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Lego has always been a favourite of mine since I was young. Back then, I remember there wasn't any tie-ins or movie or comic character related themes. I had a quite a big space ship set with predominantly white pieces. You could literally build whatever variation of spaceship with the parts provided, being  limited only by your imagination or the parts.  Fast Forward 3 decades and Lego has literally expanded into so many different areas and has the license to do Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, DC and Marvel Superheroes etc etc theme sets. I really love what they're doing with the Mindstorms and Technic lines too. Admiration from afar until I was brought back to the fold, so to speak, by the DC and Marvel Superhero sets. Like quicksand, I also caved in and started buying Star Wars sets. Droid Escape is the first Star Wars set that I've gotten.  I was drawn to it by how cool the sandtroopers minifigs looked and you can't go wrong with R2D2 too! (nevermind C...

Superfast post, so excuse the grammar etc. Now on Amazon Gold box offer - time remaining 1 and 25 mins or till stocks run out, Klipsch Image S4i earphones (with iphone remote) only US$49.99. Singaporeans, this means it is S$85 (including shipping to Singapore). Remember to click on View Gold Box offer and Add to Cart. Make sure it's US$49.99 before confirming. Hurry!!! Check Link below: or you can click on the Gold Box link below and add to cart. Good luck! Amazon Goldbox link

Amazon UK is having a great promotion on Sennheiser Headphones. From 5 Nov to 23 Dec 2012, buy any of the headphones listed in the link below and you can get £20 credited to your Amazon UK account for you to use on your next purchase with them.  Quite a good variety of models in the lineup here including IE8i and IE80 earphones, the top grade HD650, HD598 and the cool blue Adidas Original HD25 (Amperior variant).  Personal take on the great value for money buy is the HD598 priced at £129.99 (including Value Added Tax (VAT)). Speaking from a Singaporean perspective, add it to the cart and the VAT will be subtracted, so the price including shipping is a mere S$248 . That's a huge 38% off the S$399 price tag in Singapore. Did I also mention about the 2 year international warranty (except US and Australia which has different warranty conditions) that Sennheiser offers?   So What are you waiting for? To check out the whole range offered for this promotion, check ...

If you are like me, you would have been busy camping out on Amazon and other sites these last few days to zoom in on Black Friday Sales. Fret not if you missed out, you still have Cyber Monday which is today or at least what remains of it. Too many lightning deals for me to list out, you have to go to the link below and see what tickles your fancy. Remember if in doubt, Fastest fingers first! just add the lightning deal to your cart first then ponder it later. You would have 15 minutes to decide if you want to confirm your order. Also, specifically if you are a Lego fan, you would like the following offer of at least 20% off selected sets listed at the link below. The top 2 picks for me are the Star Wars Imperial Shuttle (10212) and the Imperial Super Star Destroyer (10221). Up to 20% off Select Lego Or if Lego is not your style, try browsing through the Holiday Toy List for the kids or for the Kid in you :) Those looking for bargains in electronics can check out the...

Tired of paying exorbitantly marked up prices to your local Video stores for blu-ray movies?? So was I, and I've long since stopped patronising the local stores in favour of on-line purchases. As mentioned before in my earlier posts, Amazon is a good place to start. Some of the reasons why you should do so? For Blu-ray Region A discs that are sold on  Amazon  (although some are region-free aka playable anywhere in the world), The region is the same as that in North, Central and South American and Southeast Asian countries plus Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau and Korea. If you reside in these countries, the discs are compatible with your blu-ray player. Very competitive prices where you can get more than 50% off Recommended retail prices in your country especially during sales like now. Shipping rates are quite reasonable. For example, take shipping to Singapore directly from Amazon, the shipping rate starts at  US$8.98 per title and goes down from there.General...

Yup, you got it, Black Friday is coming up this Friday 23 Nov 2012. Time to warm up your mouse and keyboard for fast and furious action to click like you've never clicked before. Some stores have already started their sales early. You can already start checking up on deals on Amazon in the run-up to the day itself. You can bookmark the following link for that: Amazon's Black Friday Deals Just wanted to point out a really excellent deal from Amazon on the Olympus XZ-1 prosumer camera . Even for those who are not living in the US, if you don't mind buying a slightly older model prosumer camera and without a local warranty, This is going for only US$199. (about S$255). That's the price range you would pay for a basic camera and this is anything but a basic camera. For Singaporeans, even if you count in the shipping (via VPOST or Borderlinx or Hopshopgo), it should still be less than S$300 and it's retailing for S$500 here... For Star Wars fans who have not snapp...

CMOY ( abbreviation for "Chu Moy", so named after its creator) amplifiers have been around for more than a decade. In 1998, Chu Moy built a portable headphone amplifier and shared his design on the internet via the headwize.com website and generated lots of buzz among DIY audio enthusiasts. The original article can still be found here . Fast forward to 2012, my interest was piqued when I recently came across a review for a modified version of the CMOY amp dubbed the CMOY Bass Boost. I read more reviews which were very positive so I decided to order 3 fully assembled set (I'm not much of a DIY guy when it comes to electronics) from its creator John Seaber from  JDSLabs . 2 sets were for my fellow colleagues. The basic set will cost you US$59.99 minus shipping. Shipping to Singapore only costs US$6.30 (via USPS First Class Airmail).  The shipping was pretty quick and the following package arrived in the mail: Each amplifier was neatly packaged in an anti-static wrapper...

Bargain Alert: For Today Only (29 March 2012), Amazon's having a sale on refurbished Kindle Fires. At only US$139 per set, it is still worth a look. Do check out the link below if you are in the market for one. Amazon: Refurbished Kindle Fire Offer

Just a quick note to Kindle fans out there that Amazon is having a sale on Kindle ebooks from as low as US$0.99. Those interested please check the following link :  The Kindle Big Deal is Back!! Do take note that in order to buy books from Amazon if you are from Singapore, your Kindle settings must be United States (see my previous post on how to do that) and you must use a third party "proxy" software to make it seem that you are in the US. I will not be stating how it can be done, I leave that up to you to google. Yes I know, I haven't been so prolific with new posts recently but I've been busy with errands and work (and a weekend trip to Bali). I'll try to post more as soon as I can. Thanks for reading!

Just a quick post to share with fellow Android users (Yes, I'm currently using a Samsung Galaxy S2 mobile phone). Just found out that you can get the Cerberus mobile security app for free only for limited time (till 29 Feb 2012). See the following link for more details : http://bit.ly/zHJtRm Instructions for download 1. Download and install the Cerberus app from the Android market,  2. Create an account with username and register your email with them.  3. Go to the following link: http://bit.ly/A8Skmp   to enter your Cerberus account name and email and wait for them to send you your free license code! (Do this by 29 Feb 2012 to get it free) To test if it’s working: 1. Make sure you turn on GPS setting on your phone/tablet. 2. On your computer browser, go to the following link: http://www.cerberusapp.com Enter Username and Password to login. 3 Make sure the “Command” = “Start Tracking” and click Send Command button 4. The map should refresh to show location of ...

Amazon Kindle Touch Lighted Cover When you purchase your Kindle Touch (as with most devices like your IPads and mobile phones these days), you can choose from an array of options for cases or covers to protect your precious device. I decided not to get a screen protector since I would get a cover to protect the Kindle unit.  My criteria was to get a cover that affords sufficient protection from knocks (and other mishaps) and must look decent enough to me. Browsing through the cover options available for the Kindle Touch , I came across the following cover: It fulfilled the criteria plus it has a built-in light for reading in dim light! BUT at a price...at US$59.99 (~S$78),  it is nearly 2/3 the cost of the Kindle Touch itself. I spent time mulling over whether I should get it or a cheaper cover plus an additional clip-on reading light. I weight the pros and cons and decided to bite the bullet and get the Kindle Touch Lighted cover by Amazon . What swayed the decision: 1. I d...

In my past posts, I did a review on Kindle Touch and also covered how to import it to Singapore . Now that you've got a Kindle eBook Reader, it'll be useless unless it is loaded with content. If you are like me, you would probably have some ebooks on hand, some of which are not natively supported by the Kindle e.g. LIT (Microsoft Reader), ePUB. Don't fret! Although the Amazon Kindle can only support some formats natively ( Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively) , there are softwares available that allow you to convert whatever ebook you have to be compatible with the Kindle. 2 good examples are listed below. Calibre ebook software: This is an excellent software available on multiple OS platforms that allows you to convert ebooks into nearly any format that is compatible with a whole range of ebook readers (Sony, Barnes and Noble's Nook etc.) For a full list of the formats supported, please refer to here . Go to the download page Click on your pref...

As of the time of writing, Kindle eBook Readers have not been made officially available for direct shipping to Singapore. So in order to own a Kindle, you have to use a workaround which often involves getting friends who are going to the US to get one on your behalf or alternatively getting it shipped here using a 3rd party shipper who provides a US delivery address to deliver it back to Singapore for a fee. The following sections detail the specific steps on how to do this. Step 1: Create an account with a 3rd party ("middleman") shipper For more details, see the following link:   a complete guide on how to do this (plus other tips on importing items from USA to Singapore) Step 2: Create an account with Amazon 1. Go to Amazon . As below, click Start Here under the Sign In button to create an account. 2.In the next screen below, enter your email, select option:  No, I am a new customer and click on the  Sign in using our secure server button. 3. In the next screen...

I still fondly remember when I first started reading my first full-length storybook. When I was about 5  years old, my mom, in an attempt to wean me away from the TV, forced me to read a storybook (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer). Despite my initial resistance, I found myself enjoying the story. Fast forward to the present, my love affair with books since then has always been considered an on-off affair. I decided to "re-ignite the spark" by getting an Amazon Kindle Touch eReader . In this age of Internet tablets with full colour LCD screens and multiple functionality (Surf the web, read books/comics, play games etc), what is the justification to get a grey-scale dedicated ebook reader? Here are some points I found when I compared it to my Apple Ipad 2 for the sole purpose of reading: An iPad, though an excellent media device, isn't very good for long term reading as   1. it has a screen that is too reflective, which I find isn't very good on the eyes and your eyes w...