Sigh… another week has ended and it’s time for another weekly report from me. Time really flies! Sometimes, I really hate Sunday because it means I’m just one day away in getting back to my busy world. I’ve been so freaking busy last week and weekends is the only time I can relax and forget all of my crazy work stuff.
Sometimes, I’m thinking of maybe taking a week off from work but unfortunately, that isn’t possible. Why? Because the industry of my work is 90% advertising and we all know that advertising never sleeps and never takes a vacation. The project turnaround when you are working in the advertising industry is super fast, that’s why you have to be both multi-skilled and a good multi-tasker too.
I still consider myself lucky because my job is actually my “dream” job. Though sometimes, the stress gets into you that it’s not fun anymore. You deal with problems in your projects (bugs, issues, design flaws, etc) + sometimes you also deal with irritating clients. To keep myself motivated, I just think that after this project/month, I’ll be getting the $$$ which I can then use in buying new figures.
Good thing I enjoyed the weekends. Watched a lot of movies, had a meeting with old friends, and of course, regular housekeeping of my office and my figures that I really enjoy doing. How was your weekends/Sunday? What do you do to support your figure collecting hobby?
I’ll see you on my next Sunday office report ;) I’m more of a jazz guy so just in case you are too, here’s a smooth jazz tune from bass legend, Victor Wooten.
Those words could come from me. I had the same thought this weekend. But that’s not all, I’m also in the advertising industry so I know your feel.
I watched a lot of Anime this weekend and played some videogames with friends. I don’t want to think about work on weekends… but It’s hard on sunday when you know what kind of work awaits you tomorrow.
Totally agree! Knowing that you will be back to work the next day is kinda sad sometimes. But we need to work to live and we also need to work to support our figure collecting hobby! I’m also thinking of watching some new anime. Any recommendations?
If you like a mix of comedy, mystery and romantic I would recommend you Tasogare Otome x Amnesia. I actualy don’t like the characterdesign but I’ve still enjoyed this series.
If you want some future virtual world action I would recommend Accel World. Haven’t watched it to the end but It’s entertaining so far.
I also started to watch some of the new summer season anime. The first episode of Sword Art Online was great. I will definitely watch it to the end.
Wow, thanks Bakayaro! I just checked the anime series you mentioned and it looks like I will enjoy watching them as well! Again, many thanks for the suggestions!!! Appreciate it!
love the pics and the figures… at any rate, i have the same dilemma nowadays when it comes to rack space as i am running out of it as well… i’m in panic mode now that i have to think where to place my next purchase.
just to share, went to pick up my black spidey at neverland toys yesterday… love the way it looks!!!… i’m sure you’ll be happy when you receive yours… looking forward to your review as well!!!
Thanks Larsen! Yeah, mee too, I’m now thinking where will I put my upcoming figures :/ Speaking of Black Spiderman, unfortunately, just today, I received the package from the courier but to my dismay, the figure inside the box is Captain America!!! :(( Called the store and told me the courier mistakenly pasted my name on the wrong box!!! huhuhu. So I’ll have to wait for the courier to straighten things up. Maybe I’ll receive mine sometime this week. Still, I’m sooooo disappointed! :@
btw, where did you buy your mouse? it looks really cool!!!
geez… that’s really such a big hassle on your part… where did you purchase your figure anyway?… anyways, hope everything will be straighten up as soon as possible… =)
Yeah I know!!! GRRRR, a big hassle indeed! I purchased the figure at Neverland also. The problem here is I paid for the 1 day shipping fee and I’m now trying to call the courier to ask if I can have some sort of a “refund” because of their mistake. I paid the fee because It’s faster in exchange for a bit higher shipping cost, but having this kind of mistake beats the purpose of paying a premium price for the shipping If the figure can’t be delivered on time. grrrrr….
that really sucks… to think that we, as collectors, have to wait for these figures to be available… though i must admit that i’m not fond of pre-ordering items… i usually buy them when they are already out… i just have to find a retailer that would sell the lowest though… Toy Empire, however, sells them at the same time it is made available in Hong Kong which saves 2 or 3 months of waiting… hope you could sort this one out with the courier really soon… btw, any news on the missing part of your iron man mark 2 unleashed version? have you received it yet?
Not yet, but thankfully Hot Toys replied to most of my emails. Here is their last reply.
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Hello Nico,
Good day.
Please kindly note that the missing left shoulder flap part will be arranged and may need to take few weeks.
And also please send us your postal address for our record.
We will let you know once the replacement part is ready.
Thanks,
Best regards
KC/ Hot Toys Ltd
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So yeah, I’ll have to wait for a few weeks before the missing part becomes available. Did my research and there are also other collectors who has the exact missing part as mine. Still, I’m quite confident that Hot Toys will ship me the missing part once it’s available and I’ll be emailing them from time to time just to make sure. Can’t let this missing part pass because the figure is quite pricy.
Nice office setup sir! Love the selection of anime ladies. the dehumidifier is a great idea! Will go to down to the local hardware store to get some, and place them on my glass cabs. And i can definitely identify with the box problem. i hoard ’em! i dunno why since i dont plan to sell them hahaha :D
Thank you sir! Haha yeah, the dehumidifier avoids our PVC figs to generate oil overtime because of natural humidity. I also noticed that dusts on my figures are now easier to remove not unlike when I’m not using one. So yeah, It’s really helpful when it comes to figure maintenance. And yeah, regarding the boxes. I think i’ll need a dedicated room just for these growing figure boxes :/
I like your display of your figures, Nico. Just wondering but do you worry of not having enough space for your figures? Or that some of them might accidentally fall? I particularly like your array of Ignis figures. It would look more awesome if Ignis the White and Ignis of the Endless Winter were included. :)
Just a fair warning though with the Orchid Seed Ignis, I hear its prone to leaning after leaving on display for some time and you might want to re-calibrate it every so often.
Hahaha! That’s actually my problem right now T_T. I’m out of display space! ugh! I don’t worry to much about my figures falling because the racks and the figures are pretty much stable. What worries me (like any other figure collectors) is an accidental earthquake (I can’t imagine T_T).
As for leaning figures, yeah, I have an Orchid Seed Sonico (Valentine Ver.) and after a couple of months in display, it started to lean forward. Good thing this kind of issues can be easily fixed by using hot and cold water :) I think new figures from Orchid Seed today are now using ABS as the material for the legs instead of the usual PVC they’re using on their old figure releases.