I Want! I Want!!!

After spending 1 whole evening at CTMA Centre look-see-look-see, I decided to call it a night. I'm totally spent. My legs have done more than what I had done during my NS road marches....but happy about it. I was somewhere in cloud nine. But something's still amiss. What have I not done? Did I miss out any place? Went back to the hotel and look through my 'research' notes.."Ah-ha!" There's still ONE more place I missed out. It's call 'In's Point'. This is another toys paradise...this has got to be the last destination in my itinerary because I'll be leaving HK the next day. Went to bed with a silly brim, thinking what will I discover tomorrow...zzzz

The next morning, went to the nearby shops and had dim sum. Do you know that HK's food not that fantastic? I find them kinda salty...anyway, with stomach full and some time to spare ( as most shops only start biz after 10am), I went to Snoopy Land (in Sha tin) with my family.

11 am, humm....with family settled, now's my time to shop. MY TIME....hahaha! Rush straight to In's Point. Guess what? Most shops still CLOSED! AHHHHHHH! Checked with the security guard and he says most toys shops in In's Point opens at 4 pm. 4PM! The tour agency coming to pick us up at 4:40pm. Guess I dun have much time to waste. Run through all the shops and you'll be amazed at all the toys in this place. It's 10X much better then CTMA Centre! All sorts of toys and they're priced quite reasonable. (Reminder: No photo taking allowed. That's why no pics to show,haiz...) Spotted an action figure selling for SGD $50+..but shop's closed and lights still on. Saw an uncle outside unpacking some stuff, approached him, "Uncle, I want to buy that toy but shop's closed. Do you know the boss?" Uncle says" Boss inside. You want what?"

Now this is the moment, boss came out, looked at me and says, "Today closed for stock check. Come back later." COME BACK LATER???? No way! I immediately told the boss that I'll be leaving HK in an hours' time. Can't I just buy the figure? PLease??? He then relented..phew...and these are the things I bought. Man, I nearly climaxed...nearly...haha....

WoooWeeee! I'm Back from my HK shopping trip!

Wow! What a long week! I just spent 6 days in Hong Kong and I must say, the trip was well SPENT! Before I left for HK, I told myself that this trip MUST not be wasted. No way. It's not just going to be another sight-seeing tour but I have a mission: To locate the mall that so many toys collectors recommended. Yes...and I didn't go unprepared. I did my homework. And from the pics, you'll know that I've done my research well.....*pat-pat...
Enough 'blah-blah', now to the REAL stuff. Found CTMA Centre in Kowloon. It's located in Woman's Nite Market, along Dundas Street. If you're able to locate this street, you're in Toy Haven...There's actually 2 malls in this area selling toys. CTMA Centre & another opposite it. Shop name is (animate). It sells mostly Jap toys eg. Gundam,microman,anime...and some 12 inch action figure. Not that cheap, but good to look at. Can get pretty crowded and squeezy as the area isn't that big....

After checking out (animate), I proceeded to CTMA Center. There's around 3 floors selling toys. Not sure whether can take pics or not but I still take them, discreetly..cos after taking all these pics, while trying to take another one, I was spotted by the security guard and he stopped me. I just acted blur and spoke to him in English...he looked at me and just walked off. Good thing that not many Hong Kongers knows how to speak English...hehe..