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    My Saber Netbook Case

    Posted on August 9, 2010 | 9 Comments
    My friend recommended me this site called Arts Cow where one can customize items with an image that he/she uploads. Now, I know it sounds pretty standard since many websites offer you the same services but this one offers you many items to customize ranging...

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    Wonder Festival Summer 2010 Wish List

    Posted on July 31, 2010 | 11 Comments
    Tokyo Wonder Festival or most commonly known as Wonder Festival ((ワンダーフェスティバル) or WonFes (ワンフェス, wanfesu) is an event held twice every year: Summer and Winter. The purpose is to show various garage and/or resin for future releases. At the same time, various sculptors show off...

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  • Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy will be in Toronto

    Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy will be in Toronto

    Posted on April 13, 2010 | 6 Comments
    For those who live in Toronto and nearby area and an avid Final Fantasy series or even a fan of Nobue Uematsu, you may want to mark your calendar on November 27th, 2010 as Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy symphony concert world tour will...

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  • Broken Figures :(

    Broken Figures :(

    Posted on April 10, 2010 | 12 Comments
    My figure wall shelves that I bought from IKEA fell down couple days ago. 2 of my figures become a victim and part of the figures broke -_-;;. Those two are Queen’s Gate Alice and Asa Shigure. Queen’s Gate Alice is one of my rare...

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  • Happy Chinese New Year and Valentine’s day

    Happy Chinese New Year and Valentine’s day

    Posted on February 14, 2010 | 14 Comments
    Today is just happened to be both Chinese New Year and Valentine’s day.  If my memory serves me right, it never happened in the last 10 years. I couldn’t remember when the last time  both Chinese New Year and Valentine’s day were on the same...

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  • January and February Loot

    January and February Loot

    Posted on February 8, 2010 | 14 Comments
    2 greatest loots (arguably of course) arrive on January and February consecutively and both of them are probably my two most expensive loots of this year. I just picked up my Nanoha at the post office tonight and was quite shocked with the custom fee....

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  • 2009 Hobby Expenses

    2009 Hobby Expenses

    Posted on December 31, 2009 | 16 Comments
    2009 was quite an exciting year for us , figure collectors. Quite a few awesome figures from Alter and GSC were being released throughout the year. Not surprisingly, those figures put a big hole in my wallet. However, I managed to hold my self back...

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  • New York Trip Loot

    New York Trip Loot

    Posted on December 28, 2009 | 14 Comments
    My recent trip to The Big Apple (New York City) during Christmas (hence why there’s no Christmas post -_- as I had no internet access) added couple more items to my collection. For some reasons, I didn’t bother to get 2010 calendar but visiting New...

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  • Box is friggin huge ^^;

    Box is friggin huge ^^;

    Posted on December 12, 2009 | 28 Comments
    My Fate-T-Harlaown 1/7 figure by Alter arrived yesterday. It’s been a long wait for us, figure collectors, especially any Fate fanboys/girls out there.Delay after delay, does it really worth the price and the delays ? Let pictures be the judge. I think the box is...

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  • Saber…..Saber……Saber……and……Saber

    Saber…..Saber……Saber……and……Saber

    Posted on October 14, 2009 | 18 Comments
    Did I just say Saber ? A small package of loot arrived just before I left for Vancouver last month. These were more like an impulse purchase rather than a “very carefully planned” one. The lucky blogger to be blamed this time is no other...

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