My, my, how time flies! It seems we are in the endgame now…   Back when I first drafted the introductory post, I remember feeling apprehensive about my blog topic, as this was the first time I was publicly opening up about my hobby. Sure, I’ve been posting toy photographs on Instagram since 2016, but […]

  Hello everyone! Last week, I talked about violence, its effect on the environment and the perverted sense of justice it represents. Today, I’d like to talk about a concept that is very much related to this. Specifically, I’d like to touch on militarism, and how it affects our environment.     Militarism is the […]

Hi everyone! Hope you all are doing well.     It’s the month of Halloween, which means all sorts of scary themes are now in fashion, and I thought I’d talk about one that came up during the ENV1101 lectures and tutorials. Recently, we learnt about the human impacts of environmental degradation, one of which […]

Hi everyone and welcome back!   In this post, I’m going to pick up where I left off and talk about a very popular practice I’ve observed in the toy photography community. That being, outdoor toy photography!   Photography in the great outdoors!   A while ago I had the opportunity to visit Sungei Buloh […]

Hi everyone!   Over the last few years, I have been changing the direction of my hobby, steering myself away from repetitive buying to a more creative approach. In this post, I thought I’d take an environmental perspective on one of these approaches. So set all your shopping apps to silent and strap in!   […]

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is coping well with midterms. It is during these trying times that the itch to start shopping resurfaces and my temptation to scratch it explodes!   That said, I was curious to find the origin of this itch. Sure, there are external forces exacerbating this; the aforementioned academic stress and aggressive […]

Hi everyone! Hope everyone’s enjoying recess week!   Picking up where I left off from my previous post, I thought it would be a good idea to examine the omnipresent force that is advertising. It is arguably one of the key drivers that has pushed me to become a collector and continues to influence my […]

It all started with an Instagram post. As other collectors excitedly commented and preordered, I was a left feeling a little skeptical. I already had a figure of him. Why did I need another?   A few weeks passed, and my Youtube feed was abuzz with collector reviews, many of which sang praises, lauding the […]

Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog! Having collected action figures for some time, I was really interested in learning about the complicated process of how they are designed and made. Recently, I started taking an environmental perspective on this process. I was aware that just like any other manufactured goods, action figures have […]

Hi Everyone and welcome to my blog! My name is Joseph Wee and I am a Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) undergraduate at the National University of Singapore (NUS).  As you can probably tell from my blog’s background, I have a rather quirky hobby, that is, action figure collecting!!   Toys…really?   Yes, it is […]