A Happy New Year to all our readers,
GL and
I had just returned from our action figure trip to
Kota Kinabalu- Sabah, Malaysia. It was quite an interesting trip overall, where end of year sales, people running around whether it was in Giant superstore buying groceries, people going in and out of
1Borneo shopping for labels like CK, Guess, Padini and etc. But there were only two guys focusing on one thing,
Action Figures!!
We went on a typical hunt of ours only on a bigger scale such as KK. There only a few places for action figure collectors. We recommend you dropby on some of the places we recommend. But what we don't recommend is that, don't go during the end of the year, especially after Chrismas, the shelves looked pretty empty for Marvel and DC figures in most stores. But hey, KK is just a 25 min flight if you want to dropby over the weekend.
TOYS 'R' US,
1BORNEOWhen in KK, we stayed in 1Borneo, seemed like the logical place to stay, since you could find Toys'R'us
there. In Toys R Us, you'll probbably find all the Star Wars figures there, ranging from Light Sabers from the new animated cartoon series: The Clone Wars. From the epic summer blockbuster movies, you'll still get to see The Dark Knight Figures, A Few Iron Man figures and even less Hulk Figures. What was interesting to see was the Transformers Animated Lines, those were still in high stocked. Actually those were the first things that we saw when coming into the store.
What to expect in Toys'R'Us:1 - Transformers Animated Figurines
2 - The Dark Knight Figures
3 - Transformers Classic Universe
4 - Starwars : The Clone Wars Figures
5 - Iron Man Movie Figures
6 - Hulk Movie Figures
7 - Transformers Crossovers Marvels Figurines
ToyCity, 1BORNEOOk, lets move on from Toys 'R' Us, now when in 1Borneo, just go to the centre atrium of it, then on the 1st floor, you'll run into another awesome shop that would increased your hope for ever finding non-mass market stuffs. In Toycity, you'll be entering like a kiddy toy stop, with all the remote controlled cars and helicopters etc. Here also, suprisingly had very few left. We found that they have the Hulk Legends, Build-A-Figure for Fin Fang Foom, Then one other interesting lines are probbably the DC Universe Build-A-Figure - Rex Mason The Element Man figure, Of Course we only found out that in Malaysia or Asia, Mattel had some problem bringing in the Orion figure, which is crucial for any build-a-figure collector. Bummer. But there are more...
What to expect in Toycity:1- Hulk Legends Figures - She-Hulk, The End Hulk, Wendigo, Skarr Son of Hulk
2- DC Universe - Rex Mason build-a-figure line
3- Transformers Classic Universe
4- Marvel Legends - Two Box Set - Mr.Fantastic & Thing
5 - Marvel Unleashed - Iron Man
6 - Starwars : The Clone Wars figures
7 - The Spectacular Spider-Man figures
MEGATOYS, CENTREPOINT
After we've exhausted running around 1Borneo, we decided to check out the city-scene. So take a shuttle (Free-Ride) head to downtown at Centrepoint. On the 3rd floor, there's a shop called Megatoys. Megatoys brings to you a wide range, i don't think i could remember them all, but i know what i saw. It's just a saw shop, half of the shop is an IT shop, half of it is a Action Figure shop, Just watch out for boot-legged stuff there. Best thing is, DC Direct stuff is here.
What to expect from Megatoys:1 - Marvel Legends Lines - Various figures only like, Ultimate Captain America, Nightcrawler, Vengence, Sentry, Deathlock etc
2 - Spawn Figurines
3 - World of WarCraft collectible figures by McFarlane
4 - Metal Gear Solid Figures - Sons of Liberty line.
5 - Transformers Movie lines
6 - Misc DC Direct action figures
7 - Iron Man Movie Lines
8 - Classic X-Men figures (Not sure if it was Legit tho)
UNKNOWN SHOP, AIRPORTOk, typically when Bruneians drive to KK, they won't be heading to the airport, but for those who are flying there, your in luck. I may have forgotten to look out for the shops name, but you wont miss this one, its the only shop that you'll check out after checking in your bags. Next to it is a fish market shop. Inside this shop you'll see Perfumes and Chocolates, only at the further end, you'll get to see some shelved Toy section. Now GL spotted a very rare figure there, wished he should've gotten it, However i was looking at something different. What GL saw was a Iron Suit Spider-Man there for sale, which is very rare now. What i was oogling about was the TFA figures that they've got, Sentinel Prime & TFA Leader Class, Ultra Magnus. Oooh imagined if we had gotten those figures...
What to expect in the Unknown Shop, Airport:1 - Transformers Animated
2 - The Spectacular Spider-Man Figures
[GL's Findings]
Ok, That was fun, but now back to reality where we work harder for our money just so we can do this again. But in conclusion, if you've asked me which collectors would have enjoyed this trip, i would have to say Transformers collectors overall should have a great time looking for figures, second would be the Starwars fanatics. Thirdly, Marvel and DC guys, well with what's left of it though.
[My findings]
So there you have it guys, hoped this has been a great report for you all, we are now in the works for another trip, we'll keep everyone notified on that one.
Happy New Year!
