2018 July Haul (2) - DX Taddle Legacy Gashat, DX Gamer Driver (Box-less)

Finally found a cheap DX Taddle Legacy Gashat from Taiwan online shop, costs approximately SGD36... Very happy to get it...


Can pair it with the Drago Knight Hunter Gashat to acheive Level 105!!!! Hahahaha...


And partly because I gotten the DX Taddle Legacy Gashat (and previously bought the DX Hyper Muteki Gashat), I also made up my mind to get the DX Gamer Driver box-less version from Taobao, which costs approximately SGD52... Probably I will regret this due to possible lower prices in later future, but well... And yes, I am too lazy to continue on the home-made Gamer Driver, and also yes, I will probably modify my Gashats (not all but at least this Taddle Legacy and Ichigo ones) to let the Hyper Muteki mount onto and activate.... should not be too difficult, I hope...

2018 July Haul (1) - DX Genius Full Bottle, Candy Toy Griffon Ring, DX Kyutama Set 04

Haul from Taobao... Also gotten some 20mm Ring Extender, but did not take pics... First, DX Genius Full Bottle for my little nephew, costs around SGD43...


... candy toy Kamen Rider Beast Griffon Ring, for myself... still missing a Chimera Ring... costs around SGD6... super expensive...


... and a set of DDX Kyutama Set 04, to give 1 of the Kyutama as a birthday gift to a friend... costs around SGD7...

June Haul (1) - Haul from Toys Atrium Fair at Kallang Leisure Park

Bought these at the Toys Atrium Fair at Kallang Leisure Park... Supposedly will end on 10 June... Wanted to get a couple of sets of the OOO medals as I wanted a Taka Medal for display, but it only has the BuraKaWani set...sigh... but the items can be superbly cheap... imagine a DX Wizard Driver with Ring Holder set only costs $12 or $14, can't rememeber, but even $14 is super cheap...


Gotten this Ring Holder to keep together with my standby "Wizard Gear" set... Costs $5... Should have gotten 1 more for my standby "Beast Gear"... maybe will do it next week... hahahaha...


And these are ridiculously cheap at $1 for 4 packs, mix-and-match !!!!!! Did not realized that I had bought the Fourze Astro switches Set 2 and 3 before... anyway, might give them to my little niece if she does not have them... hahahaha.... $0.25 for 1 pack ??!!! It's like literally 100 time cheaper than the price when it came out!!!!


Gotten these DX Zodiart Switches at $3 each,1 for me and the other for my little nephew... will buy 1 more if my little niece wants it... amazingly low price for such item... "Last one..."


And not sure why I bought this... Maybe because it costs only $2... ????!!!!


And in case my little niece did not have this, I have forgotten... Costs $2 only too !!!!! ...


And 3 packs of Yokai Medals (mix-and-match; regardless if they are for Original Watch or Zero Watch... ) for $6 only, and a freebie of Yokai file for the 3 packs purchased... Nice...

May Haul (1) - DX Magma Knuckle, Smooshy Mushies

For my little nephew and niece... oh, price of DX Magma Knuckle set is SGD48, bought at Fujiya Hobby..

Homemade Infinity Gauntlet

My 4th time playing around making stuff with EVA foam but first time painting it... Wanted to make it entirely of EVA foam. but later had to use a cheap welding glove to act as the fingers' structure... Used black colour glass paint to paint as base colour but prove to be a bad choice as the paint is sticky and sticks to each other especially at the fingers and thumb part even when dry. Luckily the acrylic gold paint saves the day when applied... The gems comes with a silver coating that I had to scrape off to allow the SMD LEDs to shine the light through... Not a very good piece but am already very happy, considering this is my birthday present made for myself, hahahahaha...

Modification : Gashapon Full Bottles - Moving Liquid Piece

Quite a simple modification, as no electronics are involved... First, disassemble the gashapon Full bottle... Take note to also remove the screw at the bottom of the twisting cap piece that comprises of 2 parts...


Used a diameter 4.5mm twist drill bit to make a hole through the cap piece...


The 2 parts of the cap piece has to be hot glued together now that the original screw joint is gone... I realized that super glue does not work quite well with this toy's material, not sure why...


Also used the same twist drill bit to trim the hole at the upper rim of the full bottle so that the pin movement will be smooth... Probably this step is optional, but, anyway...


The liquid piece consists of 2 halves and they are joined superbly tight that I cannot pry open without damaging them, hence I had to cut off the 2 pieces of 'spacers' (rectangular pieces with a notch) on both sides of the central stand...


... and slide off the liquid piece... Slightly trim the 2 cut-off 'spacer' pieces if there are a lot of sprues...


... Then hot-glue the 'spacers' back in place . This step can also be done later, after the central stand is cut into 2, as the lower half of the cut central stand also needs to be hot-glued back in place...


Mark out on the central stand piece the end point(s) of the liquid piece when slide up, DO NOT cut at the marked point.


I cut the central piece at about 5mm above the highest marked point, so that the lower part of the cut central stand will still be inside the liquid piece when the liquid piece is slide up... Recommend to cut at 4mm above point, as 5mm will leave the upper central piece a little teeny bit too short (still workable though)... Trim with file r penknife...


The top circular piece of the upper central stand half is cut off, for better range of the liquid piece movement... Trim as needed...


Next is the most tiring part... Trimming the upper central piece to around 4mm in diameter... The central piece has actually 4 long flaps extruding from the central axis to eventually form the rod-like piece. 2 of the flaps are wider and has to be trimmed (cut along the length roughly 1mm away from the edge), and then file to smooth... takes a lot of time and effort as the piece is very small and hard to hold on to when filing...


Once done, test taht the upper central piece can pass through the necessary holes, then hot glue to the correct side of the liquid piece. Keep it as centre and right-angle as possible...


Once done, assemble everything (yeap, you will have 1 unused screw now), and check the upper central piece will not protrude out the cap, i.e. flushed. For this one shown in picture, I actually added a bit of hot-glue on the tip as the piece is a teeny bit too short... Result is quite satisfying, seeing the liquid pieces move like the DX version when activated in the DX Build Driver...

March 2018 Haul (2) - SSGod Goku Kit, Friends Lego Mia Set, Pikmi Pops, Super Squishies My Little Pony and Barbie, DX Hawk Gatlinger 2nd Buy

Was a bit disappointed on my 2nd trip to Takashimaya's Collectible Toys Fair 2018 today, as there are barely any new ( tokusatsu )stuff ... Quite sad to find out that the new Ultraman figurines now no longer have the Ultra-sign at the sole... In the end, picked up a Figure Rise Super Seiyan God Goku kit to add to his birthday presents pool... Costs SGD36...



Also went up 4th storey and picked up some stuff for my little niece... could not find the MLP foam squishies though... The Friends Lego set costs SGD19.90, Pikmi Pops at SGD9.90 each, and the Super Squishies (MLP and Barbie) cost SGD10.90 for 2...




Then went over to The Falcon's Hangar which is quite near (in terms of MRT line), and got myself the DX Hawk Gatlinger for SGD25... This is my 2nd buy, as the first one I gave to my little nephew as he likes it very much... Very fun toy with the machine gun firing sounds!!! Hahahahaha...