http://www.xjaymanx.com/toybox Never forget how to play... Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:08:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Christine the Blade | Click to enlarge Yes, she's finally done! Following *Akiko* in my *Girls with Attitude* series (lol) is *Blade* (black/white version), based on the Muay Thai (kickboxing) fighter Christine Toledo, and commissioned by Alias Fight Wear. Can't wait to see how the T-shirts look, lol. ^_^ P.S. Coming soon ... http://www.xjaymanx.com/toybox/2008/07/15/blog-143-christine-the-blade-part-1/ Orange Arria in Colored Paper, March 1990 | Click to enlarge Has it been a week already? Well, a few days ago, I told *Chun* the following: "I always plan to scan or take photos of my ancient anime line-art from the 1990s (when I still believed in pencil-and-paper, lol), but ... http://www.xjaymanx.com/toybox/2008/07/12/blog-142-my-ancient-anime-art/ My Toybox Blog Layout | Click to enlarge Hi, in the same spirit as Danny's newest blog changes, I've decided to update the layout of my *Toybox* blog. Essentially, I've reorganized the center column: (1) moving my favorite blogs and sites to the top, (2) inserting the "Daily Updates" from my ... http://www.xjaymanx.com/toybox/2008/07/06/blog-141-my-toybox-blog-layout/ Six Degrees of Lolita | Click to enlarge LOL, this sounds unbelievable but maybe not? 1> Let's start with the background... Almost 3 years ago in September 2005, I first met dancer Anna (Kiev, Ukraine) via LiveJournal. Since then, we've kept in touch via LJ, Facebook and email. Separately, last year in ... http://www.xjaymanx.com/toybox/2008/07/05/blog-140-six-degrees-of-lolita/ Your Rarest Figure | Click to enlarge Which is your rarest figure? We've seen the newest favorites, and the biggest wastes, but the rarest? For me, I'd have to say my 1/8-scale-resin figure "Arima & Yukino" (from the classic-anime love-story "Kare Kano" or "His & Her Circumstances"), released by the now-defunct Tsukuda ... http://www.xjaymanx.com/toybox/2008/07/05/blog-139-your-rarest-figure/ Operation Rebox - Completed | Click to enlarge Mission accomplished! You didn't think I'd make it, did ya? ^_^; Back on June 22nd, I launched Operation Rebox. And now, less than 2 weeks later, the operation is complete (sorta, since I don't really wanna take apart Darth Vader or Storm Trooper). If ... http://www.xjaymanx.com/toybox/2008/07/05/blog-138-operation-rebox-completed/ Operation Rebox | Click to enlarge Ah, my sad but necessary "Operation Rebox"... Whoa, while I can't beat the number of boxes in the earlier "Room O Boxes" post, I'm grateful too! Especially if I have to "rebox" all of my opened figures before my eventual house-move in the next few ... http://www.xjaymanx.com/toybox/2008/06/24/blog-137-operation-rebox/ "Team Kaibigan" Logo | Click to enlarge Another unusual story... So on Tuesday, 03 June 2008, my friend Melánie asked me out-of-the-blue to design a couple of logos for her friend Christine Toledo, the #1-ranked Muay Thai fighter in the USA and #3-ranked in the world. So for a free Thai-food ... http://www.xjaymanx.com/toybox/2008/06/21/blog-136-logos-for-christine-toledo/ SOS Danny - A Wikipedia Tale | Click to enlarge For the humble readers of DannyChoo.com, I've got a short-lived (March 2nd to April 9th) tale which I'd forgotten to tell till now... Several months back on March 2nd, I was writing a blog entry quoting Danny, and wanted to reference ... http://www.xjaymanx.com/toybox/2008/06/21/blog-135-sos-danny-a-wikipedia-tale/ Blue-Haired Babes | Click to enlarge Thanx *nomadicotaku* for the idea... Got a fave blue-haired babe? (Bad captions not included, lol.) Here are pretty much all of the blues in my collection. Seems like anime has the monopoly on blue hair, lol... Though I'm not including Kaname (from FMP) since her hair ... http://www.xjaymanx.com/toybox/2008/06/21/blog-134-blue-haired-babes/