GEORGE TOWN: Fancy lanterns and horse-shaped plush toys are being snapped up like hot cakes in the lead- up to Chinese New Year on Jan 31. A check by the New Straits Times showed sales of the items to celebrate the Year of Horse had been brisk for the red and yellow stuffed toys at a retail outlet in Jalan Burma. Teh's wife, Angeli Choo Ee Zan, showed off a range of bright red lanterns for sale.

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Volks USA Closing LA Store

January 12, 2014, 2:46 pm

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Volks USA has announced that they will be closing the Los Angeles Tenshi-no-Sumika LA showroom at the end of March, 2014.
Here is the text of the announcement posted on their blog today:

Big Changes Coming to VOLKS USA!
January 11th, 2014

Hello!
As many of you may know, 2014 is the 15th Anniversary of the birth of our “Dollfie” line of dolls, paving the way for so many new opportunities in the doll hobby.
With that, VOLKS has a lot of things planned, and for VOLKS USA that means a lot of changes.
In Spring of this year we’ll be introducing a new website with new systems and services for all of our customers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. We’re very excited to introduce it to you!
We have a new manager here now as well and he will be leading the way for these changes and for the future of VOLKS USA. Here’s a message to all of you from him.
“I’m dedicated to presenting joy and excitement to our customers through VOLKS’ hobby world! I’m really looking forward to the future of VOLKS USA and I hope to create a thriving hobby base here in the United States.”
That being said, we do have some sad news. Our Tenshi no Sumika in Los Angeles showroom will be closing after March of this year. Our last weekend open to the public will be March 29th and 30th.
We know that our local customers and those of you hoping to visit will be upset and disappointed and we do understand. We thank you so much to all of you who have come to spend time with us, bringing joy and gifts along with you and we would love to see as many of you as possible before then!
We hope that all of you can understand that this is difficult for us as well and is being done with an eye to the future. We hope that someday we can open a new store location. Until then, we will focus on our web store, on growing VOLKS USA’s presence here in the United States, and work to make it the best that it can be.
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us over the years. We hope that we will continue to have your support in the years to come.
Sincerely,
Your VOLKS USA Staff

http://blog.volksusa.com/

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Turn Over A New Smile This Year With Sunstar GUM

January 12, 2014, 4:03 pm

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It’s a new year which means we’re all staying a little more healthy. As a parent I am trying to teach my children about staying active and healthy too and that includes their teeth. Sunstar GUM has a number of fun products we already use in our home like Gum Eez-Thru Flossers. Other fun products include GUM® Crayola™ Pip-Squeaks™… [read more]

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Ring in the New Year with Healthy Essentials at the #Moms4JNJConsumer Twitter Party

January 12, 2014, 6:28 pm

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It’s the new year and this year we’re starting the year healthy and strong. We recently received a package from the Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies and HEALTHY ESSENTIALS®. We’re already using a lot of these products but just last week I found myself shopping to replace our basic first aid care. With small… [read more]

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Flashing Led Bumpy Ring (Pack of 12)

January 12, 2014, 9:00 pm

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Flashing Led Bumpy Ring (Pack of 12) -- $1.50

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Doctor Who - The Tenth Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver

January 12, 2014, 9:00 pm

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Doctor Who - The Tenth Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver -- $18.99

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Cloak

January 12, 2014, 10:49 pm

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I barely remember reading a Cloak & Dagger story in a comic book. I do recall that I did not care much for it either, as the plot was extremely dated although the powers of the titular duo were also rather bizarre.

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Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: CARS 2 Collector Checklist

January 13, 2014, 12:41 am

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The link to the CARS 1 checklist is here - for those collecting CARS 2 also, here is the checklist for CARS 2. The count for CARS 2 is 151. There are at least 50 minor to unibody metal upgrade variants. There are 18 Silver Metallic or Rubber Tire racers (including variants). So, we’re at […]

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Forbidden Planet Robby the Robot Pop! Vinyl Figure

January 13, 2014, 2:08 am

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Forbidden Planet Robby the Robot Pop! Vinyl Figure Our favorite A.I. from the movie Forbidden Planet, Robby the Robot is now available on Pop! vinyl form from Funko and he is awesome! He stands approximately 3 3/4-inches tall. Collect the rest in the Forbidden Planet movie line from Funko! Ages 5 and up. The Forbidden...

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Mattel Disney PLANES: Chug a Few Chug Variants

January 13, 2014, 2:53 am

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“Wraukn” has spotted that the new Mattel CHUG singles are “clean.” At first I thought this was the new Chug2 but fortunately, “clean” Chug has the same UPC so most likely, it’s an error that the overspray of “dirt” was not applied … or of course, in actuality, laziness – cost savings. It’s pretty […]

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set database: LEGO westfield stratford exclusive minifigure pack

January 13, 2014, 3:02 am

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set database: LEGO westfield stratford exclusive minifigure pack

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set number: na
set name: westfield stratford exclusive minifigure pack
theme: LEGO store grand opening exclusive set
year: 2012
pieces: 3
price: us$na
minifigs: 3
LEGO store grand opening exclusive set in westfield stratford, UK.
only 500 sets available.
minifigs included 3 male minifigs.

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Wild Wild West's mechanical spider gets Lego'd

January 13, 2014, 4:00 am

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Wild Wild West was a stinker. While some enjoy some of the shlocky humor, I found it boring and trite. The only thing that was kind of cool was that giant mecha spider, which is impressive because I bloody hate spiders.

Lego maestro Imagine Rigney has recreated the only cool thing in that awful flick in block form. The beast can stand on its own and the legs can even flex. It's a great build that really makes me wish that it were real. Be sure to check out Rigney's Flickr gallery for more shots of the blocky arachnid.

Seriously though, this better than anything that appeared in that movie. Of the bad theme song by Will Smith. Man, just avoid anything to do with Wild Wild West.

[via The Brother Brick]

Wild Wild West's mechanical spider gets Lego'd screenshot

girls with glasses

January 13, 2014, 4:00 am

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The past week has been one big birthday party for my favorite girl with glasses, our little Birdie. Yesterday we had the perfect birthday party with our dearest family and friends, I’ll try to get some photos ready to share with all of you tomorrow! But, in the meantime, in honor of my beautiful girl, […]

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Kaiju Kaos: Smackdown “Alien Week”

January 13, 2014, 4:10 am

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Bailey Records has released several custom painted resin minifigures from Kaiju Kaos: Smackdown. Shima the Heroic Mercenary was sculpted by Super_SandBagger (JR Deem) and produced by Sandtastic Art & Toys. Earwig the Villainous Insectien was sculpted by Steven Patt and produced by Papagrim Toys. The Alien Week custom painted figures are from artists Clawfreak, Ersico, […]

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Dividend Portfolio Playoffs Round 2: DuPont Vs. Hasbro

January 13, 2014, 4:42 am

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[at Seeking Alpha] - In the second round of the Dividend Portfolio playoffs we have #7 seeded E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Co ( DD ) taking on #2 seeded Hasbro, Inc. ( HAS ). DuPont is a diversified technology company operating ...

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Lego stop-motion clip features Thor vs Loki

January 13, 2014, 5:00 am

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Since I'm on a Lego kick this fine day, I figured you needed this in your life. What you have here is a stop-motion video of Thor fighting Loki. Sounds simple. It isn't. With some amusing sound effects, some visual pizazz and the Gurren from Code Geass, Jordan Tseng has made a delightful video.

Hope ya dig it as much as I did!

[via Kotaku]

Lego stop-motion clip features Thor vs Loki screenshot