of bearbrick success theories and series 13 secrets

i've stopped buying Medicom Be@rbrick sets since series 7 (or was it 8?) with singular purchase on and off thru the years, "for old times sakes" ... *heh*

and so it was with an itchy fingerz a festive-curiosity that i picked up a blind boxed Be@rbrick Series 13 after our family New Year lunch @ Suntec City yesterday, and i got the SF/Rei Ayanami (from Neon Genesis Evangelion)! and i haveta say, it does look pretty detailed and sci-fi-schweet :)


TinPo: "i think you're a hottie [o.0]"

Eva: "thanks! i think you're cute too (o_o)"

altho not enough to want to continue buying the entire set unless tis a firesale - except for maybe a single Horror/Hostel (well, nobody hue-n-cry over this lil fella, innit? :p) but had wondered about the thrill and joy of collecting Be@rbricks in the first place? mayhap t'was the sensation of holding a piece of plastic toy, cute as a bear-button and the fragility of them that draws us to collect them, en-mass? or just that they are "small" and compact enough for collectors to not feel that they're "spending too much" on a smaller piece of toy? SGD$6.90 for a moment's joy of vinyl is quite the bargain nowadays (IMHO), what with prices of toys going only on the up, innit? but that's just me :p


(click on image above to go to the newly-designed official Bearbrick-site) and for the "consummate" be@rbrick-collector that you are/will be, here are the "Secret" figures for the recently released Be@rbrick Series 13:

Secret SF Asuka Langley Soryu [via Ebay]:

now dammit, i need her to be a pair with Rei! CSC - here i come! *LOL*

Secret Balzac [via Ebay]:

now this dude be rawkin', IMHO - totally diggin' the skeletal design :p

left-to-right: Secret Staple (STPL) / GID-Nort / Artist Genevieve Gauckler (website) [via]:

and no, i am not going to get the entire set ... eeerrr ... NO! ... *hhhmmm*