Toy Nerdiness: Lego Lord of the Rings - Gandalf Arrives

I collect toys, but I don't collect Lego. The sets are way too expensive and I have way too many other obsessions. Once in a while though, something comes along that's too good to resist and that's when I give in. One of those sets is Gandalf Arrives from the Lego Lord of the Rings series.

I love the books and the movies, and I have the Lego LOTR DS game too, so this set was a definite must-have for me. The hubby and I picked it up last year as soon as the LOTR sets were released.  It shows Frodo meeting Gandalf at the Shire, during the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring. It contains two mini-figs - Frodo and Gandalf, plus the book Frodo was reading, and a horse with a cart filled with fireworks and veggies. Here go the pics!

Toy Nerdiness: BMO from Adventure Time Fig

I love toys. I collect movie/book/cartoon/TV show tie-ins, as well as designer toys and vinyl figures. Toys are my vice.

My last toy acquisition besides the ones I got at the most recent Toy Con, was Adventure Time's BMO. I think this cartoon rocks, especially all the geeky references it makes, and my favorite character is BMO, who looks like an old skool Gameboy. I found the toy in Greenhills, along with Finn and Jake figs. 

It's absolutely mathematical! 

  

Toy Nerdiness: Toy Con 2013

June 14 and 15 was all about toys! I went on the first day with my friend Jaja and her friend KC (Aleq told me to go and find my sonic screwdriver before it was gone), and then I went on the second day with hubby Aleq so he could experience it too. It was a blast! Here go the pics.

Somebody looking for the AllSpark?

Aleq and I found it. 

First purchase of the first day