Thursday, June 19, 2014

June Purchase (2) - DX Musou Saber

Found a Singpost delivery note yesterday night when back from work... So today went over to collect my parcel, the DX Musou Saber!!!!!!!!! This is supposed to be the one part of the birthday gift for my little nephew earlier in the month but could not come in time... Very happy to get this piece from Amazon.com at SGD86.21 only, with free shipping.... Shiok...


Tuesday, June 10, 2014

June Purchase (1) - Gashapon Lock Seed Vol. 10 - Lemon Energy Lock Seed and Blood Orange Lock Seed

Purchased the Gashapon Lock Seed Vol. 10 - Lemon Energy Lock Seed and Blood Orange Lock Seed at CSC this past Sunday... Costly buy at $25 for 2 pieces... But my little nephew should like...


Surprisingly, the sticker for the Blood Orange LS is thinner than the other Gashapon LSs that I have bought, and LED light (when mod-installed) comes out much more... Yeap, I have finished modding the Blood Orange LS with light and Open-LockSeed-Got-Sound function (took a long time because of spring sprung missing, position of extra switch not placed properly, locking piece too tight, etc), but sadly the screws for the Lock Seed cover are so badly damaged that I can't remove them to paste silver reflective tape in the concave cavity... Anyway, it works pretty well... Will wait for a good time to take a video/picture of all the Lock Seeds I have modded... After I have done with the Lemon Energy LS and when I have time... super busy these few weeks...



Also bought a Hello Kitty soft toy for my little niece... At $12, this toy can light up the head ribbons by pressing on its palm...fun... hahahaha.... And a Hello Kitty bubble set at $2.30 (after 205 discount)... These 2 items are purchased at OG...

Friday, June 6, 2014

Update: Restoration (Sounds) - KO Survi-Buster => New Sound and Light

In my previous post on Restoration (Sounds) - KO Survi-Buster, I keep feeling that the "dinosaurish" gun-firing sound does not suit the KO Survi-Buster. Hence, I decide to use 1 of the January-bought Crystal Gunbers (a gun-change-sword weapon from a Chinese anime 《星系保卫战》, a.k.a. 《晶能战记》 (translated as "Crystal Warrior") to use as the sword-gun sounds and light.

Below shows a Crystal Gunber (from my first buy)...


Since the circuit transplant is almost similar to the previous (and boring), I decide to skip the documentation of the process and here is the end result:



Monday, May 26, 2014

May Purchase (4) - Candy Toy Morphin Blaster & Mini Review

Bought a candy toy version of the Morphin Blaster to give to my little niece.... Cost about $9.10...

The front and side of the box... Wah, this lineup includes the Dri-blade as well...


Package inside the box...


Assembled!!!! A neat little toy that is a good shrink-down version of the DX version... almost...


Blaster/Morpher mode... No sound gimmick and the visor cannot rotate like the DX version. The trigger-guard sorts of auto-latch into place when transforming into this mode but has to be manually flipped back when transforming into phone mode...


Back of the Morphin Blaster.... There is even a small sticker for the manufacturing stamp, hahahaha....


There are 2 small missiles included that can be inserted (1 at a time) into the Morphin Blaster, and by pressing the button below...


... the missile can shoot out from it!

Sunday, May 18, 2014

May Purchase (3) - DX Kachidoki Lockseed, Toy Jewellery Set

Gotten a DX Kachidoki Lockseed from CSC today, for my little nephew... Cost $40... Probably will get a dollar or so cheaper if I buy from Taobao.com... but sometimes the condition of the items that were bought from Taobao.com is really terrible... So decided to get this instead... and also saw the gashapon Lockseeds bought previously in another shop being sold at this shop at a much much much cheaper price of $5 per piece... a bit sad... Anyway, I could not resist the temptation and opened the toy to test out the function, especially the hidden Kiwami Arms mode... Strangely, instead of only using the Kiwami Lockseed (yet to be released), this mode can be easily accessed by using a flat piece of something sturdy, push into the key-hole and turn while make sure the little button just inside the keyhole is pressed when the flat piece is inserted. This will flip down the inner plate to reveal the Kiwami Arms stickers... Nice...



Also bought this toy jewellery set at Daiso, for my little niece...

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

May Purchase (2) - Bootleg Crytal Saber, DX Gaburevolver, DX Gaburicaliber, Peppa & George Pig (Stuff Toy)

Haul from Taobao.com came yesterday... A bit disappointed over 65daigou (the local Taobao agent) service seems to dip recently... Anyway, the haul...


Bootleg Crytal Saber
Impulse buy, very very very regret... the blade is crumbling as it is made of rubbery materials, and the plastic used to make the other parts are quite flimsy... Furthermore, the trigger button for sound is simplified to a small little stud... The saving grace will be the tip of handle retains a pressing feature (to activate sound for the original version, but not sure what will come out of this piece as I had not tried it), and also the small animals that can be placed inside the "crystal" ball... Cost about $15.30... Sigh...



DX Gaburevolver and DX Gaburicalibur
For my little nephew....Hahahahaha.... Also regretted... not to have bought another combined set (which i bought earlier at a super good price) earlier... But not too bad...except the boxes are opened... I think likely is the seller cuts off the sticky tape to check for completion of contents before shipping... hopefully... Cost about $150.30 altogether... "Mucha!!!"




Peppa & George Pig (Stuff Toy)
For my little niece, hahaha... Cost about $27.90 for these 2 pieces...


Still has the tags attached... but Peppa's got a little tear at the buttock...Had to sew it back (not sure if it is I torn or is the QC is like that...)

Sunday, May 4, 2014

May Purchase (1) - DX Gokai Belt, DX Dice Saber, Stuff for Little Niece...

Haul from the Branded Toys Warehouse Sales today... Wanted to get a Gokai Spear, but couldn't find one anymore today... Don't feel like waiting longer for the price to drop, hence just stayed there for a short while... Anyway...


DX Gokai Belt
For my little nephew...Only $15!... actually the belt is only worth that price, or less... I mean, it is just a simple belt with straps, and the buckle flips with a press of button.. No other (electronics) gimmick... So how can Bandai sell this at such a high price last time!!! Hmmm...


... nevertheless, this is what I think captures the heart (or willingness to give money to burn) for collectors... the SHINY GOLD-ness!!!!!!!! Hahahahaha.... As 1 Youtube reviewer said "You can't go very wrong with shiny gold chrome..."



DX Dice Saber
Like what I mentioned earlier, I wanted to get a DX Gokai Saber, but there was no more... So in the end, I decide to settle for this... and why not the DX LioBlaster??? Because... Seriously I don't know... Cost $35...



Stuff for Little Niece
And some (aka A LOT of) stuff for my little niece...