Legoland 6030 Catapult USD 175 (exclude postage)
Legoland 6621 Fire Truck USD 145 (exlude postage) 85 NM+
Some serious toy collector likes to send some of the rare or nice item and get it graded by AFA. Others prefer to buy AFA items. I have seen lots of vintage star wars moc graded by AFA, plus all sort of action figures (mint on cards) and boxed toys. But for lego, this is the first time i came across them, currently on ebay.
The problem with AFA graded items is that in humid countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, the item might get moldy, at the end of the day there might be the need to crack open the case to protect the toy from further damage. The toy is always more precious than the case or grading itself. For me i don't go for AFA or display my collectable toys, but carefully stored them inside cupboards & dark places (not expose to sunlight).
It is expensive to posted to AFA, after grading they will send it back, the postage incurred plus service charges are costly. On display, owners will tell others they own an AFA graded item (usually cost USD 100 or more to get it graded). Kind of silly to me (you don't need someone to tell you that you own a mint item), you can save money to expand your collection or just buy a protective plastic case to protect it.
Personally, I don't think lego fans are into AFA stuff.
* NM means near mint.
there are 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, the best is probably 90 (almost direct from factory with minimum handling)
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Lego MASK Slingshot
Lego M.A.S.K Rhino
Orion Pax had created M.A.S.K stuff using lego he uploaded the pictures on flickr, 2 days ago, his boulder hill & rhino caught my attention.
Legoland 6030 Catapult USD 175 (exclude postage)
Legoland 6621 Fire Truck USD 145 (exlude postage) 85 NM+
Hot Toys Predator, apart from Lego, I have interest in Star Wars, LOTR, Predator, Aliens and others. As this is just a lego blog, I'm not going to write much on this.
My favourite Simpsons!
Last Saturday 11 Dec, visited the Singapore Toys, Games & Comic Convention (STGCC 2010) held at Suntec, this is the 3rd year. In the last 2 years admission was free, I didn't attend back then and was reluctant to go this year but to cut long story short, I went down because of friends.
The only lego display at the convention, the hoth battle scene
Display put up by the Star Wars Fan club in Singapore, lego & action figures hoth diorama
As a Star Wars fan, I enjoyed this hoth base diorama. I met the owner of these.
One of the Chinese designed game, the big Koala bear will follow the character slaying monsters. Kind of interesting but get bored after 5 mins of playing.
Hoy Toys Iron Man
Cosplay culture in Singapore. The teenagers gathered outside the convention hall dressed up as comic characters and allow visitors to take pictures of them.
This is one of the best contestant, she probably won the cosplay competition
Lots of photographers at the place
Cosplay girls enjoyed all the attention. Some of the selected pictures, I decided not to upload all of them here.
