There’s just something really beautiful about tilt-shift photography. It’s really amazing how a real life can be depicted as if they were miniatures. And I’m a sucker for miniature stuff. heh More beautiful examples of tilt-shift photography here.
The SAR21 is designed and made locally. The rifle is used by the Singapore Armed Forces and most of you who have gone thru NSF or are reservists would have seen it and even used it in the last decade. The rifle has some good reviews. In fact, Popular Mechanics have voted it one of the Top 5 High-Tech Guns for the Next Century.
As stated in my previous post, I recently scored a custom made 12 inch SAR21 rifle. And it’s locally made as well! 
The rifle is nicely sculpted with some great detailing, knobs, screws, etc. there’s even allowance for the rifle sling if you can find a sling that fits the rifle.
The rifle is light weight and has a sturdy feel to it and it feels stronger than most 12 inch rifles that I have collected. Though I’m not about to test it out to find out how strong it is! heh. Too bad the magazine cannot be removed, but it’s nice to see it is accurately transparent with the rounds showing.
There’s just something about having a 12 inch version of something local that appeals to me. It’s ‘one of a kind’. Enjoy the rest of the pics.
Found out from Shaun that Yellow Box had a custom made 1/6 SAR21 rifle on sale. I’ve been looking out for a 1/6 version of the rifle in the local forums for awhile and it was a no brainer that I had to get it. Furthermore, it wasn’t at an unreasonable price. I’m pretty impressed with the make, the paint job and material used are good. Firm to the touch and won’t break easily. The only thing missing was the rifle sling, but thats a small issue. There was a few more boxes of the rifle left while I was there, so get your’s quick!
I managed to get an SAF No.1 uniform together with matching shoes while I was there. Will be kitbashing it together and will post more pics once done! This is certainly turning out to be a happy Christmas, some pics below.
Went down to TFH today to collect the Macross Frontier DX Macross Quarter. Nice huge box. If you don’t already know, the Macross Quarter is the main battleship in the Macross Frontier series. This figure has gotten some good reviews. Can’t wait to open it when I get back. Will post my pics here when I do. In the meantime, some unboxing pics can be found here.
There have been many beautiful pics taken of Star Wars characters through the years. This collection of photos depicting the planet Hoth is pretty awesome. Even better when you find out how the photographer did it.
From directing Transformers to directing a Victoria Secrets ad. Somehow explosions with nearly naked women appeals to me. Onward to Transformers 3!
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Tokyo by night is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever experienced. It’s buzzing with activity and the neon lights shine brightly in the sky. I just found this photo blog of Tokyo, which is tempting me like crazy! Can’t wait to my trip back there in January. Woot! Less than a month from now!
Information on a new Transformers game for the PC/PS3/Xbox 360 has been leaked. Transformers – War for Cybertron apparently has no links to either the cartoons, comics or movies. Though the designs of the bots is a cross between G1 and The War Within comics.
The game is supposed to be in the ‘Gears of Wars’ style of games and targeting to be released in 2010. I’m pretty excited as it has nothing to do with the movie and it’s a new game world. Best it has elements of G1 and War Within designs. Best! I hope the game turns out good. Was pretty disappointed with the two Movie games that came out.
Some more exciting design pics below. Soundwave looks good!
Every once in awhile a new figure/vehicle is a released that captures the imagination of fans and collectors alike. There have been a few figures that have captured my imagination, figures like Fortress Maximus, the Transformers Masterpiece series and the upcoming 1/2000 Macross SDF-1.
The Millennium Falcon was one such figure that enticed me after reading initial reviews and see the pics, though by the time I had an interest in getting one, it was either sold out at the stores or was selling for a ridiculous price.
Good things come to those who wait, and boy was it worth the wait. Shaun had a feeling that the Falcon would be on sale at Falcon Hanger’s annual sale. So after initially refusing to get tempted and go down to check it out, I went down. Heh and so the story goes. I also managed to get the Falcon Battlepack and Princess Leia a few days later at the China Sq Flea Markets.
My first thought when I opened the box was, ‘WoW it’s really huge!’ It looks so much bigger when it’s out of box and fully set up. I realised mine is the Japanese version.
The Falcon is awesomely detailed. I know there are fan boys who want a more perfect Falcon, but this is pretty damm good. The size is perfect to fit the figures, and best yet, the Falcon comes with lights and audio clips from the movies! Sweet!
Chewie and Han who come together with the Falcon are well sculpted and fit nicely in the cockpit. The lights in the cockpit are also nice touches.
A nice sickbay for Luke to lie on while Leia takes care of him. 
Obi-Wan checking out his Saber skills.
R2-D2 and C3PO having a game while Luke tries to feel the force.
The Falcon is damm impressive, and I’m still having dreams about it. I don’t have space for it on my display shelf, but it’ll sit nicely on my movable table for the moment. Will have to ensure a great display area for it once I renovate my room next year.
I’ll end of with some pictures of the lights the Falcon comes with. With the lights off at night, it just rocks my socks off!
Ok,, I’m an apple fanboy, even if the only Apple products I own is a MacBook Pro and an iPhone 3GS, the only reason by my main Desktop is not a mac, well it’s cause the PC still is king for games. I found this link on Gizmodo that’s hilarious. It’s funny reading quotes slamming the iPhone when it was first announced 2 years back.
The iPhone has been an amazing success over the pass few years. And thats what I like about Apple, it’s a company that designs and builds products ‘they’ would like to own, revolutionising the industry and media sphere as they release stuff.
I thought redman042 said it best in the comments.
I think the real point here is, even though these guys knew Apple was a threat to their space but wouldn’t admit it publicly (of course), none of them could have foreseen the barnstorming success that the iPhone is today. Apple didn’t just change the smartphone industry, it drastically changed 3rd party app development, the music and movie industries, and now, even before the iTablet is a confirmed reality, the magazine industry is bending over backwards and spending millions to be ready for an unconfirmed, potentially nonexistent product. In a nutshell, the entire media world is begging to be Steve Job’s bitch.
Now THAT’s what I call running a tech company.
