Guppy

I just got the smokescreen - he's pretty cool, but I'll leave him in car mode as his legs are a bit stumpy.

what what what?!? That's so COOL. I didn't even know that it was it was being redone. It's one of my all time favourite manga.

I'm finally back from holidays! I've been gone since December 13. It's kinda depressing to be back at work but I'm coping! It was great meeting you guys and putting faces to the names. thanks to graham for showing us around. I would NEVER have found all those great places without you guy's knowledge.

I had a BALL at the shopathon! HK is like one HUGE shopping centre! I went crazy buying stuff. I went even crazier trying to fit it into my bag and carry-on luggage to take on the plane! I stuffed a lot of my toy purchases into the 1/48 1j box and when it went through the customs x-ray machine they cracked up laughing!

I bought:

1/48 super 1j

MPC optimus

binaltech smokescreen

yammie 11b fastpack, ostrich, elint

1/48 fastpack set

1/65 bandai stealth valkyrie

K&M regult gashapon toy

SD Kampher

Cowboy bebop swordfish kit

MG patlabor reactive armor kit

MG gelgoog production kit

HGUC xeukiens kit

PG green Zaku kit

HG L-gaim kit

.. and sailor moon figures (for my little cousin!! I swear! )

there's a few things I can't remember but that's mostly it! I love the thrill of spending money!

PS - I didn't pay customs. What customs guy is gonna know the real price for a 1/48? He'll just look at it and think 'it's a toy, worth 10 bucks.'

Hello from Ko Tao in thailand!!

I'm OK with the Kowloon - I would be completely LOST at any other meeting place! This shopathon is gonna be great - I have been doing nothing for a week but sitting on beaches and drinking alcohol. and eating and sleeping. HK will wake my lazy ass right up! But I bet it's not as nice as Agent One's!!!! LOL!!

Oh well, back to the beach for me. I need to rest some more after my really hard day so I can stay up all night for new year's.

Oh, BTW, HAPPY NEW YEARS!! Cheers to another year of unfulfill new year resolutions.

Hi everybody!! Just stopped into an internet cafe in Sukothai in north thailand. I was in bankok for 2 days and I have a really sore throat but it's an amazing if very dirty city. Since then have been travelling up to chang mai stopping in towns on the way. Not long to go now! I am saving as much as I can for HK. See you guys then!

I will stay in the Kowloon Hotel, my full name is Sebastian Poli Lauzon in case anybody wants to contact me.

Nah, nobody wants to contact you.

We will all run away from you if we see you

Just joking.

Graham

He said when he was gonna meet me in the foyer of my hotel he was only going to wear his socks and underwear. So you may be less joking than you think!

Thanks man! I'll think of you guys while I'm having a cocktail on a deserted beach island.. or maybe when I'm suffering the effects of a bad laksa. See you in Jan!

OK fellas, I am leaving for thailand the day after tomorrow so if you want to get in contact with me you can leave a PM here or email me a djgustafson@hotmail.com. I will be staying at the Ramada in HK so you can ask for Daniel Gustafson (my real name, lol! )

I am mega excited about HK (and going to thailand!!) Can't wait to meet all you guys over there for lots of shopping eating and drinking. I have my fingers crossed that there will still be a 1/48 FP 1J around for me to nab.

I turned 28 about a week ago. The scary thing is I don't feel much different to how I was at 21 physically OR mentally!

Unfortuately, no. I have to connect to a flight that leaves from Bangkok back to Australia.. it will be like 14 hours on a plane! <_

Unfortunately my plane back to Australia leaves at 8am on Sunday so I will have to miss that day. But I have put aside all of the 9th & 10th for pure toy shopping!

I just bought 7 really cheap games from HK. As well as the abovementioned, I got Onimusha Tactics, 007: Nightfire and Tactics Ogre. I'll let you know if they're any good or not!

But from all my review reading, the best GBA games seem to be Advance Wars 1&2, Zelda, Mario 4, Yoshi's Island, Golden Sun, FF tactics, Mario Kart, the Tony Hawk games and the Castlevania games are popular too.

lol! Something like that! I proposed after we had spent a weekend with my mother. I had the ring for a while but then my mother came down and ruined my romantic plans!

I thought if she can put up with my mom and keep sane then she is the one for me!!

Sold!! I am going to book at the Ramada.

Hey guppy you have been on ebay or other auctions forum too many a times issit?

I will be staying at BP international as its close to my in-law's place. No worries for me as MTR is a short walk away and just a few train stops to Mongkok.

How and where should we meet on the actual day? and what time too? I shouldn't be having any problem as i have Graham's number to contact in case of miscommunication or emergencies.

Hey Noel i presume you are staying at your GF's place rite?

Mongkok? near to sino centre or far away?

Noel when would you be arriving in HK? want to go together on the same flight?

Cheers

guilty as charged.. I am a confessed ebay junkie!

OK - I have booked at the Ramada.

I will probably meet sebastian at the airport. I will follow him to wherever the meeting place is as I will completely lost in HK!

Sold!! I am going to book at the Ramada.

you can't rush quality! Plus, I will be broke until january from going overseas.

Here's where I got those prices:

BP Hotel

Grand Tower

And the main page with lots of hotels to choose from in Kowloon halfway down:

http://www.hong-kong-hotels-discount.com/

I made one about 2 years ago. It still needs decals.

hmm, a standard Triple room at the Grand Tower is $323, and a standard Triple room at the BP International is $93.

I don't know about you guys but I would prefer to spend the extra $230 a night on toys!

Is that in US $ or HK $?

That was in US dollars. Does the price of the Grand Tower sound right to you Noel? It seems a bit expensive to me.. or am I just cheap?

Recon - yes, I am devilishlly attractive aren't I? It's ok, my wife has just started wearing glasses so I will hide them so she can't see all the girls checking me out!

thank god some other wives are coming too! All our women can get together and have coffee and share stories of how we spend too much money on toys.

hehe, sorry Recon, Graham is right.. you said 'meters' instead of centimetres.

My wife is pretty short actually.. she would be about 156 cms.

hmm, a standard Triple room at the Grand Tower is $323, and a standard Triple room at the BP International is $93.

I don't know about you guys but I would prefer to spend the extra $230 a night on toys!

my fiancee who is around 49 kg but 160 meters?

holy god! She must be a Human Skyscraper!

Graham: I will take a 'Large' and a 'Small' size shirt.

and thanks everyone for the birthday greetings! I expect presents from all of you in HK!

looks small.. like it would be 1/100 or 1/72.

I would save that 9 bucks and put it towards your next bandai or yamato purchase!

Doing a group booking sounds like an idea. I want to stay in somewhere nice but not mega expensive. I will be on my honeymoon after all!