Goodbye Vox...again.

I got the news that VOX is permanently closing it's doors as of tomorrow so I had to move my old archive to a new location.

I know we haven't posted in a while but life is keeping us busy. I'll be fiddling with the old blog so the design suits my taste.

SDCC 2010 Wishlist

It's that time of year again. Time to build the wishlist. Surprisingly, slim pickings this year which is good as we'll set aside more money for customs hopefully.

DKE TOYS: Booth #4372

Baby Treesons. One for sale each day for $16 each.

Mike Sutfin x Reckless Toys: Booth #???

Mad Battle Man Dusk Edition SDCC Exclusive. Unknown price. Pic courtesy of ToybotStudios.

UAMOU x Onell Design: Booth #4937

Clear Fortune Cats plus others I am still thinking about. She's bringing a lot!

Morphy Auction - I won what?

One of my big toy regrets was hearing about the auction of auctions late last year. So many I would have gone for but alas, that boat has sailed.

A smaller collection was recently offered again at Morphy's. Most of the lots had a piece of two we were interested in but not enough to bid. I was attracted to five lots. One had the Canico Cats, a Charactics lot with a mini Gezora I needed, the Buta no Hana and two Booska lots.

Nate and I just spent money at Super7 Anniversary so we couldn't really bid at all. My eyes kept wandering towards the Booskas. I was like, what the hell. I bid on lot #551 but the reserve on it was past my budget. So I went for my second choice, lot #550 and my bid was accepted.

I was able to see the auction live and saw the one lot I bid on go past my reserve. I was like, "Oh well." But a day or so later I got notification I actually won the lot. o___o

I then paid for my win and now the waiting ends as this big box arrived at my home. It's a great way to come home from a tiring day at work.

Nate opened my box as I watched the cats gathering around the couches for a chance to go in it.

The giant Marusan and M1Go Booskas are the primary reasons I went for the lot. The rest I don't mind and I can use with the Yotsuba project. There's one piece I am not really into and I will probably sell that off to the board if I can.

This was our first non-Ebay auction win and I kind of enjoyed it. Granted the 17% buyer's fee hurt but in the end with just the two pieces in this lot, I got a steal. Plus a new obsession with Booska begins to Nate's dismay.

The Yotsuba Re-Ment Project

All my Re-Ment are stored in a tub in individual plastic baggies which is not the best way to store them as it's hard to see what I have. I bought two Akro-Mills storage cabinet from Amazon.


I got the dividers as well to maximize the spaces in each drawer. At first I tried to organize my Re-Ment by sets but due to the large amount of sets I seem to have accumulated, that was soon turning into a cluttered mess. I wanted to be able to pull forks, knives and plates easily.

The only way to do that was to split the sets into its core parts and store them away that way. I was hesitant to do this as I would forget which came with what. In the end I decided to photograph the set before I separated it. I can always use the photo archive for reference.

With that decided, my thoughts turned to Yotsuba. Revoltech did an awesome job with her and she is almost to scale with most of the Re-Ment items I had. I wanted her to be part of each set I photographed. I tried matching each scene with her many faces.

I can't tell you how much I am enjoying this project. Yotsuba and Re-Ment go perfectly together! The photo archive is taking longer with Yotsuba in it but the images I am capturing make me smile.

The long weekend is presenting an opportunity for me to do as much of this as I can. It's great way to relax and I am hoping to finish more sets soon.

I heart Re-Ment!

I really missed playing with these awesome miniatures. I was looking for the Re-Ment house but I can't find it now and it's selling for ridiculous amounts on Ebay. I figured I might as well make my own room box. It'll be more to my taste and a little creativity over the summer might be just what I need to de-stress.

I knew I had the furniture to at least make a decent kitchen. I just wish I got more of the white cabinets as all I see are the brown which kind of throws off my white kitchen. =/

I am thinking I might need Nate's help with the measurements and possibly cutting but I kind of want to do this project by myself. Hopefully, I'll have something done by the end of the year.