Occupation!

I can truly say that my current occupation as an Elementary School Teacher in a small town with about 1000 students is one of the better jobs I've had in many years.

I want to talk about a different occupation today though. Remember that time when The Martians took over the Earth? That era really sucked. Here are the cards commemorating that time.

The binder I also received!

This is what the reverse of the cards look like.

I received the above set as part of a Kickstarter campaign.

For an extra five bucks, I ordered a "Hot Pack" and it included an Allstar sketch by Jason Crosby,(upper right) a signed sketch card by Brian DeGuire and a Metallic parallel of Card #43.

 Here's a closeup of the DeGuire sketch.

There were a few added bonuses as well, such as this Wacky Attacky Package.

On the reverse is a puzzle.

I intended on ordering a Judge Dredd/ Mars Attacks crossover pack but unintentionally ordered two of the above sets instead. I got a few bonuses with the pack.

Much more to my liking is this Dinosaurs Attacks/ Mars Attacks crossover. I wish I'd ordered a few more of these.

 

I landed a sketch card by Russ Maheras.

Another bonus I didn't expect was this Actual Printing Plate of Card #31!

Also a few Promo cards. (If you look at the Lower left hand corner card, it shows a preview of "The Armageddon Directive", a new novella by Dayton Ward. I also received a download of this book!)

And a Preview card of the forthcoming Dice Game.

Coolest of all and most unexpected was a poster sized signed print of this drawing by Bob Larkin!!

Not a bad haul for just over 100 bucks!

I hope this series gets the same treatment shown to the original cards series as in this video.

Ultraversary!

Sunday was a Thai festival in which many people Thai-ed one on.

Not me though, I only had one Singha beer to go with lunch. I found the food to be tasty though rather bland.

(A disturbing aside. After the fest, I went home and crashed for five hours and didn't eat until lunch the next day. Today, I had tummy troubles all day. Perhaps, Thai food is not for me.)

Cool veggie carving.

Stinky Durian. A friend gave me a bite and I didn't really like it. I mixed it with Earl Gray Tea and it was much more delicious. I was so thirsty I had a Pitcher of Durian Gray!*
*Kudos to Alex for the pun.

One vendor had these very nifty metal models of our favourite characters. 

 A tad pricey though.

The Predator was only 100 bucks yet the Yoda would set you back 350!

Not much else happening at the fest so I wandered around downtown and popped into Loft.
Woohoo! I managed to show up in time for the end of the Ultraman World tour. Lots and lots of overpriced goodies for sale!

Such as... notepads and masking tapes*,

mugs/cups,

 pins and stickers,

 booze*,

 figures,

 hand towels*,

 pens,

 ties and cologne,

 bags,

 apparel,

 and mini-plates.

I bought one of the hand towels designed by Shinzi Katoh
and

two of the masking tapes with which I got a free sticker with my purchase.

This very cool bag came with...

the two bottles of Sake that I purchased.

I like how the Kaiju play a part in the production of the rice wine as shown on the box.

I have a friend whose birthday is forthcoming. This will be a nice gift.

Finally, here is a giant plush Ultraman that I snagged at UFO Catcher the other day. He'll be hanging from my ceiling!