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Make no bones

Mega Bloks Pyrates

A photo of Skullforage, Noricorpse and Sublurker from Mega Bloks’ Pyrates line.

Mega Bloks’ line of magnet-powered action figures, Mag Warriors, hasn’t been released locally for some reason. I could always get them through eBay but that’s a really pricey method especially these days.

To give you a current example, I have to pay a total of USD51 for an action figure set costing USD13. That includes the cost of shipping the set from the US to Malaysia via airmail, the commission for the international bank draft I’ve made out as payment and the cost of sending the bank draft to the US via EMS to ensure the seller receives it within a week.

I expect I’ll be panhandling on the streets a few decades from now.

On the plus side, I’ll be the bum with the coolest toy collection.

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By Gobi – Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Elsewhere on the web

Takara Tomy history exhibition.
Meant to commemorate the union of the two companies, the exhibition runs from March 2 to 21 at Parco Shibuya with another exhibition at Parco Nagoya at the end of the month. Note the side by side displays of GI Joe, Henshin Cyborg and Microman figures which is of course wholly appropriate considering how those lines are related.

Lego Metroplex. [via]

Stikfas Mecha.
More custom Stikfas here.

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By Gobi – Sunday, March 5, 2006

Grind

Xevoz Sky Grinder

A photo of Sky Grinder, a figure from the Xevoz line.

Sky Grinder was one of the cooler figure concepts in a cool line. I love the idea of a sky-surfing punk wielding dual blades as he slices and dices away in a turf war over the skies of a futuristic ghetto.

Unfortunately, the figure (or at least mine) was let down by poor manufacturing. The ball-joints — especially those for the knees — were far too loose making this figure as stable as Floppy McFalls-a-lot.

Close examination of the problematic joints revealed some sort of residue on the balls of the ball joints. The factory must have been aware of the poor-fitting joints and tried to layer the joints with some clear liquid (clear nail polish? glue?) in a failed attempt to mask the problem.

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By Gobi – Friday, March 3, 2006

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Hibiki digirama.
300yen candy toy + Reader‘s image manipulation = art.

Addiction and games.
It’s a nice article but I wish the author had addressed the fact some games are designed to be addictive. For further reading, go here. It’s a lot more complicated than the fear-mongers would have you believe.

TM Net: P2P clogging broadband.
To summarise: TM Net is surprised its customers are actually making use of their bandwidth. It’s a pity the reporter neglected to ask about the quality of the company’s service.

Microsoft on OS security.

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By Gobi – Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Sledge

Xevoz Sledge Trooper
A photo of Sledge Trooper, my favourite figure from the Xevoz line. It’s a pity Hasbro didn’t produce more ‘bots for the line.

On a side note, I’m pleased my photos are turning out better these days compared to when I first started. I’m by no means adept at photography at the moment but I at least have a better idea of what I need to do to get the results I want.

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By Gobi – Tuesday, February 28, 2006