Recap of 2008: Top 10 Awards

Year 2008 was a good year for me, at least as a toy collector. I hereby wish to share this past year achievement with all of you in this "award" ceremony. XD

1) Most Dashing Award: Play Arts Final Fantasy VII Advent Children - Cloud Strife w/ Fenrir

For those FF fans out there, who can deny the coolness of Cloud on his Fenrir bike in "Advent Children" ;)

2) Most Exclusive Award: Transformers Alternators - Decepticon Rumble

This is a Wal-Mart exclusive piece that you can't find it anywhere in the local toy shop (correct me if I'm wrong). Rumble in the original Transformers series is actually a cassette tape warrior. In this alternate mode, he turns into a red hot Honda Civic Si.

3) Most Difficult-to-Get Award: Saint Seiya Myth Cloth - Final Bronze Cloth Andromeda Shun

Getting this baby has gotten me into a lot of trouble including searching every corner of the internet & toy shop, plus liaising with the seller. I took about 3 months to get my hands on this from the point of sale.

4) Most Adorable Award: Kaiyodo Revoltech - Danboard

Just look at this figurine, need I say more? (",)

5) Most Prized-Investment Award: Bandai Movie Realization - Batman & Bat-pod

This piece has received alot of controversies such as the batman figure depiction, etc. Nevertheless, due to the movie success of "Dark Knight", it still remain as one of the most sought-for toy with steady price appreciation.

6) Most value-for-money: Saint Seiya Myth Cloth - Poseidon Julian Solo

The God of the sea in Saint Seiya comes with the Poseidon Scales Armor, a red cape for the 'bling bling' armor, his most powerful trident, the royal throne & his alternate royal white clothing. What more can you ask for?

7) Most Touching-Moment Award: Bandai BB Senshi - BB#275 Musha Dragon Monk Nu

A little explanation is needed here for the questionable award title. This piece won the title purely because it concludes my conquest in completing my "Musha Retsuden" collection after so long. Touching~ T_T

8) Most Suprising Award: Bandai Macross Frontier - VF-25F Altoh Custom

The reason why this won the Most Suprising Award is because I never expect myself to acquire any mecha toy that is out of 1/100 scale, until I watched the entire series of Macross Frontier. The series is so great that I bought this 1/72 scale toy without hesitation.

9) Most Memorable Award: SOTA Toys - Street Fighters Vega

When I was young, my first interaction with fighting game was the "Street Fighters II". Of all the fighters in SF2, Vega is one of the most suave-looking yet mysteriously strong & agile character. I even remembered as a boy I even made his claw weapon out of "Pocky" biscuit box & straws. So much for the fun memories..

10) Most "Humongous" Award: Bandai Master Grade Gundam - Perfect Zeong

Definition for "Humongous" - Huge + Monstrous

Just look at the size of the box in contrast with my Gundam RX-78 ver 2.0. Hope i can squeeze some time in 2009 to complete this kit. XD

This concludes my 2008 Award Ceremony. I hope there's a 2009 award ceremony too. XD

Second Stop: Figure Collection

This is one hell of a crazy week for me at work since it's the end of the month. Nevertheless, i took some time to complete my posting on my existing collection, that is my figurines.

1) Saint Seiya Myth Cloth

Really makes people wonder when is this series gonna end. I would really be excited if they decided to embark on projects such as armored police metal jack, shurato, or yoroiden samurai troopers.

As of now I only look forward to complete my hades spectors & poseidon scales collection.

As you can see my collection has jam-packed the top of my wardrobe.

2) Super Imaginative Chogokin (S.I.C.)

I remembered when i first came across this series i was pretty blown away by the artistic interpretation of kamen riders. The edgy-looking sculpture & the various articulation points allows you to pose your super heroes with your wildest imagination. Picture below shows kamen riders from "Blade" series, "Hibiki" series, & "The First" movie. Others include "Garo" series & Ultraman by Super Reborn Chogokin -S.R.C. (a pity that they didn't continue other productions).

Below is my bikers clan. There's Cloud Strife from "FFVII Advent Children", Dark Knight by S.I.C.: Movie Realization, Agito bike and Faiz bike. The next series that I'm aiming for would be "Final Fantasy Play Arts" series.

3) SOTA Toys

I grew up playing Street Fighter and I'm always intrigued by the moves they made. I got my first SOTA figure(centrepiece, SOTA exclusive) thanks to my colleague Desmond. I'm still left with Ken, Akuma, Gouken, Chun-Li, Vega & Balrog to complete my SOTA collection.

4) Others

As you can see, there's only one figure in this category..lol.. I'm looking for Revoltech Dan Board from "Yotsuba&!" series to keep her accompanied. On the left is a drum set kit that i got it from Tiong Bahru Hobby shop. Can't imagine what it will look like when i assemble it and put my S.I.C. "Hibiki" series to it... XD