Lego Minifigures Series 14

I don't usually make an effort in collecting minifigures. I don't even let the minifigures rule over which sets I buy...in fact, I hardly even notice them sometimes! However, the series 14 minifgures had some hype surrounding the whole monster theme and I just had to take a look.

Of course, there were "professional molestors" at the shop, feeling and crushing every packet in the box to get the minifigs they want without concern for those who are going to buy them later. Perhaps you may feel otherwise, but I dislike such behaviour in general. Where's the element of surprise and joy at getting something interesting through just blind selection of the packets?

Anyway, I grabbed three packets from the box while this lady was busy pressing and squashing to get  her dream minifig.

 Oops! Sorry for the blur image! So much for QC!

I gave one each to my kids and it was great seeing their faces full of curiousity at what lies within! Well, here's what we got...

Introducing (From Left) : Square Foot, Fly Monster (what I wanted to get!) and Monster Scientist.

The kids went off happily to think of how they were going to play with them. Frankly, the minifigs do look interesting! I shall see if I can get a few more different ones through luck!

Star Wars 75109 Obi Wan Kenobi

I am back! After 3 years of disappearing into the abyss, I finally crawled out after remembering vaguely I still had this blog floating in cyberspace! I guess my blog title "Away From Work" is truly apt, for its only when that happens that I can exist here!

Anyway, so much has happened these past three years in the afw scene. I shall return to one of my favs.....LEGO! With the recent launch of the 2015 Disney Star Wars Series, I had to get my hands on some of the nicer sets.

Nice lineup!

Unfortunately, the Vader Sets were unavailable. Hope to complete the collection soon. Of course Obi-Wan has to come out of the box asap. So here he is after about 10 minutes...

Posing for the camera.

The photo may not exactly do justice to the well-built set. I like the color tones and the cloak truly look magnificent when the fan is blowing at it!

In any case, it's good to be back after sorting out where my photos has to go so I can type out my posts on my new Zagg keyboard attached to my mini. Yipee!

Update:

Here is a slightly better take of Obi-Wan.

A more stylish take.

Another update:

Well, with the haze getting to about 170+ here, it's starting to get a little uncomfortable.