New Toys: Last Weekend's Haul

I went out for errands last weekend and ended up getting stranded at this mall I go to. It was raining hard and  I couldn't go home. So what did I do to pass the time? I went toy hunting!  I hit my favorite toy shops that are considered "secondary markets" (something I picked up from Joint Junkie) that sell a mix of brand new and previously-owned toys, most of which have been marked down. The toys these shops I frequent sell mostly stuff from Japan, but one of them sell a lot of US action figures.

That weekend  I found several nice things, but ended up going home with these three cats.

Afro Ken

 Here's another amazing find from the bargain pile.

The School girl

Another gift I got from my cousin last Christmas. Honestly, I don't know what this character's name is. All I know is that it's from the anime, "Inuyasha".

I took this on the same day I took the Inuyasha photo. I wanted to get the wall and a bit of the sky that you see on the background, so what I did was place this figure on top of our car and shoot an an angle below the supposed eye-level of the figure.

Tied-up

My cousin gave this to me last Christmas. He's from Sydney and he was here doing volunteer work so he spent his Christmas with us. I haven't had the chance to take a photo of this up until a few days ago. I was sort of aiming for a more darker approach to this shot-- there would be more shadows and very little light coming through. Maybe I will do that one of these days. For now, though, I am very content with this one.

Photos From The 8th Manila Toycon part 4

Photos From The 8th Manila Toycon

Here are some photos of toys on display that I took at the 8th Manila Toycon last June 13 & 14. More to come!

Happy Easter!!!

I just want to greet everyone a Happy Easter! I hope everyone went home with loads of Easter eggs in their baskets!

These easter eggs contained One-Piece gachas. I got them at SM ToyKingdom, and gave them as gifts at a Christmas party 2 years ago. I bought a total of 5 eggs , I think. Originally, I wanted to place them in a basket lined with shredded paper, to make it look like the eggs are in a nest.

Unfortunately for me, I couldn't find the basket that I wanted so I decided to wrap it some other way. I think I wrapped it in a brown paper bag which I line with some scrap/tissue paper to make it look like I bought it at a stall in the market.

WIN A TOY SHOPPING SPREE @ SM TOY KINGDOM

I was walking through The Block at SM North Edsa when someone handed me a Toy Kingdom Summer catalog. On the back is an ad for one of their promos called "Win A Toy Shopping Spree".

Prizes at stake are over Php 3 million. Every Php 500 single receipt purchase entitles you to join. They will draw 204 winners, and each winner will get Php 15,000 each. You can double your chances of winning when you present your SM Advantage Card, SM Prestige, or BDO Rewards Card.

The promo runs from March 1-April 30, 2009.

To learn more about the promo mechanics, please refer to their posters or visit their website www.toykingdom.ph.

MegaHouse Dagashi Set

I love a good bargain which is why I'm always at 2nd hand toy stores and always on the look-out for sales. I would spend hours going through boxes, bins and racks just to find something in particular, and also spend hours browsing through online market websites like ebay.

I learned about this local online market called Auctions.ph. I can't recall how, but it was before they made their TVC that starred Alessandra De Rossi. Anyway, I was browsing through the site, looking for toys, books and comic books when I came across the listing for this toy set-- an opened box of dagashi miniatures from MegaHouse. MegaHouse is a Japanese toy company that has a big range of toys it manufactures.




It really was a bargain at 75 pesos! I hit the "buy it now" button immediately. Shipping fee was very minimal.

Dagashi is a Japanese shop that sells all sorts of sweets like chocolates, candies and snacks, at a very low and affordable price. These stores also sold cheap toys like tops, marbles, playing cards, etc. and were very popular back in the day. According to web-japan.org, up until the 60's and 70's, every town in Japan had one. You can read more about dagashi here.

I bought this just so I could use it as a subject for photography. But I have since parted with it after I took these pictures. I gave them to my niece  as a going away present.