I went to Richprime Global Inc's warehouse sale last December 5th. This is my haul from the warehouse which was a couple of floors up the building, and at Kids Depot on the ground floor.
2 Angry Birds camping sets worth P300 each, because I’ve wanted a miniature tent for so long, I might as well get two tents because why not.. I heard about this camping set from a fellow doll collector who found one at the sale, so I made sure to look out for this when I visited the warehouse. These were actually difficult to find. The boxes were placed so far back in one of the Barbie shelves, and I had to pull out other boxes in front to see these.
A Rio 2 blue macaw family pack worth P200, because the woman who bought the duo packs said she’d be using hers for her plants and I was like whooaaa.. I've been using the birds to decorate my cactii, haha.
A La Dee Da fashion pack, worth P50, with the bunny missing and the straps of the dress already disintegrating but that’s ok because it’s hella cheap anyway.
2 sets of Monster High tapefitti tapes, worth P200 each, for me and my friend. My friend likes washi tapes, and I like to craft when I have the time, so these are perfect for us.
And a Barbie MTM pink top, worth P700, for my friend because she has been looking for one for so long and we couldn't find any at our local stores anymore. She has already paid me back, lol.
Here is Lottie modelling the La Dee Da fashion pack, the Rio birds, and the camping set!
Brand new Monster High dolls are so rare now, I could only find them at Kids Depot. I found Scarah Screams (Freaky Fusion) there for P200!! That's crazy! But I didn't want to get her because I don't like her fusion with Toralei Stripe, haha.
Speaking of Monster High, I found Skelita Calaveras at the thrift store back in November.
I have no clothes for her, but I think I like her naked like this; I can see al her bones.
And I wish I knew whom to credit for the photo above. I found it on Instagram and forgot to get the link, shucks! Anyway, that's a gorgeous lava cake with a doll topper made to look like Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray from the Philippines! She even has the iconic Three Stars and Sun ear cuff! This is truly a work of art!
I suck at writing titles again, but yes that's true, it's raining, and I have to bring out a sweater from storage because of the cold.
Moving on...
I was at S&R (it's a membership shopping place) and found Kazumi from Zeenie Dollz. Whoa.
Her skin looks like porcelain! She's so pale!
Kazumi is the one I like from Zeenie Dollz. She was in my wish list.
But I'm not willing to get her at this price, P999. It's too much.
I found these generic fashion dolls with fake Barbie Made to Move outfits at a supermarket. Because of these dolls' 5 points of articulation, my fellow doll collectors dubbed her UNMADE TO MOVE. Get it? Haha.
At the book store I found this book packed with toys. So cute. I think the toy cats inside would make good doll pets.
I found this unicorn drink holder at the book store and it was so pricey. I think it was priced at P1000. NO WAY, because I could get a similar drink float at a fraction of that price!
Some of my drink floats: a unicorn, a sailboat, and an island with a palm tree.
And I found this massive gold swan drink float at a second hand store. I only paid P100 for this and it was still in the box! It can hold 4 drinks at once! Asha was quick to demonstrate how cozy it is.
And all my four Lotties can ride in it together, haha. By the way, Muddy Puddles is wearing a costume for Halloween. She dressed up as a "Rainbow Girl"! (Thanks, my brother! ;-P) And Branksea Festival is wearing a clown outfit.
I was at a toy sale in the mall this month. I had to meet someone at the nearby mall, and it turned out that they were planning to go to this sale after our meeting. I told them I was going there too, so we went together but decided to split up when we got there because there was so much to see and I wanted to look around for so long without being a drag to them.
The lines to checkout was crazy, but I was patient enough to stand in line for a couple of minutes.
I only got two items from that sale, and it was worth lining up, lol. Just a Gamora figure from Guardians of The Galaxy, which I got for P100 (SCORE!!!) and a bed rail for my niece, which was just P200. So cheap! I could have gotten the Yondu, Star-Lord and Rocket (in blue outfit) figures too, but Yondu and Star-Lord looked ugly and I already have a Rocket figure (wearing orange).
Her eyes look weird, but okaaaaaay. I didn't have the luxury to choose the figure with the best faceup, you know.
Here are my three Guardians of the Galaxy figures: Gamora, Rocket, and Groot. Groot is not in the right scale, compared to my other 2 figures, but I got Groot first and I couldn't find an affordable Groot figure in 1/6th scale either. I'm okay with the size difference, really.
I just thought I'd put Gamora and my Cat Burglar doll in one picture. Gamora can stand up on her own, while Cat Burglar needed assistance. Thanks, Gamora's left hand!
Because it's Christmas and Gamora's in green and red, I thought I'd throw in a nutcracker in the photo. Doesn't Gamora look so happy to celebrate Christmas? Hahaha. I captioned this photo at Instagram with "Grinch of The Galaxy".
Lastly, I finally caved in and bought this toy boat at Daiso. I didn't have the time anymore to make my own toy boat, but maybe in the future, I can make my own putt putt boat based on the film Ponyo!
Hello, I'm back from my trip. I didn't bring out my dolls and take photos of them during the trip for fear of being judged. It just didn't feel right even if the place I went to looks amazing.
It was a very stressful trip and I didn't want to mix my hobby with this thing I was working on at all ,so Asha and Lottie were kept in a pouch and plastic bag the whole time. I even brought my drink floaters and a balloon pump, in case I would be able to bring them to the pool, but nope, not this time. I wasn't feeling it.
Just thought I'd drop by and say hello. I won't be able to update this blog in the next two months because I'm working on another musical project, and have to focus on that. I told myself though that after this project, I'd go back to my old hobbies, and one of them is this, doll collecting and photography. I might have a chance to take some photos next month because I have to travel, but I'm not expecting much because I'm travelling for business and not for vacation. I don't want other people who don't understand this hobby to think I'm not serious about my work, lol.
I still update my toy Instagram account whenever I can, so I guess you can find me there, if you are looking for me.
I still also play with some of my toys. In fact, I have two cacti growing by the window in my room, and I have photographed those with miniature toys beside them. Those blind bag toys do come in handy for that purpose, haha.
A late post, hahaha! I went to the Richprime's Kids Craze warehouse sale last April! I've never been to their warehouse sale before even though their warehouse is located in Quezon City, which is pretty accessible to me. It was only when my brother decided to go there that I asked to come along with him!
I wasn't really planning to go, but my friend invited me to go with her to ComicCon Asia, so I did!
I arrived at the venue at around 11 am but had to wait for my friend til 1pm. We got in there and there were a lot of people inside the convention center.
Some of the life-sized statues at the venue: Loki, Spider-Man, Colossus and The Incredible Hulk.
We met Elmer Padilla, whose work is pretty amazing! He makes toys out of scrap material like rubber slippers and upholstery. His Hulk and Thor figures were already gifted to Hollywood actors Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth. Out of the bunch displayed on his table, my favourite was Hellboy.
He said that he began making toys from flip-flops because he cannot afford to buy the action figures that he wanted. He reminded me of why I started with my hobby, and it was great that we share the same sentiment regarding toys and recycling.
Who knew that our local actress Regine Tolentino would delve into the world of cosplay?? Here she is dressed as Miya from Mobile Legends.
We both got a free cup of flavoured beer. It was rather tasty.
The pass I got is an all-access media pass! I wasn't prepared for it though, lol. Here I was at one of the media rooms btw, just hanging out til 3pm, so that we could attend a talk in one of the meeting rooms. We were able to hear Ricky Nierva from Pixar Animation Studios talk about his journey at Pixar. Very inspiring man!
We were not allowed to take pictures during Ricky's talk, and we also were not able to take pictures with him afterwards because we had to rush to the press conference in the nearby room!! A press conference! It's my first to attend one as part of the media!
We were all in this small room. Lucky that my friend and I managed to find some seats before the room became full.
In front were the following people:
Daina Menezes, the host,
Pauline Sofia Laping, the producer of ComicCon Asia,
Walter Jones, the original Black Ranger from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,
Holland Roden from Teen Wolf,
Dacre Montgomery from Saban's Power Rangers and Stranger Things,
Feodor Chin, Carolina Ravassa, Anjali Bhimani, and Jen Cohn, voice actors for Overwatch the video game.
I was most excited about Walter Jones and Dacre Montgomery because I enjoyed the Power Rangers very much so! And I have a small collection of Red Ranger toys so seeing Dacre Montgomery, the newest Red Ranger, in person is pretty awesome!
It would have been nice if Stan Lee was able to make it, but due to his current health condition (he had pneumonia), his appearance got cancelled. Also Sen. Manny Pacquiao was not able to make it because of conflicting schedule, but he actually turned up later in the evening!
Here is Pauline Laping addressing whatever happened with Hayley Atwell (Agent Carter) who was supposed to guest at ComicCon Asia.
Walter Jones, the Black Ranger, y'all!
And I am not sorry for taking a lot of pictures of Dacre Montgomery. He looked so dreamy, and his Aussie accent was lovely to hear.
After the Q&A session ended, the guests all stood up in front so that the media can snap their photos together.
After the press conference, my friend and I went back to the main floor. It was at this time that my phone was about to die. Clearly I was ill-prepared for said event. I wasn't able to take a lot of photos, but that's okay.
There was a booth about Pacific Rim: Uprising on the main floor, and it reminded me that I need to watch it!! I love the first movie, so I hope this sequel does not disappoint.
Despite the convention having a lot of controversies and logistical errors, my friend and I enjoyed our time at ComicCon Asia. If I had more time, I could have had my photo taken with Dacre Montgomery!!! But I had to leave so soon because I have work to do at home. Like I said, I wasn't prepared for the event! If I knew what to expect, I would have cleared my whole day for this convention, hahaha.
