Things aren’t slowing down on the Transformers side of things as we’ve been getting a deluge of Optimus Prime figures, with several of them based on the original G1 design. Fortunately …
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Stuff on the New Hobby Storage Room Desk, and Some Updates
If you’ve been following this blog for a good while, then might’ve noticed that beginning in late 2022, I’ve been doing a series of “Stuff on the–” posts.…


Stuff from the Storage Room Desk: RIOBOT Shiryu, NERV Anti-G Special Decisive Weapon Prototype Unit-01
I’m still in the process of retrieving items from my external storage unit to my hobby storage room and in the process, this allows me to showcase some…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Reformatted Prominons
I was supposed to post this late last week, but I totally forgot so here it is, with an addition. I got Mastermind Creations’ Reformatted Salvia Prominon, which…


Stuff on the Office Desk: Collaboration Primes
I was initially aiming at finally bringing some Gunpla to the office desk, especially following my two viewings of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM. But with Lunar Cruiser…


Stuff on the Office Desk: Primal and Primes
I don’t know if this is just me being subconsciously excited for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, which is just a couple of months or so away, but…
Stuff on the Office Desk: An Actual Gundam
I’ve been placing collectibles on my office desk since 2022 and if you’ve been tracking these “Stuff on the Office Desk” posts, then you will notice one thing.…


Stuff on the Office Desk: October Optimus Primes
I realized this recently, but I’ve apparently been catching up and purchasing a lot more Optimus Primes figures than usual, both on the first- and third-party fronts. It’s…


Stuff on the Office Desk: Here Comes the Armada
Coming from my office desk post last week, I got my copy of Legacy: Evolution Armada Universe Optimus Prime last week and it is a really amazing Transformers…


Stuff on the Office Desk: More Silver Robot Kaijus
One of the primary reasons I’ve been putting some of my collection on the office desk is because I really don’t have enough space to display everything at…


Stuff on the Office Desk: G1 Prime Appreciation Time!
Last year’s announcement of Transformers Missing Link Optimus Prime created massive hype leading up to its release. And upon its release, all the hype paid off with such…


Stuff on the Office Desk: THat’s one Heavy Prime
When I started collecting Optimus Prime figures oh so many years ago, I restricted myself to the Deluxe class size/price point. This limits the figures I can buy,…


Stuff on the Office Desk: Completing the ‘Bay-verse’ Primes
As part of the whole reboot/soft reboot/what-have-you of the Transformers live action films, I decided to get copies of the Voyager Class Optimus Prime figures from the mainlines…


Stuff on the Office Desk: Prime Primes, and Then Some
I’ve still yet to receive my Transformers: Rise of the Beasts figures in the next couple of weeks. So, in the meantime, here are the Primes on the…
Stuff on the Office Desk: Still a Pain to Transform
A couple of weeks ago, I was finally able to get rubber tires for my SND-08 The One figure from, well, SND. To those unfamiliar, this is their…


Stuff on the Office Desk: Overcompensation, and one is Valid
I’m still playing catch up on several Transformers figures, while getting the new ones at the same time. And for this round, we have a couple of figures…


Stuff on the Office Desk: More G1 Prime Appreciation Time!
When Takara Tomy announced Transformers Missing Link Optimus Prime/Convoy, I also somewhat started hunting for a proper G1 Optimus Prime figure. I know there it already has countless…


Stuff on the Office Desk, Now with the Need for ‘SEED’
I recently mentioned in the last work in progress post that my energy for building SEED kits is currently drained, hence going back to UC kits. But that…


Stuff on Another Office Desk: United Colors of Commanders
I’m still sitting at the same office desk as usual, but I decided to hijack one of the managers rooms here for a better background, and because the…


Stuff on the Office Desk: More Primes and a Possible Change?
If you’re a Transformers collector, then you should know that we have quite a number of Optimus Prime releases in 2023. From Legacy: Evolution, to Studio Series, and…


Stuff on the Office Desk: Both are Lions, One Looks Less
Over the past weekend, I finally got two of my more anticipated Transformers purchases which were made available at the last part 2022. First is the HasLab-excluive Victory…


Stuff on the Office Desk: Data Clerks with Blasters and Axes?
I recently got the Transformers Legacy: Evolution Amazon-exclusive “Humble Origins” two-pack of Senator Shockwave and Data Clerk Orion Pax. And I immediately sold off Senator Shockwave …


One Shots / “Creative. Classic. Comic… Gimmick?”
In 2021, the stars might have aligned for the folks within Tamashii Nations and Sen-Ti-Nel as they came up with practically the same gimmick for their next set…


Stuff on the Office Desk: “Beast Machines: Transformers” Blast Punch Optimus Primal
Besides catching up on Optimus Prime figures (licensed or unlicensed), I’m also sort of catching up on derivative characters based on him — one of which is Optimus…


Stuff on the Office Desk: Amazing Yamaguchi Iron Man “Bleeding Edge” Armor
Did I just forget how to handle Revoltech figures and their weird joint cuts and what not? Get your Amazing Yamaguchi Iron Man “Bleeding Edge” armor from HobbyLink…


Stuff on the Office Desk: Sen-Ti-Nel’s SV-Action SP//dr
While hybrid workplaces and setups continue to evolve, I still opted to work in the office. So, I still have a dedicated workstation that I can put stuff…


Stuff on the Office Desk: I Don’t Know How to Pose Dinosaurs
With only around a month before the greatest, dumbest, and probably most amusing movie of 2024, Godzilla ✕ Kong: The New Empire, is released in theaters, I decided…


Stuff on the Office Desk: MakeToys’ Cross Dimension Thunder Manus (Powermaster Optimus Prime)
As post-pandemic workplaces continue to evolve, I still opted to work in the office. So, I still have a dedicated workstation that I can put stuff on. Including…


Stuff on the Off– Window Side: Comic Book Iron Man Spotlight!
I mentioned in my last office desk update that I’m having a renewed Iron Man kick and have decided to switch up my desk display pieces. For the…


Stuff on (top of) the Office Desk: Large Space Jet! HasLab Transformers Victory Saber
I know no one is asking this question, but I’d like to clarify that all these office desk photos are taken on my mobile phone. Not the worst,…


Stuff on the Office Desk: Transformers Legacy “A Hero is Born” Alpha Trion & Orion Pax
With the buzz surrounding the recently released Transformers: Rise of the Beasts trailer, I decided to take home Blast Punch Optimus Primal for a possible photo shoot (weird…
Godzilland Attacks Cool Stuff! Say Hellow to Comic Saurs Story!!!
Okay, before I get started I want to introduce everybody to someone.He ought to be here any moment now. Yeah, I hear him, breathing fire and smoke as…


Stuff on the Office Desk: Xin Li Xing Oversized IDW Optimus Prime (tHRILLING 30, Legends Class)
We are now several days into 2023 which means the holidays are over and we’re, unfortunately, back to the daily grind of work. For me, this means going…


Another classic anime theme: “Nantokanare” from Akagi
Today and tomorrow’s posts deal with two more anime opening themes from series that are connected in my mind forever, even if they don’t have much in common…


Stuff From the Office Window Side: Figma Samus Aran (Metroid Dread)
The next couple of posts will be some sort of Metroid-slash-Samus Aran double combo, starting with this one. As I mentioned previously, I will be going on a…
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Unboxing A Lot of Stuff from My Teenage Years
This is gonna be a different kind of video, because I'm going to be exposing the kind of person I was when I was a teenager to you…


Stuff Back from After-Sales Support: SND “The One” (IDW Optimus Prime)
Upon its announcement, I really became interested with SND’s “The One,” their take on one of the IDW designs for Optimus Prime. Mostly because of how the figure…


Pendulum Room vs Room of Time
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‘Tis the Season For Stuff
***That’s the gif Google suggested for “anime stuff” and who am I to argue with genius?*** We live in an increasingly digital world. I haven’t bought a physical…


“Escape from JoJo’s Bizarre Nightmare” Stone Ocean Escape Room Announced
An escape room based on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, "Escape from JoJo's Bizarre Nightmare" starts in Japan in October 2023.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
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The Classic That Could've Been
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Swag ‘N Stuff
Here in Japan, I have the opportunity to do a lot of stuff. I get to see lots of places. I go there. I do stuff. I also…


This Weekend’s “Optimii” Reveals from MCM Comic Con 2022
This weekend, we are shifting our focus neither on Japan nor on America as MCM Comic Con 2022 is happening in London and we are getting some interesting…


Reflections: Reviewing the stuff you hate
You are getting this post because I didn’t like the post I planned to put up this week. It veered a bit too personal, and I wasn’t really…


Whatever Happened to Windom? S.H.Figuarts King Joe STORAGE Custom
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Media Room Tour
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