OMG! HOLY COW!!

Received an absolutely fantastic piece of news this weekend when I learnt that Hot Toys is going to produce Christopher Reeve as Superman for their DX series. There has yet to be any pictures of the prototype but coming from Hot Toys, I believe collectors can rest assure that we will only be receiving the highest quality product in the 12 inch world. Nothing really much to comment on for now because we have yet to seen pictures of the product so I will end this post with some pictures. If Hot Toys can replicate something like the picture below, my money will be theirs to keep!

Don't disappoint us Hot Toys!

Where Did All the Snowtroopers Go?

Been trying to 'hire' some Snowtroopers to man the new Imperial AT-AT that I purchased recently. However, I am unable to find any at all from the established shopping outlets! Managed to find one at China Square but was turned off by the high price. Darn it, I kinda regretted not snagging a few of those troopers when I attended the launch of the new Star Wars toyline last month at OG Orchard. Right now, all I have is an AT-AT driver and an AT-AT Commander to take control of the behemoth. Guess I will try my luck in Hong Kong when I go there for a short holiday in September. Or I will have to wait for collectors to get sick of their Snowtroopers and decide to let them go at decent prices. Last resort will be Ebay, but I try not to buy from there unless I am really desperate. Oh well, Luke Skywalker is going to have an easy time taking down the AT-AT without those Snowtroopers to stop him!

Ad Wars

Remember I mentioned about Subaru being distasteful in my previous post? This is why:

Saw this on the VW Singapore forum (picture was taken by a fellow forumer) and immediately, I thought of how Subaru were portraying the "Beng" attitude and being extremely proud of it. "Quit playing with Balls"??? What kind of statement is that? I have nothing against their cars, in fact I really like the WRX STI and would honestly like to get my hands on one if I ever had a chance to, but I personally feel that their advertising department needs a complete overhaul. I wonder what kind of message they are trying to bring across, that the STI is a much better car than the Golf or Polo? To me, its like comparing apples and oranges, or geniuses and retards. People go for the WRX if they want raw power and the Golf/Polo if they want everyday driveability and MUCH BETTER fuel consumption. Having an ad like that only seems to make people dislike Subaru more (who wants to be labeled a "Beng"?) and recently more buyers are going for VW cars, so I guess Subaru's ad is working.......against them. I guess the only reason that Subaru is carrying out such moronic ads is because they are already very desperate and all they can do is try and appeal to the "bengness" in us. I admit that when it comes to cars, my little "Beng" personality is constantly trying to take control, but I'm strong enough to resist haha! Hmm...after this post, I think the EVO is the one for me, at least Mitsubishi does not market it as a "Beng" car, I hope...

'X' Marks the Spot

Just saw an uncle driving a souped up Mitsubishi Evo IX this afternoon. As usual, the sound of the engine is sweet music to the ears. I have been fascinated with Evos for some time and I feel that the Evo X's design, with the full bodykit, looks really great. Hopefully, I will be able to own one in the near future. Have always wanted to drive a high performance car, for the right reasons of course! The Subaru WRX STI is also another option but I will go for the Evo X anytime. In the meantime, in order to satisfy my lust for the Evo, I have been on the lookout for a few smaller versions of them regularly.

Hopefully, I will be able to post pics of a real Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X in my blog, and more importantly, call it my own someday!

Till then, I will be happily driving my Golf (Screw you Subaru, I enjoy playing with balls, you have any problem with that?). Shall explain my distaste with Subaru in my next post.

Hectic Week

Been really busy with work this week, which explains why I have not been blogging as often as I would like. I just got home from the office not too long ago and have no energy left for blogging, so I will keep this post short. Bear with me my readers, and I promise to return with something HUGE, EXCITING and smack full of AWESOMENESS!
Till then, sleep tight!

Amazing Durability!

Because Singapore came up with the COE (Certificate of Entitlement) scheme, car owners here basically are only able to drive their cars up to 10 years, before deciding whether to de-register their cars, or renew their COE, which will enable another 10 years of ownership. Due to the high price of the COE, which can sometimes go as high as the cost of a decent Korean car, many Singaporeans choose to purchase a new car instead of renewing it. It kinda makes sense since why would one pay an obscene amount of money just to purchase a piece of paper and keep an old vehicle? Most will therefore purchase a new car.



However, in other countries, people keep their cars for a long time and I have personally seen many old classic vehicles plying the roads in USA during my time studying in there. Cars are built to last nowadays and with proper care and servicing, these machines can easily take on 10-20 years of usage.



This brings us to Mr Allen Swift, whose story of car ownership is simply astonishing. He received his 1928 Rolls-Royce Picadilly P1 Roadster as a graduation gift in 1928, and drove it all the way till he died, last year, at the age of 102!! Thats driving the same car for 82 years! After his death, his vehicle was donated to a museum.




Much respect for this gentleman. Kudos too to Rolls Royce for being able to service this machine for so many years. I do not believe something like this will ever happen in Singapore. Now, let me think about what my next car, 4 years down the road.

Let the Taunting Begin!

This is the first week of the new soccer season in England and it has been enjoyable. As usual, we saw some expected results and some surprises as well! Chelsea showed everyone why they were champions last season with a massacre of West Brom by putting 6 goals past them. On the other hand, new boys Blackpool surprised many fans by beating Wigan 4-0. Big spending Manchester City, with all their new signings, didn't impress me at all with their display against Tottenham. In fact, their best player on that day was Joe Hart, who only cost them a measly 1 million pounds.

Just finished watching the showdown between Liverpool and Arsenal. It was a pretty dour match, with both sides seemingly too cautious to attack. Ngog scored a really good goal for Liverpool and this may be the his breakout season. Joe Cole, whose signing is one best free transfers in a while, had a debut to forget, getting sent off just before halftime. Liverpool was unlucky to concede that last minute goal, with Pepe Reina, who has always been so reliable, making a schoolboy error. I guess Arsenal did deserve that goal after all the attacking play they produced.

Now, it is time to rant. I am currently playing the Fantasy Premier League, whereby each member will choose a team of 15 players from a long list of players from the English Premier League. Each member is given 100 credits to mix and match players from the 20 teams in the league. Points are then allocated to each player depending on their performance in the actual match. For this week, I chose Joe Cole and Jamie Carragher of Liverpool. After watching the match, I really regretted choosing them! What on earth was Cole thinking when he made that tackle? The Arsenal defender was so far back in his own half to be of any threat and Cole had to make that stupid lunging tackle. Carragher had a decent game so I can't fault him. In the end, I ended up with a grand total of 2 points provided by these two players (-2 for cole and +4 for Carragher). To put things into perspective, Stephen Crainey of Blackpool earned 6 points for keeping a clean sheet against Wigan).

I guess my point is that I cannot count on Liverpool players to provide me with the points to top the fantasy league! Hopefully, my Manchester United players (Patrice Evra and Wayne Rooney) can make up for today's pathetic number of points garnered by bagging a truckload of them by thrashing Newcastle tomorrow night!