My Celtics Free Agency Wishlist

Mr. Nice Guy is My favorite player outside the Celtics. Yes, he spent most of his prime riding the bench with his ankle injury but he is a class act. The first of the Jordan "Hair apparents" Hill has proven in his time with the suns that he could come back to his often injured status. Coming off the bench, he wouldnt have so much pressure hence a lesser chance to be injured than his time with the suns. He also comes cheap and can be signed with the veterans minimum exception. Also, It would be good to end Grant's Career with a title, and with the Celtics at that.



Rasheed Wallace: Of all the possible free agent signings, this guy is the biggest. Since the C's lack inside presence outside of Perk and KG, Last year's postseason injuries took a toll and exploited this weakness. The signing of mikki moore as the next PJ brown certainly did not help either.

The C's are planning to use the mid level exception on this guy. But then again, there are so many players on sheed's market, contenders like the cavs and spurs are also hot in pursuit. The C's staff and players are courting this guy. As of now he'll think of it a week before deciding.




It took the Garnett and Powe Injury to really show the potential of bug baby davis, It did help us in the postseason, but it also did make things a bit harder for us now in the free agency. 4 teams are now interestsed in baby, the Pistons, Grizzlies, Knicks and spurs.

Either we get him or we get powe back, but powe will come off an injury and most likely be available in february. It will be a great loss if the C's dont sign him but we do have an insurance policy in powe.



Right Now, This one is a longshot. Marburry wants more money,which the C's certainly do not have right now. Though he did thank the team and the fans for playing here last season.

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Leader Class Megatron Review

Our review today covers one of the more neglected stocks in the ROTF line. But dont its semi-pegwarmer status fool you, this bot literally has more than meets the hype (or lack thereof). Ever since his reigns on cybertron, to his famous "Such heroic nonsense" lines to his radar screen readings in revenge if the fallen that made a lot of know it all film critics act like gods, Megatron has been the benchmark bad guy in the transformers universe. He may not sell as much toys as prime did, but his sleek and calculating persona always lands a soft spot on kids and geeks alike.





Unlike the first movie, Megatron is of a semi supporting role in Revenge of the Fallen. But Aesthetics wise, Megatron has improved. Not only from his MBE persona, but also from his previous leader class incarnation (Regular and Premium Combined). The Main body is also well proportioned and better than the stubby TFTM Counterpart.



As for the gimmicks, It has the usual leader class sound and light effects, but unlike the first one which only produces sounds, this one has one dialog which says "I....am.....MEGATRON!" The chest also has the moving palte "Mech Alive" Gimmick and Blinking red LEDs on the Chest and Face Area, The left arm is small, being built to using other decepticons' parts. However this can be remedied by using VC demolishor as its left hand (Thanks to the cybph forums for this heads up). The right hand is big, can have multiple weapon set ups (A claw, A Launcher and a blade), however it lacks ample articulation.



Instead of an unexplanable Alien Jet, This time around, Megatron transforms to a more awesome Cybertronian tank. Come to think of it, most of his non gun alternate toy modes are usually tanks (Sometimes its an alien spaceship or a Helicopter though). The Tank is Huge! It also has a solid built. The tank has a bit od a similarity with TFA Voyager Class Shockwave.




Overall a great buy, Though I still havent bought The ROTF Prime, This megatron still has more spunk and "Angas Factor" than the Leader Class Protagonist. Even though I'd had to get prime because of the jetfire combination, If I were to gauge between prime and megs, provided prime is not rare then I'll choose ROTF Megatron in a heartbeat. Plus, Unlike Prime which has a brittle chest part, Megs is as solid as a rock and durable as well for long hours of play.

Pros:

Better looking
Awesome well proportioned Bayformer robot. Even with the bayformer Concept, it still pushes through
Bigger size than the Previous Leader Class Megs
Tank Mode is Awesome
Big Gun

Cons:
Small Left Hand
Un Articulated Right Hand
Instead of a blinking light, It would be more appreciated if they have a feature that will be able to turn the red light on meg's face and chest.


Size Comparison with the other Megatrons (TFTM LC, Animated and MP-05)

Overall Grade: 9 out of 10


With his Buddies, Starscream and the Fallen.

I'm Back

Back in Manila

New York

Finally got back from New York. RP's Quarantine policies are so overrated. Its been a few days since I arrived and I think I'm more affected with Jetlag problems and sleeping habbits rather than the ah1n1 scare.

Photos from the New York tour are in my multiply (Contacts only)

Toycon

Got 3 awards from toycon, 3rd in the Dio Contest, 2nd in the Toy Photog Contest and 3rd in the Cosplay Photog Competition. I Havent gotten my certificates for the 2 3rd place finishes and will try to pick them up later.

Photography

I'm suddenly inclining towards Photography nowadays, Getting the 2 awards from toycon has helped made me incline on such. While I was in the states, I was planning on getting a 50mm f/1.8 from the BNH store in manhattan since they are selling it for the cheapest at $89 + Tax. To not further splurge my remaining pocket money, I decided to buy it on my last day of the tour. Sadly, I didnt realized they were closed on saturdays being a jewish store. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise as the lens only cost Php 4,300 locally.

As of now I'm Itching to do more photography and Art

sixers' Logo Rennaisance

I kinda noticed this while watching the NBA Draft last week, The Sixers has reverted back to its old logo. Now I'm not quite sure between the logo changes in NBA history but I've seen teams revert from the cartoony styles of the 90s updated logos inspired from their old team colors of the 80s (Examples, Pistons logo, Jazz logo, Bucks Logo) But I havent seen a team actually revert back to its old logo. I'm not sure if this is just for their 60th anniversary or if the jerseys will also be redesigned (I'll miss that Phila Alternate), but its nice to see a team reconsider its own retro logo for a change.

Nike X Transformers ROTF

Last week in NYC, while looking for kicks, I came across several tf inspired nike products.

Nike and Transformers had always been in collab since the first film with the nikefree Prime and Megatron as well as the G1 Inspired shoe designs of soundwave, bumblebee etc. This time, they released the ROTF line.

Here is the Nike Dunk X Optimus Prime I saw displayed in various footlocker and footaction stores, One of the 3 Rotf Collaboration shoes (with Bumblebee Air Max 95 and Megatron CB34). The designs are of acquired taste, however the sizes are for kids/ women only. Sad but that's how Nike has been even in their p2 designs.


The Shoes are not the only ones with the transformers collab, There are also accompaniying shirts. Pics here taken from Niketown Trump Tower. Sadly, like the shoes, they also come in Kids sizes.

Bumblebee

Optimus Prime

Megatron (But the design looks a lot made for starscream)

Overall, its nice to see nike is doing crossover products and this time at a non limited edition price. Too bad its only kids sizes, but its good for collectors and sneakerheads alike.

Powerade Pinas Goes To battle Today against Athletes In action

WKU Big man Japeth Aguilar donning the New Nike red jersey of Powerade Pilipinas (Alternate?) Photo from Interbasket forums/Inside Sports

and The Powerade National Team goes up today against the Athletes in action squad from the USA. The AIA, Christian sports organization and is active in 75 countries. At the san juan arena today

The RP Team and AIA had quite a history together

in 2005, The RP Team lost in the Jones Cup against the AIA after a desparation 3 by Asi

In 2006, While Playing in the Philippines, Gabe Norwood was discovered to be a Fil Am and is now a fixture in RP Basketball

In 2007, SMC Team Pilipinas defeated AIA in the Jones Cup By 6 and was tied with the Philippines for 3rd place.

Powerade RP Will suit up with 9 Players, with some of the players injured or playing in the PBA finals.

While the lineup is still depleted, I'm happy this RP team is getting some tune ups it desperately needs.

I'm not sold on the red jersey though, While it fits Yeng's system. Call me Superstitious, but the last time we wore red was in 2002 (Selecta RP) where the country jinxed its last 3 games, the Yao Ming Blowout, The Packing shet game against Korea and that Morale lacking game against Kazakhstan.

Hello Kitties

I was out for a 2 week vacation in the states, through walking in the streets of Times Square I stumbled in Quite a Sight



Its Hello Kitty!

This is one of the mascots in the Times Square area in new york. I dont think they're licensed ones but their costumes are detailed enough. They ask for a little donation if you pose for a pic with them. Other mascots include spongebob, mickey, minnie, elmo, dora and the cookie monster.

Here is the kitty mascot resting. A 60-ish year old asian lady is inside