Star Wars Captain Han Solo Hoth Ver.

And he's up for pre-order!

Character: Han Solo

Origin: Star Wars

Version: Hoth

Scale: 1/6 (12")

Manufacturer: Sideshow Collectibles

There will be two versions for the Hoth Han Solo: one wearing the brown parka as shown in the picture above, and the other, a blue parka:

The accessories that come in the box are:

• Prometheus Body
• Detailed Portrait with Headgear and goggles
• Detailed Hooded Brown/Blue Parka with rank badge
• Detailed Cold Weather garments
• Two scarves
• Belt with pistol holster and detachable droid caller
• Two part sculpted boots
• Binoculars with fabric strap
• Life scanner with both retracted and extended antennae
• DL-44 Blaster (Han Version)
• Right Trigger Hand
• Right C-Grip Hand
• Right Large C-Grip
• Right Reach Hand
• Left Fist
• Left C-Grip
• Left Large C-Grip
• Left Reach Hand
• Sculpted Snow environment Base Hugger
• Figure Support Base
• Exclusive Accessory: Detailed Portrait without headgear

Preorder is up at Sideshow Collectibles:
Hoth Han Solo - Blue Parka
Hoth Han Solo - Brown Parka

Camera upgrade!

I finally decided to upgrade my camera. I've been using a Canon IXUS 115 and it has been my companion whether I'm out traveling or when I'm taking hobby-related pictures.

It's a good camera and I have no complaints but as I traveled more, I found that there are limitations to a point-and-shoot camera. My recent trip to Cambodia proved that. Temples were big and sculptures high up; my 115 couldn't produce a zoomed-in picture that isn't grainy. 

So the search began.

I'm not that into photography - all I wanted was to preserve memories of the things I saw. I don't even like taking pictures of people. My criteria for a good camera was easy to fulfill:

1. I could zoom in without compromising the picture quality 
2. A higher resolution than my 115's 12.1 MP 
3. A small and lightweight body 

With those, boyfriend suggested either the EOS M or the EOS 100D. After much deliberation and to cut the long story short, I decided to get the EOS M.

The kit comes with a 22mm 'pancake' lens and a lens adapter for the EF and EF-S lenses. Having the adapter means that I can borrow my dad and sister's lenses.(If I want the extra weight.)

I got the white one coz black is boring

Side-by-side with my now-backup IXUS 115

The lens adapter

Still the lens adapter

We tried shooting sample shots and they came out wonderfully! Hopefully I can take shots of my toys over the weekend so I can show how happy I am with my new camera.

I do apologize for the picture quality. These pictures were taken using my Xperia Z Ultra that has a sucky 8MP camera.

Here, have a happy box:

On selling gadgets

Boyfriend and I went to Greenhills earlier today to try and sell his Samsung Note 2. He recently got a new phone, an Xperia Z Ultra LTE, similar to mine except for the LTE part.

It was my first time experiencing the whole selling process in the cellphone stalls in Virra Mall. The Note 2 is an old phone model so I didn't expect all the attention from the different stall owners. They were actually bidding on the phone so I think we were able to get a good price for it.

After selling it, boyfriend wanted to go around the usual toy stores to see if there was anything worth buying.

All we were able to buy was one trading figure from Worst.

Welcome to the family! 

Pretty sad, huh? We're running out of toys to buy with the streamlining and all that. I did see a whole other bunch of CrowsXWorst and QP trading figures selling for PHP 3,200 (100 per figure) but I had about half of the set and they weren't breaking it for individual purchases. I didn't have a choice but to skip that.

So I just opted to buy more earrings! 

I should try and catalog all my earrings. Then again, I don't really keep track of the details like the prices and where I bought them, so it will be pretty hard to catalog. Unlike my collection where I've built an Access database just to make the cataloging easier.

But that's a blog post for another day.

Yu Yu Hakusho - Kurama

A belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all! Better late than never, right?

So anyway, I got Yu Yu Hakusho's Kurama by Kotobukiya a couple of weeks ago. It's a good figure with a good sculpt.

He's part of the ArtFX-J line and so far, they've released 5 characters from the anime: Hiei, Kurama, Yusuke, Kuwabara and of course, Kurama the Fox. I have three out of the five (Hiei and the two Kuramas) because as I think I've mentioned, I'm streamlining.

Moving on, I think the face sculpt could have bit a little bit slimmer than how it currently is.

Still a bishie, so who am I to complain?

As for the pose, he looks pretty badass, with all the "movement" of his clothes and hair. Oh yes, the hair looks perfect, by the way...all that silvery goodness that has a gradient gray color scheme.

The figure also comes with an extra arm, so you can change the way he's posed. One's the "BANG!" arm that I've used in the pictures while the other one's what I call the "Rawr" arm.

"RAWR..."

Onto the base. I found Fox Kurama's base to be a bit unstable compared to the other two Yu Yu figures that I have. It's elevated from the center; a circular 'leg' extends a half-inch away from the edge of the base. This made it harder to attach the figure to the pegs on the base as it occasionally tilted when I was fitting the feet in.

Ethereal print for an ethereal character

Oh right, the box. Meh, it's plain.

And to end this post, here are a few more crappy shots: