Jo-Lo loves his Ben10

The Jollibee Ben10 toys line has this disc thrower that attaches to your wrist and you get two discs. At the squeeze of the trigger, off flies the disc! Jo-Lo loves it.



Next up: Star Wars items! Yay!

Wendy's Casper

Wendy's is currently offering a line of friendly ghost items for their Kids' Meal. It is intended to be a celebration as well for the release of the Casper DVD.

Unfortunately, we spotted this poster when we were already leaving their store in Makati's Park Square 1. I did not see the actual merchandise displayed.

McDonald's Fuwa Around the World

The Fuwa are actually mascots of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. It is a Chinese term for "good-luck dolls". There are five of them: Bèibei, Jīngjing, Huānhuan, Yíngying, Nīni. As with the other mascots of the Olympics these characters symbolize different aspects of culture and aspirations for success.

McDonald's has come up with a "Fuwa around the world" Happy Meal offering. Each Fuwa stands on a pedestal and engaged in an olympic sport. Mine's the panda in weighlifting mode and represents Europe.

A bonus feature of these toys is that the bottom of the pedestal opens up to reveal a rubber stamp. No need for the ink; it's included. I think each stamp represents the continent it represents, because mine makes a rather blotted impression of Europe. :-).

The characters look solid, and I'm sure it will look nice if they are displayed side-by-side. Plus, it's an Olympic commemorative figure!

My action figure collection

I hauled out some stuff that were hidden in boxes and remained that way ever since I moved most of my things to Baguio a couple of years ago. I am repacking them to send to my parent's house where they will stay for the time being. This is my simple treasure trove:

Star Wars Metal Cards. This was given to me by David, a good friend who I met only briefly.
Some anime-related stuff
Gundam SDs!
I started my movie tumbler collection with League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and then it grew from there.
A testament to my fascination with robotics: R2D2 figures from the Star Wars movies.
Star Wars action figures from the Jollibee Kiddie meals


I have some unopened Star Wars figures as well.
Vintage and not-so-vintage Voltes V items!
M&M dispensers
More more more Star Wars stuff
A couple of Masked Riders. David also gave these to me in the 90s.
The Han Solo figure (which needs assembly and painting) was a gift from Arnold, a colleague and fellow model builder enthusiast (but that was sooo long ago...)

See the transparent Star Wars vehicles? Believe it or not, those were given to me by my former boss, Renan Velonza. He knew I loved Star Wars, and so every time he would go out of the country, he would go to a Toys R Us outlet and buy me one of these transparent figures.
More Voltes V items
They say that people are natural-born collectors. I also collected stamps, shells, and rocks. What about you? What is your treasure trove?

[cross-posted at www.nickballesteros.com]

Jollibee's Ben 10

Jollibee is currently offering toys from the Ben 10 cartoon series. I have caught a few episodes on Cartoon Network. There's this boy that has a power button in the form of a watch which he slams on when he wants to transform into an alien being of which he has many choices. See my paparazzi shot below.

Well, the toys are not anything like that. It has a nice variety though. Flying discs, a plane, pincers. I bought the clamp toy which is supposed to "clamp" on to things when you pull the lever. It's not toy-store grade clamp which can really has a strong grip. In fact, the Ben 10's hands don't even touch each other. I hope Jo-Lo will still have a kick out of it, though.

Oh, and there are toys for girls too!