pikapika

:: DESIGN / VIDEO / STUFF :: PikaPika is a "lightning doodle project" ~ with a collection of mesmerizing videos of animated light-creations dancing before your conscious mind's eye ..."We took a photo of each image using long exposures and put them together to make them look like one animation." = What is PikaPika? ~ *cool*._.

ko-ed

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superman fashion-nots

:: MOVIE / COMICS / MUAHAHA ::hilarious photoshopped images of Brandon Routh as Superman: [more scandelicious images via or via] *muahahahaha*._.

lost season one

4 8 15 16 23 42 ~ now all you need is the seventh number to play toto, innit?the various character studies and developments, the mystery (polar bears and whispers), the little twists and false starts, the flashbacks, the cliched POV of every episode with a ECU of an eye and of coz; Evangeline Lilly ~ just these little potent nudges to glue me to the idiot-box and ima liking it loads.so now that

lost action figures

:: TOYS ::considering that i'm currently deeply embroiled in the adventures of 46 marooned plane-crash survivors on mystery island that which is LOST Season 1 (unbelievable DVD bargain find at a flea market), this aforementioned figure series from McFarlene Toys has come at a perfect time to reel me in ~ series 1 consists of:Jack in post-crash trauma/shock, still in his suit / Kate (is HOT)

heroes in a half-shell

the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle CG-animation feature i mentioned a while back? well feast your eyes on the teaser trailer here looking good so far, innit? i wonder what type'a toy support Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michaelangelo will be getting? *heh*

eep?

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woof

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meow

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wrapping up

:: LIFE IN SINGAPORE / WORK ::as in any production, once the camera stops rolling, there is still the inevitable wrap up, more so for the "art department", as we cart away the sets, clean up and keep stock of the various props and equipment, returning loaned props (and making good damaged ones) and generally (trying) to pack neat and handover the items in an orderly and timely fashion ~ which in

eleven days

:: LIFE IN SINGAPORE / WORK / WWW ::eleven days.that's how long i was away from this blog, and any semblance of normal civilizational activities (except for regular meals amidst regular folks at the neighbourhood kopi-tiam, me/us bathed in sweat and grime, mind). eleven days of no toy news nor images, web-surfing kept strictly to emails and random blog-statistics and sleep; very little of it, im

AVFVP :: vol.15

*Assorted Videos For Viewing Pleasure* :: MOVIE TRAILER ::Science Of Sleep = new trailer for this Michel Gondry-directed visual feast. *i seriously cannot wait for this*/// CLCIK TO VIEW MORE VIDEOS :: MOVIE TRAILER ::The Prestige = new feature film about two freinds turned rival period magicians, starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale ~ looking mighty interesting and ima betting tis a "

huck gee's gold life

:: TOYS / 1/6 ::a "classic" 12-inch Action Man custom by Huck Gee (for the Back In The Day show) depicting a golden-armoured Samurai named: Gold Life, as featured in both VinylPulse and VinylAbuse and will be featured during the SDCC.obviously not as detailed as them DID-Samurais, but points are given for the attempt and for the constant "promotion" (by-default :p) of the 1/6th scale as a

shazam!

:: TOYS ::oh what a difference a headsculpt makes ...on left: the previously announced figure with a dorky headsculpt (which attracted quite a bit of online criticism - i personally hate it that the necks are so small) and on right is the latest solicited DC Direct Captain Marvel = *cool*personally, as "human" as we (as in the creators) constantly want to make them superheroes (in comics or in

spiderman 3 movie poster

he might not have a big-red-"S" as an icon, but the spider-logo'll do pretty fine, IMHO :)now that the official movie poster is revealed [via] ~ in full lenticular glory, no less! ~ i wonder who's gonna be doing the movie-adaptation toys and how it'll look? *hhhmmm*added:see the poster "in motion" here @ filmwad :)

the vader sessions

:: VIDEOS / STARWARS ::James Earl Jones voices Darth Vader like you've never heard him before ... > Episode 1 / Episode 2 / Episode 3by the good folks down at akjak = *funky-cool* ._.

mr bumper rides again

:: TOYS ::bow before the majesty of Mr.Bumper! as he rides again into the vinyl-sunset ... catch him before he looses his shell, innit? *nyuknyuk* ~ read more here.._.

bee gees karaoke videos

:: MUSIC / RETRO ::and to further suspend all "credibility" (as if there wuz any in the first place, innit? BAH) of this blog ~ here's a blast from the past, from the Gibbs brothers = The Bee Gees! ~ only becoz i found a treasure-trove of karaoke-styled music videos with accompanying lyrics (!) on youtube ... and i is in the mood for some kitsch-talgia (gawd, is me age showing?) = *shudder the

optimus prime revealed

:: MOVIES / TRANSFORMERS :: found: a leaked online image of the leader of the Autobots [via] ~ is this really Optimus Prime in vehicular mode? i thought he was a fire-truck?or is that Rodimus Prime instead? (becoz of da flames and all :p)*shudder*i recommend go watch this instead ... at least the laughs are deliberate, innit? *heh*._.

brasshead

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arctic hunter

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professor whistlecraft's industrial copper-plated marvel

new in da inbox: Doktor A has done it again with his magnificent new Icebot custom titled: Professor Whistlecraft's Industrial Copper-plated Marvel ... and as i attempt to pick up my jaw dropped at my feet (and had apparently rolled off to a corner of the room, under the bed i suspect), i'd let the images do the talking instead:according to the good Doktor, this was on the drawing board even

biteneck beatniks animated

a reply from Curtis Jobling re-led me to his groovy personal blog and this:a teaser trailer for a proposed Biteneck Beatniks - The Animated Series, directed by Ian Culbard, based on Jobling's character designs (can't wait for the toy too!) = *mondo-groovy*

doa : dead or alive movie

i dunno about you guys, but the official (German) website for DOA : Dead Or Alive (last mentioned here) is online now [via] and i actually can't wait for some cheesy-kitsch / campy-fun, innit? (and of coz im judging the movie by itz trailer :p)here's a coupla trailers to gawk at have a gander or two(hilarious German-dubbed version on left, English on right): and if the German-trailer (hi-res

fatcap

:: TOYS ::Kidrobot's announced a new series of mini-figs that's graff inspired: a spray-cap head on a Dunny body, called Fatcap.the "cool" bit? it "rattles" like a regular spray-can does. and there'll be 19 (designs) of them, with two mystery/chase figures. go read VinylPulse for full details please :)i say: yet another nozzle-head?*heh*._.

the kuggs are here

:: TOYS / VIDEO ::live your vinyl-toy desires online thru videos, as Andrew Yip from Blackwatertoys unpacks and introduces the Kuggs on his youtube (10-videos in all) = *cool* very much appreciated efforts and at the same time you'd get to see the scale and images of them toys, as opposed to just glossy online toy photos (not that there's anything wrong with "glossy-online-toy-photos", mind :p)

copperhead-18

:: TOYS / 1/6 ::Kenny Wong (from Brothersfree) has a new figure up his sleeves, or rather down in the depths of the toy-ocean with the his new aquatic 1/6th-scaled series; Copperhead-18 with a debut diver! and from the looks of the images via CrazyToyz ~ it looks like yet another round of insane detailing and design (much like his brethren Winson) the diver concept was first seen in their 1/

litterfree treeson

:: MY TOYPIX FOR DA DAY / TREESON IN SINGAPORE ::*a visit to the new Newton hawker centre*:: myflickrset 1 / 2 / treeson ::

world cup header

:: STUFF / WWW ::i went to bed when the final match just started on the telly, hands gripping the final issue of Marvel comics' ARES (issue#5) and of being totally enthralled in the war of the gods and of the violence contained within ... and to wakeup a few short hours later from an eventful slumber (wraught with god-slaying dreams, i suspect) to find this: [via]*ouch* ~ more violent than comics

spawn x medicom toys

New Spawn toys from Medicom! = "McFarlane Toys is joining forces with Japanese toy powerhouse Medicom to create an array of Spawn-related action figure products for Fall 2006."first saw the Medicom Spawn offa the OSW forumboard and have the news confirmed via Plastic+Plush:SPAWN as a 12-inch Real Action Hero figure? better believe it! with the fabric-cape the center-piece of attention ~ tis

rolitoboy clear mind

:: TOYS ::so this is how the 2.5-inch Mini Rolitoboy Clear Mind looks like: (image via)reminds of me clear Jamungo/BlowupDolls, dunnit? ~ IMHO, of coz :p ~ *heh*._.

dekoboko boys

new in da inbox: pre-production samples of the Dekoboko Boys from Furi-Furi x Devilrobots! (thanks for the headsup, Zaki!)as close to their initial sculpt with an all-black base and white character accents, as well as a coupla cool graphics (which would make interesting animation, IMHO :p)and another cool thing is, their heads fit perfectly together when joined! LOLwonder if there's a story/

treeson away

:: MY TOYPIX FOR DA DAY / TREESON IN SINGAPORE ::*up, up and awaaaaaayyyy*:: myflickrset 1 / 2 / treeson ::

treeson hero

:: MY TOYPIX FOR DA DAY / TREESON IN SINGAPORE ::*my hero*:: myflickrset 1 / 2 / treeson ::

superman returns

:: MOVIE REVIEW :: Superman Returns = *rawks*

bumblebee transform

Transformer-news from a Camaro5-forum:“Bumblebee” is going to start out as a 1970s Camaro (image left), and then be rebuilt as a 2008/2009 Camaro (image right) ~ as opposed to being a VW-bug, innit? *heh*and this is Bumblebee in Mid-Transformer-mode!and could this Saleen Mustang police car be Jazz Prowl? *yumz*“Starscream” is going to be an F-22 Raptor, and “Optimus Prime” is going to be a fire

scum and villainy

:: TOYS / 1/6 ::new 12-inch Star Wars figure series from SideShowToys: Scum and Villainyso which figure would you wanna see released first?._.

soccabots customs update

:: TOYS / CUSTOMS ::and the custom are online now and boy, were they worth the wait!check out my Soccabots-ToyWatch-page here, for images and links = *coolness*._.

becoming royston webisode 3

:: MOVIES / SHORTS / GOLOCAL :: Becoming Royston webisode 3 is online now."Boon Huat (Alvin Neo) has finally reached the mainland with the help of the boatman (Tay Kay Chin). Introducing Ah Girl played by Oon Shu An. Guest starring Charles David as Balaji and also lead singer of the The UnXpected, Shirlyn Tan."there's a cool new poster, stills and behind the scenes currently being uploaded. dudes

treesonbrick

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partisan player

:: LIFE IN SINGAPORE / WWW :: 01. What happened.02. What local bloggers say.03. Mr.Brown says: "I have been informed that TODAY has suspended my column." 04. Rockson says: @#$%&X01A: in another parallel universe, a local filmmaker constantly pokes fun at the local establishment and gets praise and recognition for voicing out the people's thoughts. is it because he brings in the big celluloid

where's treeson? (part two)

:: MY TOYPIX FOR DA DAY / TREESON IN SINGAPORE ::*can you spot him?*:: myflickrset 1 / 2 / treeson ::

perth@cine.sg

:: MOVIES / GOLOCAL ::i am such a cheapwhoreskate to ask for free tix :p~ more later on the seminar and screening after i regain some semblance of composure ~ *heh*._.

blackbodywhitebone @ michael gallery

:: TOYS ::new in da inbox: < blackbodywhitebone available @ michael's gallery (HK) from 8th July (email them) ~ rejoice fellow vinyl-heads!._.

where's treeson? (part one)

:: MY TOYPIX FOR DA DAY / TREESON IN SINGAPORE ::*down @ the comicshop*:: myflickrset 1 / 2 / treeson ::

electroma teaser

:: MOVIE ::Electroma = a teaser for a feature directed by Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo; collectively better known as Daft Punk [via] "Electroma follows the history of two robots, the members of Daft Punk, on their quest to become human." [via]Daft Punk's Electroma is a film project by French duo Daft Punk. The plot revolves around the quest of two robots (the band members,

treesonflats

:: MY TOYPIX FOR DA DAY / TREESON IN SINGAPORE ::*am i gonna be living in a shoe-box?*:: myflickrset 1 / 2 / treeson ::

vinyl & co : a documentary about toy design culture

more videos about toys, this time tis french documentary titled: Vinyl & Co. : A Documentary about The Toy Design Culture [via] and this is the teaser trailer (in french):*always happy to see toys* :) a subtitled version will be made available soon. ~ stay tuned ~added 10.07.06:the dudes behind Vinyl&Co. are Jac and Johan, both French documentary directors. this summer they are going to travel

toy2r raymond choy interview for adicolor

:: TOYS / VIDEO ::Raymond Choy of Toy2R talks toys [via]this is part of the Adidas / Adicolor-collaboration. here are more interviews with Fafi, Mike Richardson of Dark Horse, Crooked Tongues, Bill McMullen and more here.._.

handmade jeff

CrazyToyz has news that Paul Leung (GiveMe5) will be presenting 10 pieces of handmade 12"-figure named "JEFF" during the Taipei Toy Festival (@ BoothA19+20), and an additional 10 pieces for public (which of coz is out of me grubby hands coz im in singapore innit? *BAH*)always happy to welcome a casual 12-inch fashion figure :) additional news:the MOD Sherman figure with scooter is slated for

appetite

:: LIFE IN SINGAPORE ::my appetite for movies (dvds+vcds) has grown ravenous beyond the point of redemption, feeding itself off of islandwide discounts and secondhand treasures that await within the bargainbins of movierentalbins ... my only reprieve being financially wanting and of a busted-ass dvd-player which has yet to vacate it's place for a spanking new one procured two weeks ago but now

johnny mnemonic

:: DVD REVIEW ::with a screenplay by William Gibson (based on a short story), starring post-Speed/Little Buddha+pre-Matrix Keanu Reeves as Johnny - and guest starring "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, Henry Rollins and Ice-T, in a cyberpunk fest directed by Robert Longo, Johhny Mnemonic is Bladerunner in anime-colors, with grounded '90's-movie-sentimentality, a great design touch (for that era) and a

x-men 3 : the last stand

:: MOVIE REVIEW ::i haveta say, i enjoyed X-Men : The Last Stand rather tremendously! all ya gotta do is to remember to separate the "movie" from the "comic book" and things'll go down well and dandy :)and i wonder why can't i write beyond the above para (which took me over a week). more to come in time, becoz i want to. *heh*._.

fowler's fire bone fly and trwg

:: TOYS ::some upcoming Pete Fowler / SDCC-goodness:(left-right) the Batskull Larva - StrangeCo. exclusive Fire Bone Fly and the TRWG ToyTokyo-exclusive [via] = whant an interesting and colorful pair, innit? *heh*._.

project neptoon colored vinyls

:: TOYS ::exceptional colored-images of Sam Fout's Project Neptoon figures/prototypes from Playstix (Play Imaginative's Vinyl Division) are online now @ VinylPulse (here + here)quite a refreshing evolution from their initial sculpts, innit? and very, very true to their comic-images, innit? and well worth the wait, i reckon, as it (might) debut at the SDCC ...for multiple views of the individual

jellmonogram prototypes

:: TOYS ::new Jellymonogram resin protoype images online now [via]: *neato*have also started a toywatch (right-menu) to see how they evolve and progress :)*heh*._.

eeshaun x crossville

:: TOYS / PAPERCRAFT / GOLOCAL ::a coupla paper-Mechas designed by Eeshaun for the Crossville project:the Cavernous Cotton Candy Contraption (on an El Carmesi model) "fires ballistically sweet purple candy missiles that burst into cotton fluff upon impact. Suitable for all ages." [via]and the Sparkplug Love Machine! = talk about Mechas having Fun! :) ~ great stuff all around and making me itching

sichi's dead estate

:: TOYS / CUSTOMS ::Eric So's Estate goes Silent Hill with UK-customizer (and regular contributor to VinylAbuse) Sichi's exceptional re-mixed customsed duo in The Dead Estate:am relishing the details and visual treatment of this pair of undead vinyl kiddies (original vinyls bottom-right) roaming the outer reaches of our collective fetid toyminds ...ya know i like me my zombies, innit? *heh*i

mc donkey @ sdcc

the Mc Donkey-mystery has been solved! courtesy of VinylPulse with info and images:Mc Donkey is "designed by NYC artist, JIP, for Official Vive" and is released by ToyQube. this grey SDCC version, duo-faced clown (lurve the skullface-back!) stands at 8-inches tall and is limited to 150-pcs, of which 100 of them will be hand-numbered and made available @ ToyQube's booth #4537. USD$75 will get you

saturday toy's biker fashion set

after the "success" of their SWAT set, Saturday Toys' next offering is an obvious Terminator/Arnold Schwarzenegger-themed set: the Biker Fashion Set? [via]and while i appreciate any leather-wear, this set comes with the jacket, pants, belt and a coupla tee-shirts (one with the infamous cheezy tag: "I'll Be Back"), sans figure (and most importantly) boots ... and as much as folks (on the forum)

treesontarzan

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treesonrun

:: MY TOYPIX FOR DA DAY / TREESON IN SINGAPORE ::*running around while im on location scouting/recce*:: myflickrset 1 / 2 / treeson ::

tosco tronic

:: TOYS ::"Tronics are mainly  robots from outspace that have come to Earth for unknown reasons. Did their planet explode? Did they run out of food resources? Are they hiding from some one or maybe something? We really don't know the answer to these questions but we do know one thing about them..... they love doughnuts. So far we have three independently living robots  hear on Earth. Tosco is the

websitegraphs

:: WWW / DESIGN ::see how your website looks @ Websites as Graphs(take some time to let the applet complete it's course)make a screenshot of your sitegraph below, put it on flickrand tag it websitegraphs ~ *cool*._.

genpets

:: WTH ::i got this theory, see ... remember alla them Area-51 aliens folks have been going-on about all these years? well, i think they actually did exist and somehow they too were experimented on (i suspect tis a two-way "trade agreement": *you take some clueless humans, we take soma your alien buddies* yaddayadda) and what do you do with them after you've experimented with them? chuck them

did samurais

:: TOYS / 1/6 ::as far as babelfish mangles translates it, this is how much information i've gotten so far about these Samurais from DID (Japan) [via]:01. it's part of the "Warring States General" series02. based on well-known Japanese generals from history.03. it's a Japanese Edition limited to 500 serial units and no reproductions thereafter.04. most parts are literally hand-made.05. the (real)

crossville

:: TOYS / DIY / PAPERCRAFT ::Crossville is a personal paperworks project by Sharim Gubbels; designed to conquer the world! [via] (sorry for lack of further info, tis all i could gather)click unto "works" and then "misc" to view the customs, which even includes works from Shin Tanaka and Kei Sawada = *kewl* current available papermodels: 01. El Carmesi (heavy-mecha)02. Sparkplug (mecha)03.

i, charsui

hungry?a jellymon custom for the i, china exhibition. hhhmmm~ the poster design was more promising tho, IMHO :p

2.5 inch qee hellboy key chain

:: TOYS :: Abe's looking quite spot-on while Hellboy's looking a tad daft, IMHO of coz.limited to 2500 sets, complete with "Chinese Comic Book" [via] which is more intriguing coz i wanna see how Mignola's Hellboy translates! *heh*._.

AVFVP :: vol.14

*Assorted Videos For Viewing Pleasure* :: SHORT FILM / GOLOCAL ::Tak Giu = a local 15-mins short film about "soccer-culture" in Singapore, directed by Jacen Tan. this version is with remastered sound........................................................................................................................... :: MOVIE TRAILER ::Who Killed The Electric Car trailer for the upcoming

on job : props recce

:: WORK / LIFE IN SINGAPORE / CLICKS ::images taken a week back, of a visit to a local "props rental facility" ~ a random mixture of farnie and freakout pics to share here: *a trumpeting cock* and an *upside-down bird* *plastic fishy* and *dangling legs* *speared feet**heh*._.

flash or no flash

:: TOYS / CLICKS ::ya know how when you travel and after a full day's worth of shopping, you'd lay the purchased items out on the bed and snap a "victory picture" of your day's bounty? image left shows what happens when you use the FLASH function.image-right is shot without flash. the choice is yours, flash or no flash *heh*._.

citroen transformers

:: TVCS ::on the left is the extended version of the Transformer / Citroen ad [via] while the right is a new Ice Skating Citroen Transformer = *coolness*._.