You know its time.....

..... to change your hobby:

- when your sister shows you an article from the STAR paper about a toy collector and says "You better don't end up like him"

- when your friend asks you if you have nothing else to talk about other than toys instead of juicy gossip on your blog.

Reading the article - I realized a couple of things:

a) My collection is not even 1% of what Richard (the interview subject who's a 19 year old college student and a Star Wars fanatic) has.

b) The writer hasn't done much research on her subject/topic. She referred to the most expensive item in Richard's collection as a "saber sword". What the fuck are "saber swords"?

Everyone knows they're called "lightsabers" and NOT "saber swords". It goes to point out that research is very important in journalism and when you don't know your stuff - you might end up looking like a fool ;)

But I still need to talk about toys before I get to the gossip. Yes, faithful readers. Abit of gossip this time around.

I finally got my hands on the 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime (MP-01). Looks like I'm the only clown who placed a bid on it. Previously - the guy who was selling it was very enthusiastic (thankful maybe?) that he managed to get a buyer. He was telling me that he could even pass me the merchandise before the EBAY auction ended.

I sms-ed him to enquire when I could pick it up and his reply was - he was afraid that someone might place a higher bid at the last minute as the auction ends on 24th April 2006. Being the nice guy that I am - I told him I'd sell it back to him for RM 600 if someone does outbid me and I can go place an order for the reissued ones.

We reached a deal - the collectible (notice I didn't use the word "toy") is now sitting on my table, still unopened. Even the box is wrapped with clear plastic wrapper. Why? Because Mr. Seller said that he'd like to wait until the auction ends to be sure that no one outbids me. Makes sense I guess. It's less than 24 hours away anyways.

Lots of great deals around! Binaltechs that used to go for about RM 180 each are now going for RM 119! Damn - temptation, temptation. So much to get, so little money. Don't they look like nice car models? Pretty Mazda RX-8s lined up in a row.

Well - yes, Binaltechs are actually a new Transformers line. The white one (Meister) is the hardest to find and thus, also the most expensive one to get at the moment with prices around the RM 235 mark. He was actually a character called "Jazz" (Porsche) in the old cartoons. The red one (also called Meister) can still be found, slightly cheaper than the White Meister. The story-line states that the Red is a clone of White. Is that justification for the lower supply of White and higher price of White? Who knows?

The dark blue/purple one has a really gorgeous colour scheme - unfortunately, he's a Decepticon (the baddie). I'd get him just for his car mode as its the nicest looking colour plus its a modified Mazdaspeed Version II with a bodykit. Check out the pictures below:

It hasn't been raining for a few days now. The weather has been terrible. Where's the rain when you really want it? Thank god for an invention called the air-conditioning unit!

Now on to the gossip - some people are waiting for this I'm sure *winks*.

I met up with an old school mate yesterday. Haven't seen her since secondary school. It was a spur of the moment decision to actually meet up. KC was nice enough to offer to pick me up. (I must admit am slightly jealous as she's got a nice ride. Don't mess with a chick who drives a 2.0 litre Honda Civic while you only drive a 1.5 litre version :P)

In fact, she was nice enough to pick me up from home, drive to Amcorp Mall to pick up my MP-01, head on to 1Utama, spend about 45 minutes with me in the car before we found a parking space. We had dinner - then it was off for a movie "The Sentinel".

The movie wasn't too bad - company was fun. KC also had to send me home that night.

Thinking about it, the last time I actually watched a movie at the theater was probably "King Kong". My memory's so messed up sometimes I don't even know what day it is.

I've been having homicidal tendencies everytime I see motorcyclists who hog the roads in the middle of the night. These fuckers need to be taught a lesson. Maybe one day when the get rammed down and run over, they'll learn their lesson.

Another thing I absolutely cannot stand are the fuckers from Johor. Almost 95% of the time, cars on KL roads with the Johor plates are modified, and they drive like fucking dickheads. And a customer at McDonald's once told me "It doesn't matter if you're young or old, male or femlae - if you're a dickhead, you're a dickhead". Well said!