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2020-05-07T08:59:00.001-07:00

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2020-05-06T06:15:00.001-07:00

The Gold Box

This is actually a used box that I bought for 15 SGD

I thought it was really pretty. But it turns out you can get a brand new one for 25 SGD :(

I guess I was kinda scammed. The box was already in this condition when I bought it.

Oh well :/

4 The Rack from Antiquities

1 Arabian Nights mountain

2 Gamble from Urza's Saga

2 Transmute Artifact from Antiquities

4 Regrowth

4 Wheel of Fortune

3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale from Legends

(the 4th one is in some other folder.... I guess we will come by it ;P)

2 CFB Mox Sapphire token with likeness of Owen Turtleworth

4 Candelabra of Tawnos

1 NM Library of Alexandra

4 Imperial Recruiter foil promo

1 signed wrath of god

1 foil Izzet card japanese (I like this removal alot in the past)

1 signed Ball Lightning

1 foil Loyal Retainer from Commander Arsenal?

8 mental missteps

8 more mental missteps

1 ftv Boseju who shelters all

3 scars of mirrodin islands

2 Abyss

1 Italian Abyss

2 Moat

1 Italian Moat

2 Nether Void

2 Italian Nether Void

1 fbb japanese 4th Ed Lightning bolt

1 mana drain from Legends

1 mirror universe from Legends

1 fbb 4th Ed Japanese Wrath of God

1 Suchi from antiquities

Did you know that for many non-english editions, the first "core set" (for many it was 4th Edition) was in black border?

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2020-05-06T05:44:00.000-07:00

The red box

1 mox diamond japanese

2 Gaea's Cradle japanese

7 of the power 9

Unfortunately I sold the lotus , emerald an jet. I have since replaced the jet.

Below are:

1 timetwister

1 timewalk

1 ancestral recall

1 signed mox jet

1 mox pearl

1 mox ruby

1 mox sapphire

I foil EMA mana crypt

4 non-foil EMA Mana Crypt

1 original promo mana crypt

4 Savannah revised

4 Taiga revised

1 library of Alexander (EX+)

1 Time Vault Unlimited?

4 Underground Sea Signed revised

4 Badlands Signed revised

6 Plateau revised

4 Bayou revised

4 Scrublands

4 Tropical Islands

5 Volcanic Island

5 Tundra

4 Signed JTMS from worldwake

4 JTMS worldwake

1 Japanese Imperial Seal

1 Signed Eureka

1 court archer alara

1 Cylian Elf alara

Magic_File0001_Karn_Liberated

2020-05-05T09:10:00.002-07:00

Wow...

I have'nt posted here since 2014 when I completed my power. Things got lost in the shuffle. I am now trying to categorize my card inventory. So that I can better search when I want to build decks or sell cards. At least I know what I have and where they are 0.o

If you are interested in any of the cards do let me know, but serious buyers only. I tend to cater to collectors. So I will sell only at high or historical high. Still, if you think you have a reasonable price, sure drop me an email (if you can find it :p). Just don't expect me to reply immediately if at all. Since this is not a sales post afterall. Plus who know how long before I post again ya :p

This is the file:

It is called Karn Liberated because well there is a MM2? booster wrapper with Karns pic.

I suspect it is a Japanese pack. I think so because of its shape. i cannot really remember it has been so long.

But if it is, then this was the wrapper of the pack that I opened a Japanese Vendilion Clique. It was a random pack from gamersaurus, so it felt really lucky. Back then I probably could ply it for 50 SGD.

These days I think its 20- 25 usd for english versions. I am not sure about japanese versions :/

I also heard that this folder is locally or it might have been some brand called Victory.

Not sure about that :P

Anyways this is page 1. These are Nissa and the other dude from the duel decks but these are the japanese versions. Also in the corner is my Vendilion Clique! :)

This is still page 1, cos of the glare, so I retook the picture :)

random retake hmmm. I dunno why I took that lol

Finally we reach page two and three!

The Jugan and can't remember the blue dragon names, I think these are the modern master versions.

I think they are rares... not the mythic ones from Iconic Masters.

Correction they are mythics from MM1

There are also the following a Battlegrace Angel from MM2.

2 foil arcbound ravager from MM1

The fogs are from page 5 (there is an empty slot).

4 wall of omens from worldwake.

1 Berserk from Conspiracy: Take the crown or Conspiracy 2 :p

Page 4 and 5

Jugans are from page 2

2 more arcbound ravager

4 rest for the weary from worldwake, I think I was trying to build a life gain deck with fog.... but never did finish it :(

On page 7 we have 3 Rhystic study from Prophecy

Isamaru is from page 6 and 7

Page 7 has 3 Rhystic study from Prophecy

1 wasteland

4 Isamaru, these are foil from the mystery boosters

Page 8 and 9

4 more foil Isamaru, Hond of Konda (mystery booster) and

7 foil Minamo School at water's edge

2 foil promo Inkmoth Nexus

Page 10 and 11

7 more Minamo, School at Water's Edge

2 more Inkmoth Nexus Promo foil

Minamo is mostly just a spec.

Page 12 and 13

2 Madcap experiment

2 aether hub

1 paradoxical outcome

3 more Isamaru foil from mystery boosters

Did I mention I loved Isamaru?

1 CHalice of the void masterpiece

4 Arcbound Ravager masterpiece

1 Spacegodzilla Death Corona foil full art

The Death Corona can only be opened in the first print run of Ikoria.

Subsequently it was replaced with Void Beckoner or something 0.o

Page 14 and 15

4 FBB Japanese 4th edition Hurkyl's Recall?

1 Queen Marchesa from Conspiracy 2 (Take the Crown)

1 Marchesa from Conspiracy 1 (Japanese)

1 Rofellos japanese

4 Maze of Ith from EMA (Eternal Masters)

1 more minamo

1 gruesome slaughter (Battle for Zendika)

1 Lathnu hellion from Kaladesh

1 Gamble from EMA Japanese

I static orb masterpiece

1 defense grid masterpiece

Page 16 and 17

1 foil forest from Kaladesh

2 aether hub

1 Dynavolt Tower

2 foil chief of the foundry

1 architech of the untamed

1 aerial responder

1 dude from Eldrich Moon

1 foil sword of feast and famine promo (judgee?)

1 crucible of worlds masterpiece

1 painter's servant masterpiece

1 hangerback walker masterpiece

1 cloudstone curio masterpiece

1 verdurous gearhulk masterpiece

1 mana crypt masterpiece

1 mana vault masterpiece

1 mox opal masterpiece

Page 18

1 The Rack promo

1 foil bristling Hydra

1 sword of feast and famine masterpiece

2 chrome mox masterpiece

1 painter's servant masterpiece

1 lotus petal masterpiece

1 Champion's helm masterpiece

1 lightning greaves masterpiece

Phew. That was a doozy.

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The Power Completed

2014-11-19T08:33:00.000-08:00

It took awhile, but I guess I am glad it is completed....

ironically, even with a full set of power, I still cannot play the deck I want due to the price of the other parts, which are now comparable in price to the power .... :P

The last piece was timetwister just today!

I believe the first piece was the mox sapphire. Followed by the Mox pearl. Then I went for the Black Lotus, then ruby, then jet and finally Mox Emerald.

For the blue power, I went for Ancestral first, followed by Timewalk and finally the Timetwister.

I kinda regretted not getting the Timetwister earlier as it was pretty low for last year and much of this year. I saw a few 200++ ones that were pretty minty (unlimited of course)... this one was a fiver.... I blame Dack and the resurgence of blue spell based vintage decks for the rise in the prices for the blue power (they had been low for awhile) plus oddly Vintage Masters Online.

This makes me kinda rethink (but its all moot now I guess), should you go for the most expensive piece and work downhill, or should you pick up the cheapest at the moment. I think the answer is if you can stave off the temptation to complete fast, it is possible to get a low price (a minty one mind you).

Ah well....

My story for the power is not too interesting, mostly off ebay. And I have a slight adventure with a fake lotus and all.

I hope to become rich enough to translate all these to the beta versions lol. That is a tall order! But we'll see I guess =)

Mox Sapphire

2012-07-28T05:49:00.000-07:00

Not everything is for sale.

But putting stuff up will at least garner attention and possibly get offers... so that if I do put it up for sale... well....

So now you know.

YOU can actually put me an offer for stuff I post up here =) and OBVIOUSLY I will only let it go at the right price =)

I am normally a nice guy .... so the alot of stuff I would sell it if it is too expensive. Like this guy here:

or these guys:

but these are just for collection. So who knows. Just letting everyone know that these exist and if you do think you have a good offer. Fill free to offer it =)

Good Day ppl!

Mana Drain for SALE 450 USD 3 MINT 1 NM

2010-02-10T03:49:00.000-08:00

As promised the photos have been uploaded to photobucket.

Here is a sample:

Note that I am not very good with my camera and my hand shakes too much =(

So if there is enough demand i will do one using a tripod... that would at least remove the shake =)

Doraemon Lucky Charm (Almost Zodiac) Plush Limited Edition SET 4 !!!!! LAST DAY!!!

2010-02-05T09:01:00.000-08:00

Alrighty!! Step right up to my auction on ebay =)

This is the LAST day and this is one of my last few sets!!

So don't miss out!

>>>>>> Stuff I wrote last week =P

This post is up a little late... why?

Well I am busy =P

Seriously people, I do not earn very much from this, even though there were some complaints about the shipping.

I admit I do earn 1 dollar or 2. But thats it... IF i take a bus to get to the Post Office to send the toy.

...

There goes that 1 or 2 dollar ladies and gentlemen =)

So please... have a heart, you are definitely getting your monies worth where the shipping is concerned ;)

Back to business~!~~!!!!!

Why almost Zodiac? Well the lucky charms really correspond to the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs... but Piggy is missing!!! Not sure why... They got Cupid to stand in... now I am sure you will agree with me that this is most odd..pig out on love? Good lord.

Anyways....

What we have here are a set of very limited Doraemon Lucky Charms!

This is SET 4 of 4 sets in total. This week! We have the (in order of the Zodiac - don't listen to me go see your lunar calendar =D), The RAT, The OX, and The ... *cough* PID!!

yah you heard me.... PID! As in Cupid!!! lol Nah this is the replacement for the PIG which was replaced due to Mac Donalds trying to play it safe.

Intriguing situation really. But I guess the heart warming thing is that the Malay and Chinese compatriots seem to have much forebearance and tolerance to each other.

NOTE:

As a Chinese (me I mean me!). You know, I am not really upset they took out the Pig. I mean i think it is silly but easily rationalised and definitely has merit... some at least =)

I am just glad our Malay friends and more importantly fellow Singaporeans have a big heart for each other =)

All cool. But a good reminder of how precious our bond is in Singapore.

Enough MUSH its back to business!!! =D

First The Rat!!!

Doremon looks cheeky does'nt he =P

You may bid for it here.

And here is the "side" view =P as you can see the suit has a PINK TAIL!!! so cuuuute!!!!

*fine i shall stop swooning*

You may bid for it here.

And the view of it in the sealed pack (Which is what you will get =))

You may bid for it here.

Second The Ox!!!

Yippy its horny... ok nvm that was'nt family friendly was it? ...

But it does have horns.

...

See how cute it is!!!!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

The "butt" view.... and that is a very short tail ladies and gentlemen.... camouflaged... on err its butt ... yah ^^

*actually... I dunno if theres a tail lol ... cows have tails! .... don't they?*

You may bid for it here!

And YES the Ox NOT prostrate! Still in his bag anyways =P

I thought it looks really happy don't you?

You may bid for it here!

A proper view of the pack =)

You may bid for it here!

Third The Valentines Doraemon!!! Or the one I like to call Cupid... (kinda like Cute Pig =D)

Likely the cutest in this set!!!!!!!! Looking for a Valentines day gift? This would be perfect!!

You may bid for it here!

and the back view... its so not furry!! (I am really sorry for the bad jokes =P)

You may bid for it here!

And here is another view of it =D my sis just said I MUST take the ears as they are oh so CUTE =P

....

oh.

He ain't wearin' no suit is he.

Or rather thats his birthday suit.

HIS EARS ARE IN THE BIRTHDAY SUIT!!!!

alright I'll spare you the bad jokes heres the side view =)

You may bid for it here!

View from the bag..... I must say I like this pic =D

You may bid for it here!

And a proper view of the bag ::

You may bid for it here!

Oh and the Pig? =) Its coming in April I think. For now LOOK TO HONG KONG!!!

Doraemon Lucky Charm (Almost Zodiac) Plush Limited Edition SET 2 !!!!! LAST DAY!!!

2010-02-05T08:52:00.000-08:00

Alrighty!! Step right up to my auction on ebay =)

THIS IS THE LAST DAY!!!! =D

and these are the last few sets I have... so don't miss out =P

Why almost Zodiac? Well the lucky charms really correspond to the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs... but Piggy is missing!!! Not sure why... They got Cupid to stand in... now I am sure you will agree with me that this is most odd..pig out on love? Good lord.

Anyways....

What we have here are a set of very limited Doraemon Lucky Charms!

This is SET 2 of 4 sets in total. This week! We have the (in order of the Zodiac - don't listen to me go see your lunar calendar =D), The SNAKE, The HORSE, and The GOAT!.. *cough* RAM!!

my fault , my fault... I am born Chinese and err... Goat Ram.. they are both ?(yang2) =P

First The Snake!!!
Doremon looks cheeky does'nt he =P

You may bid for it here.

And here is the "side" view =P as you can see the suit has a green TAIL!!!

You may bid for it here.

And the view of it in the sealed pack (Which is what you will get =))

You may bid for it here.

Second The Horse!!!

Well I dunno.. I dun find him so cute.... but that grimace does have a certain charm does it not?

See how cute it is!!

You may bid for it here!

The "butt" view.... and that is a very short tail ladies and gentlemen....

You may bid for it here!

And YES the horsie prostrate! well err in his bag anyways =P

You may bid for it here!

A proper view of the pack =)

You may bid for it here!

Third The Ram!!!

Likely the cutest in this set ... presenting the baby blue RAM!!!!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

and the back view... its rather furry!!

You may bid for it here!

And here is another view of it =D my sis just said I MUST take the ears as they are oh so CUTE =P

You may bid for it here!

View from the bag.....

You may bid for it here!

And a proper view of the bag where we confirm the lil' dude is a Ram and not a Goat... (though in terms of the chinese chracter they are the same =P)

You may bid for it here!

Doraemon Lucky Charm (Almost Zodiac) Plush Limited Edition SET 3 !!!!! LAST DAY!!!!!

2010-02-05T08:39:00.000-08:00

Alrighty!! Step right up to my auction on ebay =)

These are the last few sets I have... so don't miss out =P

Why almost Zodiac? Well the lucky charms really correspond to the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs... but Piggy is missing!!! Not sure why... They got Cupid to stand in... now I am sure you will agree with me that this is most odd..pig out on love? Good lord.

Anyways....

What we have here are a set of very limited Doraemon Lucky Charms!

This is SET 3 of 4 sets in total. This week! We have the (in order of the Zodiac - don't listen to me go see your lunar calendar =D), The MONKEY, The ROOSTER, and The DOG!.. *cough* Puppy!!

First The Monkey!!!
Doremon looks cheeky does'nt he =P

You may bid for it here.

And here is the "side" view =P as you can see the suit has a long brown TAIL!!!

You may bid for it here.

And the view of it in the sealed pack (Which is what you will get =))

You may bid for it here.

Second The Rooster!!!
I thought this was the cutest... I mean who hates chicky?????

See how cute it is!!

You may bid for it here!

The "butt" view.... and that is a very short tail ladies and gentlemen....

You may bid for it here!

He sure looks happy in that bag =P

You may bid for it here!

A proper view of the pack =)

You may bid for it here!

Third The Dog .... or Puppy!!!!!!

Likely the cutest in this set ... presenting the little brown Doggie!!!!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

and the back view... it looks like a squirrel!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

And here is another view of it =D my sis just said I MUST take the ears as they are oh so CUTE =P

You may bid for it here!

View from the bag.....

You may bid for it here!

Doggie says hi from inside!!

You may bid for it here!

Doraemon Lucky Charm (Almost Zodiac) Plush Limited Edition SET 3 !!!!! LAST DAY!!!!!!!!!! [SOLD]

2010-01-30T19:47:00.000-08:00

Alrighty!! Step right up to my auction on ebay =)

THIS IS THE LAST DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

13 hrs actually! =D So don't miss out!

Why almost Zodiac? Well the lucky charms really correspond to the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs... but Piggy is missing!!! Not sure why... They got Cupid to stand in... now I am sure you will agree with me that this is most odd..pig out on love? Good lord.

Anyways....

What we have here are a set of very limited Doraemon Lucky Charms!

This is SET 3 of 4 sets in total. This week! We have the (in order of the Zodiac - don't listen to me go see your lunar calendar =D), The MONKEY, The ROOSTER, and The DOG!.. *cough* Puppy!!

First The Monkey!!!
Doremon looks cheeky does'nt he =P

You may bid for it here.

And here is the "side" view =P as you can see the suit has a long brown TAIL!!!

You may bid for it here.

And the view of it in the sealed pack (Which is what you will get =))

You may bid for it here.

Second The Rooster!!!
I thought this was the cutest... I mean who hates chicky?????

See how cute it is!!

You may bid for it here!

The "butt" view.... and that is a very short tail ladies and gentlemen....

You may bid for it here!

He sure looks happy in that bag =P

You may bid for it here!

A proper view of the pack =)

You may bid for it here!

Third The Dog .... or Puppy!!!!!!

Likely the cutest in this set ... presenting the little brown Doggie!!!!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

and the back view... it looks like a squirrel!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

And here is another view of it =D my sis just said I MUST take the ears as they are oh so CUTE =P

You may bid for it here!

View from the bag.....

You may bid for it here!

Doggie says hi from inside!!

You may bid for it here!

Doraemon Lucky Charm (Almost Zodiac) Plush Limited Edition SET 2 !!!!! LAST DAY [SOLD]

2010-01-30T19:32:00.000-08:00

Alrighty!! Step right up to my auction on ebay =)

THIS IS THE LAST DAY!!!! =D

Why almost Zodiac? Well the lucky charms really correspond to the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs... but Piggy is missing!!! Not sure why... They got Cupid to stand in... now I am sure you will agree with me that this is most odd..pig out on love? Good lord.

Anyways....

What we have here are a set of very limited Doraemon Lucky Charms!

This is SET 2 of 4 sets in total. This week! We have the (in order of the Zodiac - don't listen to me go see your lunar calendar =D), The SNAKE, The HORSE, and The GOAT!.. *cough* RAM!!

my fault , my fault... I am born Chinese and err... Goat Ram.. they are both ?(yang2) =P

First The Snake!!!
Doremon looks cheeky does'nt he =P

You may bid for it here.

And here is the "side" view =P as you can see the suit has a green TAIL!!!

You may bid for it here.

And the view of it in the sealed pack (Which is what you will get =))

You may bid for it here.

Second The Horse!!!

Well I dunno.. I dun find him so cute.... but that grimace does have a certain charm does it not?

See how cute it is!!

You may bid for it here!

The "butt" view.... and that is a very short tail ladies and gentlemen....

You may bid for it here!

And YES the horsie prostrate! well err in his bag anyways =P

You may bid for it here!

A proper view of the pack =)

You may bid for it here!

Third The Ram!!!

Likely the cutest in this set ... presenting the baby blue RAM!!!!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

and the back view... its rather furry!!

You may bid for it here!

And here is another view of it =D my sis just said I MUST take the ears as they are oh so CUTE =P

You may bid for it here!

View from the bag.....

You may bid for it here!

And a proper view of the bag where we confirm the lil' dude is a Ram and not a Goat... (though in terms of the chinese chracter they are the same =P)

You may bid for it here!

Doraemon Lucky Charm (Almost Zodiac) Plush Limited Edition SET 4 !!!!! [SOLD]

2010-01-30T03:28:00.000-08:00

Alrighty!! Step right up to my auction on ebay =)

This post is up a little late... why?

Well I am busy =P

Seriously people, I do not earn very much from this, even though there were some complaints about the shipping.

I admit I do earn 1 dollar or 2. But thats it... IF i take a bus to get to the Post Office to send the toy.

...

There goes that 1 or 2 dollar ladies and gentlemen =)

So please... have a heart, you are definitely getting your monies worth where the shipping is concerned ;)

Back to business~!~~!!!!!

Why almost Zodiac? Well the lucky charms really correspond to the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs... but Piggy is missing!!! Not sure why... They got Cupid to stand in... now I am sure you will agree with me that this is most odd..pig out on love? Good lord.

Anyways....

What we have here are a set of very limited Doraemon Lucky Charms!

This is SET 4 of 4 sets in total. This week! We have the (in order of the Zodiac - don't listen to me go see your lunar calendar =D), The RAT, The OX, and The ... *cough* PID!!

yah you heard me.... PID! As in Cupid!!! lol Nah this is the replacement for the PIG which was replaced due to Mac Donalds trying to play it safe.

Intriguing situation really. But I guess the heart warming thing is that the Malay and Chinese compatriots seem to have much forebearance and tolerance to each other.

NOTE:

As a Chinese (me I mean me!). You know, I am not really upset they took out the Pig. I mean i think it is silly but easily rationalised and definitely has merit... some at least =)

I am just glad our Malay friends and more importantly fellow Singaporeans have a big heart for each other =)

All cool. But a good reminder of how precious our bond is in Singapore.

Enough MUSH its back to business!!! =D

First The Rat!!!

Doremon looks cheeky does'nt he =P

You may bid for it here.

And here is the "side" view =P as you can see the suit has a PINK TAIL!!! so cuuuute!!!!

*fine i shall stop swooning*

You may bid for it here.

And the view of it in the sealed pack (Which is what you will get =))

You may bid for it here.

Second The Ox!!!

Yippy its horny... ok nvm that was'nt family friendly was it? ...

But it does have horns.

...

See how cute it is!!!!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

The "butt" view.... and that is a very short tail ladies and gentlemen.... camouflaged... on err its butt ... yah ^^

*actually... I dunno if theres a tail lol ... cows have tails! .... don't they?*

You may bid for it here!

And YES the Ox NOT prostrate! Still in his bag anyways =P

I thought it looks really happy don't you?

You may bid for it here!

A proper view of the pack =)

You may bid for it here!

Third The Valentines Doraemon!!! Or the one I like to call Cupid... (kinda like Cute Pig =D)

Likely the cutest in this set!!!!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

and the back view... its so not furry!! (I am really sorry for the bad jokes =P)

You may bid for it here!

And here is another view of it =D my sis just said I MUST take the ears as they are oh so CUTE =P

....

oh.

He ain't wearin' no suit is he.

Or rather thats his birthday suit.

HIS EARS ARE IN THE BIRTHDAY SUIT!!!!

alright I'll spare you the bad jokes heres the side view =)

You may bid for it here!

View from the bag..... I must say I like this pic =D

You may bid for it here!

And a proper view of the bag ::

You may bid for it here!

Oh and the Pig? =) Its coming in April I think. For now LOOK TO HONG KONG!!!

MINT Ranger of EOS ! for sale!! LAST DAY !!!!!!!

2010-01-23T04:24:00.000-08:00

MINT Ranger of EOS! for sale!

This is currently on Ebay for bidding CHEAP!!!!

*ahem*

Don't let this baby get away!

Bid
here!!!

or ALTERNATIVELY you can BUY IT NOW! =D

Also if there is anything else you would like me to put up for sale please let me know by posting!

Doraemon Lucky Charm (Almost Zodiac) Plush Limited Edition SET 2 !!!!! LAST DAY [SOLD]

2010-01-22T16:54:00.000-08:00

Doraemon Lucky Charm (Almost Zodiac) Plush Limited Edition SET 3 !!!!! [SOLD]

2010-01-20T08:32:00.000-08:00

Alrighty!! Step right up to my auction on ebay =)

Why almost Zodiac? Well the lucky charms really correspond to the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs... but Piggy is missing!!! Not sure why... They got Cupid to stand in... now I am sure you will agree with me that this is most odd..pig out on love? Good lord.

Anyways....

What we have here are a set of very limited Doraemon Lucky Charms!

This is SET 3 of 4 sets in total. This week! We have the (in order of the Zodiac - don't listen to me go see your lunar calendar =D), The MONKEY, The ROOSTER, and The DOG!.. *cough* Puppy!!

First The Monkey!!!
Doremon looks cheeky does'nt he =P

You may bid for it here.

And here is the "side" view =P as you can see the suit has a long brown TAIL!!!

You may bid for it here.

And the view of it in the sealed pack (Which is what you will get =))

You may bid for it here.

Second The Rooster!!!
I thought this was the cutest... I mean who hates chicky?????

See how cute it is!!

You may bid for it here!

The "butt" view.... and that is a very short tail ladies and gentlemen....

You may bid for it here!

He sure looks happy in that bag =P

You may bid for it here!

A proper view of the pack =)

You may bid for it here!

Third The Dog .... or Puppy!!!!!!

Likely the cutest in this set ... presenting the little brown Doggie!!!!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

and the back view... it looks like a squirrel!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

And here is another view of it =D my sis just said I MUST take the ears as they are oh so CUTE =P

You may bid for it here!

View from the bag.....

You may bid for it here!

Doggie says hi from inside!!

You may bid for it here!

Doraemon Lucky Charm (Almost Zodiac) Plush Limited Edition SET 2 !!!!!

2010-01-20T08:20:00.000-08:00

Alrighty!! Step right up to my auction on ebay =)

Why almost Zodiac? Well the lucky charms really correspond to the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs... but Piggy is missing!!! Not sure why... They got Cupid to stand in... now I am sure you will agree with me that this is most odd..pig out on love? Good lord.

Anyways....

What we have here are a set of very limited Doraemon Lucky Charms!

This is SET 2 of 4 sets in total. This week! We have the (in order of the Zodiac - don't listen to me go see your lunar calendar =D), The SNAKE, The HORSE, and The GOAT!.. *cough* RAM!!

my fault , my fault... I am born Chinese and err... Goat Ram.. they are both ?(yang2) =P

First The Snake!!!
Doremon looks cheeky does'nt he =P

You may bid for it here.

And here is the "side" view =P as you can see the suit has a green TAIL!!!

You may bid for it here.

And the view of it in the sealed pack (Which is what you will get =))

You may bid for it here.

Second The Horse!!!

Well I dunno.. I dun find him so cute.... but that grimace does have a certain charm does it not?

See how cute it is!!

You may bid for it here!

The "butt" view.... and that is a very short tail ladies and gentlemen....

You may bid for it here!

And YES the horsie prostrate! well err in his bag anyways =P

You may bid for it here!

A proper view of the pack =)

You may bid for it here!

Third The Ram!!!

Likely the cutest in this set ... presenting the baby blue RAM!!!!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

and the back view... its rather furry!!

You may bid for it here!

And here is another view of it =D my sis just said I MUST take the ears as they are oh so CUTE =P

You may bid for it here!

View from the bag.....

You may bid for it here!

And a proper view of the bag where we confirm the lil' dude is a Ram and not a Goat... (though in terms of the chinese chracter they are the same =P)

You may bid for it here!

MINT Ranger of EOS ! for sale!! LAST DAY!!!!

2010-01-15T18:04:00.001-08:00

MINT Ranger of EOS! for sale!

This is currently on Ebay for bidding and THIS IS THE LAST DAY!!!!

*ahem*

Don't let this baby get away!

Bid
here!!!

Also if there is anything else you would like me to put up for sale please let me know by posting!

Doraemon Lucky Charm (Almost Zodiac) Plush Limited Edition SET 2 !!!!! [SOLD]

2010-01-11T08:28:00.000-08:00

Alrighty!! Step right up to my auction on ebay =)

Why almost Zodiac? Well the lucky charms really correspond to the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs... but Piggy is missing!!! Not sure why... They got Cupid to stand in... now I am sure you will agree with me that this is most odd..pig out on love? Good lord.

Anyways....

What we have here are a set of very limited Doraemon Lucky Charms!

This is SET 2 of 4 sets in total. This week! We have the (in order of the Zodiac - don't listen to me go see your lunar calendar =D), The SNAKE, The HORSE, and The GOAT!.. *cough* RAM!!

my fault , my fault... I am born Chinese and err... Goat Ram.. they are both ?(yang2) =P

First The Snake!!!
Doremon looks cheeky does'nt he =P

You may bid for it here.

And here is the "side" view =P as you can see the suit has a green TAIL!!!

You may bid for it here.

And the view of it in the sealed pack (Which is what you will get =))

You may bid for it here.

Second The Horse!!!

Well I dunno.. I dun find him so cute.... but that grimace does have a certain charm does it not?

See how cute it is!!

You may bid for it here!

The "butt" view.... and that is a very short tail ladies and gentlemen....

You may bid for it here!

And YES the horsie prostrate! well err in his bag anyways =P

You may bid for it here!

A proper view of the pack =)

You may bid for it here!

Third The Ram!!!

Likely the cutest in this set ... presenting the baby blue RAM!!!!!!!!

You may bid for it here!

and the back view... its rather furry!!

You may bid for it here!

And here is another view of it =D my sis just said I MUST take the ears as they are oh so CUTE =P

You may bid for it here!

View from the bag.....

You may bid for it here!

And a proper view of the bag where we confirm the lil' dude is a Ram and not a Goat... (though in terms of the chinese chracter they are the same =P)

You may bid for it here!

MINT Ranger of EOS ! for sale!! LAST DAY!!!!

2010-01-09T20:19:00.000-08:00

Doraemon Lucky Charm (Almost Zodiac) Plush Limited Edition

2010-01-08T06:44:00.000-08:00

Alrighty!! Step right up to my auction on ebay =)

THIS IS THE LAST DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE BID =D

Why almost Zodiac? Well the lucky charms really correspond to the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs... but Piggy is missing!!! Not sure why... Thay got Cupid to stand in... now I am sure you will agree with me that this is most odd..pig out on love? Good lord.

Anyways....

What we have here are a set of very limited Doraemon Lucky Charms!

First The Tiger!!!

It seems to be in love with you =P Maybe its cos its his year... frankly the suit reminds me of Tarzan from the current TCS8 Serial =)

You may bid for it here.

And here is the "butt" view =P

You may bid for it here.

Second The Bunny!!!

The bunny suit is a popular one.. get it quick!!!

See how cute it is!!

You may bid for it here!

The bunny looks to the right!!!

You may bid for it here!

The bunny wags its tail!!!

You may bid for it here!

Third The Dragon!!!

You may bid for it here!

The Dragon Suit comes with a very cute tail!!!

You may bid for it here!
And here is another view of it =D

And the dragon "butt" =P

You may bid for it here!

Doraemon Lucky Charm (Almost Zodiac) Plush Limited Edition

2010-01-02T03:35:00.000-08:00

Funny Auctionbyte comment

2008-02-16T00:21:00.000-08:00

"It's troublesome to see that eBay's top sellers perform poorly with DSRs, and AuctionBytes believes the data indicates eBay needs to reevaluate the new rating system and reconsider its decision to use DSRs to punish and disadvantage sellers. It should also provide much more information about the results - on an ongoing basis - so sellers have a better understanding of how the new system is affecting purchasing decisions and sales."

Good Lord.... the metrics show negativity and you want to squish it?

So the Sellers are always King and there is something wrong with the measurement....

Way to go for credibility auctionbytes....

By sellers for sellers anyone?

Perspectives of a Buyer - Ebay Feedback

2008-02-15T23:52:00.001-08:00

Ebay's changes

To seek the article, follow the link and look for "**A Message from Bill Cobb – New Pricing and Other News***"

It took awhile, Ebay is finally doing something right about the feedback systems.

It was fundamentally flawed.

Anyone saying that the old system was simple and equal is either

1) Crazy or really stupid

2) Is a bad/errant/"at least potentially bad" seller waiting to exploit you

3) All of the above

Oh when I said awhile, its like years... I joined ebay in 2001 I think, and now it is 2008.

Why is the old system flawed?

it is actually heavily biased to the sellers.

The insideous thing?

You do not actually see, it, everything is implicit.

It allowed sellers to cheat and then blackmail and get away with it.

It takes balls to stand up to a seller. I did it twice and it took me a few years to get back to my current 99.3%

My dear errant sellers did not even feel a dent. I took out 2 sellers and I am proud of it. One I left a negative for, the other got off scot free. But lets talk about that later.

Back to why the old system was flawed.

You have to be burnt before you see it.

Step 1) Buyer pays

Step 2) Seller should have reflected feedbaCK by now,ANYTHING ELSE IS AN INTENTION TO BLACKMAIL.

Step 3) I get bad bad karma and my stuff is wrong or fake (I was cheated 700 USD)

Step 4) I reflect the badness of his behaviour to the seller

Step 5) He says "OOH we leave what you leave", or something to that effect, believe me his email is actually very nice about, so no don't get doped by the niceness of the sellers comments, A BLACKMAIL IS A BLACKMAIL.

Step 4) I leave neg.

Step 5) seller leaves neg.

Oh seller drops all fronts of niceness at this point.

I was lucky.

Well I got cheated of 700 USD (well 400USD actually, the others were from other bad sellers - but this one takes the cake)

I reported ebay paypal, what have you, but nothing resolved.

Audience: "But you said you took him out!!!!!"

Yes yes, thats the "lucky" part. Dude was a scammer. Oh he was selling Power 9 if you are familiar.

Somewhere later in time, I saw an ID on ebay selling power nine.

BTW bad sellers are generally not smart (still he got 400 usd from me, yay him!). This one was not too smart, I recognised the html and pics (yes really not smart)... I still had his email and the old auction description. I emailed everything to ebay, ebay said something to the effect that they cannot tell me anything due to privacy issues.

But I continue monitoring the ID, apparently others got ripped and eventually that account was closed. I had to vigilante it. Why must it be so difficult to weed the bad seed out?

Well I did say I was lucky.

Why lucky? Because this was a case where I could do something about the seller. This is a CASE where the feedback system is fair and buyers and sellers have equal power.

Audience: "YOU LIAR!!!! You said the system is flawed!! You can't talk straight!!!"

Well you don't listen good buddy. It was a SINGLE case. I will now come to why the old system is flawed. Its about power. A seller is typically a shop, or at least specialised enough to garner thousands of unique feedback. As a buyer I have 1800 transactions (all positive) but only 250+ unique feedback. Sellers' total is WAY WAY higher. Its a many to one relation.

The old system only works when the seller is small, but when the seller grows big, there is NOTHING to stop the seller from going rogue.

I have actually personally seen a seller grow from the hundreds to thousands. They are usually nice, but would use quid pro quo tactics to get ONLY positive comments (those sellers that are not nice, or cheat early get weeded). Once this particular seller grew he went nuts and cheated left right centre.

Audience: "But he was caught right??"

Yes but only because he BLATANTLY cheated. He was an extreme.

ONLY EXTREMES get caught. All other bad feedback left is usually too miniscule to be of worry to sellers. Oh and theres the bit about the carnage of dead buyers left in the dirt with no money back to them. Yes there is the ebay and paypal schemes, but to catch a scammer it can take months to years for the true colours to show, the protection schemes have expired by then.

AND YET.

And this is the dumb part.

Sellers leave retailiatory comments.

Stay with me, its a little complex.

We will assume 2 scenarios.

Good Seller - out to make a living, will do good things, send the damn thing and be over with it.

Bad seller - may not be blatantly out to cheat, but bad quality of goods and bad service.

Good seller -

generally if you do not piss people off, buyers leave good comments, I always do

Point is short term, a buyer loses way out more than a seller in the old system.

You get a few bad ones? In the past at least, this does not affect you one bit.

But still a BAD seller would be obliged to leave a bad comment, I mean if enough ppl rise up to you, you will get a negative eventually right? (Oh that only should happen if you are INDEED a BAD seller) So alot of big bad sellers use the quid pro quo tactic to keep everyone in line.

The good sellers? You actually should'nt need to leave comments. What is the chance of a few hundred bad buyers (usually from competitor sellers or someone you royally pissed - which in anycase should'nt even be in the picture!) trying to screw you? And even then, such cases can be resolved.

The usual quoted cases:

1)
Buyer has wild expectations about shipping, sellers LOVE to quote the "BUYER EXPECTS IT IN TWO DAYS!!!"... I agree that those negs should be invalid. TWO MONTHS late shipping, should still be seriously considered for a bad neg. Lets be very clear about it.

2)
Buyer not paying. This too I agree, that the negs are invalid.

But apart from those? Please most of the complaints from buyers are that THEY PAID!

In most cases the BAD seller blackmails for a good comment, usually implicitly. Like the very familar:

"Leave your comments and I'll leave mine"

The BAD seller only gets caught after hundreds and in some cases thousands of buyers get screwed.

Too late buddy.

If you think I am joking, you have sellers with a 20000+ rating.

They may have a 99% rating. Should they screw you. You count for 1/20000+

Sure you say: If he is really bad, people will leave a neg!

Well buddy, you obviously do not understand herd or sheep mentality. One shot and you silence the entire herd.

The damage to someone like me for instance I will receive a downgrade of 1/200+ way higher than the seller.

Is that fair? Is that equal power? If you still think that is fair your math teacher must have been disappointed in you.

And you know what is worse?

There is no way to explicitly look for bad feedback.

Often when I look at the seller I look for what he/she has done. And sellers with the many transactions actually get their bad deeds HIDDEN!

This was actually something I had to tangle with in trying to expose a seller doing bad quality stuff.

I tend to buy in bulk so I have many transactions to blow feedback on.

What happens is, when I leave a negative, it gets blown to the back. And new buyers actually have a hard time seeing the negative feedback. So what I did was I left a negative every few days (NOTE! HIS PERCENTAGE DOES NOT CHANGE! ALL MY COMMENTS ONLY COUNT AS ONE UNIQUE).

My only consolation is that I can keep the RED maintained on his feedback.

Eventually other buyers noticed and did the same. Guess what his feedback when from all green, to all RED. It was amazing. He was actually SCREWING EVERYONE. But no one dared to fire the first shot. The sad thing is if you only bought one thing, IT ACHIEVES NOTHING to leave your neg, as your little RED dot will just get washed away by the rest of the sheep. I only dared to fire because I know I have many transactions so I can sustain the TRUTH.

Even then, to this day I have 2 negs in my feedback. I cannot afford to stand up any more. I worked hard to keep my 99.3 (worked hard as in I no longer dared to leave negative feedback).

You think its no big deal? One more neg, will result in 99.0 or less. Two more and I slip to 98.0 Three? And what does three do to someone with 20000+ rating or for that matter 1000+ ?

The old feedback system was such that you get HAMMERED INTO SUBMISSION. Is this how a fair system works?

I got to go now, but I will complete this later... stay tuned

To be totally truthful, I think the new system is fair, but may need some tweaks, for instance negative feedback should be removable if found to be given wilfully. The sellers deserve that at least.

Oh and for those saying Ebay needs the sellers?

WRONG.

There will always be sellers, just as there has always been buyers. (Which is why the bad sellers are able to screw for so long)

What we want is to root out the bad ones, buyer or seller.

The old system was HORRIBLY UNFAIR. The new system is better, it must still be tweaked it is not perfect, but it is WAY fairer than the old system.

Art - Regeneration August Contest MTGSalvation

2007-08-10T10:46:00.001-07:00

Hmm I created this site to try to sell random stuff, I realised I classified it under crafts...

Cos I do make little trinklets and stuff... some time long ago....

But I guess artworks count as well, but I thoroughly suck, so bear with me ;)

This is a piece for the card regeneration. It is the August artwork contest from mtgsalvation.

This was my initial sketch, the idea was a monk fatally wounded, but as he has the regeneration aura, the regeneration shield heals him, ready for combat.

Followed by some colour using a tablet and using GIMP. Yes my skillz suck =P

Well stay tuned for the next one I guess =)

So far thanks to Zaphod, BadLuck and Craven for the advice =D