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:
Payment & Delivery Note:
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 avoid losing too much from the local bank and the Western Union service fee for receiving money.
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.
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 JoyToy price can go beyond Bandai depending on the W40K character and vehicle we are looking at. So far the Outriders bike is expensive, I rather invest in Dreadnought or tanks.
Originally I started with the McFarlane Toys version (only one, phew!) but the quality and painting are meh. There’s no denying that their price is always affordable and does offer a non-painted version for collectors to customize themselves. Too bad, I am not interested and already put up mine for sales on FB. Yeah, I know. The recent teasing first look of Darktide 40k action figures does look amazingly good. Nonetheless, I choose to stay with JoyToy brand. I may consider buying the Bandai version, depending on my budget and the character they intend to release. But I do hope it’s the Blood Raven because they are my favourite chapter of all.
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 are making losses and forgetting how much they paid for the actual value of the toys. If we can receive money from Paypal or other methods. I can guarantee you folks from overseas will get all the toys from us without hesitation. We sell freaking dirt cheap and the increased shipping fee means nothing at all, especially for delivery across the border for Malaysians.
I
get it, you guys either want to get rid of the toy collections
completely or for some, start a family or move on with your life. I
also understand the global pandemic has affected us economically. But
I just don’t see any reason to dump your brand new toy value way
below 60%. This is seriously bad for everyone and those trying to run Gunpla business especially now we are producing asshole and low ballers in the marketplace.
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 bank in case of emergency or ready fund to pay my life insurance until retirement or worst scenario, prepare for another pandemic. I began working at the age of 23 and stupidly loses TAP for 10 years. This is a huge backfire losing so much during that year and having to keep up a bit by topping up both TAP/SCP. You kids, better are not like me. It doesn’t matter if your salary is $300 starting, just make sure you get the local companies to transfer to your TAP/SCP. If your parents are rich and have no worries financially, well, I got nothing to say.
This is the first champion character I wanted to collect from the Grey Knights wave 1 when I first saw it in the W40K: Chaos Gate – Daemon H...
