Coming Soon: Jyuden Sentai Kyouryuger (2013)

It's this time of the year again where we have the preview of next year's Super Sentai team.

Jyuden Sentai Kyouryuger is based on the (obvious) dino motif and utilises batteries as the main series gimmick.

Interestingly, Yellow will not be featured as a regular team member color this time despite the long lasting tradition after Red and Blue.

According to a Bandai representative, this series will be more fun and much lighter in contrast to the darker story-line for Go-Busters which resulted in poor toy sales.

MMPR 2010 DX Dino Megazord?

Was pretty interested in the MMPR 2010 DX Dino Megazord (USA-exclusive) since its sighting in CSC two weeks ago, but was slightly discouraged by the S$120.00 price tag.

So I was at CSC today for a couple of recent releases, and went to check out if the DX Dino Megazord was still available. Turned out that it was, and I managed to reach out and took a better look due to the shift to a lower shelf.

I was quite disappointed that it was not brand new, as the stickers were already applied and the box condition was not that great either. In that case, the price tag of S$120.00 is definitely not worth it no matter how much I wanted to justify it.

Anyway, I asked the shop owner about the toy and was told that it was a consignment. After he contacted the owner, I was told that the best price was S$115.00 so I declined the offer right away.

Honestly, I would have considered buying if the pricing was S$120.00 only for a brand new one. Or if he offered S$100.00 for this one, I might have considered a little but S$115.00 is too ridiculous for something that was already used.

Considering that the DX Dino Megazord was retailing for US$24.99 (approx. S$31.58) in the United States, or following the trend of imported releases at S$69.95 (like RPM and Samurai Megazords), the maximum amount I would justify is around S$30.00 more which is about S$100.00.

Hence, the conclusion is NO.

S.H. Figuarts GokaiYellow with GokaiDarin

Collected the S.H. Figuarts GokaiYellow from Ng's Collections today. My 2nd favourite character from Gokaiger. :)

LoL. The Uncle was so disappointed that I paid the full amount upfront (S$65.00) during the pre-order because he was so looking forward to counting money!

Again, Gokaiger was so popular that people are willing to pay S$95.00 (the non pre-order rate that Uncle is charging) for the figure but why not pre-order it in the first place? That way, you could have saved S$30.00... it's a lot of money!

Since this is an exclusive release, the GokaiDarin is packaged together with the Figuarts so that it can fit into the cardboard box (only for exclusive releases).

Gashapon Ranger Key Series 07 + Rouse Card Archives Pre-Order

[1] Gashapon Ranger Key Series 07

Auntie gave me a S$2.00 discount from the usual S$70.00 price tag (S$68.00).



This set is considerably more expensive than the other ones because the number of Gashapon-exclusive keys are lesser (7 in total). Nonetheless, this Ranger Key collection has no turning back so there is really no point in debating on whether to get it or not. Bandai Japan triumphs again in collector's psychology.

[2] Kamen Rider Blade Rouse Card Archives (Pre-Order)



Pre-Ordered this Bandai Premium Exclusive Set at La Tendo with a deposit of S$100.00.

Damn expensive for a stack of cards but would be interesting to have the official prints of my favorite Kamen Rider Series. Hopefully, the quality would justify the money spent.

A normal person would think that I'm crazy but oh well, working gives the very same person the spending power so... here I am.