Quick Update

Happy 2015 my fellow readers!

I have so much updating to do but I can hardly take new photos or spray paint because of constant rain and humidity the past months. I hope the rainy season passes soon so I can update my blog more :(

Meanwhile, I finally got my hands on my very first Nendoroid (Pokemon Trainer Red)! It was so frustrating trying to get it to stand and pose because of it's extremely large and heavy head so I only managed to get 1 good picture:

I really wish I had my own backyard to take photos in! I love using natural settings as backgrounds but I dread shooting outdoors. Whenever I take my toys outside, I feel that I always have to rush to avoid attracting attention from passer-bys. I'm just not comfortable with people stopping to stare or make comments about what I'm doing ;(

Question: Do you take photos of your figures outside? What are some of the challenges you face when shooting outdoors?

SF Post Office & Postman

Sorry for the really long inactivity! I started on this blog post over a month ago but never had the attention span to complete it.

Anyway, I've finally gotten myself a camera! Which explains why there weren't any posts since January because I had nothing to take pictures with.

Now onto my review of the Post Office & Postman set by Flair which I'd gotten from ebay sometime in February this year:

This is my most expensive SF purchase till date. Costed me about 280 USD. It's a brand new set and I've not seen other Post Office sets for sale so far except a pretty used one by TOMY going at 145 USD including shipping. Still pretty expensive considering how badly worn the set looked but I will consider getting a used one to make into a police post!

The window sills are of a rustic shade of brown - very nice contrast with rest of the building.

And instead of stickers, the decorations for this set came in card form with double-sided tape attached. Personally, I prefer this because you can easily remove your decorations if you've pasted them wrongly the first time. I always tend to stick my stickers slightly off-center or slanted and it saddens me that I can't peel them off and re-apply without creasing or damaging the stickers :(

The set also came with some postcards, letters and delivery papers. I just love how SF made the words on these tiny documents readable!

The wordings on the special delivery card are actually readable! I hadn't bought my macro lens yet when I took pictures for this review.

And here's the little post box that comes with the building:

It can be opened so that Postman Samuel can retrieve those letters!

A pity my Postman Samuel had some staining on his head. Probably from the hat being on his head for very long.

And one last picture of Postman Samuel at work! His little bag is functional and I absolutely love the wall telephone behind him: