I applied for Bank of China Elite World Mastercard in preparation for my trip in September. It is so stupid that the card only arrived after my holiday ended. It took almost 2 months for approval so it is not a good first impression of the bank that already has a lot of negative perception from people. With the bonus miles promotion ending in the end of the year, I have 3 more months to maximise the miles. That is not a good thing because I have no more travel plans so the foreign spending basically means shopping.
The first item that has my attention is Age of Ultron diorama by Royal Selangor. Remember the statue shown for ending credits of the movie? I always want a figure of that and this diorama is basically the first figurine based on that statue. I have no idea I end up at Royal Selangor website for this item so maybe I am just fated to spend. Lol.
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| $2800 for this beauty |
I know Royal Selangor has series of Batman and Star Wars figurines but I never know they have Marvel. They even have 1/1 scale of Iron Man on display at Suntec City. Good thing I am not a fan of Iron Man. I spent the past few weekends checking out all Royal Selangor outlets in Singapore to see the physical item before deciding to buy. Apparently only MBS has it on display and each of the character is actually quite small so I am still undecided.
I contacted Royal Selangor online and they allow payment by foreign currency if I want. Currently MBS and Suntec City is having a promotion until tomorrow spend above $400 and get 3 mini figurines ($55 each). So I am calculating whether it is more worth to get the bonus miles for foreign currency or to get this mini figurines. However likely I will wait until December in hope of Christmas promotion or something.
When I checked out Royal Selangor at Takashimaya, I opened more cans of worms. Swarovski has this amazing Mickey Mouse and friends figurines to celebrate Mickey's 90th anniversary for $25500. Wow!! As wonderful the figurines are, this is something out of my reach. Perhaps it will be apt for my 10-year-plan to get whatever limited edition figurines they have for Mickey's 100th anniversary.
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| I think original price is USD 17000 |
It is also my first time coming across to the brand Lladro which also produces Disney porcelain figurines. Thank goodness I am not a fan of Mulan or Snow White as their faces look so pretty. If Lladro ever produces Aladdin and Jasmine figurines, I will definitely buy. The one that has my interest this time is Peter Pan figurine. The retail price is $910 and when I searched eBay, I find one for USD 375 with USD 32 shipping. It is a no brainer not to buy. Haha.. While eBay-ing, I find another Peter Pan figurine by Lladro but it seems that the best price that the sellers are willing to give me is USD 190 so I shall KIV this first since I am getting the other one.
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| The only problem I have with this is the closed eyes |
I also managed to find Final Fantasy Dissidia Ultimate Collector's Edition being sold at original retail price. I managed to bargain to USD 120 so I am very happy that I did not succumb when the game was released earlier this year when sellers were jacking up the prices. The box is not as big as what I imagined so I am thinking of trying to sell this at carousell while there are still eBay sellers selling at original retail price.
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