Post New Year Hunt in Orchard Road

So after the New Years celebration, I went down and strolled along the busy Orchard Road in Singapore to get a peek if there are toys sales or new hoots. They are a quite a couple of toys in-a-short-of real discounted price. Oh well...

First stop - Takashimaya.

At the 3rd floor Ngee Ann City mall is the first place I thought of since I wanted to compare mall prices to the figures sold in specialty shops.

Yes. There are sales. But its not as I hoped it would be. They would say it is already discounted but you can get a much lower price on ebay.

Some of the interesting toys/figures I find competitive in discounted prices are:

Yes Goseiger (Microphone in almost half the price)

More softubi Ultraman stuffs...sorry not a fan.

This Ben 10 upgraded Omnirtix ain't cheap

Batta Candriod. Not bad at 39.95 almost 4 dollars higher than what is on ebay.

Almost favorable price for a halo figure. I wonder when will I start collecting these

Kamen Rider OOO

2nd stop - Uncle Ng

Every time I strut along Orchard Road alone, I never fail to visit Uncle Ng's store. The outdoor display of mechas, figures and what not, never fails to amaze me. Lo and behold some of the OOO - related merchandises that are sold out in most Japanese online stores are found here. (I swear I checked most of the Japanese online stores, they don't have stock)Even if there are twinkle in my eyes every time I visit Uncle Ng, I never bought anything from them because of the steep prices. The "apples" of my eye however are these:

Nice Transformers figures

ah yes SIC KT Blade and Garren in the house.

This may be my first purchase at Uncle Ng, a Kamen Rider OOO Toravendor

Side post: Never again

I've never seen a boulevard decorated during the holidays as gloomy as what I've seen. Orchard Road, I should be giving you a spanking. Whatever the organizer's description about 2010's Christmas motif - dude these are not the primary colors of Christmas. Rather than spreading a good cheer for holidays, the colors gave me a bah humbug.

At least Wisma Atria kept its theme. It always looks Christmas at Wisma. 

The only exception I saw which I find festive. Ion - you know how to celebrate Xmas.

That's ok....there is always next year.