Toys r Us in July

Heck. I've forgotten all about this posting. But better late than never (unless you really want to buy those toys, heh)

While I was at MITF, during my break, I snuck ou to Toys 'R' Us to have a looksee. This is very weird because in most toy events, there was usually a lot of big toy manufacturers about. But not this one. I was told that Hasbro did their stint in May and therefore, as far as they are concerned, its a done deal for 2011. I can't really remember who told me but compared to their Singapore counterpart, Hasbro here is very 'stingy'.

Anyway, when I was there, I was surprised that there were a lot of Star Wars merchadise on the shelves.

The Boba Fett blaster. Compared to the real deal,

it is 6 inches shorter and the grip is too small, etc.

It is good enough to troop after some modifications

but for me, I was very interested in its sound and

lights circuit. Because when I tried it, the sound

responded very fast even when I did some rapid

firing. In older toys, you have to wait for the sound

to complete before it responds to you. So, technically,

I can modify the circuit to have a machine-gun effect

or a Robocop 3-fire burst. That is, if I do buy one as

it will really set you back at Rm99.00

Next, is the Boba Fett Helmet at Rm146.90. This is

the most recognisable part of the costume right after

the armour and the blaster. But because the visor's

horizontal area was too big, I was not interested.

However, they did a very nice paint job though.

Grevious's Spinning Lightsaber. You can insert your

hands inside it and try the spinning action. But please

do a look around for any small kids running about as

when this box spins, you do not want any Mom/Dad

coming over and do hurtful things to you. For my

part, I will not tell you the price. (OK, so I forgot

how much it costs. Ha ha ha ha)

Next up are the spaceships which looks very detailed.

For example, Anakin's Starfighter. But did it really

transform like what it showed in the bottom right in

the movie?

I was tempted to get this Snowspeeder. However, as

I was in MITF helping out, it would be too trouble-

some to keep an eye and carry my stuff at the same

time. So, yes, I completely forgot about it. Dang.

I still cannot understand how this design came about.

But its nice. Sort of like a vehicles for people who are

about to get married but cannot touch each other yet.

Ah, what can I say. This was almost too tempting

to resist, MITF or no MITF. Luckily, the Hasbro

girl walked past and I was once again jolted to my

senses.

Next up are the mini vehicles which for the life of

me, could not understand how that fell can fir into

that small ship. Unless its supposed to be a big one

but because of its 'popularity', they decided to do

it smaller and add a figure there to fool kids.

A Pirate Speeded bike. I think I should start to

catch up on the Clone Wars new series as this,

I believe, was from Season 3.

Plo Koon and a speeder bike. Must be from

Season 3 again.

Ah, the infamous At-At walker. The biggest Star Wars

toy ever. I am not going to tell you how much it costs

as you might faint but I can tell you that its very big.

Now, they have this Galactic Battle Game

which I believe is another reason to

recycle old figures and put them into new

boxes and concept.

But what nearly made me

want to buy this Destroyer

Droid was the way it was

packed.

Now, this is something new. If

that certain Penang Mandalorian

did show up, this would be the

perfect costume to escort him

out. Ha ha ha ha ha!

Modern Boba Fett in a vintage

design package. When the original

Boba Fett came out, the mail-in

had a firing rocket in its backpack.

Due to fears of raising blinded kids,

they decided to invest in super-glue

This is a competitor to the NERF's Vulcan

but it looks so much more menacing. I do

not care if it has 30 rounds or not but if I

paint it black and have a faux ammo belt...

Once you get the excitement out of your system,

you realise that the darts comes out in the middle

and not the rotating barrels. But who cares? I just

modify the barrels with lights and its perfect!

This is what I was thinking when I looked.

A Space Marine Terminator w/ Mini-Gun

Lastly, one 'new' figure from the iron Man

toy series. Not sure if there is anymore

coming our since the hype is already

more than 'exhausted' for 2010

Of course, its going to use the triangle Arc Reactor

as this would be the 'latest' design. but why does it

looks super-glues on in a hurry? Was the original

design supposed to be for a round arc reactor?