2014 1st-Half Recap Marvel Universe Hauls ( January-June 2014)

Again it has been quite awhile since my last post. As much as I would want to do this regularly I just can't seem to find the time to squeeze this in. In the tone of Florence + The Machine's song, The 'Bum' Days are over. Being hired again for my 2nd job just this March, made it hard for me to continue blogging. But that didn't hinder me from continuously hunting for toys. So hopefully, with the right budgeting of time, I can post regularly again. Here's a little update of what I've been up to since my last post.

NEWS/TOY HAUL: 8th Christmas Toys & Collectibles Fair

        It's that time of the year again, where we spread the Christmas cheer by singing loud for all to hear! :3 This is the event that toy collectors look forward to, to wrap up their year of toy hauls! It's the annual Christmas Toys & Collectibles Fair or simply known as X-mas ToyCon, or just ToyCon as we commonly refer to. As I am writing this post, there's about an hour left before this event wraps up. As always, it's being held at Megatrade Hall 1 of SM Megamall. I've always looked forward to this event as I've always been in luck finding some gems for the past 2 X-mas ToyCons, that's why I really did set an appointment for this one.

TOY HAUL: Bonka Zonks

        I've been seeing these tiny, bullet-like, stunt toys from Marvel for quite a long time now. Since its release, neither kids nor collectors seemed to give attention to it thus making it an instant peg warmer. At first it didn't really appeal to me since, nothing seems so special about it and looks like it was really aimed for kids. With a retail price of P399.75 it didn't helped its case either. And the name!!! Gawd! It does remind me of slang word from Missy Elliott's Work It. Wondering what's the word? Try googling badonkadonk. For a toy that's aimed at kids, how appropriate.

Bye-Atus! (an end of a hiatus): Ultimate Haul Update & Stuffs

       It has been exactly 1 month and a week since I made my last post, and how glad am I to finally be back! Work has really been draining my energy lately, since I sit in front of a computer, photoshopping all day til the late afternoon. Though I might be on a hiatus with my posts, it didn't affect my toy hunting at all. In fact it has been a very fruitful month for me with regards to my plastic hauls. 

TOY HAUL: Iron Man & Spider-Woman Comic Pack

I started collecting Marvel Universe figures first before I even started to read comics. I vowed to stick to one figure per character so as to avoid overspending. I remember the time I got hold of an MU Spider-woman (Jessica Drew) figure from Toy Kingdom. I have no idea who she was back then, and what her story was. All I know is that I have yet to own a Spider-woman figure and so I did purchase her right then and there.

TOY HAUL: Marvel Universe Multiple-Man

I was finally able to complete my X-men related figure checklist yesterday. Got these items from a fellow collector who's selling them as a set. I was really eyeing this set from the time he posted it back when it was sold for Php 3,000. However I wasn't willing to pay more than SRP for a loose figure. After weeks, he posted the same item but at a lower price. I immediately put a dibs on 2 figures, and fortunately two other collector dibs on the remaining 3 as well. I was the one who meetup with the seller since I'm just a 15 minute jeep ride away from the meeting place. Got there on time, and was able to bring them all home with me until their respective owners get theirs from me. Seeing them together on hand feels great since I'm not really an army builder type of collector and seldom do I see these many of the same figures right in front of me. If I had a choice, I wanted to keep them all, but for my pocket's sake I'd stick with my army-of-two vow. Cheers!

TOY HAUL: Marvel Universe Wave 18? 19? 21 | Ultimate Iron Man

Assortment photo provided by Sir Eric

3 days ago, Sir Eric of cyb.ph announced that there will be a Marvel Universe distribution on the 23rd in Robinsons Galleria.

For those who are not familiar with the distribution, it is a system implemented by Playkit for some time now, so as to lessen hoarders and give fair chance for everyone to acquire a figure (mostly by set) at SRP price. It is where you register your name and get a number, then comeback for the actual distribution after lunch and wait for your number to be called. It's strictly 1 set per customer, therefore lessening the chance of hoarding.

This was good news for MUllectors, since the last distribution was held December of last year leaving us on a 6 month drought. However, what's odd about it is the assortment of figures that were included in the set. While everyone was expecting to see Wave 18 and maybe Wave 19, what we got was a mishmash of 18, 19 & 21.