Lego City "Powerboat and Trailer Truck" no.4643

Wuddup collectors!!

Got myself this: Lego City "Powerboat and Trailer Truck" no.4643. Actually i didn't get it myself, it's a present from my wife =) Allah SWT bless her for making me launch a big smile on my face hehehehehe.

Let's see what this is about..



After unboxing, this is what i get..



I get 3 packages inside the box, that will be assembled into:
1. Trailer
2. Powerboat
3. Truck

Let's build the trailer first.



So that's done. Now let's build the powerboat.



..and this is how it looks like when done. It's almost 30cm long, btw =)



Lastly, let's build the truck. In my opinion, this is the longest to build.




..and this is how the truck looks like when done.





Pretty sweet, right?? And this is how the complete set looks like when put together.



I change my mind, i will be collecting more Lego but only if they are this big, this cool, and always at a discounted price. Should be no problem, there's a police boat that i'm already eyeing at. Let's pray it will make it here into this blog =)

Cheers all.

Regards,
Donny a.k.a DeeJay Yoda

"THE ART OF STARWARS TOYS PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: 1/6 scale figures" By: Seno Haryo

Wuddup collectors,

Me, the wife, and @Tinojebod the Chief Sotoy of sotoys.wordpress.com went to..

"THE ART OF STARWARS TOYS PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: 1/6 scale figures" By: Seno Haryo

Photo exhibitions: Good. Star Wars: Great. Star Wars Photo Exhibition: AWESOME! Go see it if you happen to be in Jakarta, Indonesia between 17-24 September 2011.

It's free, so what more could you possibly want?? =) For more details, see it here:
http://order66sith.blogspot.com/2011/09/art-of-starwars-toys-photography.html



Regards,
Donny a.k.a DeeJay Yoda

Plastiq Fantastiq Toy Photography

Wuddup collectors,

Just wanna try out some superduper amateur toy photography =) I'm using an iPhone 3GS and a whole bunch of apps like PictureShow, 100 cameras in one, Camera+, qbro, plastic bullet camera, etc.

Enjoy the show, hopefully i'll be posting more soon.








Regards,
Donny a.k.a DeeJay Yoda

Plastiq Fantastiq HQ

Wuddup collectors,

Just wanna share my collection display to the world =) i know it ain't much compared to what other people got stacked at their place, but i think i'm doing alright by my own standard hahahaha.

Another reason is because i wanna hear what other people think about the way i display things.. but really, it's my blog so i can display pretty much anything =D

Anyway here they are. Appologize in advance if the pictures are not clear, i've been trying out iphone toy camera apps lately =)







Pretty sweet, hopefully =)

Regards,
Donny a.k.a Deejay Yoda

Lego City "Family Home" no.8403

Wuddup Collectors!

Want to sway myself away from the usual things i collect.. instead of the regular Star Wars and vinyl toys, i got my hands on something new this time. And that is Lego!

Yes, Lego. i wasn't too keen on legos when i was a child, but i've lately found them to be interesting. It started when i decided to collect Lego Minifigures (i'm currently collecting Series 3 and 4), and i thought why not get a big set of something for them to be housed in?

So i did. During my weekend out with my wife to the mall, i spotted this Lego City no.8403 "Family Home" set. As it was during the Jakarta Great Sale, this was discounted at 50% off. So i took this baby home and started building it.

The money spent is justifiable :) and at 50% off, it was in my opinion the best Lego steal ever!

This is how the box looks like:
Front


Back


I didn't build this right away, matter of fact it took me a few days to build it. Why so long? Just thought that i might wanna savour every brick i assemble together, that's all :) But if i wanna do this all at once, it might've taken me one day to finish.. so yeah, i prefered to take my time. FYI i spent roughly 2 hours/day to do a floor.

DAY 1

After opening the box, i found 4 separate packages inside (presumably for easy building), a set of "boards", and a manual/instruction book..



But what's Lego without the Minifigures? Lucky me they were generous enough to include 3 minifigures and a dog in the box :)



Pretty cool..

So i'll start with Package no.1, the ground floor part of the Family home. Top left corner portion of picture below is how i started, and bottom right corner portion is the finished article.



That was fun :)

DAY 2

Day 2 was all about gardening. As in to do the garden part of the Family Home. The garden was packaged neatly in Package no.2. Top left corner portion is how i started (picking up from where i left off in Day 1) and bottom left corner portion is the finished article, including minifigures.



Very nice. I like what I have so far :) Can't wait to build the 2 remaining floors. Let's get some of my Minifigures collection and see how they fit-in in this Family Home..



Nice..



..a bit cramped, but living conditions in the Family Home will improve once the other two floors are built.

DAY 3

After a couple of dayoffs from building the Family Home, I decided to finish level 2 and the roof at the same time. Couldn't wait until the whole thing is up, so here i go.

I opened Package no.3, which is the 2nd level of the house and started building it. Top left corner image is how i started, and the two bottom images are pics of the finished 2nd level (front view and back view).



Almost there! Let's not waste another day and get to the roof part, already! What roof? The one in Package no.4, of course :) Top left corner image is how i started, as usual, and the two bottom images are pics of the finished roof and how it is "planted" on the 2nd level.



AND VOILA!! Here's a look at the completed Lego City "Family Home" no.8403



The Minifigures are excited as well =D



To be honest, I don't know if i will ever buy another Lego set again.. I mean, sure i would love to. But it's bloody expensive and appear tiny. You have to spend quite an amount to get something of this size. I was lucky to have a very understanding wife who allowed me to get this in the first place. I was a bit luckier to get this at 50% off, also.

With the considerations above, i think i'll stick with collecting Star Wars :)

Thanks for reading and keep collecting. See you on my next post.

Regards,
Donny a.k.a Master DJ Yoda

Hasbro Star Wars 30th Anniversary Sith Infiltrator (Scimitar)

Wuddup Collectors!

Just got myself a brand new 2nd hand Star Wars 30th Anniversary Sith Infiltrator. Just found out from Wookieepedia that it is also called the Scimitar :)

According to Wookieepedia, "The Scimitar (or Sith Infiltrator) was a prototype stealth-ship used as the personal starship of Darth Maul, the Sith apprentice of Darth Sidious"

The ship first made its appearance at Eps.1: The Phantom Menace. Darth Maul flies the Sith Infiltrator to the planet Tatooine during his quest to find Queen Amidala. To kill her, of course :p

According to Jedi Master Saesee Tiin, "That ship is alive with the dark side, Master Yoda. I can feel it clinging to my robes. And worse, it still tempts me, calling me back with promises of fantastic journeys to the far reaches of the galaxy."

Built beneath the cloak field generator was a series of compartments containing various equipment for Darth Maul's missions including three DRK-1 Dark Eye probe droids, his speeder bike Bloodfin, several interrogation and security droids, spying equipment, torture devices, bombs and mines. Fortunately, the scaled-down collectible is less scarier than this.

Instead, you'll get equally exciting accessories like these upon purchase:

• Spring open wings (to be adapted by the legendary TIEs in a much later time)
• Opening cockpit
• Hidden weapons (spread open the "hood" and you'll get what i mean)
• Firing missiles
• Firing probe droids

Okay, okay enough yapping.. I leave you with pictures of the spacecraft so you can see the awesomeness for yourself :) For more, go to http://www.rebelscum.com/TACsithinfiltrator.asp and http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Scimitar











Btw as an added bonus, i got a Hasbro Star Wars 30th Anniversary Darth Maul with collector coin, still mint on carton as part of the package. Aaah.. the beauty of buying mint condition 2nd hand goods :)



That's it from me for now, keep on collecting until then :)

Regards,
Donny a.k.a Master DJ Yoda

Lego Minifigures

Wuddup collectors!

Been having the most wonderful time collecting Lego Minifigures lately :) Collecting this is like collecting vinyl toys, only cheaper and smaller. It's kind of the same.. they come in series - i collect series 3-4 because series 1-2 is already hard to get - and you can't see what you're buying because they come in that annoying "blind" format. There are 16 minifigures to collect from each series.

The difference between buying vinyl toys and Lego Minifigures is in the packages. Vinyl toys comes in blind boxes and Lego Minifigures comes in blind packages. So the risk of getting doubles of what you already have is smaller than if you buy vinyl toys in blind boxes. How so? See below:

How to identify what's inside the Lego Minifigures packages?

First of all, see Series 1 line up below and tell me what you see..

If you answered "they have cute accessories", you are correct :) Notice how they have different kinds of accessories like bows and arrows, laser gun, cowboy hat, ninja sword and even a skateboard.. grab a pack and try to feel their shapes. As silly as it sounds, you can actually feel the difference between those accessories. Be patient, and you can actually get what you’re actually looking for.

Master this, and you’ll get a bigger chance of getting what you want and avoid getting doubles. Easier said than done, sometimes.. but yeah, some of the accesories (especially helmets) can feel just the same. You'll either get a race car driver, a snow boarder, or an astronaut.

What do you get when you open a package?

First of all, this is what the packages would look like:

You'll get plenty from a small package, actually. Just like any Lego, the quality of each minifigure is outstandingly crafted. Including small details applied on the accessories. As an example, i will use the rapper from series 3.

Basically you'll get:

1. a black base

2. legs

3. torso

4. head

5. head accessory

6&7. hands accessory

What you'll get all depends on the minifigure character you're getting. Some have more and some have less accessories than others.

You'll also get a checklist like this with every package:





So there you go.. i've taught you how to get the minifigure you want, hopefully it can be useful :) I leave you with some of my collection, do comeback for more post on minifigures as i'm sure i'll be getting some more very soon.















You have to agree that they're all great to photograph, right?

That's it from me. Keep on collecting :)

Regards,
Donny a.k.a Master DJ Yoda