SOCCER FOOTBALL WORLD CUP 2010 in South Africa

Ah its that time again to go football crazy ! Once every four years the whole world joins in to enjoy the "Beautiful Game" of football or soccer as it is known in some countries. All the world's greatest players unite in their home countries to battle our for the treasured prize known as the World Cup. This round it is being held in South Africa in June 2010. 

Check out the latest news on the official FIFA website here



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STARGATE ATLANTIS : The ANCIENTS CHAIR

One of my favourite TV series is STARGATE ATLANTIS, a spin off of the STARGATE : SG1 TV Series. In this series the STARGATE team ventures into the Pegasus Galaxy to further explore the STARGATE Universe. Finding the abandoned Ancients facility of Atlantis, they explore more worlds in the STARGATE Universe and encounter some old foes like the Replicators and some new ones like the Wraith.

Helping in the defence of Atlantis is the Ancients Chair which powers some of the most powerful weapons, the ancient drones which have enormous firepower capable of destroying even the most powerful space ships. Powered by those with the ancient genes, those who pose this can control these drones to take down any attacking force. John Sheppard, our hero posses the Ancient gene and is one of the primary defenders of Atlantis.





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Diamond Select has recreated this crucial piece of accessory which matches great to the STARGATE figures and makes for a great addition to any collection for diorama creation and posing.
 

You would have had to purchase 4 different figures to combine the pieces included with each to build the Ancients Chair.

Quick Guide to Buying on eBay and online

I noticed that a lot of buyers seem not to use a little common sense when buying on eBay or any other online sites. Since you cannot physically handle the item you wish to purchase it is important that you actually read through the description of the item on sale and not base your purchase or bid on the picture or title alone.

Since the picture is open to interpretation and the title may be limited to the number of words that can be used, the description will provide all the specifications for the item that you are looking at. A good description will give you information on :

• State of the article 
• MOC - Mint on card
• MOSC - Mint on sealed card
• NM - Near mint
• Loose - item by itself without the box / package

and so on

• Any accessories or other items that are included in the sale. This is particularly important as it will tell you what you are getting.
• Color (if relevant)
• Size
• Condition - New, Used, Display unit etc
• Shipping conditions
• Countries that are shipped to
• Countries that are not shipped to
• Shipment services available
• Shipment costs and handling charges
• Shipment processing times
• Shipment estimate delivery times

etc.


If it is an international shipment which has been stated to take approximately 14 days to reach you, don't start worrying after 3 days. It is physically impossible for an international shipment to be fasted the a domestic shipment. International shipments will need to :

• Go to an international departure point in their country
• Travel across the globe (air obviously will be faster then land / sea mail )
• Clear customs in your country
• Depend on your local postal service to transport inland from the port of arrival to your location

The speed of all these depends on the postal service in your respective countries. Some inland postage will actually take much longer then the actual international journey. You will need to refer to your local postal service for delivery times. You can refer to your local post office website if they operate one in your country such as :

• www.usps.com for the United States
• http://track.royalmail.com/portal/rm/track?catId=500185&mediaId=22700601&keyname=track_home for the United Kingdom
• Other countries can refer to here to locate your local website

http://www.postoffice.com/

The GREEN LANTERN CORPS lands in Penang

The GREEN LANTERN CORPS finally arrives in Penang, consisting of :

• Hal Jordan
• Katma Tui 
• John Stewart
• Kilowog

 Finally I have this cool GL collection. Looking forward to adding more corp members from the DC Universe.

The Collect and Connect Kilowog especially is a cool addition with his enormous size, he towers over the rest. With the addition of the ring constructs as accessories, this makes for an awesome display.

Wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year of the Tiger !

Wishing everyone a Safe, Happy and Prosperous 

Chinese New Year ! May you have a roaring Tiger year !

Iron Man 2 movie tie in figures preview

Seems like the figures for the Iron Man 2 movie are starting to come out. I found these on Action Figures Pictures and boy do they look cool ! Can't wait for them to reach here. Come on Hasbro...get these in quick !

Check out more pictures on the Action Figures Pictures website here.

DC Universe DARKSEID Collect and Connect arrives in Penang !

The ruler of Apokolips, DARKSEID is here in Penang. With his killing glove, he is ready to take on any of DC Universe heroes. Has inter-changeable hand and stands almost 9 inch high and towers over any of the heroes except may be Killowog.

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The killing glove was designed by Desaad is just like it's name...the ultimate weapon for the ultimate evil ruler. BTW Desaad is also part of this DC Universe wave.  Awesome sculpt and height is imposing when put together with the rest of the range. Wave 12 rocks !
Thanks to Action Figure Picts for the below. Check them out here