Giving away 2 Beta Codes for Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm

Managed to get hold of 2 Beta keys for the expansion pack of Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm. 
You will need a Battle.net account to try it out and you don't need to have the original Starcraft 2 game.

First two people to mail me at jveron004@gmail.com gets it!

Edit: 2 people have mailed me already! Codes will be sent out in a bit. Sorry to the rest, will source for more codes and will update my blog if I do!

Updated pic of my Assassin's Creed Figure Collection

Just showing off.. haha!

Have every Assassin's Creed figurine released up to now, including the very rare Crouching Altair one in the front.

The Freedom Edition Connor is missing the Colonial Flag piece as it doesn't fit into the shelf so it's tucked away safely for now. Hoping for a Aveline figurine from the AC: Liberation PS Vita game. That will be a nice addition to the collection.

Got a few other NECA figures, the later released ones, still sealed in their box. Shelf is too full to add any more figures right now, haha!

Hope you like my collection! Do post some comments below!

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My Assassin's Creed 3 Collection

Ok this post is coming a little late.. but "better-late-than-never!" 

Wanted to do a group shot of all the AC3 items that I got over the last 1-2 months, actually more of the  items that I intend to keep as I sold a few extras and some which I didn't feel would fit into my collection.

And the remaining items are..

Hopefully I didn't miss out anything as most of the stuff are all over the place. Sure, they are plenty of other collections out there which are bigger and more extensive but I'm very happy with the ones I have and I don't think I have a strong need for most of the others. So let's talk about the stuff in the pic..

The 2 Connor figures were definitely the ones I was most looking forward to. Very detailed and well-painted, they fit really well with the previous Assassin figures.

But the spotlight will definitely be Connor's Tomahawk replica which is a more realistic version of the retail one for sale. This model was only given to members of the press and employees of Ubisoft. I was told only 300 were made so it's definitely a very treasured piece of my collection. It's a huge plus that it comes in a very cool Wooden display box. Very very nice!

Connor's Medallion is also very cool as well as a replica of the Declaration of Independence Letter. The Letter replica was given to me for free so I will be treasuring that as well. Might want to frame it up sometime in the future.

The Encyclopaedia (2nd Edition) will definitely be a good read for more info on the Assassin's Creed Universe together with the Novel and George Washington's Journal. The Collectors' Edition guidebook is another addition to my growing CE guidebooks from Ubisoft.

The Lithographs are also really cool even though I won't buy them separately. They will be fighting for space in my new place.

Most of the stuff came from the various CEs that I purchased. It's been a fun few months pre-ordering all these and waiting impatiently, err I mean, patiently for them to arrive. Receiving package after package from around the world has been exciting. Got to know a couple of other Assassin's Creed collectors around the globe as well. I don't believe I have had this much fun, on a collecting level, with a single game before. Sure, we complain about the number of CEs and merchandise they bring out, but at the end of it all, the collection looks awesome! It's been an exhilarating experience and I will be looking forward to the next Assassin's Creed. Bring on the Collectibles!!

Oh.. and did you hear? Rumour has it that the next Assassin's Creed will be in Brazil.. 

Strange Occurrences..

Was taking a group pic of all my AC3 Collectibles when I noticed something strange..

See any difference? The pic above is the one I took yesterday and the one below was when I first got the figure.

Check out the arrow... When I posted pics on my blog, I complained about the arrow being bent and crooked. But when I took out the figure from the display again, it seems to have straightened itself.. Strange eh? The figure isn't under any extreme temperature changes so how it straightened itself is a mystery.. Must be Connor pulling on the arrow, don't you think?

It's good though, I was thinking of getting another of this as I was pretty disturbed about the crooked arrow, but I guess problem is solved now. :)

BigBadToyStore's Holiday Giveaway!

BigBadToyStore is having a holiday giveaway where they are giving away a USD$50 daily to 1 lucky winner  between Dec 10th-14th and Dec 17th-21st.

Rather easy to enter, just enter here, you will need a facebook acount.

One of my favourite stores to get some of my figures as they have international shipping and costs are very reasonable.. Good Luck all!

Sudden need for this!

I have a want for this all of a sudden..

Wasn't too interested in this when it was released and was a little put off by the price then but now I really want it. But it seems to be sold out everywhere.. Anyone has a new & sealed one for sale?!

Deals at a Warehouse Sale

Went to a warehouse sale over the weekend with work colleagues, organised by one of the local distributors in Singapore. Our very own Black Friday sale or something like that. This is my haul..

Don't mind the weird collage pic, was trying something new on Instagram..

The Rage poster was free as well as the Bioshock 2 Special Edition, which was a free gift for spendings over SGD$100. Shared some purchases with a friend to reach that SGD$100.

Having pre-ordered most of the games that I like, I didn't really see anything to purchase at the sale even though some of deals were really worth it. So I only got these.. already have the GTA IV Complete Edition as well as Max Payne 3 on PS3 but I'm going to play these on PC with my work friends. First time in a long time I purchased games for the PC and as it is, I'm struggling to complete my PS3 games so I'm not sure what I'm trying to do here..haha!

The poster they were giving out was random (I got Rage, friend got Duke Nukem) so pretty wasted I didn't get a poster of one my favourite games.

Never played any of the BioShock games before so not too sure what to do with the Special Edition. It comes with a hardcover art book, soundtrack, the PS3 game and posters I think? So what do you think? Should I sell it and does anyone want to buy it off me or is this a game worth trying?