ITS NOT BUMBLE BEE ... IT'S STAR SCREAM!

This was the outing to Takashimaya, to try & see if we can purchase my son's new craze, Bumble Bee. We have been searching high & low for the elusive toy - at Kiddy Palace, Toys R Us, Metro & other small stores. Finally we thought of Takashimaya (which stocks a good range of kids toys, albeit rather expensive ones), as we still have some unused vouchers from there. So off we went on that day!

A back view of my two boys, whilst walking to Ngee Ann City to look for the Transformers at Takashimaya S C. We always never park at NAC as it costs a bomb, I remembered paying about 8 bucks for about two hours of stay (awhile back). Duh! might as well use that sum of money for better things, right?

Here we are (at nearby Burger King) after purchasing the Transformers. Unfortunately, we didn't manage to find the mid-sized Bumble Bee, only the tiny one. So we purchased that for Ryan. As the vouchers were in denominations of ten & the Bum Bee was $ 11.90, we decided to get him another figurine. As expected, he chose Star Scream, which transforms into a fighter jet. Infact, awhile back we bought for Ryan the Transformers first movie's Star Scream, which is world's apart from the figurine from 2nd instalment of the movie. What a difference a few years made! I guess Ryan didn't know that its the same figurine. I don't think it mattered to him though ... he just liked anything that flies. Even after I tried to influence him to get an Optimus Prime (which I like), he refused to budge & insisted on his Star Scream. Sigh ... so Star Scream it is, my dear boy!

I don't always have photos of myself taken, as I'm always the one behind the digicam (& I hate my photos being taken). This time round (dunno why) Hubby decided to get several shots of me & the little one. Errm ... notice how our outfits "merged" with the Burger King's (red decor) background? Haha .... it wasn't intentional, though the pics turned out rather well.

Ryan playing with his Star Scream.

A dreamy look from Ryan.

All smiles!

Ryan giving me an impish look. Can you see the red mark (still) on his cheek? Courtesy of his visit to Polliwogs, the day before.

Hubby concentrating hard, in order to transform Bumble Bee into a Corvette.

Now its Star Scream's turn to transform.

Please excuse the (obvious) double chin on the adult. Please look at the cute toddler instead. Thank you for your kind consideration!

Look at the happiness on this child's face ... it makes everything worth it, doesn't it?

MY NAME IS ... OPTIMUS PRIME !

Ok ... since watching "Transformers - Revenge Of The Fallen", our whole family ... presumably our munchkin has been obsessed about them. Ironically, our first trip to the movies with Ryan would be unforgettable for the fact that he hung on to me like a petrified Koala Bear. He kept muttering "Scared! So dark! Go outside, light!" ... & other unintelligible words. I guess my boy was scared out of his wits since the theatre was pitch dark & the sound system blasting. Well, he was afraid during the show, but he sure liked them Transformers ... haha!

I wish Ryan liked Optimus Prime (like me). If Optimus was a man-human ... I bet he would be a real hunk - all shiny, colourful, powerful ... a very wise leader, with that oh so sexy-deep voice ... but predictably, Ryan likes the lovable Bumble Bee. Not that anything's wrong with Bum Bee (that's what Ryan calls it), just that Bumble Bee is either hard to find or the ones in the local stores are waaay too expensive for our pockets!

I wonder why the other range of Autobots or Decepticons are so much easier to locate in stores. Sigh! why does my boy always likes things that are obscure & expensive. Its not as if I can afford them ... He's been rather obsessive (how can I blame him when he takes after me ... being obsessive bout most things) about his Bumble Bee, always saying - "Buy, Bum Bee!" ... I wish I can baby, just need to find it & hope we can afford it!

In honour of Ryan's latest craze, I present to you a range of Bumble Bees. If anyone can find the latest Bumble Bee at an affordable 30 bucks or so, please let me know, ya!. It would make Ryan very, very happy. Meanwhile, at every toy store that we pass, we will still be looking for that elusive yellow Autobot called "Bum Bee"!

When Rayn saw these last two pics of Bumble Bee, he refused to "admit" that its Bum Bee, he calls them Mem-mem (any creature or robot that's not remotely human) ... haha! Silly boy ... its really Bumble Bee ... just a different edition, that's all. I guess even if I can locate & buy these two action-figures, he will probably reject them ... as "defects". I would have wasted my money then ... haha, the innocence of a child. He only only knows what he recognises ... nothing more, nothing less!

SOME OF RYAN'S FAVOURITE TOYS

When hubby saw these photos ...

He asked - Huh, you took photos of that?

Ermm ... yah, what's wrong with that? - I asked.

I took these pics as a token reminder of the stuff that interests Ryan, at this time in his young life. When he's much older & he looks at the blog & sees these toys, he will either laugh at his "innocence" or shrug it off or even blush in embarrassment. All the above reactions are expected, especially from a little boy that has grown up but the aim of these photos are not to embarrass its owner. In fact its the opposite, its just a reminder of glory days or show I say the days, when everything is innocent & carefree. Haha ... enjoy it while it lasts!

These dinosaurs were bought at a flea market for 3 bucks, cheap cheap!

The dinosaur noise-maker is quite expensive. Think it cost bout 7 bucks or so, but what to do, Ryan loves it! It didn't come with the awful (& usually useless candy) that I tend to leave in the tube anyway coz they are mostly awful candies & coz Ryan don't eat sweets (thank God)

Ryan loves his dinosaurs, bikes and all. I don't think this haul will be the last on the block, for I think he has many more years of that, to come.