An Alien Life of Starboykb

Sugo! LED Shooting Studio for Hobbies L (Premium) is a new replacement for my Orangemonkie Foldio2. I find the Foldio2 stickers that hold the magnet starting to peel off after less than one year of usage and the wrong guideline for putting up the two led lights positioned at the front. Not to mention, I was screwed over after purchase, they announce an improvement and better version of Foldio2 with almost the same price. I decided to stop looking at Orangemonkie products and search for an alternative. The retail price is 6,480 JPY, which is cheaper than Orangemonkie Foldio2 Plus depending on the exchange rate for JPY. For this purchase, I am using a discount coupon for the PO to lower the price further. But do take note that, the single-item shipping fee is quite high for the portable photo studio, especially for those of us who only have the DHL option. This is why I hold out for so long (starting in June) to get it shipped until last month.

  It’s been a while since I haven’t crowdfunded anything after the COVID pandemic for two years. The Last of the Seekers: Robot Toy was a last-minute decision to join after reading positive work about Patrick. I only pledge the USD 95.00 for Robot Toy & 22 pg Comic Book (G2) . To be honest, I am interested in pledging for the Alpha Big Box but it is a lot of money (USD 299.00) so best to stick with a safer investment first. The Seeker colour I choose is green, purple, black and yellow because the vibrant colours look really good on the toy and always wanted to have one display together with the Transformers. If the toy does well, I might get the Botcon version which has Starscream colours and may happen to get extra kinds of stuff from it. What you see in the image is still a 3D-printed prototype toy. They will be improved and manufactured with the help of Ramen Toy whom I never heard of. The target release date will be on May 2023 so I am looking forward and a review of the d...

This is very upsetting to find myself paying such a bad deal. Never crossed my mind there are no figures at all in the first place and that only getting exclusive helmets. The descriptions were not clear (it’s now updated) and put up the image with the first and second lots with figures. Before I proceed with the purchase, I also drop an email to inquire about the images just to confirm if I am getting any figures from the lot plus helmets. Well, one of them told me we will be getting either two lots with all 8x exclusive helmets. So what does this tell you? We are getting figures with helmets, right? Now, it’s nothing.   The price of box 2 cost HKD 980, which is a lot for just 8 exclusive helmets compared with other bundles that come with random figures valued at HKD 752. If I knew there are no figures or they choose to correct me on the question above, I would just go for random two figures from W40K Interceptors Set which is a way better value than getting helmets.   ...

Did you know, JoyToy has released over 100+ Warhammer 40k Action Figures in 2022? This is an insane number of Warhammer 40K releases I have ever seen coming from them. Before I even post this, the T’au Empire faction has just up for PO and announced coming in Dec (next month). Not only that, JoyToy recently announced the Space Marine White Scars series too so expect more incoming. No one can imagine what is next again for next week and seriously hope they slow down during the Lunar New Year. At the moment, I am waiting for the Grey Knight's arrival at Gundamit (Show.Z) and going to spend points to bring the price down a little. The exchange rate for the US dollar is still just too strong right now and sometimes reaching the point of closing one eye and cancelling the PO. Yeah, I did look into the Japanese stores. The problem here is that both Ami-Ami and HLJ are not carrying a lot. The older release is not even shown up from June until now so I don’t see any reason to PO there, esp...

Yup, hunting down the older release Transformers Siege WFC lines is kinda tricky when you are not active during those years. I am trying to avoid as much getting online shopping at this time, but when the restock only happens from outside Brunei. You either spend a bit more because no normal postal service available or regret it. Well, I choose to spend more and regret it later.

My emperor, Warhammer 40k release schedule by JoyToy for this year is not stopping. This is just too insane to chase when the USD exchange rate has been rising non-stop lately. My local bank right now today, is asking SGD 1.4428 lately which is just too high for me. I am putting my gas down focusing on Grey Knights and monitoring the daily exchange rate until it start goes down. If the exchange rate is not improving and continue to rise, there will no Black Friday shopping.

Robot Soul Spirit - Full Metal Panic: ARX-8 Laevatein / Condition MISB = USD 60.00 ARX-7 Arbalest / Condition: Open/Used (for photography) Note: Complete, no missing items. USD 25.00 Blaze Raven (Red Version/Limited Edition / Condition MISB = Price: USD 60.00 Blaze Raven / Condition: MISB = USD 50.00 Scepter / Condition: MISB (box damage on the side) = USD 50.00 Payment & Delivery Note: The payment option I can offer right now is either direct bank transfer or Western Union. Do take note that we are unable to receive money from PayPal. The shipping method will be DHL, FedEx, SF Express etc which I know is available in Brunei. I will quote you the final shipping price (in USD). No worry, I got plenty of bubble wrap plastic and quality packing boxes lying around so I will make sure you received them in good condition.

I don’t think many visitors are coming to my blog anymore these days to check out my garage sales after the hiatus of so many years. This is just a tiny gamble since I am having a hard time getting rid of some of my toy collection especially Anime figures and some of the Japanese action figures locally. They are simply too much in dealing with FB lowballers idiots and they are fucking pain in the ass. If you read my previous post, there is no way I am going to sell under the original value out of desperation to get rid of the collection. If any of you (international buyers) are interested in the Anime/action figures and willing to take the risk on me. Do drop me a message and I will try my best to arrange for you guys. Before you click more check out my toys for sales. Here is the information you need to be aware of in advance: The price of my toy's value will maintain reasonable price. The price will be adjusted to USD rather than BND for international buyers. I need to av...

It is quite a while since I shipped something from the US. During the COVID, I was a kinda headache figuring out how to ship out my orders from TF Source after six months expired of keeping them at their warehouse. Luckily one of the local collectors I am friends with told me about a good forwarder service, I was able to get it sorted out. So this year again, I decided to do some online shopping at eBay and look for a great deal while taking advantage of their local free shipping (for some).

It all started with the PC game. From Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate to Dawn of War II, this is where I started to grow interested in the W40K universe and its story (always watched at YT 😂). I always hoped there will be action toys to collect but back then it was all about the tabletop figures. These hobbies are entirely out of the question and are just freaking expensive hobbies to invest in. Not to mention, you need to paint them. Gunpla is a way cheaper investment. Opsss…I hope I didn’t trigger the W40K fans but hey, it’s the truth 😙. Getting the action figures is a different story. When it was first announced that JoyToy got the license to produce Warhammer 40K last year, I was filled with joy and happiness seeing the prototype in June 2021. These guys are well-known and produced high-quality action figures. The size of the figure itself is 1:18 scale, which is smaller than both Bandai and McFarlane current released as a 1/10 scale. The price is also in between the two but JoyTo...

Gosh, what the heck. I have no idea what to blog about these past few days except for being busy sourcing toys on the internet around the world. Even my Gunpla was put on the side for almost a few months without any progress. Seriously WTF is wrong with me. This changes me after moving out of the old house into the new house. My time with Gunpla has been interrupted and much more into doing housework way often. It’s like I don’t even have a single minute to look at it and touch the tools. My Gunpla is piling up non-stop because the locals are dumping their collection cheap, like awfully cheap. For example sake, I got HGUC Xi Gundam just for BND60.00. If you think that was the best deal, well, let me tell you the worst freaking cheap deal I sees last month was two MG Zaku Warrior and PB Blaze Zaku Phantom (Rey Za Burrel Custom) were sold together for BND110.00. Holy fucking shit! 😱 What happens? It’s like these guys are so desperate for money without thinking twice about how much they...

One thing for sure is I am still alive during the worst pandemic we human beings once again have to face on earth. Whenever I am ready to find a new job, shit just gets worse than ever and everyone is struggling to find new jobs these days. Although this is very frustrating, I am still grateful able to continue to keep my job (for now), especially at the age of forty, there will be much more difficult and seeing companies using age tactics. It is understandable they want to lower your current salary. So if you have an opportunity to work overseas. You should take the challenge, this proved that companies from other countries recognize your talent and also, a sort of mitigation against the local companies'. So, the main priority goal in mind is to clear my bank loan. I only need to struggle one more year, and that’s it. I will be free and able to relax. My next move will be to focus on saving money, topping up my TAP/SCP every month, and making sure there is a backup fund in the b...