Walking through Mint Museum of Toys

Where can you find a recollection in a rare collection?

It's about time someone set up a widely-known antique toy museum in Singapore. Costing millions and taking 3 years to complete building the World's First Purpose Built Museum. You cannot miss it, its outer appearance is shaped as a unmistakable wave with a ramp leading you to the start of the exhibit. The entrance greets you with a colourful and eye-catching lenticular which has the pictures of comics of different types, Chinese, English and even a superhero comics starring Batman, Batgirl, Robin and even Superman, namely of the 1st issue, which is probably a rarity, and is accompanied by Popeye, Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters. Designed by famous architect, Chan Soo Khian, it is located just opposite the famous Raffles Hotel on a street named, Seah Street.

Once you step into the museum, you would be greeted by the ever-friendly staff from the basement cafe! It is not usual for a cafe to be located in a basement but Mint manages to carry the look. As you walk up the ramp the start of the museum, you would meet ushers there to issue tickets for you to enter and probably give a short personal tour for you if you wish to know more about the history, origin and model of the toys. As you reach the counter, there you would come across a small shop on the left with the silhouette of Betty Boop, Popeye, Astroboy, etc. on the glass above the shop, giving it a attractive appearance, prompting many that they should buy something after finishing the tour of the museum.

As we enter the elevator, we immediately travel to the 5th floor of the museum, which is where the start of the exhibit should start. On the 5th floor, it displays space toys, ranging from Robots to Astronauts to Rockets to Dan Dare to Buck Rogers to Flash Gordan and several famous movie posters, nicely framed and hung on the wall just opposite of the display, examples are the famous George Lucas movies, Star Wars, all original posters and another widely-known space movie known as Forbidden Planet and the display even showcases the robot from the movie with different models. Make sure you look closely to find the slight differences of each model of the toys as they may seem similar when far, so each display requires much attention to look through. On the 5th floor also sits a Barcelona Daybed which allows visitors to relax while browsing thorugh the exhibits.

As we proceed to the 4th floor using the stairs, you can definitely be wowed by all the familiar characters that we love so much such as Popeye, Tintin, Tom and Jerry, Batman and Robin, Superman, Green Hornet, Bruce Lee items, Tetsujin and Ultraman. You can expect to find boxes neatly wrapped like brand new which are considered to be the only toy with the box to exist in the whole world, definitely something worth finding. There are many Tintin figurines which cannot be commonly seen in shops or other places.

After walking down memory lane with all our favourite characters and superheros, we next go down to the 3rd floor to look through the doll section with some familiar and not so familiar faces and HAIR!( example, Shirley Temple) Walking through the exhibit, we can see Mickey Mouse, Snoopy, EDI dolls, Door-Of-Hope Dolls, a large 'I Love Lucy doll', Michael Lee dolls, Ferdinand the Bull and not forgetting the ever-famous Betty Boop!! This floor even showcases the Musical Bonzo, the only piece to exist in the whole world. Posters of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is also nicely framed on the wall. This has to be one of my favourite floors of the museum. However, the level is not complete without the glass floor further in the room, whereby you can stand on or if you prefer to be safe or wearing a skirt, just look down to observe the ground floor of the museum.

Next is the 2nd floor of the toy museum, which showcases collectables from all over the world such as Germany, India, Japan,Korea, USA, England, Hong Kong, France, Uruguay, Bulgaria and even Singapore and some made in Hollywood!! It displays many tintoys which are considered to be extremely expensive now, over a few US thousands. Most of them are mainly vehicles or ships which were kept in pristine and MINT condition. Make sure you look out for the Singapore label on the suitcases with a porter carrying it. This floor also shows the Beatles, Monkees, a peacock that was featured in the movie 'toys' and a recently added, horse cart( its a giant display!!)

Coming to the end of my trip through the exhibits, there was an urge to get something from the museum, namely from the shop, selling snowy from tintin plush toys and tintin figurines, tintin pencilcases, tintin keychains, tintin plates and egg cups, tintin shirts, with a variety and tintin postcards, with Winnie the Pooh sweet tins. Guaranteed to be satisfied with choices from the shop. But not quite yet!! Remember to travel down to the basement cafe to sit and relax after an exciting and long journey through the museum. The cafe can also be considered a restaurant and bar just to sit back and relax. The menu has a variety of pasta, sandwiches, salad, appetizers and cakes and etc. With generous portions, have a taste of the crab meat linguine or the beer-battered fish and chips or the oriental wrap with desserts such as tiramisu. When at the cafe, check out the cool wine bar with lights changing randomly to give the place a very classy look, it also has many designer chairs which give the comfort of home, definitely sure to feel right at home. Service is great too, you would be treated with comfort. Really friendly too, you would not have trouble getting use to the place. With mirrors adorning the wall and many original movie posters give us a sense of cosiness. If you wish to enjoy the breeze or watch passer-bys, tables can be arranged just for you to suit your mood.

Definitely the place of the year to visit, as each floor of the museum gives a write-up of the toys being displayed there, with neatly wrapped boxes to accompany the antique toy which still looks new and sometimes be even mistakened to be new toys! However, a great place to go to, guaranteed to be greeted with smiles and friendliness, you would not be disappointed after going through Mint Museum of Toys, the number One destination to go with friends or families. Admission fee is $10 for adults and $5 for kids below ages 12. Do not worry, your visit would be worth the money!!

Will be posting pictures from the trip through the museum later on...

Prepare to launch on a journey of rediscovery!!

Back Again, But this Time...

This time is because I'm celebrating my B'day today unfortunately most of my family members are sick and so kinda makes this celebration bad, hope they get well soon!!
Anyways theres always habbo to cheer me up whenever down, recently new habbo scratch cards were out isn't it awesome. Hahs! Its cool to see my furni in habbo stacking up as well hope to see it occupy at least 3 full rooms :P Greedy thats what I am...

Check Back often u may never know when i'll be back again!! :D

Lois and Clark Episode Guide for Season 1

Ok..as promised here is the episode guide for the show but first for season 1 and i will put the summary in the later posts but firstly the titles of the episodes...:D

1. Pilot (1) - 9/12/1993
2. Pilot (2) - 9/12/1993
3. Strange Visitor (From Another Planet) - 9/26/1993
4. Neverending Battle - 10/3/1993
5. I'm Looking Through You - 10/10/1993
6. Requiem for a Superhero - 10/17/1993
7. I've Got a Crush on You - 10/24/1993
8. Smart Kids - 10/31/1993
9. The Green, Green Glow of Home - 11/14/1993
10. The Man of Steel Bars - 11/21/1993
11. Pheromone, My Lovely - 11/28/1993
12. Honeymoon in Metropolis - 12/12/1993
13. All Shook Up - 1/2/1994
14. Witness - 1/9/1994
15. Illusions of Grandeur - 1/23/1994
16. The Ides of Metropolis - 2/6/1994
17. Foundling - 2/20/1994
18. The Rival - 2/27/1994
19. Vatman - 3/13/1994
20. Fly Hard - 3/27/1994
21. Barbarians at the Planet (1) - 5/1/1994
22. The House of Luthor (2) 5/8/1994

So heres Season 1 of Lois and Clark. The next few seasons up next..:D Keep checking..

I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol..after so many months and even a year...i'm finally back! Now i have a new television craze called Lois and Clark: The new adventures of Superman!! I cant stop watching it even after 7 or 8 episodes in one day i want more!! I'm crazy lol i know but it just shows how great it is anyway i would probably type out summaries, quotes and maybe other trival stuff of the show lol but of course i'm still a teen titans fan and will many more other favourites as well maybe typing more about my other favourites but i would definitely still write about teen titans..heehee..anyways signing out..cya soon :P

Save Teen Titans!

Its your turn to save the day, by letting creators know what a great show it is and that we want more of it with a SEASON 6!! All you have to do is go to this website to help out... http://www.titanstower.com/source/animated/saveseason6.html So if you still want to watch more Teen Titans then help out. Thanks :D

Sequel to Fantastic Four!

Fantastic Four director, Tim Story will be filming another fantastic movie following the fantastic four movie that was released in July in Singapore. The sequel will still star Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis. And as crazy fans, there is also said that there also could be a third fantastic four but thats just thinking!! Can't wait for it!! And the sequel is announced to be release in January 2007...

Fantastic Four Director, Tim Story

Episodes to be continued soon...

As the screen shots are obviously taking up alot of space and making it unsightly, i decided to wait a while more than i will put up more pictures but i will be putting up news about maybe SOME movies and cartoons, so gimme your comments please :D

Divide And Conquer

Here are the screen shots I took from the "Divide And Conquer" episode...P.S.Thanks jie for helping me with the screen shots!

Cinderblock breaks into jail to retrieve a sleeping man who turns into Plasmus when awakened to his boss, Slade. While trying to stop Cinderblock, Robin and Cyborg's "Sonic Boom" goes wrong which enabled Cinderblock to grab Plasmus and caused Robin and Cyborg to argue and when they stop, Cyborg quits the team! As Plasmus and Cinderblock are set out by Slade to destroy the city, can the remaining titans fight Plasmus without Cyborg and reunite with him in the end?

Teen Titans Episode Guide

Here's the episodes in the right order for the Teen Titans cartoon series...

SEASON 1: Episode 1-Divide And Conquer
Episode 2-Sisters
Episode 3-Final Exam
Episode 4-Forces Of Nature
Episode 5-Sum Of His Parts
Episode 6-Nevermore
Episode 7-Switched
Episode 8-Deep Six
Episode 9-Masks
Episode 10-Mad Mod
Episode 11-Car Trouble
Episode 12-Apprentice,Part 1
Episode 13-Apprentice, Part 2

SEASON 2: Episode 1-How Long Is Forever?
Episode 2-Every Dog Has His Day
Episode 3-Terra
Episode 4-Only Human
Episode 5-Fear Itself
Episode 6-Date With Destiny
Episode 7-Transformation
Episode 8-Titan Rising
Episode 9-Winner Take All
Episode 10-Betrayal
Episode 11-Fractured
Episode 12-Aftershock, Part 1
Episode 13-Aftershock, Part 2

SEASON 3: Episode 1-Deception
Episode 2-X
Episode 3-Betrothed
Episode 4-Crash
Episode 5-Haunted
Episode 6-Spellbound
Episode 7-Revolution
Episode 8-Wavelength
Episode 9-The Beast Within
Episode 10-Can I Keep Him?
Episode 11-Bunny Raven...or...How To Make A Titananimal Disappear
Episode 12-Titans East, Part 1
Episode 13-Titans East, Part 2

SEASON 4: Episode 1-Episode 257-494
Episode 2-Cyborg The Barbarian
Episode 3-Birthmark
Episode 4-The Quest
Episode 5-Employee Of The Month
Episode 6-TROQ
Episode 7-The Prophecy
Episode 8-Stranded
Episode 9-Overdrive
Episode 10-Mother Mae-Eye
Episode 11-The End, Part 1
Episode 12-The End, Part 2
Episode 13-The End, Part 3

SEASON 5: Episode 1-Homecoming, Part 1
Episode 2-Homecoming, Part 2
Episode 3-Trust
Episode 4-For Real
Episode 5-Snowblind
Episode 6-Kole
Episode 7-Hide And Seek
Episode 8-Light Speed
Episode 9-Revved Up
Episode 10-Go
Episode 11-Calling All Titans
Episode 12-Titans Together
Episode 13-Things Change

MISC: The Lost Episode

Movie: Teen Titans: Tokyo

Cyborg

Continued...

Name: Cyborg
Voiced by: Khary Payton
Official bio: He's half-man, half-robot and all-Titan. Despite his metallic outer shell, Cyborg is a pretty sensitive dude. Even though his cybernetic anatomy gives him enormous strength and loads of weapons, being only partly human can also be a drag. But that doesn't stop him from kicking bad guy butt.

Starfire

Continued...

Name: Starfire
Voiced by: Hynden Walch
Official bio: Because she's a being from another world, Starfire desperately wants to fit in with the people around her. The fact is, Starfire still has a lot to learn about Earth and its customs. Starfire is no lightweight: she can fly and fire green starbolts from her hands. Plus she's a lot stronger than she looks.

Beast Boy

Continued...

Name: Beast Boy (member)
Voiced by: Greg Cipes
Official bio: Quick with his tongue and utterly insecure, Beast Boy will do anything for a laugh...anything. Although Beast Boy is pretty darn funny, sometimes he leaves others laughing at him instead of with him. Beast Boy is a shape shifter and can turn into any animal he wants to.

Raven

Continued...

Name: Raven (member)
Voiced by: Tara Strong
Official bio: With her shadowy past, eerie telekinetic powers and a bad reputation, Raven is trying to be good, but she's afraid that deep down-she is pure darkness. On top of lacking full control of her abilities, Raven is also plagued with tumultuous visions of future events. No wonder she never really smiles.

Introducing members of the Teen Titans!!

Continued...
There are 5 members in the team and are known as Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven and Cyborg. They all can be considered as favourites as they're all humorous and not serious at times except for Robin and Raven!

The Teen Titans members
From Left to Right: Beast Boy, Starfire, Robin, Cyborg and Raven
Fighting for truth, justice and the last slice of pizza, the Teen Titans will wipe out any villain for a safe neighborhood



Name:Robin (Leader of team)
Voiced by: Scott Menville
Official bio: Kung-fu trained, agile as all get-out, and packing a belt-load of cool gadgets, Robin is a one-man SWAT team. If Robin has a weakness, it's that he never, ever gives up. Robin can't walk away from a dare, can't turn his back on any challenge and always has to win every argument.

One-by-One

As the bios for each titan member will be long i thought of maybe doing the bios one-by-one and after finishing the bios, i'll start putting the screen shots for their episodes in order but i may not have all the episodes but will show many pictures of the episodes that i have :p However, keep coming back for more updates if there is any...and if you want to see the picture of the voices of the show then give me a comment. Thanks :D

Introducing Teen Titans!!

As you know i'll be showing some of my favourite show's screen caps but i cannot be able to show all the episodes of Teen Titans as i'm not that free to get hold of all of them immediately......so wait for updates...However if you don't know who or what Teen Titans is about...here are some screen shots from their theme song and of course the members of the team.

Picture 1: Teen Titans
Picture 2: Titans Tower



P.S.Sorry the pictures are not of good quality.
To be continued...the bios of the team and pictures...

A new experience for me...

:o Its the 1ST time i'm creating a blog and totally hope it'll be okay.......
All i'll be showing will be screen shots from several of my favourite shows (thats why its called juan's central:p)
However, since i'm not always free i only manage to get hold of only some episodes of my favourite shows so if people who also enjoy the shows like me please don't be disappointed if i don't have some of the show's screen caps or enough info.....sorry......
Anyway just hope you'll enjoy reading my blog as much as i enjoy doing this... :p

P.S.This blog is not personal its about shows..i know i'm a TV junkie