic Packs Darth Krayt & Sigel Dare. Beli kat One Toy for RM45 only, haha. Last time ada 1 set tapi aku tengah pokai. Semalam memang rezeki la.

Finally.. i got my VOTC 2006 UGH George Lucas in Stormtrooper Disguise. Dah lama sangat mengidam ni. Thanks to Aede pasai tolong bid kat Ebay UK & thanks to his girlfriend also pasai tolong hand carry dari sana. Save shipping, hehe. I got this for RM85 only. No mailer box but fine enough for me.

Mr. Lucas himself.

Button badges beli dari Fared. Ada lagi 1 design, helmet X-Wing pilot. Dapatkan segera dari kedai Heroes Apparel. 1 = RM4, 3 =RM10.

Entertainment Weekly issue bulan April. Beli kat Book Access for RM9.90 only.

Ni dia haul yang tak disangka2.. t-shirt Kick-Ass! Again, thanks to Aede. Beli dari Ebay jugak for RM75.

Done. :)

2010-06-04T16:10:00.015+08:00

"SAVE THE PLANET, KILL YOURSELF".

The explosion of BP's offshore drilling rig at the Gulf of Mexico was a terrible disaster. A catastrophe. Oil continued to spill at a rate of about a thousand barrels a day. Environmentalists warned that "oil spills are extremely harmful to marine life when they occur and often for years or even decades later". I don't wanna know how it happened because i know things do happen. But BP better do something right & do it quick. These pictures tell a thousand words.

A bird is mired in oil on the beach.

A brown pelican covered in oil sits on the beach.

A brown pelican is mired in heavy oil on the beach.

A dead shark is seen laying in the surf as concern continues that the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may harm animals in its path.

An oil-covered crab is seen on an oil-impacted beach.

A dragonfly tries to clean itself as it is stuck to marsh grass covered in oil.

A dead sea turtle is seen laying on a beach.

A dolphin lies on dead on a beach in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials say that at least 6 dead dolphins have been found on the Gulf Coast since May 2.

It's not an alien invasion.. it's not the dinosaurs.. it's not even a monster that came out from the sea. But it's us.. human.

So please.... "kill yourself".

:(

*credit goes to Yahoo News for the pictures.

2010-05-31T11:53:00.009+08:00

JUST A SMALL HAUL TO MAKE ME SMILE. :)

It's been a while since i last buy anything Star Wars. Not that i'm losing "The Force", but there's nothing out there to make me jump off my seat & be "faster than a speeding bullet" to get that something. On top of that, things that i really wanted are already out of sight. Missed the new version of Slave Leia, Dewback (Walmart exclusive) & Darth Krayt/Sigel Dare Comic Packs. We also won't be seing Darth Nihl because Comic Packs line was already cancelled. There goes my Legacy trio (Darth Krayt, Darth Talon & Darth Nihl). Damn you Hasbro.

But come this August there will be something for me. While other collectors are going gaga over the new AT-AT, i had my eyes only on Cloud Car. And i do have a "landing permit" this time, haha. :P Hopefully Jabba's Throne can make it to our shore too since it's another Walmart exclusive. Damn i hate exclusive. Ok then, here's what put a big smile on my face yesterday. :D

Bought this lot with a can't-resist-happily-ever-after price.. TLC Scout Trooper, TLC Snowtrooper & TLC Jawa (without Security Droid). All loose complete. Actually i already got all of 'em, except for the new cloth skirt Jawa. Just wanted to add some spice to my small collection, huhu. Well, they said the more the merrier right?

Pepsi Nex Bearbrick (2007). Thanks to bro Rockaholic for the buddy price, hehe.

:)

2010-05-22T14:44:00.006+08:00

COMING SOON FROM EVANESCENCE. :)

She's back & i'm so happy. Oh Amy Lee.. ;)

The new lineup:

Amy Lee - vocal/piano/songwriter.
Terry Balsamo - guitar.
Tim McCord - bass.
Will Hunt - drums.
Will "Science" Hunt - programming.

2010-05-21T10:06:00.035+08:00

CRIMSON HYDRA.

Another warehouse sale's vehicle for me to review. It's the red, crimson thingy that makes me bought this one. My fetish towards red & black. You guys wouldn't understand, haha. :P Enjoy.

Out of box.

Manual & decals.

The pilot: Aero-Viper.

Detailed helmet & vest. But what's with the gold color?

Bottom: 3 wheels & compartment for Spy Plane.

Slide wing out.

Detailed cockpit.

Push tail back to open weapon compartments.

Insert missle & push button to fire.

Another missle look alike which you can attach on the left side. Don't ask me what & why. It's the Hasbro thing.

Spy Plane.

There's a small fin at the bottom.

Slide wings out.

Cockpit? More like a sleeping bag to me, haha. :P

Retractable landing gears deployed.

Spy Plane in its compartment.

You can see the Spy Plane through weapon compartments.

Aero-Viper inside cockpit.

"Tell Cobra Commander i'm gonna take a nap".

Here comes the "flying sleeping bag". :P

Load 'em up.

There you go. My review of super deformed F-117 Stealth Fighter, haha. Cheers. :D

2010-05-18T10:07:00.020+08:00

MANTIS ATTACK CRAFT.

As promised, the review of my "racun" at the previous Hasbro Warehouse sale. I'm not really a big fan of GI Joe but i dig their vehicles. And this one is a "love at 1st sight", haha. Dive! :P

Out of box.

Manual & decals.

The pilot: Aqua-Viper Officer. He comes with a supercool helmet, a backpack with 2 hoses which you can attach to the helmet & a rifle. There's a holster but no pistol? That is so Hasbro.

The pilot rocks! The vest is detail with all the only-divers-know gadget.

Assembled.

Got 3 wheels & a rotating gun at the tail.

The cockpit. You can lift up the handle bar.

Slide the wing to insert missle.

Grabber claw. You have to open it manually, push the button in the middle & it goes.. snap!

You can place extra missles at the wings.

Pilot inside the cockpit. Fit nicely.

How cool is that? Hehe. ;D But 1 thing i still don't get it.. why mantis? That thing clearly looks like stingray/manta? Whatever lah Hasbro..

2010-05-12T11:30:00.007+08:00

DAY WANNA WONGA?

A long time ago, in a kampung far, far away.. one fanboy was dreaming of his own Jabba's Palace diorama. Since that very day, the hunts begin. Every single bounty is a treasure because he knows this will take lots & lots of time, patience & all the hustles. But yesterday, his dream is almost complete. Hasbro will release Jabba's Throne with Oola soon. And i'm realy, really glad that the fanboy is me.. hahaha! :D

Check out the big guy himself. I think Oola is a new sculpt. Not sure if Salacious Crumb & hooka pipe come together. But i got both of 'em already, hehe.

Was hunting for this one last time. Now the real deal is here. But still thinking of getting this too if i can find one.

With the new one coming out, that makes him my 4th Jabba. Already got Saga 2004 Ultra Jabba's Palace (my favourite), Episode 1 Jabba Glob & POTF2 Jabba with Han Solo.. hihihi.

The Hutts rules!

Click here for details of the new Jabba's Throne.

2010-05-11T22:22:00.004+08:00

WAREHOUSE SALE KEMBALI!

Sabtu lepas (8/5/2010) aku, Aedy & Fared mengganas lagi kat Hasbro Warehouse sale, haha. Kali ni kami ada tag team baru, Rizal & Abang Kamal. Welcome aboard bros. :D Yang best pasal sale tahun ni.. tak ramai sangat orang compared to last year. Crowd pun tak ganas, haha. Yang tak best plak.. barang tak banyak sangat. Sebagai salah sorang "kaki pecah" warehouse, aku rasa tahun ni la barang paling kurang. Actually aku target a few item only for own collection. GI Joe ROC Steel Crusher, Baroness & Indiana Jones with horse. Tapi agak kecewa pasal Steel Crusher takda. :( On the bright side, aku dapat GI Joe ROC Mantis Attack Craft which is the bomb! And i bought 2, hehe. Will review it later. Anyway, big thank you to Masrul (Ketua Kampung Pisang) for the intel & inside job.. also Fared, Aedy & Abang Kamal (tag team with Aedy on Sunday since i can't make it there on time) pasal tolong support aku dari segi financial. Damn Hasbro buat sale time aku pokai, haha. Ok, lets check out the haul. :D

GI Joe ROC Mantis Attack Craft = RM15 each.

GI Joe ROC Crimson Hydra & Cobra Gunship = RM25 each.

GI Joe ROC Cobra Commander & Baroness = RM 10 each. Logan with Bike = RM15.

Indiana Jones with horse & 2 sets of German soldiers = RM 5 each.

Happy. :)

2010-05-03T16:26:00.006+08:00

IDIOSYNCRATIC ROUTINE.

Was browsing the net for the title above & came across this artwork. It's from Chasing Amy. One of my favourite movie, hehe. Actually this is from the comic book in the movie. Not sure if they do release the comic book or not. But i just love the quotes..

"In love.. you have to put the individual ahead of their actions.. always".

"It's comprehension of the past.. not condemnation.. that neutralizes insecurity & even though i'm a better person for learning that, i only wish i'd been quicker on the uptake".

:)

Cheers.

2010-04-29T13:54:00.010+08:00

KICK-ASS.

Dah lama sangat aku tak rasa seronok tengok wayang. Tapi semalam memang puas hati.. walaupun tengok sorang. Hilang segala tension kat opis, haha. Kick-Ass totally rocks! This is the definitive geek movie, 'nuff said. I really feel the adrenaline rush through out the movie. Maybe korang dah sibuk cakap pasal Iron Man 2 (IM2) hari ni, but i'm still in Kick-Ass mood. Hehe. To tell the truth, i rather go for another show of Kick-Ass then IM2. Don't get me wrong. I've been a fan of IM way before those posers from IM 1st movie, haha. No offense ya. But it's my "nature" to go for not-so-famous-less-hype movie 1st. I'm not gonna review the movie here. Sorry for that. This is because i really, really think you should go watch the movie. Be it you're a fanboy, an action movie lover or just another movie goer who watch everything without knowing anything.. you gonna love this movie. And i guarantee that, 200%. Now go get yourself a ticket, haha. :D

Kick-Ass.

Hit Girl.

Big Daddy.

Red Mist.

2010-04-28T15:46:00.006+08:00

TOO TIRED TO DIE.

This is not a movie review. But i just use the title of the movie (Too Tired To Die) as my entry's title. Very good movie directed by a Korean director. Staring Mira Sorvino (hot!) & Takeshi Kaneshiro. It's about Kenji (Takeshi) who's been told by Death (Mira) that he has only 24 hours to live. What would you do? Go watch the movie then, hehe. :P

Lunch hour tadi aku pi Alamanda. Just a quick drive to get my ticket for Kick-Ass tonight. Going to movie alone again huh? Hmm.. don't care, don't wanna care. Pas balik dari Alamanda aku lepak kat cubicle. It's been 2 months that i just tapau & have my lunch at my cubicle. Dah malas nak kuar makan dengan orang. Layan sorang2 lagi best, haha.

Then suddenly i heard someone yelling. It's that f**king annoying betina again. Damn! Memang dah lama aku angin kat dia ni. Pure psycho bitch from hell. Jenis tak reti nak panggil orang pelan2. Dah tau orang dok jauh, pi la kat tempat dia. Buat apa terjerit2 sampai orang lain sakit telinga dengar. Bukan sekali dua, tapi tiap masa tiap hari. Korang bayangkan.. dia (Cik M) dok kat ujung Timur, orang yang nak dipanggil (Cik S) dok ujung Barat. Kat tengah plak ada lebih dari 10 cubicle. Tiap kali nak panggil dia jerit.. "Cik S! Cik S! Cik S!". Sampai tahap sambil tengah taip, makan & amik fail kat bawah meja pun bleh jerit lagi. Macam mana la orang yang dok jauh nak dengar. Akibatnya orang in the middle (tetiba teringat cerita Malcolm In The Middle) la yang kena tahan telinga. Cik S bleh ja kalu nak panggil datang dekat atau terus pi tempat dia. Takyah jerit2 pun. Apsal dia takleh?

Masa dia jerit tadi aku perli skit. Aku panggil orang sebelah mintak kapas. Dia dengar & dok perli aku balik kata nak pasang speaker la, nak pakai headphone la.. tah apa2 lagi. Damn! Saja bikin panas. Takan aku nak gaduh ngan pompuan kot? Gila la. Aku dok diam sambil layan internet tapi kat dalam ni suhu dah tahap gunung berapi meletup. Budak sebelah dah sengih2 tengok aku. Pastu Cik M diam & pi lepak kat ujung Barat. Ngumpat aku la tu. Lantak la.

Sometimes i really tired living around people like this. Dead tired. Don't they care about other people feeling when they do things like that? Do they even noticed what they did? Hmm.. sick sad world. And i'm living in it. "I am.. in a world.. of shit" - quote from Full Metal Jacket movie. Guess i really need a holiday. It's been 4 months since my last leave. No MC, no EL.. just work, work & work. Aku nak balik kampung ah. Miss my mom's cooking.. miss looking at dad who's still busy walaupun dah pencen.. miss loking at my cat terrorizing other cats at our backyard.. i miss everything at kampung!

Can't wait for this June. Will apply 5 days leave & balik kampung, hehe. Who dare not approve my leave or i will turn this puny little office upside down, muahahaha! Hmm.. it's 430 pm now & the phone keep on ringing here & there. What a hectic day. Can't wait to go back & looking forward to enjoy my movie tonight. Adios!

2010-04-26T09:30:00.011+08:00

HOODIE FROM ACI TOYS.. BERT, ERNIE, GROVER & KERMIT TOO. :D

Picked up my 1/6th stuff yesterday.. hoodie, sunglasses & drop leg magazines pouch. Bought 'em at V-Storebiz (recommended 1/6th seller). My highlight this time is the supercool hoodie from Aci Toys (came in 3 colors.. black, white & grey). Not familiar with the company but they did a really great job on the hoodie. The cloth is soft and nicely knitted. Check it out.

Sorry for the blurred picture. :(

Sunglasses from Dr Figure.

With my favourite assault rifle, G36C from HT.

And a dose of my fetish toward Sesame Street.. Bert, Ernie, Grover & Kermit The Frog. Found 'em in 3 for RM10 bin, hehe. Dunno from what series but the tag got Happy Meal 2003 printed.

2010-04-22T19:56:00.005+08:00

KELLY CLARKSON - ALREADY GONE.

Currently my favourite song. Been listening since last month. Enjoy.

Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye

Even with our fists held high
It never would've worked out right
We were never meant for do or die

I didn't want us to burn out
I didn't come here to fight you, now I can't stop

I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone

Looking at you makes it harder
But I know that you'll find another
That doesn't always make you want to cry

Started with a perfect kiss then we could feel the poison set in
Perfect couldn't keep this love alive
You know that I love you so, I love you enough to let you go

I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone

I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right when you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on so I'm already gone

Already gone, already gone, already gone
Already gone, already gone, already gone, yeah

Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye

I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone

I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right when you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on so I'm already gone

2010-04-20T13:23:00.004+08:00

UMBRELLA SPECIAL FORCE UNIT (USFU) - MY VERSION.

This is my 1st kitbash that i shared here. Still work in progress. Inspired by Resident Evil (both video games & movies), 28 Days Later, Dawn of The Dead & other this-is-the-end-of-the-world movies & lots kitbashes that i found online. I always love the post apocalyptic & zombie infested world theme. Mankind is so out of hope, haha. :P And of course, as a fan of RE i always wanted to kitbash the USFU. But still looking for some parts. Anyway, lets check out my 1st survivor.

Still haven't got a name for him yet. Will do a background story later. Need to do more research, hehe.

I want to add/change some parts for him. Thinking of changing the black boots to tan, get a backpack & dropleg utility pouch.

Parts breakdown:

1) Body - BBI.

2) T-Shirt - Toyrrific.

3) Pants - DML.

4) Gas mask with hood - DML.

5) Gloves - Dr Figure.

6) Watch - DML.

7) Belt, which i use as a sling - SS.

8) Belt - BBI.

9) Boots - VH.

10) Hammer - DML.

11) Walkie-talkie - unknown.

12) Flashlight - DML.

13) M9 with Herpa holster - SS.

14) UMP - DML.

15) Extra magazines for M9 & UMP - SS & DML.

Who's this guy? Another survivor? Stay tuned.. hehe. ;)

2010-04-15T11:05:00.012+08:00

NAVY SEAL CQB VERSION 2 FROM VERY HOT.

Black is back (again?). I guess it's a trend now. Every single 1/6 company out there wanna do their own Black Ops action figure. Here we got the latest release from VH. The 2nd version from their previous release of Navy SEAL CQB: New Edition. Hmm.. looks like a crossover between SS DEVGRU Gold Team & CIA SAD Night Ops Version 2, hehe. Lets check it out.

Definitely will change to lace boots if i buy this one (read: IF :P).

SCAR with grenade launcher.. nice. The MP5 also looks tempting.

From my previous experience with VH products, they're not all bad actually. Yup, they do used cheap plastics. The clips & some small parts are fragile. Weapons are so-so (i prefer SS nowadays). But the clothes are good. Well, thats what you get for actually-not-that-cheap-stuff. Good for kit-bashing though. And if you swap 1 or 2 parts here & there, they sure turn out great.

Available in May. Pre-order now at V-Storebiz for RM230.

2010-04-13T15:43:00.007+08:00

SESAME STREET MINI BEAN PALS WALL POCKETS.

Dah dapat, yay! :D Akhirnya pencarian aku berakhir hari Ahad lepas (11/4/2010). Actually 2 weeks ago aku dah deal ngan sorang auntie yang jual fastfood toys kat Amcorp. Dia ada 1 Wall Pockets extra tapi kotor skit. So aku suruh dia bawak. Kalu ok aku amik terus. It turned out the Wall Pockets is in good condition. Ada kotor skit ja cam ink drop kat 1 pocket & tali untuk gantung cam dah putus tapi di ikat semula. Other than that, it looks fine. Sold to me for RM27. Very happy! :)

Kat pocket Baby Bear ada kotor skit cam ink drop.

Pocket no. 5 plak takda nama. Error? Aku pun tak tau.

Actually ni adalah Wall Pockets versi Singapore (auntie tu pun kata dia beli kat Singapore). Tag McDonalds kat tepi tahun 1999. Kalu versi Malaysia tahun 2000. Lagi pun kedudukan Mini Bean Pals tak sama. Contoh: Pocket no. 2 versi Singapore ialah Baby Bear, tapi versi Malaysia ialah Big Bird. Takda hal la. As long as aku bleh isi suma Mini Bean Pals aku yang still sealed in baggie, hehe (sila rujuk di sini untuk entry Mini Bean Pals).

Skit info from-my-twisted-mind-yang-korang-takyah-tau-pun-takpa untuk pocket no. 19. Rosita ialah female puppet berwarna biru cam gambar kat bawah.

Not to be mistaken with Rozita cam gambar kat bawah ni ya. Hahaha! :P Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan of Rozita Che Wan. Drool! :D

That's all folks. Cheers. ;)

2010-04-07T11:19:00.011+08:00

JACK SKELLINGTON FROM REVOLTECH.

Aku tak pernah beli anything from Revoltech lagi. Rasanya Jack akan jadi my 1st. Ni adalah siri baru Revoltech iaitu Sci-Fi Revoltech. Dulu ingat nak beli Alien (figure 001). Tapi bila pikir2 balik.. i already in love with all my Aliens from McFarlane Toys. They're the best. So i skip. Selamat duit, haha. Yang buat aku teruja pasal Jack (figure 005) ni ialah interchangeable heads. Ada 4. Lain2 expression tu. Base pun menarik gak. And of course the super articulations. Nampak agak fragile pasal Jack ni kurus. Tapi aku tak berani nak judge pasal tak tau tahap kekuatan plastic Revoltech. So harap2 ok la. And i really, really hope that there will be Sally later. ;)

XL dah buat pre-order. Retail price is RM118 & coming out this June. Jom order! :D

2010-04-03T15:05:00.007+08:00

PREDATORS - THE NEW MOVIE.

Kalu tak salah, aku dengar pasal filem ni ujung tahun 2008/awal tahun 2009. Memang excited abis pasal Robert Rodriguez akan guna semula skrip dia yang kena reject dulu. Sure ganas gila nanti, haha. Actually dia dah approach 20th Century Fox tahun 2004 lagi. Tapi skang skrip tu dah tak sia2. Cuma yang aku kureng skit ialah.. director filem ni, Nimrod Antal. Aku ingat Robert yang nak direct tapi dia cuma sebagai producer & penulis skrip ja. Filem Nimrod yang aku penah tengok ialah Vacancy. Tu pun tak abih pasal tertidur dalam panggung, haha. Hmm.. harap kali ni kehebatan Predator dapat dikembalikan. At least bleh cover balik filem AVP:R yang teruk tu.

Cerita kali ni mengenai sekumpulan manusia yang diculik dan ditinggalkan di sebuah planet asing. Diorang jadi cam binatang buruan la. Nah amik. Kat bumi korang memburu/bunuh binatang sana sini sesuka hati. Now it's pay back time, haha( activist mode :P ). Pelakon2 ok gak. Antaranya Adrien Brody (The Piano), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix trilogy), Danny Trejo (Desperado) & Walton Goggins (The Sheild). Kali ni ada makhluk lain selain dari Predator yang memburu diorang. Sidekick? Diorang ni saja cari pasal ka apa tah la. Predator bleh stand alone. Tambah makhluk lain takut nanti menggangu jalan cerita ja. Apa2 pun kita tunggu bulan 7 ni. Bring back the violent & gory in Predator! Haha. :D

New monster in the movie.

Tag team?

New mask. Yeah! :D

Kali ni gak aku berharap sangat McFarlane Toys amik balik lesen Predator. Aku rasa HT masih ada lagi lesen diorang. Neca pun. Tapi Neca punya Predator memang teruk. Sloppy paint job, kurang detail, articulation tak banyak.. memang teruk la. Dulu pun aku beli AVP:R series 1 ja. Pastu memang dah tak lalu nak tengok. Yang ok pun Alien pasal ada additional articulations. Tapi McFarlane still the best. They produced the best-of-the-best-sir 7 inch scale Predator & Alien from Movie Maniacs series. 'Nuff said. Cuma AVP series ja kureng skit pasal masa tu Mcfarlane dah mula ada problem. Tapi Movie Maniacs tetap terbaik sampai skang. :D Ok, jom layan trailer.

2010-03-31T00:07:00.004+08:00

2010 - 1976 = 34.

Just turned 34. Old already huh, hehe. Tapi kalu bagitau orang umur aku sure ramai yang tak percaya. Selalu orang yang baru jumpa/kenal akan kata.. "ko ni 26, 27.. paling tua pun 29 kan?". Haha. Yup, i got that a lot. Takda hal la. Berapa pun bleh. :P Yang penting aku bersyukur masih sihat untuk buat tugas harian & murah rezeki. Alhamdulilah. Harap2 berkekalan. :)

Actually malam ni aku plan nak layan McD kat tol Sunway. Dah lama sangat tak lalu area tu. Rindu plak. Tapi masa on the way balik dari opis petang tadi rasa.. takyah la kot. Don't fix something that's not broken. Or maybe i just don't wanna touch something that already broke but fixed already. Better just leave it that way right? So what's with McD tol Sunway? Well, i used to go there like every weekend last time. It's a "special" place for me. Lots of things happened there. The good old time. But i got a mixed feeling when i was thinking about going there. What kind of feeling? Actually i'm not sure what i felt anymore. Maybe i really have to face my fear sooner or later. They say time heals everything.. but i'm still waiting. :(

Ahh.. apa yang aku merapu tengah malam buta ni, haha. Ok, i already got a few things up ahead. Hope this will keep me company later. New stuff for new age, hehe. :D Haa.. if anybody ask me what i want for my birthday, see the picture below. Err.. i mean Darth Vader full costume. And if it comes together with the female Stormtrooper model, that's even better. Will not ask for anything else anymore, wakakaka! :P

"May the force be with me"

2010-03-29T13:08:00.013+08:00

LAT DEN RATTE KOMMA IN (LET THE RIGHT ONE IN).

Another independent movie for me, yay. This time it's from Sweden. Based on a novel with the same title & directed by Tomas Alfredson. Released in 2008 & was a limited released (Malaysia kompom tak masuk punya). The movie is about relationship between a boy & a vampire girl. Call it whatever you want.. romantic horror.. gothic romance.. but this one is a masterpiece. :)

Kisah bermula bila sorang budak perempuan, Eli & penjaganya, Hakan pindah ke rumah bersebelahan dengan rumah Oskar. Oskar ni sorang budak yang pasif. Selalu kena buli. Tapi sebenarnya dia berdendam kat orang yang buli dia. 1 malam Oskar ternampak Eli. Mula dari tu diorang berjumpa tiap malam kat depan rumah. Oskar dapati Eli ni agak pelik skit. Dia bagitau Oskar dia bukan perempuan & diorang tak bleh berkawan. Eli tau Oskar selalu kena buli & suruh dia lawan balik. 1 hari Oskar pukul budak yang selalu buli dia dengan kayu. Puas hati dia pasal bleh balas dendam.

Eli bagitau Oskar umur dia 12 tahun tapi tak ingat tarikh lahir. Dia kata dia "dah lama" jadi 12 tahun.

Hakan plak "memburu" tiap malam. Dia bunuh orang & amik darah untuk Eli. Tapi 1 malam dia kantoi. Untuk elak dari identiti dia & Eli dikenal pasti, Hakan curah asid kat muka dia. Pastu kena masuk hospital. Eli tinggal sorang & "dahaga/lapar". Eli pi hospital untuk jumpa Hakan. Hakan suruh Eli hisap darah dia pasal tu ja cara yang dia bleh tolong. Hakan mati jatuh dari tingkap. Skang Eli kena "memburu" untuk diri sendiri.

Hakan.

Cara Hakan bunuh mangsa dia.

Oskar ajak Eli buat blood oath. Dia bagi luka skit tapak tangan & tunjuk kat Eli. Eli tak tahan pasal "dahaga/lapar" & terus jilat darah Oskar yang menitik atas lantai. Pastu baru Oskar tau yang Eli adalah vampire. 1 malam Eli pi rumah Oskar. Sampai kat depan pintu dia tak masuk. Oskar tanya kenapa tak nak masuk. Eli diam ja. Lama gak dia tunggu tapi Oskar buar tak tau ja. Pastu dia terus masuk. Tak lama pastu Eli menggigil & kepala dia mula berdarah. Kemudian baru la Oskar kata.. "Ok, you can come in. You can come in" ..sambil terus peluk Eli.

Kepala Eli berdarah pasal Oskar tak ajak dia masuk. Ni adalah salah 1 mitos vampire. Pasal tu la tajuk novel/movie ni Let The Right One In.

Sorang lelaki yang kawan & g/f dia mati akibat serangan vampire nak balas dendam. Dia tau Eli terlibat & terus pi rumah. Tapi lelaki tu tak sedar Oskar pun ada dalam rumah tu. Eli tiba2 terjaga dari tidur masa lelaki tu nak tikam dia. Oskar datang tolong & lelaki tu jadi "hidangan" Eli. Dia berterima kasih kat Oskar & kata dia dah tak selamat kat situ. Eli kena pindah. "To flee is life. To linger, death".

1 hari budak2 yang selalu buli Oskar ajak dia berlatih berenang di sekolah. Budak2 tu suruh Oskar tahan nafas dalam air selama 3 minit atau diorang korek mata dia. Masa Oskar hampir lemas kat dalam kolam, Eli datang tolong. Abis kepala, tangan diorang putus kena belasah dengan Eli. Ending cerita ni.. Oskar naik train & dalam kotak yang dia bawak ada Eli. Abis.. :)

Banyak element yang aku suka pasal movie ni. Salah 1 ialah "sunyi". Cerita ni takda bunyi sound effect apa pun. Lagu pun bleh kata takda. Sunyi ja. Director dia memang sengaja buat camtu pasal tak nak jadi cam Hollywood. Ni yang best pasal independent movie. Cerita diorang original. Takda hype/gimmick. Lagi 1 aku memang suka tengok relationship Oskar & Eli. Walaupun diorang budak2 & berlainan spisis (human & vampire), tapi ada sesuatu yang kuat dalam relationship tu. You feel me? Hahaha. :P But seriously, i'm totally in love with this movie. Tapi kalau korang jenis tak tahan layan cerita drama/serius memang sakit la. Lagi pun takda sebarang aksi sepak-terajang-tembak-pecah-kepala pun. This movie is an art. You have to be in it to watch it, hehe. Fyi Hollywood dah dapat lesen untuk remake. In fact, diorang dah buat pun. Tajuk Let Me In. Damn Hollywood. Tak abih2 rip-off. Apa2 pun baik korang tengok versi original la. Filem ni pun dah menang banyak anugerah. Terbukti hebat. Kalau Hollywood remake for sure suck big time punya. Ok, selamat menonton. ;)

2010-03-25T09:31:00.005+08:00

ALICE (IS NOT) IN WONDERLAND.

Went to watch the movie last night at GSC Alamanda. It was a nice-happy-ending movie. I'm a fan of both Tim Burton & Johnny Depp, so anything from them is ok for me. Hehe. Love the characters. They're so adorable. And Underland is so colorful. Ceria! :D

This is my favourite character from the movie.. Mallymkun. Isn't she cute?. Ganas gila tikus ni. Benda yang cam bola kat pinggang dia tu ialah mata Bandersnatch (makhluk cam kucing). Mallymkun korek kuar mata tu masa Bandersnatch kejar Alice. She really is a warrior mouse. Tengok tu.. dengan tea spoon pun bleh nak pukul orang, haha. :P

Jalan cerita agak "laju" by the time Alice jatuh dalam rabbit's hole. Aku rasa ni pasal bila Alice sampai ja kat Underland, suma manusia/binatang yang dia penah jumpa dulu nak dia get ready untuk lawan dengan Jabberwocky (a dragon). So dia kena prepare to be "the champion". As usual, the good will triumph over evil (as in the movie lah). Alice slayed the dragon & restored the peaceful of Underland. Red Queen got exiled & Alice returned to the real world. Kira ok la pasal ni bukan sequel to the original Alice In Wonderland story. Not the best from Tim but it's good enough for me. Heard that his next project will be The Adams Family. Oh yeah! :D

Ok, korang mesti pelik kan ngan tajuk entry ni. Haa.. ni nak cerita skit pasal perangai bangang orang Malaysia bila tengok wayang. Semalam aku tengok sorang ja (yup, aku memang selalu tengok sorang. sedih kan? :P) As usual aku akan pilih center seat. Sebelah kanan aku ada couple. No prob as they're acting like every other normal couple (gf letak kepala atas bahu bf.. pegang2 tangan.. tu normal kan? :P) Yang sebelah kiri plak aku rasa datang 1 family. One big f**king family (here it goes.. *Hitler mode*). Mentang2 la hari Rabu tiket murah. Aku rasa dalam 6 orang dewasa & 3 budak kot. On top of that ada sorang baby umur dalam 3-4 bulan (i knew this coz my nephew is 4 months old). Masa lampu tutup budak2 tu start nangis. Pastu dok bising2 plak. Budak2 la katakan. Then mamat bahlul yang dok sebelah kiri aku asyik dok tengok phone dia. Even if tadak sms/call pun dia dok tekan phone tu. Can you imagine dalam gelap tu tetiba ada cahaya terang dari phone dia every 5 minutes? What the f**k?! Orang lain pun ada phone la. Kalu dah tadak orang sms/call takyah la dok tekan phone tu. Nak ja aku tegur diorang tapi takut one of us lost temper.. abis. So let it be lah. Masa kuar dari panggung aku terdengar 2-3 orang budak pompuan dok complaint pasal family tu. Even couple yang dok sebelah kanan aku pun asyik dok pandang diorang. Haa.. tak pasal2 kena sumpah seranah ngan suma orang dalam panggung. They really are 1 stupid f**king annoying family. Am i that rude to call them such words? Hell no! Because they are! Ni suma spisis hidup senang ngan cara menyusahkan orang lain. I just want to enjoy my movie la you f**king a**hole!

So i'm begging to all my friends/readers.. please don't be like them. Pretty please. Ada setengah orang kalu aku cerita kes2 camni diorang kata.. "Ko ada family nanti pun camtu gak la".. "Tak baik kata diorang camtu. Nanti lama2 ko jadi camtu gak".. What?! No wonder la makin ramai orang Malaysia jadi bangang. So tu lah kisahnya. Aku rasa Alice takda kat Wonderland pun pasal aku agak angin 1 badan sepanjang tengok movie tu. Hence the title of this entry.

2010-03-23T16:46:00.004+08:00

HOT AIR BALLOONS COVERAGE: PART 2.

Actually kali ni aku excited sangat nak amik gambar belon kepala Darth Vader. Tapi diorang bawak naik belon tu lewat sangat, time Maghrib. Dah nak gelap pun. Fail la digicam aku kalu gelap. Arghh!! Bikin panas betul. Dah la masa sampai tapak pesta belon kepala singa dah naik. Ni suma jam punya pasal. Hadoi.. melepas. Aku target nak amik gambar suma belon yang takda tahun lepas. Nampaknya nasib aku kurang baik la, huhu. Next year kalu ada lagi aku kena datang awal pagi cam last year. Layan ja la gambar belon kepala Darth Vader yang gelap tu. Belon tu detail & menarik. Tapi sori pasal gambar aku tak best, huhu. :(

2010-03-22T16:56:00.004+08:00

HOT AIR BALLOONS COVERAGE: PART 1.

Went there last Saturday. Its totally jam-packed. Way too crowded than last year. Bayangkan aku dari umah (Precint 9) ke tapak pesta (Precint 2) 40 minit! Kuar kul 520, sampai kul 6. Damn. Tapi sapa suruh kuar petang kan? Memang tu time crowded pun. Saja cari pasal, haha. :P So layan ja la gambar2 aku yang tak seberapa ni.

2010-03-19T23:31:00.005+08:00

AVRIL LAVIGNE VS. LEONA LEWIS.. WHO WILL BE?

Sapa lagi best? To be fair, bagi aku dua2 ada "power" masing2. Asalnya ni lagu Avril. Memang dia yang tulis pun untuk 3rd album, The Best Damn Thing (TBDT). Tapi somehow kebanyakan orang tau pasal lagu ni lepas Leona cover. Actually aku dah layan lagu ni masa kuar album TBDT dulu lagi (2007). Tetiba terdengar plak versi lain kat radio tahun lepas. Then aku tau yang Leona cover lagu tu. Dia just tukar 2, 3 patah perkatan ja kot dalam lirik. Tapi ada gak orang kata Avril yang cover lagu tu. Yaperdaa.. Apa2 pun aku prefer Avril yang nyanyi (of course la :D). As the original writer/singer, she got all the magics. So.. Avril "will be", hehe.

Jom layan. Pastu korang judge sendiri. :)

2010-03-16T16:37:00.006+08:00

2ND PUTRAJAYA INTERNATIONAL HOT AIR BALLOON FIESTA 2010.

"It's a bird.. it's a plane.. it's a hot air balloon!"

Yup, they're back. :D

Date: 18 - 21/3/2010.

Venue: Precint 2 (same as last year).

Time: 7 am - 9 pm.

Nampaknya Pesta Belon Panas ni dah jadi acara tahunan di Putrajaya. Sambutan tahun lepas pun sangat menggalakkan. Tahun ni ada 23 jenis belon (pelbagai bentuk) & turut disertai (selain negara kita) oleh negara Jepun, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Belgium & USA. So datanglah beramai2. Aku maybe pi Sabtu petang kot, hehe. So see you guys there. :D

*Click here for details.

2010-03-10T02:41:00.004+08:00

HUJAN.. RAIN..

Ada orang kata hujan bawa rezeki. Ada orang kata hujan bawa bencana. Tapi hujan ada cerita dia sendiri. Kadang2 hujan turun mengiringi kesedihan. Tears from the sky. Pouring down with sadness on all the lonely souls in this world. And here i am standing in the rain. Wish to wash it all away. Wish it rain all the time. But as Eric Draven aka The Crow said.. "it can't rain all the time". Or does it? Guess everyday is a sad day since it's raining everyday. Tapi hujan tak turun sendirian. Dia turun dengan kawan2. Hanya orang yang ditimpa hujan yang kesorangan. Keep on raining. At least they can accompany me.

Victims, aren't we all?

Listen.. listen.. listen.. listen..

*Semua text merapu-tak masuk akal-gila di atas adalah hasil imaginasi liar penulis. Tak ada kena mengena dengan yang hidup atau yang dah mati pasal in the end.. we all gonna die. Everything dies.

2010-03-01T22:15:00.005+08:00

FAREWELL. :(

As of yesterday (Sunday 28/2/2010), all my ML, ML Icons, LCBH & 1/6th collection were on sale. Some already sold including my precious Medicom SAS, huhu. Guess i did it this time.. "bersara", hahaha! :P Hopefully next time tak terjebak dah. May the force be with me.

Another groupshot kenang2an. SAS (Medicom), ERT (HT), SDU - Ray (DML), kitbash - casual SDU & Hong Kong CID. Jin Roh (Medicom) not in picture pasal awal2 lagi dah kena jual.

Those were the days.. :(

*Thanks to kawan2 yang tolong aku dapatkan semua toys tu. Jasamu dikenang, hehe. :)

2010-02-24T13:46:00.005+08:00

I QUIT! :(

Yup, you reading it right. I dunno how many times i've said that "cursed" word. Imran (one of Kg. Pisang boys) already said "2 tahun lepas pun hang kata camtu gak", haha. Actually most of my friends been saying that too. But when the time comes, a man gotta do what he really gotta do. So i say it again, loud & clear.. i quit! Will sell all of my 1/6th stuff starting this Sunday at Amcorp Mall. And that is phase one. 2nd, 3rd & who knows maybe 5th & 6th will come later. That means other toys too.

Hmm.. don't think, just do. Thinking hurts. :( There's a saying in Malay..

"Kalau dah sayang, lepaskan lah. Satu hari nanti kalau bertemu kembali, itu maknanya ia milikimu. Tapi kalau tidak, maknanya ia bukan milikmu. Atau pun yang sebenarnya ia tidak pernah pun menjadi milikmu".

That's what i did 2 years ago. But different situation. It's about my "guardian angel".

:(

2010-02-19T10:56:00.011+08:00

"LOOK SIR, DROIDS". :D

Masa tengah browse Rebelscum tadi aku ternampak banner Sideshow. It's Medicom RAH C-3PO & R2-D2. Dah kuar ka? Terus aku klik banner tu. Wow! Aku rasa kagum umpama Ewok yang sedang berpesta. Look at them robots. And i don't think we're doomed. They are so damn good. Arghh!! Jom tengok gambar dulu.

Check out the golden droid. Gold chrome dia memang menarik. Articulation kat neck, shoulders, upper arms, torso, waist, legs, wrists & ankles. Mata ada LED. Paling best ialah silver right leg, hehe (OT fans alert).

R2-D2 memang terbaik. With 2 LEDs (red & blue) & spring loaded center leg. So bleh la nak pose berdiri tegak.

Actually ni adalah hasil collaboration antara Medicom & Gentle Giant. Lagipun tahun ni adalah 10th anniversary Medicom produced barang2 Star Wars. So diorang nak C-3PO & R2-D2 ni jadi terbaik la. Sideshow dah buat pre-order kat website diorang. Sila klik sini. Harga untuk C-3PO ialah USD 199.99 & R2-D2 USD 189.99. Ada brani? Haha. Medicom memang terkenal ngan harga yang mahal, tapi kualiti berbaloi. Aku rasa kompom sold out punya. So sapa2 yang berminat (& banyak duit) sila la p/o ngan segera. Jangan nyesal di kemudian hari. Dah tu plak, takleh beli 1 ja. Pasal kalu ada C-3PO mesti ada R2-D2. Vise versa. Amacam? Hahaha! :P

2010-02-18T22:49:00.004+08:00

"TO BE OR NOT TO BE".

Ni adalah lanjutan dari entry aku yang bertajuk Hibernation Mode. Dengan penuh mimpi ngeri aku terpaksa "melepaskan" beberapa koleksi Marvel Legends (ML), Marvel Legends Icons & Legendary Comic Book Heroes (LCBH). Actually ni ja la koleksi LCBH aku. ML & ML Icons yang berkaitan ngan Spiderman dah berstatus "not-going-to-sell-not-in-a-million-years". Same goes to my Star Wars & Alien/Predator collection. But these guys.. i just dunno what to say. Maybe it's hard to say. Bukan dah tak suka, tapi terpaksa. Dr. Doom & Silver Surfer kompom nak jual. Lain tak tau lagi. 2 figure 1/6 casual SDU yang aku kitbash pun nak jual gak. Makin lama pikir makin cam2 result yang dapat. Apa2 pun judgement day adalah hari Ahad ni kat Amcorp Mall. :(

Groupshot kenang2an. Silver Surfer, Dr. Doom, Savage Dragon, Monkeyman, Anne O'Brien, The Darkness, Logan (Wolverine), The Thing, Hulk & Daredevil.

Aku rasa ni adalah dilema yang penah dihadapi oleh suma collector. Memang takleh lari punya dari situasi ni. Nak tak nak, mesti ada yang "terkorban". Kira mangsa keadaan la ni, huhu. Maybe bagi orang lain ada alternate solution untuk situasi camni. Yup, there's always a solution. And i knew it. Tapi kalu melibatkan orang lain memang aku tanak. Sendiri bikin sendiri tanggung la, haha. Bak kata Master Yoda.. "Do or do not. There is no try".

So, until this Sunday.. :(

2010-02-17T09:22:00.005+08:00

KARNIVAL WOW! PUTRAJAYA.

Tarikh: 20 & 21/2/2010 (Sabtu & Ahad).
Tempat: Tapak Pasar Tani, Presint 2.

Nampaknya ada pertambahan acara tahun ni, Big Boys Toys aka Auto Saloon/Motor Show. Sesetengah orang & pihak media kata konsert adalah tarikan utama karnival ni. Nahh.. i prefer the hot air balloon. Masa tahun 2009 dulu aku tengok memang layan (sila rujuk label event aku). Karnival ni memang sesuai sangat kalu korang nak bawak family tengok. Kaki fotografi plak wajib datang. Aku jamin korang puas hati. So datanglah beramai2 (promosi free untuk PJH, haha. :P).

Aku gak yang takleh pi. Sabtu malam ada wedding cousin kat Tasik Titiwangsa. So petang dah kena ada sana. Damn. Kalu ada pilihan memang aku pi Karnival tu la. Tapi dah family aku pun pi, terpaksa la. Kesimpulannya.. aku melepas nak buat coverage event kali ni. :(

2010-02-14T01:42:00.002+08:00

BLACK DOG BONE - RELAX.

Jom relax! :D

"Setengah abad membujang

Mahu kahwin tangguh2

Bukan soal tidak laku

Itulah relax namanya

Relax.. relax.."

Hahaha! Memang tak bleh blah punya lirik. :P Layann..

2010-02-12T23:50:00.004+08:00

EVANESCENCE - TOGETHER AGAIN.

Ni bukan lagu dari album baru pasal bila tah album baru diorang nak kuar. Hopefully tahun ni la pasal aku dah rindu sangat ngan Amy Lee ni, hehe. ;) Ni adalah lagu untuk charity mangsa gempa bumi Haiti yang Evanescence team-up ngan United Nation. Asalnya lagu ni adalah untuk filem Narnia yang 1st. Tapi director kata dark sangat tu yang takleh masuk dalam album soundtrack. So Evanescence simpan ja lagu ni. Pas kejadian gempa bumi kat Haiti, Amy Lee announced yang diorang akan release lagu ni untuk download & hasil kutipan adalah untuk mangsa gempa bumi tu. Sungguh aktivis. Aku suka, haha. :D Korang bleh download lagu ni kat website diorang --> Evanescence.

Artwork yang Amy Lee buat untuk lagu ni. Nice.

2010-02-11T19:53:00.004+08:00

NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS - TOMY DISNEY MAGICAL COLLECTION.

Aku beli ni 2 minggu lepas kat Fantasy Toys (Low Yat). Loose dalam baggie for RM5 each. Dirt cheap! Pasal tu la aku beli, hehe. Dah lama cari Jack normal version ni. Yang Santa version banyak. Sally pun selalu jumpa. So kali ni aku takleh lepas. Lagi pun murah sangat kan? Mana nak dapat harga camtu. Retail for carded is RM19.90 each. Tu pun cam aku kata, tak penah jumpa Jack normal version. Maybe awal2 lagi dah kena belasah kot.

Jack Skellington.

Sally.

Zero.

Series ni dah lama kuar. Tak ingat plak tahun bila. Kalu carded Jack ada base, pagar & rumah anjing (Zero punya). Asal ada cross atas rumah Zero tu. Aku dah potong. Sally plak ada base & Zero. So complete set tu aku dapat hanya RM10. Happy! :)

Contoh carded figure.

*Figure ni aku beli masa belum hibernate lagi. So pasni memang tadak haul baru dah. Review apa yang ada ja, huhu.

2010-02-09T21:12:00.004+08:00

HIBERNATION MODE.

Ni bukan kisah laptop aku hibernate tapi aku yang hibernate, huhu. Lately financial aku agak goyang. Rasanya sampai bulan 3 ni kot. Pastu baru bleh recover balik. Tak la kritikal sangat tapi dah sampai tahap berjaga2. Nampaknya suma aktiviti haul akan jadi hold, haha. So harap2 tadak apa yang berjaya meracun aku masa tengah hibernate ni. At least until this April. Kalu kantoi gak memang sakit la. Nasib baik la dah 2, 3 barang hot aku berjaya elak (ngan rasa penuh nightmare) termasuklah SS CIA SAD Night Ops Version 2, huhu. :( Dah tak mampu nak buat camna kan? Insyaallah kalu ada rezeki lebih later aku angkat. Tapi buat masa sekarang, like i said.. everything will be put on hold.

Is this means that i can no longer browse any toys related website/blog & no more "mallrats" at Amcorp on Sunday? Arghh!! I'm doomed! Hmm, lepak kat Amcorp hari Ahad bleh kot. Kalu tak mana lagi aku pi kan? Lagi pun 28/2 ni aku dah booking table. So memang kena pi gak. Ok, lepak kat Amcorp dikecualikan.. as long as tak kena racun, wakakaka! :P

Conclusion: No more toys for me until this April. Deal with it! :(

2010-02-03T10:56:00.009+08:00

NEW STUFF FROM GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY.

Didn't pay much attention to the Star Wars hype lately. But as a fan, i still have to dig around around for news. So what's in for me this year? Hmm.. Ultimate AT-AT? Luke's Snowspeeder? Nahh.. been there done that, haha. Already happy with my POTF2 AT-AT & SAGA Rogue 2 Snowspeeder (which both still in box :D). But i've been drooling over the new Cloud Car. So far there's only 1 Cloud Car relesead, which is the vintage. Been waiting for this one since Hasbro came out with OTC Cloud Car Pilot way back in 2004. Guess i'm gonna fall for this one & finally can open my MOC Cloud Car Pilot, hehe.

Can split into 2. Nice! :)

The other offering from the Galaxy Far, Far Away that i've been drooling over (which i think you fanboys out there also did, haha) is the new Animated Slave Leia Maquette. I already got the 1st one which is Princess Leia & R2D2 (bought in 2006). Now that's make me thinking.. should i get this one too? It's Slave Leia. Who don't want? Haha. :P Check out the princess in her glory.

Thinking.. thinking.. dying.. dying.. hahaha! :P

2010-01-29T15:51:00.010+08:00

AVRIL LAVIGNE IN AMERICAN IDOL.

Semalam aku tertengok American Idol kat 8TV. Actually masa tu tengah tukar channel, tetiba ternampak Avril kat 8TV. Rupanya dia jadi guest judge. Tak tau plak season berapa (rasanya baru gak kot) pasal tak penah layan pun. Tapi semalam Avril punya pasal layan ja, hehe. Katy Perry pun ada gak as guest judge.

Cool hoodie.

Aku rasa Avril tak berapa sesuai la jadi guest judge tu. Don't get me wrong. She's a very talented singer/song writer & i'm a fan. On top of that dia termasuk dalam senarai hot chick aku, kakaka. Cuma rasanya dia tak sampai lagi level untuk judge competition camtu kot. But she's doing fine in the show. Alaa.. guest judge ja pun. Tadak kesan kalu nak banding ngan 3 orang permanent judge tu kan? Sama la cam kita punya Akademi Fantasia (yang aku meluat!).. invite pelawak la, pengarah filem la & tah sapa2 lagi. Apa2 pun Avril tetap rock! :D

Ni lagi 1 kisah pasal Avril. Dia dah tulis & rakam lagu tajuk Alice untuk soundtrack filem Alice In Wonderland. Tajuk album tu ialah Almost Alice. Release bulan 3. Nice! Check out the cover of the single.

Poster movie Alice In Wonderland.

Video clip pun dah buat. Release bulan 2. So selain dari layan movie bleh gak layan lagu skali, hehe. Tapi aku rasa kalu try cari kat Youtube later ada kot. Lagi pun lagu tu dah kuar kat radio US. Torrent? Hee.. hee.. hee..

Rocker chick rules! ;D

2010-01-28T09:36:00.016+08:00

A TRIP TO SINGAPORE.

Ni adalah cerita lama. Patut entry ni tahun lepas lagi. Tapi tak berkesempatan plak. Cam la busy sangat, haha. :P. Bulan 12 tahun lepas (17-20/12) aku, Aedy, Fared, Rizal & Shah bercuti kat Singapore. Memang dah lama sangat aku teringin nak pi sana. Akhirnya berjaya gak, alhamdulilah. Bukan apa, aku just teringin nak tengok toys scene kat sana. Kat Malaysia puas dah, hehe. Kitorang pi naik train & stay kat backpackers hostel ja. Tapi puas hati & murah. Train (pi & balik) + hostel (3 hari 2 malam) = +-RM200. Ok la kan? Hostel pun buat mandi & tido ja. Siang memang all out jalan2. Jom layan gambar plak..

Gambar2 kat atas sama ja cam kat Facebook aku. Ada banyak lagi kat situ.

Haul! 1:6 stuff.. nude bodies from BBI & DML.

Royal Hong Kong Police - Emergency Unit (DML). Aku dah review figure ni dalam entry lepas.

My fetish.. gas mask! Haha. :P Both from HT.

Nuclear/Biological/Chemical gask mask with hood from DML.

Shoes.

World War 2 gas mask set from DML.

Tu ja yang mampu aku haul kat sana. Kalu nak ikut nafsu membeli memang sakit la, haha. Nasib baik bleh sabar lagi. Toy shops kat Singapore memang best. Tapi bukan terbaik la pasai aku rasa lebih kurang ja. Barang2 lama pun still bleh dapat lagi. Flea market diorang memang lagi best dari sini (in term of toys la). Macam2 ada & harga berpatutan. Kalu pandai bargain memang bleh dapat harga yang kita nak. Aku memang puas hati. :D

Insyaallah kalu tadak apa hal bulan 8 nanti nak pi lagi. Harap2 kali ni "well prepared", hehe. Until next trip.. ;)

2010-01-19T10:36:00.009+08:00

FRINGE.

Ni adalah siri tv baru kat NTV7 tiap hari Sabtu kul 830 pm. As of last Saturday baru episode 3 untuk 1st season. Tapi siri ni sebenarnya dah lama kat US. Tahun 2008 lagi. Skang dah 2nd season kat sana. Created by JJ Abrams (Alias, Lost, Star Trek..). Pasal apa aku suka siri ni? Pasal ianya mengingatkan aku kat The X-Files (my all time favourite tv series). Cerita pasal penyiasatan kes "pelik2" oleh sorang agent FBI & 2 orang scientist.

The main cast. L to R: Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson), Walter Bishop (John Noble) & Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv).

The gang.

Aku bleh katakan siri ni memang inspired by The X-Files. Tapi tak bermaksud diorang tiru pasal kes2 berlainan & cara pendekatan untuk settle kes pun lain. Main cast pun cam alternate version of The X-Files. Kali ni agent FBI adalah pompuan (Olivia) & partner/scientist adalah lelaki (Peter). Cara Peter lebih kepada scientific evidence & teknikal tapi Olivia lebih kepada pengalaman & agak skeptic. Anything goes style. Btul kan aku kata cam The X-Files, hehe.

Dalam 1st episode Olivia & partner/bf dia (John Scott) siasat kes penumpang sebuah kapal terbang yang mati dalam keadaan pelik. Suma melted. Semasa dalam siasatan John terdedah kepada sejenis bahan kimia. Badan dia jadi translucent. Olivia nak mintak tolong sorang "mad scientist", Walter. Tapi dia plak ada kat pusat rawatan mental. So Olivia kena mintak tolong anak Walter, Peter untuk yakinkan bos dia untuk bawak kuar Walter & benarkan Walter buka semula makmal dia kat Harvard. Maka dari sini la diorang mula jadi team.

2nd episode aku tak sempat tengok tapi 3rd episode kisah sorang pompuan yang pregnant hanya beberapa jam pas sexual intercourse & terus deliver a baby. Baby tu plak aging within hours & terus mati. Agak menarik pasal melibatkan pelbagai pihak termasuk sebuah firma "misteri", Massive Dynamics. Ni suma in the tradition of The X-Files la. Ada characters yang cam Cigarette Smoking Man (CSM), Deep Throat.. aku suka! Haha. :D

Salah 1 cool factor.. nama lokasi untuk every scene diorang buat dalam bentuk 3D. Nampak tak nama Massive Dynamics tu? Kalau The X-Files tiap kali tukar lokasi ada tulis nama tempat, tarikh & masa. So dalam Fringe diorang buat kelainan skit la.

Agent Olivia Dunham yang dilakonkan oleh Anna Torv. She's an Aussie babe. Tak kenal? Aku pun, haha. :P But she looks good in that attire. Reminds me of Agent Dana Scully. ;) Aku tak nampak chemistry antara Olivia & Peter. Cam tak match la, haha. Better lagi Mulder/Scully & Booth/Brennan (Bones).

Apa2 pun aku nak layan sampai abis season 1 dulu. Aku rasa setiap episode akan bertambah menarik. Season 1 dvd boxset pun dah kuar kat kedai "lanun" Amcorp. Kalu miss banyak episode beli ja, haha. So aku ucapkan selamat menonton untuk korang. :)

2010-01-15T16:06:00.007+08:00

SAM THE KOALA.

Aku follow cerita pasal Sam (Samantha) ni dari tahun 2008 lagi. Bulan 2 tahun tu ada kebakaran hutan yang teruk kat Victoria, Australia. Lebih kurang 173 orang telah tebunuh dalam kebakaran tu. Kalau manusia yang dok luar hutan pun terkorban, apatah lagi binatang yang dok dalam hutan kan? Kita tinggal jap cerita manusia terkorban pasal aku nak cerita kisah sekor koala ni. Masa tengah padamkan kebakaran hutan sorang ahli bomba sukarela, Dave Tree telah terjumpa sekor koala. Keadaan koala tu agak teruk ngan tapak kaki & tangan melecur. Ni adalah petikan kata2 Dave masa tu..

"You can see how she stops and moves forward and looks at me. It was like a look saying "I can't run, I'm weak and sore, put me out of my misery."

"I yelled out for some water and I sat down with her and tipped the water up. It was in my hand and she reached for the bottle then put her right claw into my left hand which was cold so it must have given her some pain relief and she just left it there. It was just amazing."

Kisah Dave bagi koala minum air ni telah dirakam dan di upload ke Youtube. Korang taip ja Sam the koala sure dapat punya. Dalam beberapa hari ja ia menjadi topik hangat seluruh dunia. Surat khabar seperti Times, Herald Sun dan lain2 banyak buat liputan. It's a new phenomenon. Ramai orang terharu ngan kisah tu & Sam telah menjadi ikon harapan baru untuk mangsa2 yang terselamat dari kebakaran tersebut. Sam ditempatkan di Southern Ash Wildlife Centre bersama ngan koala2 lain yang berjaya diselamatkan. Ia juga menjadi kebanggan rakyat Australia.

Kecederaan Sam agak teruk & doktor kata ambil masa dalam 8 bulan untuk recover. Walaupun dah recover skit tapi sebenarnya Sam mengalami Chlamydia, sejenis penyakit yang menyerang lebih kurang 50% populasi koala di Australia. Pada bulan Ogos 2008, doktor yang merawat Sam kata penyakit tu dah teruk & takleh recover. Dalam keadaan Sam menderita, diorang buat keputusan untuk put her to sleep. :(

Setelah dipersetujui pelbagai pihak, Sam telah diawet & diletakkan di Melbourne Museum untuk tatapan umum bermula pada 13/1/2010. She's now "immortal". Kat atas tu adalah gambar Sam yang telah diawet.

Aku sebenarnya agak berbelah bahagi ngan kaedah awet ni. Dari 1 pandangan, kita masih bleh tengok rupa bentuk sebenar binatang yang telah mati/pupus. So generasi akan datang akan tau/kenal/belajar. Tapi dari 1 pandangan lain plak, kaedah ni cam tak hormat the body/corpse itself. So which one are you? Hmm..

Details korang bleh klik link kat bawah ni:

Herald Sun

Timesonline

Sam The Koala

Koala Express

Rest in peace Sam. :(

2010-01-13T13:18:00.025+08:00

S.A.S (SPECIAL AIR SERVICE).

1st of all thanks a lot to bro Rockaholic pasal "racun" & tolong beli untuk aku figure ni. Memang terbaik! Cukup puas hati, hehe. Dulu aku penah jumpa figure Medicom Special Force Series (MSFS) ni tapi GSG9 ja. SAS & GIGN tak penah jumpa. Ni adalah keluaran tahun 2000. Untuk yang tak tau apa itu SAS, diorang adalah pasukan anti-terrorist UK. Nak tau lebih lanjut sila Google ya. Jom layan apa yang best pasal figure ni..

Gambar kotak aku "curi" dari internet ja. Lupa nak amik gambar. :P

Front.

Back.

Close up. Gas mask with dark lenses. Creepy huh? Hehe.

Magazine pouches are molded.

Boots are molded too but details.

"Arsenal of doom". Check out them weapons! Remington shotgun, MP5K, MP5A2, Browning pistol, flashbang grenades & combat knife. MP5K can be convert to MP5K PDW but the buttstock can't be fold. All 3 buttstocks can be swap. MP5A2 can use the silencer/suppressor.

Accessories: Ladder, hooligan bar, 5 holes hood/balaclava (can fit gas mask), extra hands & watch.

Pamphlet & booklet about SAS. But all written in Japanese, haha.

"Fire in the hole!"

Aku ulang sekali lagi.. cukup puas hati! :) Kalau ada yang kata tak best, you guys should get a CAT scan la, wakakaka. :P Kualiti pakaian & jahitan sangat baik. Base body pun tight & senang berdiri. Cuma aku ja tak berani nak pose lebih2. Gas mask aku tak buka lagi. Headsculpt pun tak tau camna. Nampak agak complicated pasal tali helmet hold skali ngan gas mask. Headset pun sambung ngan Push To Talk (PTT) button & gas mask. So kesimpulannya.. aku malas nak buka, haha.

Cuma weapon ja agak oversize skit.. skit ja. Kalau compare ngan weapon Hot Toys pun saiz lebih kurang ja. Lagi pun ni adalah product tahun 2000, so kira ok la.

Actually Medicom kuarkan 3 version SAS. Aku beli yang 1st version. Lagi 2 ialah SAS 2nd version & SAS Training version. 2nd version lebih kurang ja ngan 1st version & Training version plak guna BDU color hitam.

Who Dares Wins.

2010-01-12T10:21:00.014+08:00

NEW "POISON" FROM SOLDIER STORY = ARGHH!!

Dalam keadaan aku masih lagi tercari2 mana nak dapat CIA SAD Night Ops, tetiba Soldier Story (SS) dah kuar 2nd version. Masa kuar 1st version dulu aku tak menggila 1/6 lagi. Skang dah sold out la, huhu. Tapi 2nd version ni lagi best. Terbaik! Aku kalau geng Black Ops ni memang kantoi la, haha. Cakap banyak pun tak guna. Korang layan gambar yang aku amik kat website SS ni..

Nice jacket.

G36! My favourite rifle, hehe. With silencer & foregrip. :)

Remington shotgun.

Dual Berettas! Even better, haha. :D

Dah teracun ka? Kakaka. :P Banyak upgrade kali ni. Paling ketara ialah senjata. Yang 1st version rifle & pistol ja. Kali ni rifle, shotgun & 2 pistol. Uniform pun lagi best. Cuma kali ni balaclava diganti ngan triangle scarf. Tapi masih ada gambar tengkorak.

Tan (V-Storebiz) dah buat pre-order pun. Harga RM350. Memang berpatutan tu. Kuar bulan 2 atau 3. Nasib baik.. sempat saving lagi. Aku pun tengah pokai gak skang, huhu. Ini bermakna bulan depan aku kena puasa. Balik rumah nanti kena korek kabinet dapor cari balik stok makanan.. maggi, keropok, biskut.. wakakaka! :P

2010-01-06T11:08:00.013+08:00

ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE - EMERGENCY UNIT.

Bought this boxset in Singapore last month for SGD60. That's about RM150. A good price for me. It's from Dragon Models Limited (DML), an oldskool 1:6th company or should i say the grandfather in 1:6th military (modern & world war). The reason i bought this one:

1) Asian headsculpt.

2) Helmet.

3) MP5.

4) Revolver.

5) Long sleeves.

Aku perlu suma tu untuk kitbash casual SDU, hehe. Aku memang puas hati betul ngan figure ni. Detail & kemas. Memang tak rugi beli & berbaloi. Jom layan gambar dulu..

Banyak aksesori kat tali pinggang. Ada walkie talkie, pouch untuk gari (tapi gari molded kat dalam), torch light, cota & holster untuk revolver. :)

Socks! Haha. :D

Lain2 aksesori: Body armor & stand.

Untuk kes2 tertentu diorang akan guna helmet, body armor & MP5. Tapi gambar atas tu aku tak pakaikan pun body armor.

I really like the revolver. See them bullets? How cool is that, hehe. :D

Untuk figure keluaran tahun 2002, aku puas hati sangat & bagi 8/10. Walaupun oldskool tapi hebat. Jahitan pakaian detail & kemas. Weapon pun detail. Paling best ialah bendy fingers! Memang betul2 puas hati, haha. :)

Ni yang membuatkan aku pelik ngan company2 baru yang buat "lebih kurang" ja. DML yang oldskool pun bleh buat detail. Too bad diorang dah tak buat modern figure lagi. Kalu korang berminat, aku memang rekomen. Tapi rasanya agak susah nak dapat dah kot. Aku jumpa pun nasib ja. Tapi try ja cari. Actually ada banyak versi untuk Royal Hong Kong Police ni. Aku rasa paling susah nak dapat ialah versi PTU (Police Tactical Unit). Yang pakai uniform color hijau tu. So kalu korang jumpa grab terus. Aku gerenti korang akan puas hati, hehe.

2010-01-05T13:28:00.011+08:00

C.I.A OPERATOR.

This is the figure that triggered me back into 1:6 scale toys (aku ada mention pasal figure ni dalam entry yang lepas). Bought this one 3 months back. Hmm, how do i start.. at 1st this set looks kinda cool. But then after assambled.. seems like nothing much. Well, what do you expect from a Very Hot (VH) product. Actually this is my 1st boxset from VH. For RM230 per box, i think it's a bit expensive. Check out the pictures..

Chest rig tu memang pelik la. Dah suma dress in black, tetiba dia color tan plak. Memang pelik. Dah la extra magazine yang provided bukan untuk SCAR (the rifle) pun. Tu M4 punya magazine. Bagi 4 pun tak guna, damn. Side arm is totally crap. Glock dia agak teruk & holster tak fit kat paha. Aku tak tau la kalau memang ada holster camtu. Tapi agak pelik la bagi aku. Getah knee pads dah putus sebelah. Spek mata pun dah patah sebelah gak. Tapi dua2 tu bleh glue balik. :(

Yang ok plak.. aku suka pakaian dia. Baju, seluar, jeans (yup, 2 pants ), cap, snowcap & gloves memang best. Cukup puas hati. Beg, pouch, drop leg & boots ok gak. Body armor pun ada plate kat dalam. :)

Nude body Soldier Story (SS) aku beli kat Ebay for RM70. Memang puas hati. Head sculpt Orlando Bloom dalam Black Hawk Down. That's what i think la, hehe. Tapi bendy hands takda. So beli plak kat Tan SS bendy hands + gloves for RM25.

So damage aku untuk figure ni ialah RM325. Dah bleh beli SS atau DID boxset pun, haha. Overall aku bagi 5/10 untuk set ni. Aku tak rekomen sangat la. Unless korang nak amik parts untuk kitbash (kebanyakan barang VH memang sesuai untuk kitbash). Tapi tu ja yang aku mampu. Buat apa nak komplen lebih2 kan? Huhu. Adakah aku dah serik ngan VH? Tah la. Tak berani nak cakap. Tengok dulu apa lagi upcoming product diorang, haha. :P

*Suma gambar tu sama ja cam kat Facebook & Kg. Pisang. Malas nak amik gambar lain dah. :P

2010-01-02T23:18:00.003+08:00

BOTAK! :P

1st entry of 2010 & i'm already botak, hahaha! Petang tadi aku & housemate pi gunting rambut kat Precint 14. Nama kedai tu T Brothers. T stands for what i dunno la. Tamil kot, hehe. :P Actually aku nak gunting rambut dari last week lagi tapi tak sempat. Since cuti banyak hari ni bleh la. Rambut pun dah panjang sangat. Naik rimas pun ada. Tah camna last week aku terasa nak bikin crew cut, haha. Housemate aku pun kata cam nak masuk askar. Esok pi Amcorp sure jadi bahan punya ni. Dem, haha. Hmm.. apa kata esok aku pakai jaket, jeans & boots. Barulah oi! oi! Pastu kalu ada game bola join geng hooligans, wakakaka! Suma tu ngarut ja. Aku saja suka2 nak botak. Bukan selalu pun kan?

2009-12-31T13:58:00.004+08:00

APA ADA DENGAN 2009?

Apa ada? Macam2 ada, haha. Bagi aku tahun 2009 agak menarik pasal beberapa agenda aku dah tercapai, alhamdulilah. Bukannya target apa2 pun, just suma tu tercapai ngan usaha aku pelan2. Harap2 agenda tahun 2010 pun bakal jadi kenyataan, insyaallah.

Me, myself & family.

I am blessed to have a wonderfully caring & loving family. As of this year, there's an additional family members.. my brother in law & my nephew. Congrats to my sister for getting married first instead of me, haha. :P Skang ni mak & abah aku mula busy la jaga cucu. Aa.. mak & abah aku pun dah selamat mengerjakan ibadat Umrah bulan Jun lepas, alhamdulilah. Next year dapat pi Haji plak kot. :)

Aku plak akhirnya berjaya gak memiliki passport & pi Singapore, haha. Bukannya benda besar pun tapi dah lama aku teringin cuma tahun ni ja berkesempatan. Since dah ada passport ni, takan sekali ja nak pi kan? Next year mesti pi lagi, haha. Bangkok pun dah masuk dalam list. :D

Rat race.

Kerja tahun ni pun ok. Stress + tension + problems tu memang ada la. Suma keja pun sama. Cuma tahun ni aku banyak outstation. Best! Dapat jalan2 tu yang penting, hehe. Claim pun ada la skit. Murah rezeki, alhamdulilah. Bleh cover itu ini.. & beli toys, kakaka. :P Cuma aku still in dilemma sama ada nak transfer balik state (Alor Setar) atau stay kat HQ (Putrajaya). Memang dari tahun 2007 lagi aku dah apply. Last year Setiausaha Bahagian aku tak approved. Dia suruh aku stay HQ dulu untuk bantu unit aku. Dalam pertengahan tahun aritu ada pertukaran tapi ada orang cross aku plak, damn. Memang kalu balik state everything will be totally different la. Aku kena reboot balik social life aku (do i really have one? haha. :P). But i got my own reason. Family aku tak paksa. Even mak aku pun kata kalu rasa ok stay HQ, just stay la. Hmm.. thinking.. thinking..

My circle of friends.

Kawan2 makin bertambah. Sana, sini, situ.. suma ada, haha. Ada yang makin kamcing, ada yang makin "malas-nak-layan-ah" pun ada. Besa la tu, adat berkawan. Aku tak kisah sangat suma tu. Yang penting kawan2 yang betul2 kenal aku, diorang tau sapa aku. Aku dah malas nak pikir benda2 remeh-temeh dalam berkawan ni. Dah tanak stress + pening lagi. So kalu ada yang buat perangai camtu, i just walk away. I got nothing to lose.

Hobby + interest = obsession!

Toys aku untuk tahun 2009 tak la banyak sangat pun. Kecil2an ja. Tapi aku puas hati pasal beberapa toys yang aku nak sangat dah dapat. Toys apa tu? Ni dia..

1) POTF2 AT-AT.
2) POTF2 Royal Guard.
3) POTF2 Dewback.
4) OTC Sandcrawler.
5) Kenner Collections Masterpiece Darth Vader.

Big thank you to bro Rockaholic. 4 daripada toys di atas dia yang tolong beli, hehe. So vehicles OT Star Wars aku dah dapat suma yang aku nak. Bleh tutup buku. :D Geng Jabba aku pun tinggal 6 figure ja lagi nak complete. Tapi aku tak rushing sangat la. In time i will get those. Skang aku terjebak kembali ngan 1:6 military. Racun dah tahap melampau, haha. Tapi ok gak, bleh tukar selera skit. But this doesn't mean i abandoned Star Wars. Nope, not in a million years. Star Wars is forever! Haha. :D Hanya hobby fotografi ja yang aku takleh nak proceed lagi. DSLR tak beli lagi, huhu. Ingat tahun ni bleh dapat, tapi postponed gak. Hopefully can get 1 next year.

So what's in for me in 2010? Only god knows. Aku terima ja seadanya. Azam? Ahh.. takyah suma tu. Yang penting niat nak buat tu ada. Then pelan2 kita rancang & execute. Kalu jadi, alhamdulilah. Kalu tak jadi, bleh cuba lagi. Ataupun cuba ja benda baru/lain. Kita ada banyak pilihan dalam hidup ni. Suma atas diri sendiri ja nak buat atau tak. Tapi pilhan tu mestilah yang baik. Kalu pilih benda tak baik ni.. sendiri tanggung la, haha. Wokeh, apa2 pun aku bersyukur alhamdulilah Allah masih panjangkan umur & murah rezeki aku. Harap2 apa jua yang menanti aku next year baik2 belaka. Amin.. :)

2009-12-24T13:54:00.017+08:00

HOTEL PURI, MELAKA.

Ada banyak benda nak update, tapi suma tertangguh. Nak review toys pun gambar tak amik lagi. Part nak amik gambar tu la yang agak "M" skit, hehe. So layan ja la gambar Hotel Puri masa aku outstation kat Melaka 7 - 9/12 aritu. :)

Kalu tengok dari luar nampak cam bangunan lama/usang ja. Aku rasa diorang renovate building ni untuk buat hotel. Lagi pun kat area ni banyak bangunan lama/usang dah jadi hotel pun. Hotel Puri ni kat Jalan Tan Cheng Lock kalu tak salah aku. Sebelah Jonker Walk ja. Kalu korang familiar ngan Jonker Walk, parking kat area ni memang susah/teruk skit pasal jalan sempit. So pandai2 la ya.

Tempat tidur memang selesa.

Benda paling penting bagi aku kalu check in kat hotel.. remote tv/astro, haha. :D

Aku suka blind kayu ni. Nice.

Kita minum dulu! :P

Gambar2 hiasan dalam bilik.

Toilet pun cantik & bersih.

Haa.. korang mesti tak percaya kan dalam bangunan lama/usang tu ada bilik camni, hehe. Aku pun mula2 ingat camtu. Tapi pas check in, rasa kagum gak. Well, aku bukan nak harap dapat hotel 5 bintang pun. Bagi aku camni pun dah cukup puas hati. Rate tak salah aku dalam RM200+ per night. Tapi aku tak bayar pun pasal Kementerian yang bayar, hahaha.

2009-12-11T09:02:00.013+08:00

THE REAL LIFE "INVISIBLE MAN".

Check this out..

Terbeliak biji mata tak? Haha. Nama artist ni ialah Liu Bolin. Aku pun baru tau pasal dia pagi ni melalui Yahoo News. Memang hebat la. Agak2 ada orang berani buat ka kat Malaysia ni? Apa2 pun jom layan lagi hasil kerja master of camouflage ni.

Hebat kan? Silalah Google untuk tengok hasil kerja dia yang lain. Yang kat bawah ni memang terbaik, haha. :D

2009-12-07T03:40:00.007+08:00

H**** B*******.

To whom it may concern..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)

It's been 2 years..
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2009-12-02T20:06:00.002+08:00

MEET MY NEPHEW. :D

Yup, ahli keluarga aku bertambah lagi. Kali ni sorang baby boy menjadi tumpuan keluarga masa Raya Haji aritu (anak adik aku daa). Maka ngan itu rasmilah abah & mak aku menjadi Atuk & Nenek.. aku plak jadi Pak Long, haha. Welcome aboard Muhamad Irfan Wafiy bin Imran. :)

Sekian, terima kasih. :)

2009-11-19T11:01:00.011+08:00

HOT TOYS PERTAMA AKU?

Erk? Btul ka ni? Am i dreaming? Somebody pinch me please, haha. Al-kisah.. last week masa aku tengah browse barang2 1:6 kat Ebay, terjumpa plak mamat kat bawah ni.

U.S. Secret Service: Emergency Response Team (ERT). Actually aku penah baca review figure ni dulu tapi just last week baru noticed he got H&K G36C. Damn! One of my favourite rifle. And he's all dressed up in black. Argh! Racun dah masuk dalam saluran darah aku, hahaha. Then aku terus browse XL Shop. Retail price is RM368 tapi dah sold out. :( Hmm.. perlukah aku hunting? Ahh.. chill. Jangan terjebak sangat, hehe. Pastu aku call Ravenantjack nak mintak pendapat. Dia pun kata figure tu dah sold out. Nak hunting lagi ka?

Isnin lepas aku try browse Mudah walaupun tau percentage nak jumpa memang susah. Ebay My dah try pun. I'll be damned! Ada plak orang juai. MISB going for RM400. But the phone number somehow looks familiar to me. Laa.. Shah aka Cowboy75 ka. Geng Kg. Pisang ni, haha. Apa lagi, terus call la. Dia kata tu barang kawan dia. Bleh nego lagi. Then dia sms aku bagitau kawan dia bagi RM350. Ahh.. consider it sold. Tapi aku nak amik next month since gaji bulan depan awal (untuk yang kerja kerajaan saja ya). Kawan dia ok ja. Yay! Done deal, haha. Thanks a lot bro. Alhamdulilah. Baru last week dok berangan this week dah dapat. Now i believe the phrase be carefull what you wish for. :D

Check out the rest of the pictures.

Ada 2 version untuk ERT. Yang kat bawah ni female version. Nasib baik aku tak teracun gak, hehe.

Can't wait for next month. :)

2009-11-16T16:19:00.004+08:00

VENOM (SCORPION VERSION).

Another Venom for me, yay! :D Ni adalah Venom McGargan. Body sama ngan Venom Eddie Brock tapi yang ni ada scorpion stinger & "mata". Cuba tengok betul2 kat mata dia, ada anak mata color merah. Aku prefer versi ni dari yang logo cam lightning tu (sila rujuk beberapa entry yang lepas ya). Mari kita tengok apa "hidangan" Hasbro kali ni..

Cardback.

Front view.

Back view. Ada lubang kat tengah untuk scorpion stinger.

Side view. Cam versi lain gak, suma Venom bongkok. Tapi aku rasa versi ni lebih senang berdiri tegak. Maybe sebab tadak ball joint kat paha kot.

Ni yang best.. claws! Tengok tu, nampak kuku kuar dari jari. Tapak tangan pun agak besar. Memang best! :D

Ni plak kureng skit.. tadak ball joint kat paha. Pergerakan paha agak limited. Tapi so far aku pose ok. Benda yang sama jadi kat bahu, tadak ball joint gak. Besa la, Hasbro.. kedekut!

Close up. Aku suka face sculpt dia. Nampak ganas. Lidah pun menarik. Made of hard plastic.

Warghh!!

Accessory: Scorpion stinger. Aku rasa cam snap-on, so malas nak pasang takut nanti takleh cabut plak.

Posing skit.

Overall aku puas hati. Play value agak tinggi walau articulation tak sebanyak versi Toy Biz. Recommended. :)

Bye!

2009-11-12T17:08:00.005+08:00

AKU & PASSPORT. :D

Dan akhirnya.. aku dah ada passport! Haha. Setelah berapa tahun tah dok tangguh. Kemarin aku berjaya gak pi Jabatan Imigresen Putrajaya (building seblah opis aku ja pun) buat. Memandangkan skang ni RM100 ja untuk 2 tahun, so rugi la kalu tak buat. Dulu RM300 pikir 2 3 kali gak, hehe. Renew pun RM100 gak. So kepada yang baru nak buat, sila bawak copy kad pengenalan & surat beranak + 2 keping gambar. Borang bleh download kat website. Tapi sila print double sided ya. Diorang tanak 2 keping.

InsyaAllah, kalu jadi next month nak pi Singapore. Just jalan2 + usha2 ja. Bukan nak shopping pun. Maybe 2nd trip later (dah berangan 2nd trip tu, haha. :P) baru bleh plan mana nak pi & apa nak beli. Silalah lihat gambar passportku ini, haha. ;P

*Penguin tu tadak kena mengena ngan trip nak pi Singapore atau pun Jabatan Imigresen. Dia hanya sekadar hiasan. :P

2009-11-11T14:00:00.012+08:00

SESAME STREET IS NOW 40 YEARS OLD.

Yup, dah 40 tahun pun rancangan tu kat tv (10/11/1969 - 10/11/2009). Teringat masa zaman budak2 dulu aku dok tengok. Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Bert, Ernie.. memang layan, hehe. Mak aku pun memang suruh tengok dulu. Dia kata baik untuk English aku. Adik2 aku pun layan gak. Actually rancangan ni sangat educational. Bukan sekadar belajar English, tapi kadang2 masuk gak isu kehidupan. Contoh: diskriminasi terhadap pesakit AIDS, perkauman.. cam2 lagi. Bagi aku memang bagus la untuk budak2.

Sempena anniversary ni, Google buat tribute kat banner diorang. Kalu korang perasan, dari last week banner tu ada gambar character Sesame Street. Comel, haha. Actually aku memang suka banner Google yang selalu tukar ikut perayaan atau ulang tahun. Sangat creative. Aku dah download suma gambar character Sesame Street tu & buat wallpaper, hehe. Kalu berminat, sila klik di sini untuk download. Ni aku bagi sample skit.

Come and play

Everything's A-OK

Friendly neighbors there

That's where we meet

Can you tell me how to get

How to get to Sesame Street

2009-11-03T13:40:00.014+08:00

KAWE GI KELATE. :D

Jap aa.. nak sapu debu & sarang labah2 skit. Maklumlah, dah lama tak jengok sini. Haha. :P

Ok, 19 - 23/10 aritu aku outstation lagi. Kali ni kat Kelantan plak. Pengakuan ikhlas.. tu kali pertama aku sampai Kelantan, haha. :D Stay kat Juita Premier Hotel, Kota Bharu. Rate, bilik & servis = bleh la. 1 lagi pengakuan ikhlas.. Kelantan ok la. Sapa kata tak maju? Kalu asyik tengok "propaganda politik" kat TV1 memang la. Tunjuk kat ceruk kampung mana tah. Takyah kat Kelantan, suma negeri pun ada. But like i said, it's more to political issue. Yang aku kagum ialah iklan2 kat billboard. Suma ada tulisan Jawi! Iklan telefon, kasut, bank.. suma ada. Bleh buat pun kan? So to those-you-know-who takyah kata la takleh nak martabatkan tulisan Jawi. Gambar pompuan kat billboard plak suma pakai tudung. Tu yang aku tengok around bandar Kota Bharu la. Tempat lain aku tak tau. Apa2 pun, Kelantan memang ok. :)

Yang paling best kalu outstation ni ialah bleh haul barang yang dah susah nak jumpa/sold out kat KL. Kenapa? Tak percaya aa? Haha. Check it out..

Captain Needa. Akhirnya berjaya dapat kat Parkson Kota Bharu Trade (shopping complex baru buka). Wave ni tak banyak kat KL. Kalu jumpa pun sure mamat ni dah gone. Kat sana wave ni tak terusik langsung. Siap discount 10% lagi.

Haul yang tak disangka2. Baju Nightmare Before Christmas. Original tu. Beli kat kedai bundle pasar malam Kota Bharu. Aku ingat mesti dalam RM40 - 50 (rate KL) pasal bungkus dalam plastik. Tapi RM20 ja. Terus angkat!

Kat belakang tab ada tulis Jun Planning. Company Jepun yang ada license untuk NBC.

Hasil shopping kat Rantau Panjang plak. Ni memang wajib dah. Kalu pi negeri yang dekat ngan sempadan tak sah la kalu tak beli jeans, hehe. Aku angkat Big E & 501 yang kepala kain.

Yang ni plak aku suka design dia. Crossover Sanrio & A Bathing Ape. Baju siam daa, haha. RM14 ja.

Ni kes kempunan takleh beli sport sandal Teva. Sebelum pergi Rantau Panjang, aku jumpa sepasang Teva kat pasar malam Kota Bharu. Tapi driver opis aku kata kat Rantau Panjang bleh dapat lagi. Banyak choice. Aku pun tak amik la. Tapi sebenarnya kat Rantau Panjang dah pupus sandal Teva tu. Aku tanya suma kedai diorang kata dah lama. Tadak stock lagi. Dem. Keciwa aku. :( So aku settle down ngan sandal Reef ni ja la. RM7.

Haa.. tu ja kot. Next month kalu jadi pi Sabah & Sarawak plak, yeah! Cuti2 Malaysia, haha. :P

2009-10-13T19:16:00.007+08:00

1:6.. TERJEBAK (KEMBALI) KAH AKU?

Sejak dari pas Raya Posa aritu aku dah teracun ngan CIA Operator keluaran Very Hot (VH). Sebelum ni Navy SEAL CQB (VH) aku berjaya bertahan. Tapi kali ni takleh dah. Memang dari dulu lagi aku suka ngan geng Special Ops ni. Mula la terpikir.. nak layan 1:6 plak ka? Dulu aku dah terjebak, tapi terpaksa hold pasal sebab2 berikut:

1) Tadak geng nak layan skali (kurang racun :P).

2) Barang yang aku cari agak susah nak dapat time tu.

3) Cost yang agak "mencabar" (time tu tak pandai cari yang murah lagi).

4) Clash ngan Star Wars (focus konon).

Tu la alasan dia. Kenapa? Tak percaya? Haha. Setelah berbincang ngan beberapa orang ahli mesyuarat tingkap (yang juga meracun), aku nak hold Star Wars jap & layan 1:6 plak. Tapi aku tak collect suma military la. Just Special Ops & kit bash.

Maka ngan itu.. Project Casual SDU (Special Duties Unit) aku dah diaktifkan semula, yay! :D Sebenarnya dulu aku nak sangat kit bash casual SDU ni. Tapi ada 1 kes, accessories yang aku beli online & pos ke opis hilang! Dem. Aku beli jeans & t-shirt putih yang ada tulis Hong Kong police. Time tu nude body ada 2. Frust punya pasal & ditambah ngan alasan2 kat atas tu, aku jual abis barang2 1:6 aku. Yang simpan cuma 2 figure SDU in complete gears. Tapi bermula dari last week aku dah mula cari semula barang2 tu. Dah haul & pre-order pun, hehe.

Jeans for my casual SDU.

Cargo pants with belt. Already thinking of PMC (Private Military Contractor), hehe.

T-shirt & 1 hole balaclava.

CIA Operator from VH. Dah pre-order. Ujung bulan ni dapat. :D

Pakaian fully sponsored by Adidas? Hmm.. baik beli sebelum VH kena sue, haha.

2009-10-06T11:19:00.013+08:00

EQUILIBRIUM.

Movie ni release tahun 2002 tapi aku tau tahun 2007 dulu. Ada sorang kawan kata best. Cam Matrix, tapi tadak hype. Underrated? My kind of movie, hehe. Dah lama cari dvd ni dan akhirnya bulan posa aritu jumpa kat kedai "lanun" favourite aku di Amcorp Mall. :D

The director.

Kurt Wimmer.. tak penah dengar pun. Tapi sebelum ni dia adalah director Ultraviolet & writer untuk Street Kings, The Recruit & The Thomas Crown Affair. Not bad.

The cast.

Untuk peminat The Dark Knight, korang kena tengok. Christian Bale.. yup, dia adalah hero( Cleric John Preston ) dalam movie ni. Rasanya time ni dia tak famous lagi kot. Taye Diggs( Cleric Andrew Brandt ) jadi musuh Bale. Ada 1 kebetulan untuk Prison Break.. William Fichtner( Jurgen ) & Dominic Purcell( Seamus ) pun ada. Diorang jadi gang rebel. Sean Bean( Cleric Errol Partridge ) yang jadi Boromir dalam LOTR pun ada gak.

Cleric John Preston.

Cleric Andrew Brandt.

The story.

Timeline movie ni adalah pas World War 3 di Libria. Pemimpin2 dunia masa tu rasa manusia dah takleh survive kalu ada perang dunia lagi. Untuk create dunia yang aman, diorang perlu hapuskan 1 benda iaitu perasaan. Bagi diorang perasaanlah yang membuatkan manusia kucar-kacir & huru-hara. So suma benda yang ada kaitan atau bleh stimulate perasaan cam muzik, lukisan, novel.. akan dimusnahkan.

The world of Libria.

Libria diperintah oleh Tetragrammaton Council. Suma rakyat Libria kena ambil sejenis ubat nama Prozium untuk halang diorang dari "berperasaan". Kira idup kat Libria ni memang bosan tahap dewa la, haha. Tetragrammaton Council plak diketuai oleh Father. Dia tak penah kuar jumpa rakyat tapi gambar dia bagi ucapan/propaganda ada merata tempat/skrin. Ni kira hypnotise la. Diorang tubuhkan 1 skuad khas iaitu Grammaton Clerics untuk hapuskan suma jenis benda perangsang perasaan & sapa yang memiliki/melindungi benda2 tu. Geng rebel yang tinggal di luar bandar masih simpan & kumpul benda2 tu. Grammaton Clerics diketuai oleh senior Clerics iaitu John Preston. Suma Clerics ada skill Gun Kata( sejenis martial art dalam movie ni ). Dia ni memang tadak perasaan abis sampai bleh biar bini kena hukum mati sebab "berperasaan". Pastu tembak partner( Partridge ) plak pasal baca novel. Memang hati kering btul. Later dia dapat partner baru( Brandt ) yang gila pangkat.

Prozium.

1 hari Preston lupa suntik Prozium & mula rasa lain macam. Dia selamatkan sekor anak anjing dari kena bunuh ngan polis( anjing pun kira benda yang stimulate perasaan gak ). Pastu bunuh 1 team polis untuk selamatkan anak anjing tu. Dia dah mula "berperasaan". Brandt sedar perubahan Preston & nak perangkap dia. Preston plak mula suka ngan Mary, perempuan yang dia tangkap & tengah tunggu masa untuk hukuman bunuh. Pastu dia discover sesuatu yang baru dalam diri & mula cari geng rebel melalui Mary. Diorang plan untuk musnahkan suma kilang Prozium & guling pemerintahan Tetragrammaton Council. Preston request untuk jumpa Father. Tapi kena perangkap plak ngan Brandt. Diorang dah tau dia contact ngan geng rebel. Pastu mula la aksi2 hebat Gun Kata. Ending? Korang kena tengok sendiri la, haha. :P

The cool factor.

Selain dari aksi2 Gun Kata yang supercool, aku suka ngan costume dalam movie ni. Clerics pakai trench coat hitam cam dalam Matrix. Pastu suit color putih masa Preston pakai untuk jumpa Father. Costume security pun cool gak. Trench coat hitam ngan helmet full face. Yang pakai color putih pun ada gak. Guns.. lots of guns. Memang best. Suma real & bukan direka untuk movie. Ni adalah berdasarkan special features dalam dvd yang aku beli, hehe. :D

Aksi2 supercool Gun Kata.

Pakaian security.

Aku suka & highly recommended movie ni. Rasanya dulu tak masuk wayang kot. But like i said, it's an underrated movie. Tak ramai la yang tau. So silalah pegi beli dvd atau download. Aku gerenti korang puas hati. ;)

2009-10-02T08:49:00.003+08:00

CARNAGE.

Ni adalah dari siri Spiderman Classics: Heroes & Villains keluaran Hasbro. But there's nothing new or improved since they reused( again ) the Toy Biz mold. Actually this one 1st came out in the Sinister Six boxset( Toy Biz ).

Carded.

Front.

Back.

Close up. Mata cam Venom McGargan( sila rujuk review yang lepas ya ) gak. A bit silverish. Body pun ada cam kilat2/sparkling skit.

Why i like Marvel Legends( Toy Biz mold of course ).. finger articulations! Check it out. :D

Toe articulation.

Accessories: 2 web-trap. Bleh lilit/ikat kat badan Spiderman. Bleh la. At least something kan?

Mari membelasah Spiderman.

Tag team with Venom. Warghh!!

Overall Carnage memang best. High play value. If you collect Spiderman, than this one is a must. But actually i prefer the one from Spiderman Classics series 8. This one the mouth is a bit gummy/slimy. Yang lagi 1 nampak gigi/taring. Ganas skit, haha. Tapi yang ni pun dah puas hati. :)