20260719 Hand soldering a SSOP chip

20260719 Hand soldering a SSOP chip

What a weekend! It was almost over before I can even start. If you’re wondering hat the hoo-haa is all about, let me tell you about it. In just last week or so, the Circuit Boards, the components and more importantly, the Microchip PIC microcontroller had arrived. This means I can start the soldering before […]

20260718 Jacob Bro Knudsen’s “The Hunter” Fanposter

20260718 Jacob Bro Knudsen’s “The Hunter” Fanposter

Although this is years old, it is very interesting to see such Fan Artwork. The purpose of this design is as is and cannot be a definitive final say of the PKD Blaster. In the Designer’s own words, “The poster is supposed to be a sales add inside the BR world, that is handed out […]

20260714 The MS071 3D Painting Stand

20260714 The MS071 3D Painting Stand

I know that one day, I will have to paint figures and somehow, through experience, gripping with stubby fingers or sticking them to clothes pins can be a very bad idea. One of the tools that might be able to help would be those figure painting stands. I first saw them being sold under the […]

20260625 Hiya’s 1/12 Robocops

20260625 Hiya’s 1/12 Robocops

Robocop With JoyToy concentrating mostly on the Warhammer genre, Hiya Toys went for other IPs such as 2000AD, GI Joe, Resident Evil to name a few. Their Robocop Series seems promising and coming in at 1/12th Scale, these prototype images 6.5 inch figures looks quite nice. The only problem I had with, was the Auto-9. […]

20260621 The MALCOM Haul #01

20260621 The MALCOM Haul #01

I have bought quite a lot of things during my last two MALCOM participations. Therefore, in the next few posts, I will share some of the items with you. Some items would be from last year, which I have yet to use and some, would be the ‘latest’ 2026 products from the participating vendors. Opening […]