how many crazy collectors are there?

i wasn't prepared for a crowd... never knew how chaotic it can be... well, it will most likely be my first and last precious moment event!!!

ever since i joined as a member, i have never attended any of these events. well... this time, it was for a launch of the disney figurines. so i decided to pay $150 for the event which include buffet for 2 and the opportunity to purchase limited editions figurines and a goodie bag including this event figurine...

what pissed me off was the mess and how disorganised the event was! there were supposed to be 3 timeslots: 10am to 12pm, 12pm to 2pm & 2pm to 3pm. i signed up pretty late so only managed to get the last time slot. however, when i reached there at about 1.45pm, all i saw was a long snake queue... no sight of figurines! armed with a price list, i asked a staff before i realised that the figurines are displayed in the middle of the room (obviously blocked out of sight by the human queue). After looking at what i want, i was supposed to tick the price list before queuing to pay. the queue took ages to move an inch. i managed to locate the staff from bugis that i am familiar with, she told me that the queue includes those people from the 1st 2 timeslots!!! i don't blame the guy behind me to complain non-stop. we thot it was pretty unfair, coz for people like me that got the 3rd slot, i paid $150 for a event that might not guarantee me to buy any figurines of my choice (if sold out, then too bad), no time to go for the buffet (coz i had to stay in queue for the figurines) and end up wasting more than an hour in the queue!!! gave that feedback to the staff that i knew. anyway, i finally managed to get the figurines that i want (except the winnie the pooh that was sold out :( !!) anyway, i found out why it was such a screwed-up event... they used the same event company that screwed up my d&d when i was in the committee!! haha... i saw that events organiser there and she recognised me! anyway i think they should sack their marketing person and hire me instead! haha... maybe got staff discount!!!
well... even though i complained that much, i still forked out more than $500 on figurines!!! shucks... i will be so broke this month with all the birthdays and weddings and this bill...

These are the 2 disney figurines

this is my sister's - with her fav dopey

this is the special buy from $239 to $145! it has lights and music!

there is 1 more, but it is meant to be a gift... so not putting on the blog :)

because of this, i decided to take photos of all my figurines as a record... will upload those in another posting.