Kamen Rider Decade final episode 31 trailer and introducing the new Kamen Rider Double promo

(wiki)

This has got to be the shortest rider series which runs for only 31 episodes this year. Well, hope the new Kamen Rider Double (W) has a better story though it's intriguing for me (IMHO) to see the Ultimate Rider's War in Decade.

Kamen Rider Double (仮面ライダーW（ダブル） or Masked Rider Double W is the upcoming eleventh series in the Heisei period run of the Kamen Rider Series and the twentieth Rider series overall. It is set to premiere following the finale of Kamen Rider Decade on September 6, 2009

Plot Summary

In the ecologically-minded city of Fūto (風都, translated as "Wind Capital"), there are many windmills and the people live in harmony. However, the Sonozaki Family (園咲家) sell mysterious USB memory sticks called Gaia Memories to criminals who use them to become monsters called Dopants, committing crimes with the police force powerless to stop them. The hardboiled (or rather half-boiled) detective Shotaro Hidari works with the mysterious Phillip who possesses the true Gaia Memory. Using their own Gaia Memories, Shotaro and Phillip use the Double Driver belts to transform and combine into Kamen Rider Double to fight the Dopant menace.

Here's the promo video for the new Kamen Rider Double (W) after the trailer for Kamen Rider Decade final episode 31.

Celebrities Auction - Personalised Star Wars Clone Trooper Helmets for Children with Life-threatening Illnesses

Hi all!

This message is sent out on behalf of
The Singapore Star Wars community from
Starwars.sg and the
501st Legion Singapore Garrison.

Celebrities Auction Personalised Star Wars Clone Trooper Helmets
to Help Needy Children
 
The Singapore Star Wars community from Starwars.sg and the 501st Legion
Singapore Garrison has organised a fund-raiser 'Wish Upon The Stars' to
benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation (Singapore) to auction personalised
Star Wars helmets from celebrities, artist and prominent figures in
Singapore on eBay Inc. Singapore-born, Taiwanese pop sensation
Lin Jun Jie, popular local actor Adrian Pang, and  Mr Teo Ser Luck Mayor,
North East District, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Community
Development, Youth and Sports & Ministry of Transport, and Toy Designer
DEVILROBOTS are amongst the 12 stars who have left their creative marks
and loving touch on the widely recognised Clone Troopers helmets.
 
Proceeds will help grant wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses.
 
The fund-raising effort is held in conjunction with the Singapore Toy, Games
and Comic Convention 2009 organised by PI Events where the 12 uniquely
helmets were showcased at the convention from 13 - 16 August 2009.
 
The helmets will be auctioned through our online marketplace partner, eBay
Inc,  for a 7-day auction, and ending on 31 August 2009.
Follow this link to see the helmets on auction:
http://shop.ebay.com. sg/wish.upon.the.stars
 
The list of celebraties/ artistes include:
 
Mr Teo Ser Luck
DEVILROBOTS
JJ Lin
Moe Alkaff
Adrian Pang
Irene Ang
Amy Cheng
Celest Chong
Brendon Fernandez
Elizabeth Tan
Rebecca Tan
Jimmy T

About Starwars.sg
Starwars.sg is the online forum of the Singapore-based community of
Star Wars fans.
http://www.starwars.sg
 
About 501st Legion
The 501st Legion is a worldwide Star Wars costuming organisation
comprised and operated by Star Wars fans. While it is not sponsored by
Lucasfilm Ltd., it is Lucasfilm's preferred Imperial costuming group.
Star Wars, its characters, costumes, and all associated items are the
intellectual property of Lucasfilm. Copyright 2009 Lucasfilm Ltd. All
rights reserved. Used under authorisation.
http://www.501st.sg
 
About Make-A-Wish Foundation® (Singapore)
Make-A-Wish Foundation® (Singapore) is part of the global organisation
that grants the wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses.
Each wish brings smiles, laughter and a sense of wonder, together with
many special memories to cherish. Globally, the  Foundation's aim is
to grant one wish every hour of every day, 365 days a year. Since the
launch of our affiliate in 2003, we have granted over 410 magical
wishes here in Singapore. The goal is to reach every medically
eligible child and bring them renewed strength to battle their
illnesses.
http://www.makeawish.org.sg

Enterbay's The Storm Warriors (风云II) 12inch collectibles prototype pix released

(source: enterbay blog)

I've got to admit, the likeness is uncanny but the buying part depends whether the movie is as good as it looks. Here's youtube trailer below:

“All Riders VS. Great Shocker” subway AD

(text & source from felix's blog & halcyon realms)

There is a really long KamenRider AD at underground walkway near Shinjuku Marunouchi station to promote their latest film “All Riders VS. Great Shocker”, celebrating a decade run of the latest ( Heisei period ) Kamen Rider series. A whopping total 26 different Riders are set to appear in the film.

You can see the making video below:

> Movie Official Website

> More of CM videos HERE

> Previous article in my POST HERE

hockstuff is finally back~!!

After almost one year MIA (missing in action), my buddy HOCK is finally back with his toy digirama wallpapers. He's getting better at this so go to his blog and see 2 of his new masterpiece. Keep it coming bro, don't STOP!!!

NOTICE: My Blogspot IS BACK ONLINE~!! Kudos to brudder Kenny and LEon

Kudos to Kenny and LEon!!

Thanks guys for the information on the SINGNET proxy problem.

My blogspot is finally back to normal. For the benefits of others who has the same problem as mine. Here's the advise given:

- At your firefox/browser goes to Tools > Option then click on "Advance"

- Click on the Network tab
- Under connection click on the button "Settings"
- Select Manual Proxy configuration put in proxy.singnet.com.sg port: 8080

- Restart your browser

So, I will use wordpress as my backup blog in case anything happens again (since it's already all furnished today) But, I am lucky and happy i didn't have to terminate this blogspot...So far so good, all shall resume as per normal :)

NOTICE: My Blogspot TEMP. Out of Service

Due to blogspot POST template and editing problems, my blogspot is out of service till further notice. Problem is i can't publish my post due to the lack of user friendly buttons. I am not very HTML savvy so without these button, i can't really blog well. Emails has been sent to blogspot and i hope they can resolve it ASAP.

Meantime, I've transferred all my old and future posts to KENMOO WORDPRESS (http://kenmoo.wordpress.com) All new post will be available in my new wordpress from today onwards.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
KENMOO

Sony officially announces USD$299 PS3 Slim

Source: CNET news
A cheaper way to own a blu-ray and game console soon, am guessing Asian version to be out by 1st quarter next year.

AVATAR official trailer released today!!

AVATAR takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The film was first conceived by Cameron 14 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not yet exist. Now, after four years of actual production work, AVATAR delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind, where the revolutionary technology invented to make the film, disappears into the emotion of the characters and the sweep of the story.

Opening 18th Dec 2009 Worldwide
Director:James Cameron
Cast:Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver

Click HERE for APPLE Trailer in HD!!

Project Atom Wallpaper

Thanks to Felix's note, I was very impressed with these series of Project Atom wallpaper which is produced by Tezuka Production and Toyko Denki University. I hug Astro Boy, do you?

STGCC 2009 coverage on 14-Aug (friday)

Today's crowd was quite moderate, not too rowdy, ample of walking space but heard a lot of exclusives were sold out today.

I guess the weekends crowd will be huge, so i'll probably skip them :P

For those who's going this weekends, I'll drop you a quick access note. Take the Lift to level 4, which is next to The Food Republic. If everything else fail, you can just follow the signage via the escalators.

Now, let the photos do the talking :P

If you can't see the above slideshow, there's always my flickr set HERE

Videos from my facebook as below:

STGCC Opening Ceremony (13-Aug-09)

It's been a thrilling day at the STGCC opening but i think it's worth it. Met up with some fellow bloggers including the infamous toy heaven and his wife Daisy

stormtrooper effect , little plastic man and leon from open the toy.

Do check out their blogs as well for STGCC'09 coverage this year~!!

I hope to bump into you guys again these few days at the convention :)

Here's my humble hightlights for today's opening considering I am too busy snooping around the stalls and doing my ninja work :P
Photos:

Me and Simone Legno

Hot Toys Marcus Wright is damn tempting~!!

DX TDK Batman on display in SG?!! Action City sure know how to tease their customers

My favorite robot Tetsujin 28 (Tamashii Exclusive), very HOT price indeed, my wallet can't take it :P

Mr Andy (TRE) too busy so i ninja him this time :P

Plus these eye candies in the convention, i think i need to go back again, really soon :P

Zero damage today, but i doubt my wallet will survive the next few days.

Here's the goodies bag content from the opening today, quite impressive.

Over more than 200++ opening photos in my flickr set, so just click on from there.

Videos:

Devilrobots (Shinchiro Katai) & Tokidoki (Simone Legno) at work with the wall before the ceremony starts.

Ron English in the house~!!

LIVE Flickr on STGCC 2009 Opening Ceremony today

Refresh this page as i upload LIVE images from STGCC opening ceremony this afternoon.

Can't view the above? CLICK HERE for my flickr set

Twittering LIVE from STGCC'09 Opening Ceremony

Watch out for my LIVE Twits

@ STGCC Opening Ceremony

today, 13 August at 3pm

onwards.

Toy shops in Bangkok (updated in 11 August 2009)

My last trip to Bangkok (Thailand) was in July 2007, time flies and there's several changes to the toy shops since my last visit. See my previous post HERE

Here's my recommendations if you want to go toy hunting in Bangkok:
**Note: most toy shops closes between 6pm-7pm so plan your timing. And mostly the price are more ex than SG or HK too, so unless you are getting that rare collection you've missed else these places is just another walkabout to quench your toy thirst while away from home.

(A) Pirom Plaza (near Chinatown) **highly recommended**
Be ready to spend at least 1 whole day here!!
Address:
921 Mahachai Rd., Wangburapapilom
Panakhon, BKK 10120
Opening hours: 11:00am-6:00pm

Housed a huge collections of mainly gasphon collectibles and some misc action figures.
The one and only place i know in Bangkok which is for toy collectors like Singapores CSC and Hongkong's CTMA center.

Pure Otaku's heaven like Tokyo Aikihabara!!

There's also a lot of shops selling cameras equipments, card games and video games.

There's also a few scattered toy shops in Bangkok as well, but they are not so concentrated like Pirom Plaza.
(B) Fantasia @ Siam Discovery Center
444 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan
3rd Floor


(C) Iamtoys Exclusive @ MBK Centre
www.iamtoys.com
Address: 444 MBK Centre
7th Floor, Phayathai Rd., Wangmai, Pathumwan
BKK 10330


View flickr slideshow below: