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I got hold of a Samsung WEP200 Bluetooth Headset  today. It is really small in size and lightweight. Take a look at the picture below and you will know just how small.

Size and lightweight as it is, it give a clear reception. Standby talk time in manual said about 70 hours while talk time, 4 hours. No complain about the talk time course I don't talk so much. The distance of reception it was written to be 10 meter max.

I pair it to my Sony Ericsson K770i and still it work fine. :)
 

After blogging at Live Spaces for almost three years, I am considering to have my own blog where I can do some customization to my blog.

My blog objective has always been my personal interest. Some of which if you read long enough would know it's toy related. I enjoy doing review and doing up some simple comic shots and scripts to share it with others. Above that, I enjoy sharing some of my old collections and sharing my sentiment of  items, events or topics that are close to my heart.

Don't get me wrong, Live Spaces has been friendly to use and my posts came out in some of the internet searches, some expected while others unexpectedly. It is encouraging to have some regular readers and comments. Thank you for your support that you find what I wrote interesting. :D

I guess I just need some place that I can be more organized or should I said more focus on some topics... like toy... I'll see how things go. Will keep you posted. :)

Pac Man was a hot arcade/video game in early 1980s but do you know they have card game too? This is the game card.


The card looked exactly like the video game maze setting. You play it by scratching the golden coating off to revile what you have encounter. It could be Cherry or a ghost! You have to scratch it in flowing sequent. You are your own Judge of the game. if you want to cheat even after you encounter a ghost, it's all up to you. I bought a pack but only keep one untouch.

The back of the card have printed rules on it. Made in Italy in 1982. From Namco Limited.


Scratching card game was a IN concept in the early 1980s. Stay tune for more Scratching cards later. Yes I do have one more entry to come about that. :)

I got this Landmine sometime ago. Only last weekend I decided to open it up for review.

Packaging
I feel the All-Spark packaging look quite messy don't you think?


This is a Takara version and it come with a All-Spark cube.


So what is the deciding factor? Yes the S$15 offers.


This is how the card really look like without the toy and this is how the toy look like out of the cardboard.


Vehicle Mode
The price was not only factor that trigger my decision. The mold of the vehicle was what I fancy. Here is a 360 degree looks.



Transformation
Landmine transformation really simple. A few steps and you are done.


Robot Mode
This figure has no problem balancing.

It is offer flexibility for posing as well. Since it is a military Robot, let him do some exercises the military way.


Another point that it stand out from other movie series figure is the joints of the hand. Not many movie series have these features.


The Stickers are printed well.


As for the face, it look like those Hockey player's mask don't you think?


The wheels are made of rubber and not plastic. Really worth it.


Accessories
The only accessory for this figure is the machine gun which can be mounted on the top of the vehicle.


How can I end the review without a Comic Strips right? That's how I play with my toys nowadays. :P So here it is.



The more I play with this figure, the more I find it so worth it. :D Until next entry. Bye!

I went down the first day of Comex 2008 after work. I chose to go down on the first day as it was a weekday and the crowd will be lesser than the weekend. In my experience, weekend the crowd and the traffic over at Suntec City will be chaotic. Forget about last day prices, I prefer to have the luxury to browse around at my own sweet time with more space.

I went to different Digital camera booth to try out the camera. I came to one of the digital camera booth and wanted to try out one of them. Generally most of the sales people are courteous but some may not know their product very well which I can understand as some were part-times. While I was trying the camera, I overheard a foreign woman asking for bargain and slowly the volume of her asking became louder and louder and I could not help but to listen. I only would say much of her bargain was Ridiculous.

Customer: "Is this the lowest price?"
Salesman: "Yes. This is the best price we are offering."
Customer: "It still very expensive. Back in my country it selling much cheaper! How come here selling so ex?"
Salesman just smile (Good salesman)
Customer demanded: "It's too expensive. Can ask your boss to give me more discount?"
Salesman: "I'm Sorry but this is the lowest price. Outside this convention, retail does not come at such a price with all of promotional items we are giving away today."
Customer: "Here, look, in your promotion you said this memory card here you thrown in  is worth $30 so obviously you can give me $30 off right? Make it cheaper and I will buy? "
Salesman: "No I can't. I'm sorry"

The bargain carried on for more than 10 minutes and no special offer were given to her. Bitterly, she just went her way leaving her last word of pushing the blame to the salesman that he lost a sale because he is not willing to give the discount that she wanted to her.

I really have to hand it to the salesman for exercising his patience while I am appalled by the demand and made senseless bargain without giving proper respect not only herself but the company and the staff. How can you compare different country pricing? Totally absurd! If her own country is cheaper, just go back there to buy it! It is free economy here. If you like it and can afford it, just buy it  but if you find it too pricey just walk away.

After trying the camera I wanted to try, I finally decided what to buy. As I was on the way to the counter, one young salesman (part-timer) just cut into my queue. He noticed what he had done and just said  "Oops!" What is a "Oops"? Is that a new form of apologizing? I waited a while for his apologize but it didn't came as he turn his back on me. Since I was rushing for time and there was another counter available that time, I just moved on.

I chose Nets for my payment and it took them 3 times for the transaction to go through and it was not that busy at that 830pm in the convention hall. I cannot imagine how will it be on the weekend when the crowd set it. Good luck man.

Even though there are many good offers like PCs, LCD TV, Notebooks, storage device and other on sales, I didn't brother to walk the whole area. I don't mind going down to such event but the only thing that will put me off is the crowd.

Going to test my digital camera later. Maybe I will give a review as well.

It was one of the year Chinese movie that I waited for. With good story plot (tested formula)  to Chow Yun-Fat turning down a role to Tony Leung turn down a role and took another role, really hyped the wait. Finally I caught the movie.

John Woo signature can be found almost everywhere in this movie. Ranging from slow motion capture of movement and the Doves. The war scene look grand but the attack formation does not look practical in warfare tactics.Those who played Koei game Dynasty Warriors on PS2/PS3 or even PSP will find it all too familiar where one general can take the own legion of army. Heroic indeed.


As for the casting, I really worry about the future of Chinese movie makers. Seems like no young talent can take on the older generation and the older actor was made to take on younger roles... The juice of the war will be shown on the next installment but the part 1 I felt still lack of characters development. I know it is hard as 3 kingdom had been so popular in games, books and some old movies to the extend that everyone seems to have different expectation of the story and the characters. It was a big challenge to John Woo to overcome but so far after watching the first installment, the anticipation for waiting for the next remains. That is good sign don't you think?

Feel free to comment if you have watched the movie. :)

Just a few days ago, I met one of my ex-company supervisor at the MRT station. It has been a gap of 7 years. He came up to me and say Hi. I remember him as a person who talk a lot of his achievements. I mean there is nothing wrong about feeling proud of one achievement but if the topic is always Me knows who and who and I did what and what that is boasting. Being advance in age, I can understand but I think having a humility is always something that one learn with age No? He was the second man and the shareholder of my ex-company, he often boast about how much he knows and things are very simple and easy but when come walking the talk, that was another story. Many of us exercise understanding and put up with him. We often take everything he said or claimed with a pitch of salt especially when he claimed that so and so was related to him somehow. He often claimed how solid his Mandarin is and he claimed to enter to China market. I have no doubt about the standard of his Mandarin as he was from the old Chinese schools but to enter the China market need to have action and proof which there were none we know back then. He just want people to give him "Face" and to boost his ego in general. He is still the same today. We were in the second sentences of our conversation and he asked which company I working currently. I just mention the my current company and pop he goes saying the upper management was his old school mate. Right there I wanted to end the conversation. So what if you know the chairman of the company? So what if he is your schoolmate? Where is he and where are you? The conversation was not at the interest about how I am doing, he asked that question so that he can claimed some credits and have some respect. What he did not know right there and there he lost my respect.

It is not that I do not respect him in general but I just feel sad. If one life is always about Me and Me what good is there for you? One thing I respect about him was the way he watch his diet. As long as I can remember, he was very strict and discipline and after all these years, he still remain the slim.

I really wish the best for him as my ex-company had folded sometime back and I hope he is do well in what he is doing now.