WTF is #BudiBicaraTJ & #BudiBicaraTwtup ?

#BudiBicaraTJ #BudiBicaraTwtup

So I noticed this hashtag being posted over and over again these past few days - Budi Bicara WHAT?????

So after doing some digging, I found out who are behind this gig (Not gonna tell who they are - you gotta attend to find out!), got them to clear the air what it is all about, and now, I present to you the abridged version of that long explanation.

#Budibicara Twitterjaya is not in any way trying to regulate how one should tweet. Heck, if that's what they're promoting, I'd be the first one to stand against it. I tweet lots of stuff which can never, under any circumstances, be considered polite wei! It's my freedom to do so.

But are #BudiBicaraTJ and #BudiBicaraTwtup trying to play big brother on me, telling how should I and how I should not tweet? Far from that.

Basically (rolled your tongue, spoke like a Yindian when you read that, didn't ya?) it's more of a movement promoting responsible tweeting amongst citizens of Twitter Jaya. They aim to encourage the awareness of being a responsible Tweep, and most of all, learn the importance of being accountable for info one posts (and help spread) online (social media, blogs etc).

So how do you define responsible tweeting?

I think it's easier to define what an irresponsible tweet is. Mirror that and voila! According to these fellas, an irresponsible tweet constitutes tweets that spread malicious, unbacked, poorly researched, baseless pieces of information that in turn, possibly can be used to ridicule, defame, and worse, prosecute someone of stuff (worse, crimes or actions) they have never committed in the first place. In short, this movement (if you want to call it that) is against rampant spread of misinformation and the proliferation of baseless public prosecution - moreover in Malaysia, we like to pass on judgment on a whim.

But it happens every day! Look at Buletin Utama on TV3! Most of the stuff they report are hogwash too! Why kecoh about Twitter?

True. But unlike the news where people who actually watch them really do believe what is said, and is a bit trickier to spread what they saw on TV, Twitter (and Social Media as a whole) are much more efficient avenues to spread information, in a short period of time.

With a simple click of the RT button, a LIKE, and copy-pasting of URLs, a malicious tweet, posting or blog entry can spread around - and made even easier considering us Malaysians are that kepohchi when it comes to gossip. Yes. We are that kecoh. 80% f Malaysians probably watch Melodi on weekends. The outcome? Not pretty.

Example? Remember that 'Sitt Alwazura expose' by them Gaysec bunch, accusing innocent individuals as being the person behind the controversial tweets/ postings that are offensive against Islam?

To most Malaysians in cyberspace, whether the findings were true or not, it's not important. We love gossip, and we love spreading it.

Eh. Kalau awak tu dedahkan siapa Sitt Alwazura, confirm masuk syurga ke?

My timeline was flooded with the retweets and chatter of Gaysec's 'findings', concluded from a shoddy Googling (so much for detective work!) and above average imagination. Even prominent, self proclaimed 'retis twitter' retweeted the 'information' to their huge number followers who as it is were on a witch hunt, baying for blood and looking for for a scapegoat. (really kids? nak fast track to heaven?)

Outcome? Threats of physical harm and even death threats were directed at these innocent people and what happens at the end of the day? Nothing. Gaysec remained anonymous, and the case was swept under the rug. Who's the biggest culprit here?

Gaysec? Heck no. What separates Gaysec from the lousy investigative reporters out there, whose findings went unpublished due to too many holes in their research is that their (Gaysec) medium of choice, instead of print media, was the internet. Anyone can be conspiracy theorists.

The biggest offenders are those who retweeted such information without even checking the validity of it. What if it's you're the one wrongly accused, and the results of the findings were totally false yet your image is now tarnished just because a few irresponsible tweets and retweets? Think about it.

A second agenda of #BudiBicaraTJ is to address the (for lack of a ter word), 'ethics' in mudslinging (eh ada ka?) and political rhetoric, amongst cybertroopers of political parties (both sides aye, the #budiBicaraTJ / #budibicaraTwtup is on neutral ground here).

We all read various kinds of them online jabs, off-color tweets involving all sides, some involved attacking one Chief Minister's kid, some about another guy's sexual preference (eventhough after he was acquitted by the court), specifically targeting a family member of the politician, while others are just plain nasty, racist and vile. Come on man. Why la always wanna hit below the belt kan?

You probably read stuff from RPK, KJ, Tun Faisal, Hisham Rais, Tian Chua, Tony Phua, papagomo and parpukari (to name a few) whose tweets, blog posts and comments that are more often than not, were found to be baseless in the end. Oh if only these guys can work out some constructive talk instead of slinging crap over to the other side?

So what is this #BudiBicaraTJ / #BudiBicaraTwtup gang gonna do to address this issue?

They've organized a tweetup and have (so far) roped in five speakers, all heavyweights (not literally) in the local social media scene and they are going to discuss about issues pertaining to social media ethics - and you guys get to quiz these keyboard warriors in real life too! SWEET!

Not sure whether it's gonna take place but wouldn't it be nice to see cybertroopers from both sides meet face to face, and square off (on the microphone, not in MMA gloves - although I wont mind seeing that take place. heheh!).

Anyone who wants to state a personal point pertaining to the topic are able to submit their details to budibicaratj@gmail.com , and you might get to be a warrior on the mike too! The stage is yours!

The gig is on the 19th (Thursday) January 2012, at NZ KLCC( I have no idea where it is. Google! Dont worry. They're not on blackout), 2100hrs - that's 9p.m.

Sold? Apparently these fellas already confirmed their attendance to the #BudiBicaraTwtup

1. Datuk Saifuddin @saifuddinabd

2. Dato� Rahman Dahlan @mpkotabelud

3. Tun Faisal @tunfaisal (yep)

4. Hishamuddin Rais @IshamRais (oh...sparks will fly!)

5. ZainHD @ZainHD

6. Fahmi Fadzil @fahmi_fadzil (oh he knows a lot about responsible tweeting and accountability!)

7. Eekmal Ahmad @eekmalahmad

8. You guys lorr!

OK. That's a long post. And I'm not even paid for this. Abridged konon. okok. Extended abridged version. Happy?

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Power To The People

This piece appeared in newman magazine, August 2011- our 'meet The Future' issue.

Power to the People

As we race into an age where more and more young Malaysians are standing up to take charge of our political destiny, we speak to recent Twitter controversy and political secretary to Nurul Izzah, Fahmi Fadzil, about what it was like having to do a Bart Simpson and his views on new media and politics.

By Kenn Leandre

Fahmi Fadzil may be slightly built but he is currently one of the biggest stories around town. In June this year, he gained public notoriety when one of his tweets landed him in hot soup with one of the major publishing houses in the country in which the company claimed he had defamed them in a Twitter post. The final negotiated settlement required him to recant his earlier statement and post 100 apologies on Twitter.

As a result of this, Fahmi became an overnight Internet sensation. International press from the International Herald Tribune to Al-Jazeera clamoured for interviews; he became a �celebrity� amongst the Malaysian Twitter community, also known as TwitterJaya, and his case has begun to set in motion legal precedent on the invisible boundaries of the phenomenon of social media.

So just over a month later, what does he now think of being made to literally do what Bart does on the blackboard every week in the opening credits of The Simpsons? �It has made me more responsible for my tweets but it hasn�t dampened my spirit or made me fearful of it,� he says. �Instead, it has taught me on how to strike without being seen. It�s like having to say something without explicitly saying it out loud.

�The reaction on Twitter was very interesting,� he continues. �And this incident, because it is a milestone where a settlement is done on Twitter and of this nature has given rise to a lot of material for people to study, whether it is the economy of Twitter or to gauge its reach. There�s fascinating material that can be studied from a legal aspect in terms of defamation, what legally constitutes public and private space and what exactly is a �tweet�,� he elaborates.

�It�s been a very interesting learning experience,� he concludes. �But I think the question has not been fully argued in an academic context.�

Before this �scandal� hit, Fahmi was already an emerging figurehead, but in a more combustible field: politics. He is currently the political secretary of Nurul Izzah Anwar, the MP of Pantai Dalam, who is more importantly, also the daughter of Anwar Ibrahim, which consequently puts Fahmi under the broad political umbrella of �opposition�. And he�s thinking about running for office in the future. �But only if people actually start lobbying for me because they feel that I�m a suitable and if it�s a constituency that I can relate to. I�ll cross that bridge when it comes.�

In that sense, his active involvement in politics is a reflection of a situation where more and more young Malaysians are stepping up to play a role in deciding the future of this country, voicing out dissatisfactions that have long been swept under a mengkuang carpet. And more so because Fahmi is actually a trained Chemical Engineer. So how did he get into politics?

�Around 1998, I was supposed to go to the US to continue my studies but because of the Asian currency crisis back then, most of my friends and I had to stay back and do our studies here. I was doing a Chemical Engineering program at Taylor�s that required me to complete my final years abroad (Purdue University, USA). In the summer of 2004, I happened to be in New York when the rally against the invasion of Afghanistan took place. I was there when they had this street protest of people opposing and supporting the war. I guess it was from that point that I got a taste of being vocal and fighting for citizen rights,� he explains.

When he returned home, Fahmi was initially active in the performing arts scene, participating in various stage shows through his stint with the Five Arts Centre. He then went on to open up his own graphic and web design studio called BLAM (short for Bright Lights At Midnight) with his younger brother. Today, his involvement in the media industry is as host of The Fairly Current Show on the Internet program PopTeeVee, which tackles issues deemed �too sensitive� for most mainstream media.

�I�ve interviewed quite a number of politicians on the show. I�ve always been fascinated with politics but it was more non-partisan in nature. Only after I interviewed Nurul Izzah and then offered a role in her party did I weigh the pros and cons of joining one. And I think Parti Keadilan Rakyat shares my vision and goals,� he says.

When asked his opinion on how savvy young Malaysians are nowadays when it comes to politics, and has social media played a big part in that, Fahmi replies enthusiastically �I think social media has been very helpful in bringing out the voices of a younger Malaysia. They provide means and new ways for the younger generation to be heard which I think is a very good thing unlike the past where there were restrictions to get their opinions across.�

Speaking of politicians of generations past that he looks up to, Fahmi says, �I admire someone like Tun Dr Ismail who was quite a sober politician and I think sobriety is something that is severely lacking in a lot of our manic-induced and high-octane politics post-2008.

�I like the older generation of politicians, who stood their ground as statesmen. I think we have more politicians than statesmen today,� he says cryptically, obviously drawing a fine distinction between the two. �Statesmen who addressed pressing issues of the day with conviction and moral authority.

�I hope that there are more people who will rise up to the occasion and lead Malaysia at this moment as I think we are in crisis and you cannot ignore this because to do so would be disingenuous. We need less political brinkmanship; we need more calm heads.�

This interview was done days before the day what is now referred to as �0709�, or as most of us know it, the BERSIH2.0 rally. So of course we couldn�t resist getting his opinion on the matter, specifically the attempt to clamp down what was supposed to be a peaceful rally.

�What we�ve seen so far is something akin to the Cuban Missile crisis, a knee jerk reaction where no one wants to back down while at the same time everyone is very passionate about what they believe in. This is good for Malaysian politics but how can we do this and yet at the same time maintain civility and not just blind servitude to trends and fashionable stunts? And I think the more we blur the lines, the better it is for Malaysia. So you won�t see a line of red and yellow because this means we are not able to talk. We should be able to discuss these ideas openly and it needs to happen,� he stresses.

�It (the rally) is something that is explicitly enshrined in the Federal Constitution. Article 10 1(b) states that Malaysians have the right to assemble peacefully and without arms and I stand by this. It may not be perfect but I think it (the Federal Constitution) should be our anchor, the axis in which we try figure things out. It�s only that the political imagination of certain quarters that are in positions of power that disables them from seeing it just for what it is. And by right, the bodies of security must fulfill its obligations to ensure there is no misuse of this right. It is a right (to assemble) and to deny it is unconstitutional,� he stresses once again.

These are not hollow words but ones uttered with conviction and moral authority. And through personal experience. When Fahmi returned home from New York, it was just before the general elections of that year and there was a protest. �People just wanted to hand in this memorandum to the police in Bukit Aman about the deaths of prisoners while in police custody (the late A. Kugan). So I was there filming and the police refused to deal with it, or they received orders not to deal with it, or deal with it with force and I got arrested,� he recalls.

�And I was arrested for what? Because Tian Chua, who is now a Member of Parliament for Batu though he wasn�t an MP yet at that time, was being detained in the car park when everyone had dispersed, and I happened to walking into the scene with my video camera on, and recorded him being arrested. There was a policeman in front of me who turned around, looked at me and yelled, �You! Ingat ni apa? Kelakar ya? Tangkap dia!� (You! What do you think this is? You think this is funny? Arrest him!) So there I was, filming, doing nothing and I got arrested. Perhaps I shouldn�t have been there but the way the police handled it was not right.�

Using an analogy from �wayang kulit�, the traditional Malaysian art form of �shadow play�, Fahmi elaborates: �I work a lot with wayang kulit and this Kelantanese art form suggests the idea of �angin� (�mood� or �wind�). You cannot hold back �angin�. The more you hold it back, the more it consumes you and develops into something that that warps you from the inside.

�One of the methods to deal with �angin� is called �main pateri�, some sort of healing ritual. And in that sense, I think Malaysians need a major dose of �main pateri� because we are holding back this anger and we need to vent it out. So in that sense, the more you use force to suppress people, it will find a way to leak out. Just like BERSIH; this feeling about the election process, the electoral system that is not right and needs to be fixed. Why can�t we deal with this issue in a civil fashion?� he asks before adding, �I think the way BERSIH was handled reveals the quality of the leadership in this country.�

It is apparent that Fahmi isn�t afraid to offer an opinion even on the most sensitive of subjects so I ask him if he�s ever worried about his own safety. �I don�t think I�m really in danger. I think Nurul Izzah is in more �danger�!� he jokes. �But yes, I do understand the concern. Even now there are cases where people get thrown out of buildings and get beaten up. My parents do worry sometimes, especially my mum, but I know that they believe that they have taught me well enough to be independent and to hold my own ground. Surprisingly, my father is very supportive but my fianc�e, as expected, is very worried.�

This also doesn�t mean that Fahmi is particularly comfortable with the idea that he is the face of a new politically charged generation but he certainly has an opinion about it. Does he think that social media is changing the face of politics? Is it a new political tool?

�What�s most important here is access to these tools and social media has a very low threshold of participation; all you need to do is to sign up and you�re connected. But just because you do doesn�t mean you are good at it. You have to learn how to interact; you must know who to �follow�, so it does take effort to be in the know and to get known.

�Still, this proliferation of cyber-troopers or trolls gives rise to other issues. Just because there are a lot more people who can contribute a signal or data doesn�t mean it is quality data. It could just be �noise�. �

Will it play a big role shaping the future of our local political landscape?

�Give it two election cycles and we�ll start seeing some interesting uses of social media. Already, a lot of people are looking at Twitter as private press conferences and a campaigning device for politicians and public figures. To an extent, it does democratise the discussion about politics and civic life and that can only be a good thing.�

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Malaysia football on the up? MEH.

As I write this, Malaysia just defeated Indonesia in a SEA Games football group match, which means they have booked a place in the semis. Just another step to defend their title I'd say. Another step to wait for it...... World Cup - most of Malaysian fans would reply.

Malaysia fans, being err.... Malaysians, are having a good time, taking a piss at our neighbors who prior to the match, weren't much of a sport anyway.

Come on. Calling us Malingsia? Not cool. Anyway, I'm here not to talk about Indonesians (who are actually totally sore losers). I only know a few personally and they are a nice lot (pretty girls too!). Probably because they don't give much shit into football.

I'm here to talk about Malaysian football team and its fans, and how, to a certain extent, we are not much different than the English when it comes to supporting our national team.

I read somewhere on Twitter where a friend compared the Malaysia-Indonesia rivalry to the English-German thing in Europe, with Malaysia being, due to high influence of the colonial times and exposure to the BPL, England. Correct comparison? Possibly yes. Then our rivalry with Singapore should be like between England-Scotland and the one with Thailand is akin to the one the English have against the French perhaps.

You know why we are like the English? It's because Malaysian fans walk on a very fine line when it comes to the support for national team. A fine line that divides them to die-hard (so called ultra) supporters one second then a very pessimistic observer the next (moi)

Every win is greeted with "This is the change of fortune we need. We can only go up from here. This is our year. Hello WORLD CUP! (In England's case, winning it. In our case, qualifying past the second round).

Surely nothing is wrong with being a little optimistic. Heck, us football fans are all like that. Hey, I know that. This is Liverpool's year, i tell you! But what shits me is how high expectations are set, even when the foundations are so bloody wobbly at best.

Instead of taking it one game at a time, they're already setting targets - next, Asia Cup, then Olympics, THEN, World Cup! Seriously? With the quality you saw on the field? We only got through because the Indonesians took a leaf from Luis Suarez' book on how to miss sitters.

I was at FAM a couple weeks ago and to quote a friend who share the same feeling about the place - it is a shithole. Dilapidated state. You know how bad? Remember that abandoned block in secondary school where the school stashed all the broken chairs, tables and where the smoking kids go to take a puff but during recess, you kinda missed the whole thing because you happen to look the other way? That's how it was.

The only 'high-tech' thing I could point at FAM was the artificial pitch. Apparently they've had it for a while now. Really cool. Balls travel much more evenly, you don't get weird bounces and hardly hurt yourself if you fall on it.

Hold on. Weren't we complaining about the artificial pitch in the Jalan Besar stadium when we lost to Singapore? Kenapa dah tau, tak pulak training awal-awal?? Ah. Malaysians and their excuses.

It doesn't matter. Old story. The team is playing 'well' now.

Confidence is so stupidly high, that the commentators were like "Why are they giving chance to Cambodia in the second half?" during the 3-1 win a few days back. Hello! All goals, except for the third one, which was a beauty but in stoppage, were flukes, aite. They were running around like headless chickens and wayward passes that makes me question - budak-budak ni ada training basics of passing and trapping the ball ke???!

The team was all over the place and whoever thinks Ong Kim Swee is doing a good job probably thinks Roy Hodgson ought to be allowed a full season at LFC. Fact is, the reason Malaysia is 'up there' at the moment because other teams are shit. Hey, so quick to forget we lost to Singapore who fielded washed-out imports kan? Only highlight naturalized players, yet forgetting, they were old and overweight.

Deep down, I do hope Harimau Malaya prove me wrong, and really, succeed in "membawa kembali kegemilangan bolasepak zaman lampau" soon, starting with successfully defending their Gold in Sea Games. The hardest game is always the next. So keep your head straight, and take one game at a time. Focus one tourney at a time la. And stop the 'Japan used to be lower than us,' shit. It's pathetic.

Would be cool to one day, be able to take my kid to a World Cup match and watch the boys in tiger stripes play but judging on how they are progressing at the moment..... we might have a better chance of spotting a Malaysian-born referee running around. Fingers crossed for a better future in Malaysian football.

And stop playing that Hitam Kuning song. It's stupid.

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A must watch for The Walking Dead err...kakis....

The Walking Dead: "A New Day" webisodes.

If you're a Walking Dead fan and ever wondered....how was it during the early days of the infection and what about...The Bicycle Girl....?

Watch this.

It's a six-episode thing, not long, 3-5 minutes each and tells the story of Bicycle Girl from season 1.

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Belles of the Ball.

This was featured in NewMan magazine, May 2011.

I love sports, and I love women even more. I love watching sports involving women (in particular, beach volleyball tops my chart). And I love seeing women who are not directly involved in the sport but who appear on screen during half-time (NFL cheerleaders. YAY!).

But what I CANNOT stand � and accept � is the over-use (or should it be misuse) of women in sports channels as window dressing.

Don�t get me wrong. I�m all for gender equality, and women deserve the same right as men to host sports programmes. But what I do not agree is the over the top usage of women in �sexing-up� these programmes especially via satellite TV. I�m against hard selling and I�m totally against the old school thinking of �men will watch this because we have this female presenter in it�. Come on. You don�t need the female factor to pull men to watch The Monday Night Verdict. We aren�t Neanderthals, comprende?

If I really want to gawk at hot women, I would have switched channels to America�s Next Top Model (ANTM) or head over to YouTube to watch at any rap artist�s music video (I would, however, avoid the local sanitised MTV channels like a plague because I can�t be bothered to watch slow-mo snippets covering up bits in the jiggly scenes).

Speaking of jiggly bits, when we tune to watch, say, football or basketball, please, please make sure that only the balls are the ones doing the bouncing. Anything other than that is bloody distracting I tell you! (unless it�s the NFL cheerleaders)

I tune in to ESPN to watch the game, to listen to debates and the analysis of results, and of course, the banter between pundits. I do NOT tune in to watch some awkward female presenter trying to �justify� the score forecast, or attempt to explain if the goal was offside or not when they�re obviously reading from a tele-prompter! Or even worse, faking that they are actually excited about �how fast the pit crew changed tyres and handled the fuel nozzle!� Sports fans can spot bullshit, and if we can spot that Cristiano Ronaldo so obviously dived in an attempt to get a penalty, we can certainly spot when someone, or some girl to be more specific, is reading verbatim from a huge-arse placard behind the camera.

I know there are lots of genuine sports loving women out there. Get them to host instead. Who cares how they look; at least they know what they�re talking about. Not some �celebrity chick� saying stuff like, �as a young girl, I used to watch the game with my father on TV� to show that they�re in tune with the sport. We appreciate participation and opinion from the fairer sex in sports. Just not fake sports fans used as cheap tricks to woo viewers. It�s so 90s (ESPN, are you listening?). Now, what channel is ANTM on again?

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Reviewed: Weird Shit (no, I'm serious)

Just got back from Taiwan and in one of the rooms of one of the hotels I stayed in, was this. Automatic toilet.

You probably tried one of these before but if you haven't, here's the review.

Firstly, heated seat! My biggest peeve whenever I plonk my butt on public sitting toilets is that warm feeling from someone else's butt who sat on it before you walked in.

Obviously I'm not gonna owl on the toilet seats - heard some dude losing his balance in a nearby stall once. BAM! onto the wet, cold toilet floor.

So back to the seat. Heated seat! Feels weird at first but it grows on you. In an odd, pleasant way.

Instead of the standard Malaysian toilet console, consisting of a toilet paper holder and a tap with a hose attached to it, you'd get a series of buttons on the wall. Each button comes with a specific function (refer to picture, click on it to enlarge) and for a strange reason, and also part of being a guy, the instruction manual is the last thing I read.

So curious me went on a poking spree.

First button i poked shot cold water up my back door. Might be pleasant to some section of society but to me, it was shocking. Heart says jump away! Head replied - you kidding? Jump up now and you'd have your whole back drenched and possibly slip and fall, dead in a toilet like Elvis.

So frantically i pressed on the second button. Way hey! Butt spray stopped but replaced with balls blaster. I'm sure most women (and dare i say, some men) might enjoy the second button but obviously not me.

Third button! Instead of turning it off, I heard a whirring sound from underneath. It bloody controls the thing! Again, some might make full use of the back and forth spraying but not me.

Fourth button! Oh hell. Skip that. Fifth button!

You know Game of Thrones's first book is titled "Song of Fire and Ice"?

Yep. That's what i sang. First water, now hot air is blown up my crotch area. Most pleasant of the other four buttons i must say. But in the end - after the whole ordeal, i came to notice the manual and yep - Fourth button means stop. Lucky I managed to skip the Pressure Gauge button.

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So you wanna get a 1/6th action figure?

Things to consider! (all written considering you're not intending in selling out your 1/6th figure)

1. Focus! You must now what line or what sort of action figures you'd want to focus on. Iron Man? Star Wars? Military? Surely variety is a cool thing also but personally, i'd like to focus on a particular theme so it is easier for you to curb and control your spending. These stuff aint cheap you know.

2. Know your brands and their strengths. Hot Toys? Enterbay? DiD? I'm not going to tell you which one is best, because it's subjective but i will tell you this - head sculpt accuracy is more important than articulations points.

3. Research and lots of research on what the figure you're getting is all about. Safe option is to go for mainstream items such as comic or cartoon characters as it is easier to get reference items. Iron Man? Know what model the suit is, and its unique point. What else can be attached to your figure. Customization? Is it instantly recognizable? It would be kinda awkward having to explain what that 12-inch tall action figure posed in your living room is to your guests right?

4. Cost. Remember - scour for the best deals on eBay or follow them collectible stores pages on Facebook. If you're local (KL area), suggested pages are Red Toys, Crefigz, ShiokToys, ToyWizard/ Toy Garden and XL Shop. These places offer POs (pre-orders) for soon

to be released items (usually three or four months in advance) so it would be wise to make your call a.s.a.p before their quota is met, as prices for these 1/6th stuff shoot up almost immediately in the secondary market.

The five mentioned above might charge slightly higher (maybe say RM 10 for example) compared to other sellers but in such cases, better that way which pretty much guarantees you get your item, rather than pay a bit lesser only to be told you are unable to get your unit half a year down the road.

These tips are incomplete, as these are based on my observations - i'm a 1/6th figure fan also. Feel free to add or anything, and if you happen to be thinking of getting one, would be happy to help =)

Say hello to Tony.

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About Jedi Speaks - and welcome!

These are probably the droids you're looking for!

Hello Hello! The name's Kenn, and this this blog will be about (but not limited to)

- Comics

- Graphic novels

- Action figures

- Collectibles

- Miniature Models

- Pop Culture

- Movies

- Star Wars

- The occasional tech stuff

- Anything Tarantino

- shit that i found amusing.

- and shit probably unsuitable to be put on print, in THAT mag i write for. ;p

so basically i'll be talking pretty much about stuff im in to, and the occasional rants considering i have so much stuff to talk about (Malaysia - shit never runs out here).

Twitter kinda killed my older blog and Tumblr, hence what else to do other than OPEN a new one!

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