September Purchase (7) - Gashapon Ichigo & Nigo Gaia Sound Memory, KR Beast Expansion Rings 20mm, Some Belts...

Collected Taobao.com haul just now... Small buys...


Gashapon Ichigo & Nigo Gaia Sound Memory
Cannot resist the temptation to buy stuff related to KR Ichigo and Nigo... Cost approx. $19.15... Actually ony 2 Henshin sounds, and they are quite similar between KR Ichigo and Nigo... Anyway, may add in lights for them...



KR Beast Expansion Rings 20mm
For my Final Strike Ring... And just in case some more expansion rings are bought in the future... Cost about $12.95, for 5 pieces...



Also bought a big brownish belt for my future LRS KR Orga Belt, and a golden belt for my Shinkenger/Samurai-Ranger Disc Buckle...

September Purchase (6) - Tamashii Stage Act W, DX Barizun Sword, Flower Pot Fan, Etc

Went to the 17th Craziest Toys Sale at Takashimaya again today... and bought more... to give to my neighbours' kids... as well as some for my own little nephew and niece... and myself, hahaha...


Tamashii Stage Act W
Bought this for fun... And also thought of using it as the Maximum Drive part for future Eternal Dagger making... if I really do make one... $5...



DX Barizun Sword
Only $40, it is indeed reasonable for a toy sale, but the price still does not fit into the "Craziest" theme... anyway, I don't think I can get a MISB for this price even through Taobao.com... Tested out just now, the weight is quite a lot for small kid to carry... a bit difficult to pull out the Astro-switch attached, as the release button is a bit far and has to be held pressed while pulling out the Astro-switch at the same time... But the sounds are good!!!



Flower Pot Fan
For use at office... Nice deco too... $5...


Bought some soft toys and also 2 KR LRS (KR Blade, KR Ryuki) belts (at $15 each)...

Re-stickered : Lion Disc vs. Super Samurai Disc

Very happy to get the PR Samurai Twin Battle Gear set... But... Did not feel comfortable with the colours of the Power Discs (Lion Disc and Super Samurai Disc) being wrong... These 2 discs should be swapped (Lion Disc should have a red colour disc; Super Samurai Disc should have a black colour disc)...  So begins the "swapping war"... Hahaha...

Peeeeeel.... and ready to stick...


Done... Looks better, at least more Shinkenger-accurate, hahaha...... I really did not do a good job... the stickers are too sticky, and some surface areas are torn split from the sticky side when peeling off... Luckily manage to keep the damage to minimum... Used a glue stick to stick back some torn split surface areas... Why didn't they just release in correct colours?? ...

Minor Mod - DX Shodophone Soft Sound Volume Issue

If you have bought the DX Shodophone (normally the Bandai Asia version) that have the soft sound volume issue, and you really want to increase the ridiculously soft sound volume, you might want to try the following AT YOUR OWN RISK:

(1) Open up the DX Shodophone and get to the circuit board.
(2) You will see a SMD resistor R4, which is recognizable as a little small black piece with "R4" printed beside it.
(3) Connect (solder) a wire as shown in picture below. This is to bypass R4 and let current (signal) from the processor (sound chip) to flow straight into the speaker.


I tried to change the speaker initially, after reading from some website that this will work, but it seemed to fail... Then realised there is a resistor before the speaker path, so decide to try... It works!!! My DX Shodophone now is having a sound volume similar to that of the typical DX toys... Nice... Maybe a bit too loud... Will do the mod to my little nephew's DX Shodophone, which he had brought home to play earlier...

September Purchase (5) - DX Shodophone, Go Busters Gear Narikiri Set, Lovelitchi & Hapihapitchi PlushToy, (Mega Block) Hello Kitty Pink Convertible Set, Licca Chan Princess Cinderella Set, Old Fashioned Phone Coinboxes

Went to Takashimaya today to have a look at the 17th Craziest Toy Sale... A little disappointed, no Wolverine claws... hahaha... and saw quite a few of the so-called "scalpers"... Quite a lot of people snapping up the Light-sabers at $20 each... luckily I am not really interested to buy... Gotten a few other good buys though...





DX Shodophone
Very very happy to see this!!! Quickly grab 2, 1 for my little nephew and 1 to keep.... then when de-tombing them, realised that 1 could not work, due to oxidation stuff built up caused by the leaked batteries that are already inside the toy... Luckily after some cleaning and opening up to clean the inside buttons contacts' switches, it worked... And of course, super super super low volume came out of the speakers... Read on 1 website that the remedy is to change speaker, not sure if will work but will try after posting this... Cost $25 each...

Edit: Changing speaker does not work... However, found another way... See next post...




Go Busters Gear Narikiri Set
Hmmm.... Gotten this is because the other gears (morpher watch, binocular-sword) are either not sold, or very expensive ($30 or $35 for the camera-gun...) This costs just $25, and the morpher watch can make quite a lot of sounds, including a basic standby-henshin sound and a henshin sound... Yes, not for me...




Lovelitchi & Hapihapitchi PlushToy
Bought these 2 little Tamagotchi plush toys for my little niece, at $5 each...




(Mega Block) Hello Kitty Pink Convertible Set
For my little niece too... cost $10... Build build build...



Licca Chan Princess Cinderella Set
...and also a Licca Chan Princess Cinderella set for my little niece... got a DVD to let her watch... Cost $19...



Old Fashioned Phone Coinboxes
Last buy of the day, a pair of old fashioned phones that are actually coinboxes... $10 for 2... the wheels do not rotate though, a pity...



And a free gift from the Sale...

September Purchase (4) - DX Wizard Sword Gun, Various Soft Toys

Collected the DX Wizard Sword Gun at Robo Robo today... Nice buy, at $85, it is so much cheaper than those on eBay or Taobao.com... but of course I have to pay extra $2.60 more... for parking... Very friendly staff over there, and lots of toys... Sigh, spent a lot this month, but what to do, my little nephew had wanted this for a long time and Taobao.com prices only goes up and up...





Went over to Chinatown to buy some moon-cakes, and then head over to CSC after that... Very different from the busy scene on Sundays, hahaha... Bought some soft toys for my little niece... Total cost $24...

Kamen Riders W and OOO - Meet & Greet 2013...

Leisure strolling at HDB Hub in the afternoon... around Popular area... Hmmm... hmmm???!!! Familiar figures... Kamen Riders go to Popular to buy stationeries or Philips need to get a book which he can't find in his library???!!!


Hahaha.... It is only 1 of the Kamen Riders Meet and Greet session, featuring KR W and OOO. More details at Bandai South Asia website...


My nephew had a great time waving, shaking hands, taking photos and hi-fiving the Kamen Riders... Took a few pictures of them too!

Shelf Display...

Finally figure out the "magnet" refers to the feet has a magnet to secure to the stand which has a small piece of metal... Did not put in the purple KR Kuuga...


KO Lego Superheores!!!!! Super nice pieces to display!!!!! A closer look at them, first up, from DC series - Superman and Batman... Actually Batman is the one that causes me to buy this type of figurine, all thanks to the Lego Batman movie... hahaha... And yes, Batman's helmet can be pulled off to reveal a botak (bald) head with a white headband that becomes his white eyes of the helmet when worn..


Next are the Marvel series - Captain America, Thor, Iron Man... Iron Man also has a helmet consisting of the back piece and face mask to put on Tony Stark's head...


... Hulk, Wolverine, Spiderman... Hulk is ... weird... The toy maker did not paint his pants on the sides of the leg parts, making him look like he is wearing g-strings with 2 flaps of cloth on the front thighs... anyway, looks good from front...

September Purchase (3) - DX Wizard Ring Cho Magic Battle Set, (loose) Gashapon Liquid Ring & Light Ring, Gashapon Burakawanii Medal Set, KO Lego Superheroes Figures

Collected the latest Taobao.com haul...

DX Wizard Ring Cho Magic Battle Set
The latest ring set so far from KR Wizard series (1 more set comprising of the Mage-Change ring, Sabbath Eclipse Ring and Final Hope (???) Holy Ring coming out soon), specifically the summer movie one. Have not seen the movie yet, but this should be the finisher rings KR Wizard and Golden Wizard Sorcerer using... I tried scanning the Infinity Ring on my White Wizard Driver first, and then when scanning these 2 rings they make the driver produce more sounds... anyway, will split the rings will my little nephew, hahaha... Cost is about $22.90...


(loose) Gashapon Liquid Ring & Light Ring
Also gotten 2 loose Gashapon Liquid Ring and Light Ring... Got some blemishes, but still ok... Cost is about $9.35 for both rings...


Gashapon Burakawanii Medal Set
Already given these 3 medals to my little nephew... He loves them, hahaha.... Cost is about $17.60...


KO Lego Superheroes Figures
KO Lego figures!!! Hahahaha.... Past month or so was watching the Lego Batman movies, and read online that the legit DVD (or Blu-ray) comes with a small LEGO Batman figurine... So searched in Taobao.com and found these... Cost is about $20.75 for all 8 pieces... Works out to be only about $2.60 per figure... Nice...


Back of the box showing all 8 figures... Should have ask the seller to discard the boxes, will have save some on shipping...


The figures are packed un-assembled, and comes with a pack of about 2 cards showing the stats (?) as well as a platform ...


Paper Car Model Kit
Cost is about ... Hey, its free...

September Purchase (2) - DX Fusion Switch and Big Ring Set, (free) Gashapon Blizzard Ring

Order from eBay arrived... with free gifts...

DX Fusion Switch and Big Ring Set
Costs SGD$21.24... considered as cheap... and good seller packs it very nicely, and also sends in free gifts... Actually Fusion Switch has not much playability, just a few sounds, and no lights... anyway, it has been what my little nephew wants... And also I get to exchange this new DX Big Ring with his Gashapon Big Ring... Hahaha... He likes the silver rim of DX version... Now I am lacking a 20mm ring adapter...


Gashapon Blizzard Ring
It's free!!!! Seem the light from the LED is not so bright... Seller did include a Japan anime movie promotional poster-phamplet of sort, but sadly my mum accidentally threw away...

September Purchase (1) - Rebuys, ZeroLiner - Drill and Naginata, DX Shogun Buckle, Hydro Bow and Forest Spear Set, Yume Chan Doll, Hello Kitty Pouch and Halloween Doll, Gutzy Patches

Went to the Branded Toys Warehouse Sale at Eunos Warehouse Complex today... And bought a lot of things... Firstly, the rebuys...

DX Climax Phone
3rd time buying as realised my little nephew's old one seem to have 1 horn stuck when flipped out... Just in case... Cost is $5...


DX Decade Driver
3rd time buy too... Decide to get another to replace my little nephew's worn out one... especially the cards... Cost is $20...


Legend Rider Series (LRS) Faiz Driver
2nd time buying...with the intent of painting it into an Orga Belt, hee hee.... Cost is $20 too... There are also other LRS belts, eg. KR Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Blade...


Super Samurai Rangers Battle Gear Twin Pack
2nd buy... I actually intend to go OG to buy as the OG booklet states it is selling at $29.95... Lucky did not go... because this cost only $18.00 !!!!!! Super cheap!!!!Hahaha...


Some other buys too...

Action Liner Series: ZeroLiner Drill, ZeroLiner Naginata
Can you believe this? Both are selling at $3 each! A pity the DenLiner type only has the Kintaros one, else will also buy...For my little nephew...


Samurai Rangers DX Shogun Buckle
Cost is $10... $10? Yes, $10!!!!! Hahahaha.... The "Beast Driver" of Samurai Rangers series, I believe both belts are designed by the same team/designer... For my little nephew...


Samurai Rangers - (Non-DX???) Hydro Bow and Forest Spear Set
A repackaged verison of the same items as in Shinkenger series... This used to hit a record low of $12 (or $10???) in OG... Luckily did not buy... now cost only $5... This comes with the big disks meant for the Shinkenger (Japanese) and not the smaller sized Samurai Rangers (American) version. But even so, there are no sound nor lights feature, so I thought they might not be the DX... very small in size too... For my little nephew...


Takara Tomy Yume Chan Doll
It's supposed to cry when u give it vaccination!!! How ... weird... (the water in the syringe is transferred to the eyes of the doll...) not sure if my little niece will like it or not... Cost is $25...


Hello Kitty Pouch and Hello Kitty Halloween Doll
For my little niece... Cost is $5 each...


Gutzy Patches
It is a free gift...



Over spent but glad to find some of the stuff... especially the Battle Gear Twin Pack and LRS Faiz Driver... Next warehouse sales will be around end November, according to the make-shift posters at the warehouse...