Custom Mini Photo Studio

Wussup y'all..

Couldn't sleep early last night due to tipsy-ness, so i made this:



"What's this?", you ask.. it's a custom mini photo studio for taking pictures of my collection, that's what it is :)

I got this idea from the office. I work in an advertising agency and the designers often take photos of products with a black background and then crop the product from the JPEG image to get images of products that they or my client don't have.

Thanks to advertising, i was able to make this black perforated-cardboard wonder. Pretty sweet huh? Yeah.. Below are the measurements. Please, copy this and make one for yourself if you like to take pics of your toys.



I took shots of my Kidrobot 6" Ralph Wiggum and my Micro Machines Millenium Falcon, and the results are not bad at all. In fact, i'm quite happy with how it turned out. Check out the results and judge for yourself, hahahahaha..











Pretty awesome for pics taken with a cellphone cam, right? :) And these are shots of the falcon..







As you can see, the black and side backgrounds should be made high enough to avoid lights leaking from the sides and top side.

If you are looking to create your own custom mini photo studio, this should do the trick.. i mean, i'm sure other people can do better or got better lighting ideas etc. But i'm happy enough to share you this, so good luck in making one and snap away your collection till you're content :)


Regards, Donny a.k.a DeeJayRizla

deejayrizla's collection on display at Toyzone

Hello, hello..

Here's to share with you a great news! I got permission to display some of my collection at Toyzone shop, above Droids Cafe in Kemang.

Extra special thanks to Riza Satyagraha for the space (best seat in the house, bro..) and to Imbong Hadisoebroto for talking Riza into letting me display my collection of urban vynil :)

The purpose to display this here is so i can still be close to my collection in case my parents-in-law think of them as weird or immature hahahahaha.

Anyways, it's a cool toy shop for adult collectors that you should come by and see. Definitely worth the trip.

I haven't put in everything i have as it all depends on Mr. Riza's generosity hehehehehe, but i do plan to rotate the ones i display with others to avoid being a boring display.

Below's what i'm currently displaying:



..and they are (clockwise from top left): Furi Furi's Backy and Bocky set (complete with certificate of authenticity) from Play Imaginative, one of the 5" Labbit variation from Kidrobot, and a complete set of Sam Fout's Project: Neptoon consisting of 6 figures.

..et voila! This is how they look like currently on display.







Not bad at all, right? :)

Currently they're not for sale, although i can definitely be persuaded at the right price or better trade offers hahahahaha.

Well that's it from me so far, i'll keep y'all updated on my next display update. Until then, peace out and keep on collecting!

Regards, Donny a.k.a DeeJayRizla

Visit to Zerotoys BDG

Yo, i went to Bandung again last weekend with my friend Imbong Hadisoebroto on 18 April '10 to pick up my fiancee and stopped by a toy shop called Zerotoys.

Zerotoys is located at Jl Sunda no 39A, Bandung, Indonesia, 40112. It's kind of tricky to locate, but you will see that it is definitely worth the trip and paying a visit to when you find it.

What makes this shop special are the things they sell.. they got vintage toys at loose prices. It's definitely for connoiseurs of old skool toys, yo. If you're from the new skool, you would not appreciate this as much as i do simply because of the fact that you were not born in this era hehehehehe.

Old Skool VS New Skool aside, i think visitors would definitely enjoy the Vintage Toy Museum that they have.. and this is what i consider as "worth the trip" :) From first glance, the museum is pure vintage. 80s toys such as vintage Star Wars, Transformers, MASK, GI JOE, Masters of The Universe, Silverhawk, and Japanese Super Robots are all neatly displayed. I asked the shop attendant where they got all of these from, and he said it's from the owner's personal collection. You can tell this owner dude is really Old Skool :)

Even though the sign said it's a work in progress, this blogger thinks that it won't be long till this Museum is properly finished. It will be on the map soon, trust me. Probably as the best, biggest, and only museum of vintage toys in Indonesia.

Enough talk, let's get to the pictures. I won't comment.. i'll just let y'all enjoy these photos, and hopefully y'all would get a chance to go there one day :)

















































Awesome, right?? Looking at all these babies kinda bring back good and painful nostalgia. The good part is that i can take a trip down memory lane and remember how it was back in the days: worry-free, happy, and cool childhood.

The painful part? Well.. I USED TO HAVE MOST OF THESE TOYS BUT MY PARENTS GAVE 'EM AWAY TO MY COUSINS, OR HAVE 'EM THROWN OUT BECAUSE THEY THINK BIG BOYS SHOULDN'T BE PLAYING WITH ROBOTS ANYMORE!!! AAAAAARRGGHHHH!!!

Peace out, fellow toys afficionados.. until then, keep on collecting and never let anybody tell you otherwise :)

Regards, Donny a.k.a DeeJayRizla

Showcase

Special thanks to Imbong Hadisubroto, who inspired me to showcase my collection after seeing him display his ultra cool Hot Toys Batman at The Droids.

Enjoy this, and thanks for watching :)











..but this blogger thinks this is the best seat in the house. In order to be here, you have to be chief in command of something. Then perhaps, once again PERHAPS, i might let you touch this hehehehehe.



Peace out everybody, keep on collecting.

Regards, Donny a.k.a DeeJayRizla

From Bandung with shelves

I went to Bandung, the capital city of West Java, Indonesia on a day trip to take my fiancee last Sunday 11 April 10. She was about to attend a one-week General Emergency Life Saving training there, Allah bless her..

"But what and where is this Bandung??", you ask.. imma show you where Bandung is at and some general knowledge about it. Learning IS fun :)



Bandung is the capital city of West Java. Totally different from Jakarta, which is the capital city of Indonesia. Even though it's a lot smaller than Jakarta, they beg to differ in terms of creativity and cuisine. In these areas, they are the undisputed King of Creativity. Jakarta people come to Bandung on weekends, long weekends and public holidays simply to trash the place and make massive traffic jams. I bet they hate our guts too, but hey.. without us, there's simply no business in Bandung hahahahaha. They're football team was the best in total football during the late 80s to the early 90s but saw no major improvement in terms of championship achievement until now :)

If you look at the map above, it's only a 2,5-3 hours flight from Darwin or Perth, Australia. They claim they are Indonesia's answer to Melbourne, with many top-ranking universities, internet cafes, and cool weather.. not even close, according to this blogger :p

Coming back to creativity in the kitchen, yes, i admit they do make excellent food. i'm not kidding when i say excellent, but you just have to know where to look for from the beginning.

One of the most-awesomest Fried Oxtail Soup is located at the Cipaganti area of Bandung. The restaurant is called Dahapati. Just looking at the meal as they landed on our table was enough to make us grin from ear-to-ear. i mean, just look at my fiancee, man.. i'm sure i didn't take her to the wrong eating joint this time.



The taste? Rest assured that it is the bomb! Highly recommended to anyone who loves to go out and eat warm, meaty, and soupy-soupy food.

Anyways, as the day was nearing to an end, we headed to Parijs Van Java.. this is supposingly the best, trendiest mall in Bandung. But it was raining and the semi-outdoor concept didn't help. It was dry on the sides but wet in the middle. Kind of like the local girls, i presume :p

I dropped off my fiancee to meet her friends there and went on my way to Jakarta. on my way to the toll road, i realized that there were a few furniture shops along the way. I've been looking for decent shelves to display my collection for quite some time, so i parked my car, went into one of the shops and got myself these..



I started to assemble them on monday night after work, and got the finish both by last night. They were affordable, the tall one with 4 shelves was Rp.110,000 (around US$11) and the short one with 3 shelves was Rp.90,000 (around US$9). The quality and finish is not astonishing, but surprisingly neat. Hopefully they'll last longer than expected hahahaha. So now the big question is, what do i want to put on them?

Let's start with the smaller one first.. i looked around and saw my precious collection of 90s comic books. They may not look like much now, but back then they have the best storylines ever created. The death of Superman, i mean, who could've come up with that today?? They've made it to the movies as films you all know and love such as Iron Man, Spiderman, etc. These comic books also sharpen my skills in oral and written English, so they definitely have sentimental values and therefore worthy of having their own dedicated shelve :)

..and so this is how it looks after i put in my collection. All them are in Mint to Near Mint condition. Since the 90s.



I know some of you are curious as to what's in my collection. Please see below. I don't have time to scan each pages one by one, so i grabbed the covers off the WWW.. you'll have to believe me when i tell you that i have 'em hahahaha.



Nice, right? Thanks:) Next step is to think about how to display my collection of 90s NBA Basketball Cards collection. But that's for later coz i'm still thinking that it's missing something. It doesn't have that icing on the cake yet.. ah! here we go. Now it's perfect :)



As for the taller book shelf, these are what i put in it..



So there you go, two new shelves.. both now have new purposes in their wooden lives to display my collections. If anyone have a better way of displaying comic books or how to improve your display on a budget, i sure would like to hear from you.

Until then, peace out and keep collecting :)


Regards, Donny a.k.a DeeJayRizla