Dennis' Top Ten Toys (TTT) 2014

A recap of last year's personal favourite...

1st - Customized MG FA GM
Whoever knows me would know that I'm a diehard GM fan! My personal favourite for the reasons that its customized by me and it's cool to see this grunt unit with all these armour plating. 

2nd - Generations Leader Class Jetfire
I'm always a big fan of Jetfire and Macross! This version of Jetfire come very close to the G1 Jetfire as VF-1S. The mask on was awesome, the size, the transformation and gadget truly inspired

3rd - Ys Adol Christine Trading Figure
It had been a long long search for this and really triumphed to finally obtained this wish-list-figure.  

4th - Valkyrie Profile Aluze Arngrim Trading Arts Figure
Like Ys Adol, Aluze was also hard to obtain. Also for the reason its well sculpt and posed. Don't we all like guys with big sword...

5th - Walkure Romanze Celia Bishoujo
Mesmerized by he beauty of Celia and love the balance of valient and gorgeous this bishoujo provided the plus points

6th - Tohka Yatogami Taito Figure
Budget prized figure of great quality and sculpt. The anime and innocence of the character had big influence on this inductee

7th - Patlabor AV-98 Ingram 1 and 2 - CMS Chogokin 

For my strong affection for visor type mecha. Good weight and feel due to the metal parts and fun factors like hangar, gimmicks and interchangeable accessories. 

8th - Souten Kouro Lu Bu Figure
Crazily strong and mightiest... Secret figure among the trading figures set. An alternate image of Lu Bu

9th - Accel World Black Lotus Figure-rise 6 Model Kit
Unique design of mecha in an elegant way. Like the anime, you would like princess snow black and her virtual projection

10th - Shurato Ten-ō Hyūga 天王ヒュウガ Model Kit
A really rare model kit and this hot-blooded anime gave me lotz of fond memories during the secondary school days

I glad that I made a strong return to blogging after letting go my stubbornness to handphone gaming. I see quite a change in me this year and I began to appreciate my love ones and friends around more. Two things impacted me a ton this year and they were mainly the demises of my dear mother-in-law, who treated me like her own son and colleague, Mdm Josephine, who assisted me and guided me since my rookie days at my new workplace. I kind of view life differently and devoted more time to both my family and health hobbies. To be better than yesterday enjoyed what we have now...

HGBF 1/144 GM Sniper K9 - Gundam Build Fighter Renato Brothers Custom Made

Modified GM Sniper II Custom from "Gundam 0080" used in Gundam Build Fighters. Converted to Gunpla, it has all the accessories from HGUC GM Sniper II plus all other extra featuring a unique Beam Sniper Rifle that can transform into a quadruped with a detachable shuttle and all made up the K-9 dog pack. The detachable shuttle can accommodate miniature toy soldiers which in the anime, these toy soldiers were deployed to set booby traps. GM Sniper K9 had overcome its shortcomings in close range battle with equipping itself with 2 beam guns and dagger mounted on right shoulder. 

Unfortunately, the beam gun holsters on thighs loosen the grip on the legs which causes they to drop easily. In the anime this MS is even equipped with berserk system aka EXAM. The visor lenses are clear green plastic, so if you want to simulate the EXAM system in use you can use the red foil stickers provided. Overall, it's a fun build and appeals well to fans with Gundam grunt units. Ingenious idea of dog pack and weapon sophistication!

Miniature Hobby International Pte Ltd - Military Plastic Model Kits

8 Burn Road #14-16 Trivex, Singapore 369977 Tel: +65 6336 0862

I have always wanted to visit Miniature Hobby International Pte Ltd, just that I wasn't certain on how to get there. Finally managed to visit the store with great delights thanx to the tips from Arvinangeles on how to navigate inside the factory area. Once again I had entered another hobby Babylon that carries mainly military model kits, especially planes and tanks of different era, as you can see from the abundance of stocks. The store also has other varieties such as Gunpla, resin, medieval castle kit, vinyl and pre-painted figurine (old stock) which maybe of surprise find. There were casements of display of finished products whereby some were for sale. It was like through a military museum with well-distributed artifacts for patrons' appreciation as they moved around the premises. The owner, Mr Lee, is friendly and nice to interact with. I overheard his conversation with a Israelis customer on tanks, both with depth knowledge on the topic and the reality of combat as the customer related his experiences during his tour of duty days. Sorry I don't mean to eavesdrop ^_^. Splendid military model kit store where you shop without pressure in relaxing atmosphere.