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Trying To Buy Back A Piece of My Childhood
Amazon finally delivered my copy of LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary. While flipping through it, I noticed one of the first LEGO Star Wars set is that of the Landspeeder set.The Landspeeder is a significant piece of vehicle in the Star Wars galaxy. I remembered when it first appeared in the movie Star Wars Epsiode IV : A New Hope, Luke Skywalker was driving one. As a young kid, it left such an impression on me that I told myself I wanted the Landspeeder toy. However, we were very poor then, and my parents could never afford any Star Wars toys for me.
I was very disappointed then, and I remembered one fine day when I was playing downstairs in the grass patch, I found an abandoned Landspeeder toy. The figurines that came with it were missing, but overall the toy was pretty intact.
I remembered spending hours playing with it, picturing myself as Luke Skywalker. Very fond memories.
Somehow as I grew up, I must have misplaced this toy, and it was lost. I decided last night to search through eBay, and to my surprise, there are a few copies of this toy, almost in mint condition for sale. I am still considering if I should bid for one as it costs quite a tidy sum.It is like trying to buy back a piece of my childhood.
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Retail Relief – Tantive IV
To provide myself with some retail relief this week, I bought the LEGO Star Wars Tantive IV (Item # 10198) at a discount. A lot of people are saying this set is a absolute beauty, judging from some of the comments online.
Looking at the pictures of the completed set, it looks solid, and the minifigs of R2D2 and C3PO are a plus. I might buy another set, one to collect, the other to build.
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And Still No e-Reader for Singapore
Christmas is almost here, Barnes & Noble’s Nook is sold out for the holidays, and Amazon’s Kindle still does not ship to Singapore.
I mean, seriously.
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Kindle Fights Back
Perhaps trying to grab back the headlines from the Nook, Amazon has killed off the US Kindle, and cuts the price of the International Kindle.
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International Kindle 2 Ships
The Kindle 2 starts to ship internationally today. Here is Wired’s rundown of Kindle International :
International Kindle Now Shipping : The Good, The Bad And The Downright Ugly
Here is a fantastic site on Kindle – A Kindle World Blog
Here is another wonderful site on Kindle, eBooks etc – Blogkindle
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Kindle 2 Singapore Part 3
It seems like Amazon not shipping the Kindle 2 to Singapore might be a blessing after all.
International Kindle User To Pay More
Amazon Kindle’s International Launch Is A Mess
Singapore actress Joanne Peh manages to get her hands on a Kindle too.
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Kindle 2 Singapore Part 2
Even the Wall Street Journal has reported that Singapore is a significant market for the Kindle 2:
But the new “U.S. and international” Kindle won’t work in Canada. It also won’t work in a handful of other significant markets, including China, South Korea and Singapore.
Thanks to Jeffrey Yen who left a comment in my post yesterday, I came across his post on how to get a Kindle 2 in Singapore. For those not willing to wait, you might want to get one using his guide.
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Kindle 2 Singapore
I was so disappointed with the fact that even though Kindle 2 was shipping worldwide, Singapore was not on the list. I mean, Kindle 2 is shipping to places like Rwanda, why not Singapore? I am sure there are plenty more people in Singapore wanting to buy it than in Rwanda. So I wrote to Amazon:
Just read that Kindle is available for international customers. However, Singapore is not on the list. Will there be any plans to sell Kindle to customers in Singapore?
And Amazon replied quite promptly:
Hello,
The addition of Kindle (U.S. & International Wireless) to the Kindle family allows us to offer Kindle to many customers outside the United States. Currently, Kindle World Edition and related content cannot be purchased by residents of Singapore.
You can visit the Kindle (U.S. & International Wireless) detail page and select a country from the pull-down list to see if Kindle (U.S. & International Wireless) is available for sale and if there’s also Whispernet wireless service:
http://client0.cellmaps.com/tabs.html
We value our international customers and hope to make content available in more locations in the future.
Thanks for your interest in Amazon Kindle.
Please let us know if this e-mail resolved your question:
So with countries like Canada also not on the list, I guess perhaps there is still hope that they will ship it to Singapore in the near future.
Or I can just wait for the rumoured Apple tablet to be out instead.
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Kindle 2 Worldwide
I have always wanted a Kindle and I have always wondered when Kindle will be shipping to Singapore.
Then I saw this :
Kindle Worldwide Imagine my joy! Finally, I can get my hands on a Kindle! I had my credit card in front of me, when I decided to make sure Singapore is one of those 100+ countries they are shipping to, which is when I saw this:
WTF?