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Friday, November 11, 2005

Luke Jedi vs Luke Jedi

Ever since 1977 Kenner (which was later bought over by has"bra") has been producing Star Wars action figures.

For more than 25 years, little improvement has been done to the figures, however the price did increased by 900%+ & countin' since the beginning.

I've to admit...I'd been a sucker for many years but it wasn't always that bad until recent years...with the release of the dreaded Star Wars Prequels. Too many versions of Darth Maul, Jango Fett, Darth Vader & even *fuckin'~* jarjar binks had been released...worst of all were all the *shitty~* exclusives - variants, repaints & all the crap that weren't even in the movies. has"bra" & George Puke'as are takin' fans & collectors for granted. They're consistently insultin' our intelligence.

After 2002, I've learned to let go many of things & 1 of them is Star Wars figures that had been with me for ages. I'd cut myself loose of its leash. I know now that $$$ in my hands gives me the Power to Choose. Choose to spend it on somethings or somebody that are worthy. has"bra" has no pride in their work. Ridin' on the Star Wars label, throwin' any *crap~* @ us & expect us to receive'em with open arms. Never will this happen to me again.

A recent press release from SideShow made me realised my choice was right. SideShow is well know for makin' Movie 12" figures with high level of details & craftsmanship @ reasonable price. When they took over the helm to produce 12" Star Wars figures, it's the best news regarding Star Wars licence since the good'o Kenner days.

To prove my point, juz check out the pixes below.

has"bra" Bantha's shit like 12" Luke Jedi

SideShow 12" Luke Jedi

Labels: starwars

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Master Gene vs Darth Vinz Movie Clip

YES!!! I have successfully rob this Movie Clip off Mok's site!

It's Mine! All Mine! Bwhahahaha!!!

*QuickTime plugin required...

Labels: starwars

Sunday, May 22, 2005

Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith...aftershock...

After the Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith Opening, Master Gene & Commander Wing suggested for us to meet up & have a photo session somewhere in the "wilderness"...of Pasir Ris.

This Vesak Day long weekend Sunday was a perfect day for it. So we decided to meet @ Master Gene's place @ 1000hrs & he'll lead us to the locations! Commander Wing offered Master Mok & myself a ride in his "Speeder". The turnout, Master Gene, Commander Wing, Steve of Tatooine, Master Mok & me. Lanvince chickened out as usual!

While getting geared up, we took a tour in Master Gene's Playhouse, admiring his collections.

Then, off we went to the 1st location - Pasir Ris Canal!? I thought we'd decided to leave this spot out...!?...Since we were there, what the heck! Just do it!

"V" for Vinz!

By noon, after messin' with drain water...we moved on to somewhere in between Endor & Dagobah.

About 20mins later, Steve gotta leave to pick up his little gal. The 4 of us continued with the shoot as well as blood donations...to the wild pests...Good thing I was well protected by my Sith Outfit! It's "Good" to be "Bad" ya!?

Around 1400hrs our little nature expedition came to an end. What followed was a Fanboyz day out! We visited Master Mok's Gallery, then Commander Wing's Showcase! Damn! They're all so neat...*look @ my pig sty...blackout~~ Then to China Square we went. Toyz!!!

Master Mok's Gallery (L), Cpt Wing's Showcase (R)

SFX will be added to the pix we took earlier. Here's another sneak peek...

Labels: starwars

Saturday, May 21, 2005

Star Wars Horoscopes

Star Wars Horoscope for Libra

You are on a lifelong pursuit of justice and determined to succeed. You convey the art of persuasion through force. You always display your supreme intelligence. You have a great talent in obtaining balance between yourself and your surroundings. Star wars character you are most like: Obi Wan Kenobi

What is Your Star Wars Horoscope?

Why am I not a Sith...?

Labels: starwars

A Fuckin' Speculator! II

Guess what!? This muthafarker can really lie through his holes!!! This is his 2nd cock:

"SUPER RARE!! Be amongst the first in Singapore to own the very rare ROTS Battle Droid #17 variant. This figure’s head is not attached to his body!! This is a one in a million figurine as a result of quality control slippage. Hasbro will love to retrieve this variant. Figurine is in factory seal and in mint condition on mint card. Interested parties please contact Kyser at 97482432 or goh.lawrence@gmail.com. Many thanks!"

Selling @ S$39.90!

I've seen hundreds of such Battle Droid figures hanging in Taka, TRU, Metro, OG etc..."result of quality control slippage" my ass! What a fuckin' moronic A$$!!!

Labels: starwars

A Fuckin' Speculator!

sg has the most fuck-up & dishonest auction sites on earth. I was so bored today, I went to 1 just to look around...& I found this piece of pooh!

Selling @ S$49.90 what was supposed to be $17.90! In his filthed words full of lies he wrote:

"Be amongst the first in Singapore to own the very rare ROTS Clone Pilot even before the premier of Star Wars Episode Three: Revenge of the Sith This is a hard to get figurine due the limited production run and limited circulation. It is unlikely to find this in stores due to excess demand Figurine is in factory seal and in mint condition on mint card. Interested parties please contact Kyser at 97482432 or goh.lawrence@gmail.com. Many thanks!"

Any of you know this muthafarker!?

I've never gotten anything from ebay sg & I never will because of fuckers like this!

It's illegal to scalp tickets in sg but why not toys...or any other things?

Labels: starwars

Friday, May 20, 2005

Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith (PG)

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Science Fiction & Fantasy

Ok, I'm not gonna waste time writing about the story outline. If you don't know anything about Star Wars, "Get Out"!

I was very skeptical about this movie when I was about to watch it for the 1st time last Sunday. True enough, it's not all good as some Star Wars fans had wished.

For the younglings, this may be the best Star Wars because they only know EPI, II & III. As for veteran Star Wars fans, "lots of room for improvement, this movie has..."

To me, the most impressive sequences are the Space Aerial Dog Fight at the opening, & the Climatic Lightsaber Duel between Obi Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker. The Ultimate best part has to be - "No Stupid Jar Jar Binks goofy scenes", but it'll be even better if I can see the demise of this pain in the ass amphibian!

Maybe I'm too demanding but Revenge of the Sith seemed to have more let down than satisfaction. Bad acting is a known fact, so I'm not gonna elaborate.

The relationship between Padme & Anakin is less marshy this time but not touching at all...Any scene with Padme is sooo~ boring! Lucas is not good at delivering emotional scene, he can't get his actors to express feelings through their eyes; Natalie had done it in Closer but not here...(also a good example - Spiderman II), & at the same time there's still no chemistry between Natalie Portman & Hayden Christensen.

The CloneTroopers looks really cool with their different armor designs, but they are all a waste of money because you won't really see them in action. Also, I'm really disappointed with ILM CGI Dept for the faces of CloneTroopers...looks like something out of a PS1 game...

The Darkside is not dark enough in this episode. EP I seemed to have the best villain. Darth Vader, Darth Tyranus, General Grevious & even Darth Sidious didn't appear to be as fearsome as Darth Maul.

The biggest let down has to be the destruction of the Jedi Order...damn...it was so brief, that even Jar Jar Binks had more screen time than them...Lucas failed to make me feel sad about the Jedis' "supposedly" tragic end...

This Finale to the Star Wars epic has put most pieces of the puzzle in place except for -

- Who is Master Sifo-Dyas, who killed him & who in his place, make the order for CloneTroopers?

- Who's Anakin's father really? No hocus pocus Mother Mary bullshit! &

- Where are the young Han Solo, Boba Fett, Lando Calrissian etc...?

I was hoping that Boba Fett will disguise himself as 1 of the CloneTrooper & helps Anakin to kill Mace Windu in vengeance for Jango Fett, thus explain the relationship between Boba Fett & Darth Vader in ESB...don't you think it'll be interesting?

Although, I complain alot, it's still a movie worth watching. "Once" for everybody & at least "Twice" for Star Wars fans! Try to catch it in Digital, it's better!

Director: George Lucas
Writer(s): George Lucas, Jonathan Hales
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Jimmy Smiths, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Hayden Christensen

2 stars for Star Wars, 1 for the Aerial Dog Fight, 1 for all the Lightsaber Duels & -1 for how much better this could have been...

Labels: movies, Review, starwars

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

"Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith" Opening!

By the time you guys read this, I'd watched it 4 times already! You may think "What the *doot...!?" but this time it's not about the movie anymore, it's the company of Friends!

Master Mok had arranged a 1630hrs as well as a 1940hrs show! 1630hrs being the 1st public screening, we wanna be in it, & @ the same time for Madi who couldn't make for the 1940hrs showtime. *anyway, I only got into the cinema @ around 1650hrs..."tang-Q" huh, youse know who youse are...luckily this is not my 1st screening...

Yah! Smile Somemore!

Show ended @ 1845hrs. By now, the party @ the garden had already begun! Free Heineken Booze (but I don't drink...)! Familiar faces all over! Some old Cosmic friends, some from the earlier Sunday & Monday screenings, Falcon Hangar pals & some new happy faces! One thing for sure, everybody's in a "high mood"!

The Cosmic Link!

Photos below courtesy of Master Mok! Click here for more!

Hampers were given out to 3 most creative costumes! I have to say, they deserved every bit of the reward! And my personal favorite is the AT-ST (Scout Walker)!

The Winners! Vader, R2-Dee~Dum~ & AT-ST!

Check out the AT-ST details!

So Cute~ she attracts many 怪叔叔 (weird uncle)! Hahaha~

If the Empire had Cute AT-ST like this in ROTJ, not only will the ewoks lose the Battle of Endor, they'll lose their girl fans also! *Boohoo~ for the stinkin' ewoks!

Overall, the party was only ok...still we had our own fun despite the bad Party MC. As of the previous screenings, we were still treated like celebrities! Photos! Photos! & More Photos!

Wing (L) in X-Wing Pilot Gear (home made - Cool~), a Fan & Steve (R)

Aren't they the coolest?

When people got tired of us...We Forced them into taking pictures with us! *It must be the air that went into our heads! Hee~

This time we were well seated way before the showtime but the camera flashes didn't end here! They attracted so much attentions that the GV staffs had to come around to "confiscate" some...of course they returned them after the show lah...

On Senator Sharon's request...

2hrs & 20mins later...we were still in GV Grand! More photos requests & discussions! Until it gotten too late & we had to end the day in an "anti-climatic" way...dinner @ MacDonald's...Why don't they have a Burger King in Great World City!!!???

Me tryin' to hold the junk food down...

May the Force Be With Us!

Labels: starwars

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

"Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith" Gala Charity Premiere!

The Celebration didn't end after the Preview on Sunday (15 May 2005). What follows thru @ GV Grand on Monday is like a Sequel, only on a bigger scale! Too bad...not all of us can attend...even myself was a substitute because Master Gene was ill...but I'm glad that I sent Bobby's Direct Courier for the collection of Master Gene's ticket!

I brought my outfit & Lightsaber to the office that day. After work...I turned myself to the Darkside & became Darth Vinz...

I was there @ 2000hrs. No sign of Master Mok, Master Lai & Senator Jo...Only the guys from 501st Legion & FanForce...a whole lot of 'em!!!

The Galactic Empire

Boba Fett & 501st Legion flag bearer

Like I said, this is on a bigger scale...not only by the Fans turnout, there were like lots of journalists, photographers & people who had no business there at all...juz there to crowd out the narrow place!

Even Lord Vader couldn't stand the crowd & had to dash out to catch a breather...

Since I'm in an Events Management company, I find that GV lacks the ability to guide & control the crowd. Useful signages & ushers were no where to be seen...This is very bad especially when the Pre-Sor-Den of...eh...something is the V-VIP of this event!

Who's the V-VIP? You be the Judge!

*a little on the side - notice any similarity between the Pre-sor-den & Classic Yoda?

*they're both puppets!

This nite is for Star Wars & Star Wars only! Everybody or anybody not in Costume is nobody! I'd seen it happened. People wanted to have photos with us from left, right, center, while ignoring the mediacorps artists! Hah! That's because we're closer to Hollywood than any of them ever gonna be! We are the Stars! *now I know how Twins are feeling...having to pose for photo on every corner they turn...