In another 3 months time I will have to renew my domain again and I can’t believe that I failed to fully utilize my blog for another year. Zzzz but I promise things will get better because something is baking in the oven right now and things will get exciting by the end of the year. 😉
ANYWAYYYYYYYY yesterday I have received one of the most anticipated parcel of the year. I have shopped so much online lately sometimes I just lost track of them but this particular parcel is very important to me plus the price is way beyond the rest of the item I have bought online lately!
Just a week before my birthday, I was wondering what I should get for myself. There are a few things in my mind that I have never really given up on owning despite the fact that I have tried very hard but failed to locate them. But on that fateful day, I punched a few key words into the eBay search field and the results returned was quite beyond my expectation.
A seller have put up this set of Rilakkuma + Korilakkuma + Kiiroitori on sale… which represent the year of Rat, 2008. BRAND NEW WITH TAGS!
O M F G . This is something that I have been looking for YEARS.
I started collecting Rilakkuma in the year of 05-06 and back then it’s almost impossible to find anything related to him in Singapore. I bought most of my collection from eBay. I have no idea that they started rolling out with Zodiac series and totally missed my chance of getting them. It was exceptionally meaningful to me because I was also born in the year of Rat. From then on, they will have limited edition Zodiac series for every new year.
Other than missing out on the year of Rat, I also missed out the year of Ox too. So I was super duper excited when I know the seller have another set of Ox on sale too!
But here comes the problem… the asking price for each set was a little over the budget I will usually spend on each collection. I don’t know if it’s even right to spend so much on plush toy even if my serious obsession towards Rilakkuma is very well known. lol
I tried my luck to negotiate with the seller for selling me at a lower price… and also came out with a not-very-unreasonable request of buying the 2 sets off her hands in 2 separate months, on top of the discount. I wasn’t expecting a very positive reply because you know how some sellers are all out to rip their buyers off. 😛
When she finally replied, I can only say, NAISE PEOPLE ACTUALLY EXIST IN THE INTERNET WORLD! Not only she agreed to my request, she is also willing to throw in free track-able postage! OMAIGUANYINMA!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
It took me awhile to bid, wait for the auction to end and for payment invoice to me sent to me. During the process of waiting I have been thinking if I should just get both set together, spare the seller the trouble (she is 36w pregnant and she will be popping anytime soon!) from running to the post office twice for me. Decided to just go ahead and get both together and refresh my bank account next month. ><
After the seller received my payment, she sent me a tracking number for the parcel. Typically the item will take about 1-2 weeks to reach me from Canada but I couldn’t stop tracking it since day 1. Imagine my joy when the tracking page shows item have reached Singapore! :O
Enough of my wall of text. Wanna see how cuteeeeeeee they are? There you go!
Year Of Rat, 2008
Year Of Ox, 2009
And since I have put in so much effort in taking photos of these 2 set, I have decided to share my existing Zodiac collection too. ^^
Year Of Tiger, 2010
Year Of Rabbit, 2011
Year Of Dragon, 2012
Year Of Snake, 2013
This pretty much fulfilled my zodiac collection although I know San-x came out with a limited amount of Year of Pig in 2007. They only consist of Rilakkuma & Korilakkuma. But I have this “OCD” that if the set doesn’t comes with Kiiroitori, I will prefer not to buy UNLESS they really look too cute to resist. Plus isn’t Rat always the 1st in the Zodiac cycle? 😛
Non-collectors probably don’t understand why I spent so much on plush toys. Well, if others can spend on luxury goods, travel & food, I am entitled to spend on the things that makes me happy too. ^^
If time permits maybe I can post up my entire collection. (Which I doubt I have lah in another 4 months time lolol).
Hope Rilakkuma and friends cheers up your day like how they always cheers up mine! 🙂
xx
4 comments
How can you not get pig collection? I’m born in year of pig leh. Hahahahaha! :p just kidding. Your collection is really cute!
haha I cant find anyone selling also! sure cost more than the rat or ox de
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The year of ox so cute! Pink patches instead of black.
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