February 2007

It’s been a week since my last post, and this one is going to be the longest post so far :D. This is my rant about the availability of authentic anime figurines in here, Melbourne (Australia). There aren’t many shop that sell official anime figurines, and if they do, the price is quite expensive, about double than the original price.

The only shops that I knew sell authentic figurines are Minotaur, EB Games and Hobby Japan (not related to Hobby Link Japan/HLJ). Other shops are selling mostly bootlegged figurines….

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A little bit different with the original one, but I like this one better

Just bought ikea Detolf glass cabinet today, not that cheap, costed me A$179 and another A$25 for the halogen lamp :O, Ikea singapore sells Detolf only S$99 (or around A$89), and Ikea US sells only US$59, don’t know why australia’s one is so expensive ><

The cabinet is very nice, it has magnets on the glass door, easy to build, but… it’s very heavy (45 kg!!!!!), the cabinet stand nicely beside my computer desk going to replace the gashapon with figurine when I get more :p

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it has 3 satchets inside, oil, dried veggie and seasoning powder. Taste is standard, very standard noodle

Type add hot water and wait Size 100 gram Soup taste Not salty, nor sweet Spicyness not at all Fork included Origin China Score

Second parcel from HLJ has arrived this morning, the box is huge, Yuukanalia alone filled 80% of the box… took 19 days shipping (SAL) for the box to arrive, and costed me total of 12066 yen (the shipping cost alone was 1780 yen), around A$133.

The box contained Max Factory 1/6 Yuukanalia priced 6476 yen from Kikou Majutsushi enchanter manga , and I have no idea what is it :p, and Good Smile Company Nendoroid Hetare Saber from Fate/Stay Night priced 3810 yen.

The box

Front look of both figurine

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Been trying to find a good 1920×1200 Fate/Stay Night wallpaper with no luck. So I decided to create one, using photoshop. I put 4 sizes here, feel free to download it

Wide screens:

Non wide screens:

For my other wallpapers, you can check it in my minitokyo site.

And this is what my desktop looks like now, made the icon myself

I’t a parody from byakuya versus renji fight

and for video version

only contains 1 seasoning satchet, and dried veggies & mushroom. the seasoning looked very red and spicy and actually it is really spicy, HOT! big thumb, highly recommended.

Type add hot water and wait Size 114 gram Soup taste salty Spicyness 5 out of 5 (HOT!) Fork not included Origin Korea Score

Look what I’ve found while browsing internet regarding live action Evangelion

It’s a fan made movie. Actually, the live action is being made by Weta workshop, release date is still TBA. And based on that site, the character name will be changed, such as “Kate Rose” (in lieu of Asuka Langley), “Ray” (Rei Ayanami), and “Susan Whitnall” (Misato Katsuragi).

3 pack of sachets, seasoning sachet, dried vegies sachet and Oil (yippy!), the dried vegies also contain green peas Soup tastes like actual pork soup :O overall I like this ramen alot

Type add hot water and wait Size 112 gram Soup taste Not salty, nor sweet Spicyness not spicy Fork included Origin China Score

Photo taken with Nokia 6280

This noodle has dried block of kimchi o_o. Soup taste is nice, it’s spicy and not monoton, has flavour other than just spicy and salty, maybe it’s the kimchi block :D. Another Nong Shim noodle that taste nice

Type add hot water and wait Size 112 gram Soup taste salty Spicyness 4 out of 5 (Spicy) Fork not included Origin Korea Score

This morning (like an hour ago) when I was getting out from my flat, I saw a guy bringing 2 parcels coming to my flat. I waited for him (I’ve guessed that the packet would be my long awaited parcels :D); and it was true

One parcel from HLJ, and another one from JList. I Put the boxes inside my car then I went to work; opened those boxes while I was driving :D.

HLJ box contained 1/6 GSC Saber Holiday Dress version and Saber keychain (which I attached to my car/flat keys :D). The HLJ parcel costed me total of around A$91 (8127 yen), 16 days SAL shipping (27 days total if I count from the very 1st day I clicked process order).

JList box contained 1/6 Alter Saber white bikini. Which took me like more than 2 weeks just to find one (with japanese price and not located in US). Before I ordered from JList, I’ve ordered this one from Angolz for total A$91 (I know it was expensive, but alot cheaper compared to local shop, or US shipping cost..); But 8 days after they received my payment, they sent me an email saying that the item was unavailable anywhere (was in-stock when i ordered, but after I ordered; it became out of stock), I lost A$6 in the process of refund… Luckily at that time JList suddenly had this figurine listed but only 1 in stock, so without thinking much, I purchased this one. All and all, i’m very glad that the figurine I received is original Alter figure (good quality, at least about the same with the one in HappySoda review), with Type-Moon sticker on it. This one costed me total around A$70 (actually A$76 if I add the A$6 I lost from angolz), 13 days SAL shipping (16 days total if I count from checkout day)

boxes photo:

Sabers! GSC Saber has its hologram infront of box, the keychain also has typemoon hologram on it o_o

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This ramen has one of the nicest noodle, it has flavour and coloured orange. ramen only contain 1 seasoning sachet, and dried veggies. no oil BUT this ramen is nice, because i like spicy soup

Type add hot water and wait Size 115 gram Soup taste Salty Spicyness 5/5 Maxxed! Fork not included Origin Korea Score

Photo taken with Nokia 6280

The noodle is quite nice, it’s abit rubbery (i don’t like soft noodle). Some small mushroom, and a sachet of oil which taste nice; but also a pack of dried vegies with small seeds which I don’t really like. overall this ramen is OK, not the best but the soup taste nice (got oil in it!).

Type add hot water and wait Size 117 gram Soup taste Not salty, nor sweet Spicyness not spicy at all Fork included Origin China Score

Photo taken with Nokia 6280

Because I eat this kind of thing alot (like every lunch on my work days…) I decided to make review about things that I’ve eaten

This ramen is very nice, it includes dried vegetables and shrimp-like (maybe real shrimp?) meat! and also 1 thin slice of fish cake
The shrimp meat was very nice, one of the best ramen I’ve eaten so far

Type add hot water and wait Size 115 gram Soup taste Not salty, nor sweet Spicyness 3 out of 5 (Mild) Fork not included Origin Korea Score