Archive for October, 2008

Hot Toys The Dark Knight – Two-Face/Harvey Dent

Hot Toys continues to blow us away with their attention to detail. And this upcoming Two-Face figure is nothing short of amazing. It looks great! Can’t wait to have it in my hands!

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Masterpiece MP-08 Grimlock and Mickey Mouse TF

Finally! Pics of the much anticipated Masterpiece Grimlock. Looks pretty damm cool. And with the higher price point, I expect a bigger figure than that for MP-01 Optimus Prime. Cute that they added the ‘waiter’ tray thingy. Those would remember that scene from the G1 animated series. Can’t wait to see the close up coloured pics.

Then comes Mickey Mouse TF. WTF?!? Where did this come from? shesh,, I’ll most probably get it for its novelty factor. But this is a weird one. :P

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Matt Trakker from MASK Making a Comeback!!

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Most kids from the 80s would remember the cartoon and toy series called MASK, the series focused on characters who had the coolest vehicles and Masks which had powers. MASK were the good guys and VENOM were the evil fellas. The leader of MASK was a popular character called Matt Trakker.

Matt was the leader of MASK and your stereotypical leader guy. The Captain America of the bunch who gave orders. Matt raised his son Scott apparently alone (the fate of Mrs. Trakker was never revealed). Matt, his brother Andy and Miles Mayhem were the creators of the original masks before Miles betrayed them and took half of the masks for evil purposes. Matt had several different masks and vehicles. With Rhino he had the Ultra-Flash mask; Thunderhawk begat the more famously known Spectrum which has such super vision; Volcano came with the LavaShot mask; and Goliath had Matt using a mask known as Shroud which created a smokescreen. - Mask: The Web Page

Hasbro will be releasing Matt Trakker as part of their GI JOE series. Due to Hasbro losing the copyright to the name Matt Trakker, he is called Specialist Trakker. heh But he retains the familiar looking uniform and mask that we are remember. Could this be the start of a MASK revival? Below is Hasbro’s description of the new figure as well as the pics,

SPECIALIST TRAKKER leads a secret unit which develops ordinary-looking vehicles that convert into advanced combat vehicles. Joining forces with the G.I. JOE team, the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand (M.A.S.K.) team battles V.E.N.O.M. (Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem), the unit COBRA® formed to construct its own converting vehicles. SPECIALIST TRAKKER uses his next-gen technological devices to preserve peace throughout the world and stop the corrupt forces that are using the same technology to amass power in a quest to control the world.

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Notice the MASK logo on the package? Cool!

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Lastly, a pic of the classic Matt Trakker. :P

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‘We Can Be Heroes’ National Day Video 2008

Much better than the official song on TV, this was produced by the National Heritage Board. Featuring a pretty cool tune and a much better MTV.

Fan’s Project Ultra Magnus TFX-01 City Commander

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Fan’s Project came out with a beauty in this custom made Ultra Magnus Amour add-on to Classics Ultra Magnus/Optimus Prime. Fan’s will remember Ultra Magnus from the Transformers Animated movie from the 80’s. The G1 toy was basically G1 Optimus Prime repainted to white with Magnus’s trailer as his armour, though he didn’t look that great as compared to the cartoons or comics.

Fan’s Project came up with their own custom made amour add-on for the Classics line Ultra Magnus, which is a white repaint of Optimus Prime. I used my Classics Optimus Prime in the pics as I didn’t want to unbox my Ultra Magnus. Heh. Pics after the jump! :) Read the rest of this entry »

Toy Run

Went down to the Falcon’s Hanger with Shaun yesterday to pick up some stuff I’ve had on pre-order for awhile. Was a pretty good run. Spent a bomb though. heh. Pics of what I got below.

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Hot Toys Michael Jackson

Before he looked weird and freaky, Michael Jackson was the king of pop! I had a tough time deciding if I should pre-order this, but hey, I was a fan years ago. And this looks pretty cool. So why not? Woo hoo!

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Hot Toys Iron Man Mark I, II & III 12 inch Figure

Hot Toys have been spoiling us with the pics of Iron Man Mark II & III. Then out comes Mark I! The figure looks great! and the detail is amazing. I’ll let the pics speak for themselves. :P

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Phuket Pics

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I’m back from phuket! Was a great trip with fantastic weather. It was a blessing as it only started to pour on the last day of our trip. Though Jas came down with a bad case of Food Poisoning on the last day. Lucky it only got bad when we were back in SG. Check out the pics! Click on the pic above to go to the gallery.