Archive for June, 2008

Charizard

pokemon  - Charizard

Charizard is a fire/flying type pokemon. At one point he was one of the most powerful pokemon ever; and he still is.

If Charizard becomes furious, the flame at the tip of its tail flares up in a whitish-blue color. Breathing intense, hot flames, it can melt almost anything. Its breath inflicts terrible pain on enemies. Its fiery breath reaches incredible temperatures. It can quickly melt glaciers weighing 10,000 tons.

Charizard EX 105 can cost more than $100 for each card!

Colossal Fun at Colossus ride : Six Flags Magic Mountain Park Visit

[Click on the picture below for a better, full and scary view.]

games  - Colossal Fun at Colossus ride : Six Flags Magic Mountain Park Visit

I went on this roller coaster! Can you believe that?

I didn’t think this was going to be very scary, but trust me, I was terrified! Look at how huge and how high this thing is!

But after lots of ups and down, I felt good and excited. It was worth it! I was so scared that my throat was completely dry! I was so scared that I even screamed on the little bumps because I thought they were the “BIG ONES”, so I screamed ahead to prepare myself. And then after, I thought, “ohh.. that wasn’t big..” and then it stopped in the middle, and I thought it was done. By the time I had asked my seat mate, I was already at the next drop.

And what do you think, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…hhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

But over all, this roller coaster was awesome!

I also went to some other interesting rides, like Ninja

games  - Colossal Fun at Colossus ride : Six Flags Magic Mountain Park Visit

This ride was fun! Because it wasn’t like a regular coaster where you go on top of a track, but here you hang from the track and it makes very sharp turns. It’s little bit weird in the begening, because this guy keeps saying..

“have a good ride. Heiya….” like a little kung-fu Ninja…

We had to walk up a big hill to get there.

After that was Gold Rusher:

games  - Colossal Fun at Colossus ride : Six Flags Magic Mountain Park Visit

This was mild compared to others. It went fast, but it didn’t drop much; but it really had fun sharp turns like you see in the picture here. This would be a good ride to go to for your first roller coaster ride.

My favorite ride was the Log Jammer. It was fun, because you got wet! You will be floating in a log and you will be pulled up a little and then you will be going down two drops! The first one is kind of small, kind that gets you refreshed and alert and then the second one takes your breath away.

It was a fun, a colossal fun day for sure!

Now I know for sure that the Summer has started!

Most expensive Pokemon Card. Guess How much? $100? - no, higher; $1000? no, higher; $10,000? even higher

My dad and I were returning from the temple today and chatting about different things and the question came up as to what is the most expensive Pokemon card?

I am pretty sure that the most expensive Pokemon card is Pikachu Illustrator.

pokemon  - Most expensive Pokemon Card. Guess How much? $100? - no, higher; $1000? no, higher; $10,000? even higher

Apparently, only 6 of these were produced. CoroCoro magazine ran a competition for children to design a Pokemon Card. The six winners received one of these superb Holofoil trophy cards.

Cost — Tum-dudum-dum-dum

$20,000.00

The card text says:

We certify that your illustration is an excellent entry in the Pokémon Card Game Illustration Contest. Therefore, we state that you are an Officially Authorized Pokémon Card Illustrator and admire your skill.

The next most expensive card:

The rarest Pokemon card, but it is not the most expensive Pokemon card (I don’t know why) is Pikachu Tournament No 1 Gold Trophy.

pokemon  - Most expensive Pokemon Card. Guess How much? $100? - no, higher; $1000? no, higher; $10,000? even higher

The cost of this card, according to Greylight is:

$12,000.00

There are two other trophy cards (only 3 of each were produced) also sell for $10,000+

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By the way, you can’t take these numbers too seriously (like everything else on the internet). Bulbopedia says that there were about 30 Pikachu Illustrator cards issued and I saw somewhere else that in 2002, the trophy cards had a book price of $1,500.

I have also heard about the Raichu PreRelease card that is supposed to be the rarest of them all.

pokemon  - Most expensive Pokemon Card. Guess How much? $100? - no, higher; $1000? no, higher; $10,000? even higher

The reason this card is rare is because it is an “error” card. The pre-release stamp on this card was placed by mistake.

There are either 8 or 11 of these cards and it hasn’t come up for sale as yet, but if it did, it might be the most expensive pokemon card.

Price: probably between $10,000 and $30,000.

The story behind this card can be found at PokeGym.

Pl. leave a comment if you know of any other expensive Pokemon Card and what is the most expensive Pokemon card you have purchased? The most expensive card I have purchased is Double Rainbow Energy for $6 each (I needed them for my Wailord Deck). I almost bought a Lv.X card for $15 but it didn’t fit in my deck.

Me - mini-mized and lego-cized

games  - Me - mini-mized and lego-cized

Here is me mini-mized and lego-cized.

I am reading a lot these days, so the book is right and I am on the beach and I indeed was on the beach last weekend.

Now if I can just get a saber and a cape, I’ll jump in to Lego Starwars and save the galaxy!

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Learning to play poker

games  - Learning to play poker

The summer has started! Yesterday was the last day of the school!

One of the things we had talked about learning this summer was “how to play poker”. I have a lots of dominos from the domino derby games, so we used them to play. Three of us, my mom, my dad and me!

I thought it would be hard, but it wasn’t. I had to look up the chart to find out which combination is better than the other, but the game was pretty easy.

In a short time, we were playing variations of the game; like the lowest one wins; the month of your birth is a joker, to same cards are joker; and it was a lot of fun.

At one point, my mom and I got in to an intense game! I bet a lot of my dominos but I lost! My mom had better cards.

My dad told me about the the dogs playing poker paintings. Apparently there are 16 of them. Very funny.

I wonder if my dogs in my Nintendo DS can play poker?

One Wall Handball Explained:

I made this video inside of an antique filled living room - and NO DAMAGE! Nothing broke, nothing was knocked over!

That’s because I am pretty good at the Handball game. I can control the ball pretty well.

One Wall Handball Basics:

* The outdoor handball game is often played against a single wall, and is called one-wall handball.

* A point is scored when the ball hits the ground twice before an opponent can return it to the back wall. If the player returns the ball, but it hits the back wall before hitting the ground, it is also a point.

* Games are usually played to 21 points.

* It is always good to wear -gloves and eye protectors because a ball can travel very fast.

* When a handball player makes a shot that rebounds so low that his or her opponent has no chance of returning it, it’s called a kill shot or dead ball.

* “Rainbow” which a person could run underneath the ball without getting hit.

* We also have something called “buttercup” but it was the same as rainbow but except your hand goes under instead.

All the rules can be found here.

Glaceon Level X ; New Lv. X. from Majestic Dawn

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This is one of the new Lv. X Pokemon card from Majestic Dawn. This Pokemon is not only cute, it is also very powerful. It has POke-body Chilly breath and you can see it demonstrated in this wonderful artwork.

Is this an Indian Hanuman Pokemon? Monferno vs. Hanuman

general  - Is this an Indian Hanuman Pokemon? Monferno vs. Hanuman

In Indian mythology, there is the Monkey God. And there is a story where he goes to Lanka (modern day Sri Lanka) and the king of Lanka tries to burn his tail. Except that Hanuman gets away with fire on his tail and jumps from one building of Lanka to other and by the time he is done, the whole city is on fire.

This pokemon reminds me of the Indian monkey god Hanuman.

Here is a picture of Hanuman.

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general  - Is this an Indian Hanuman Pokemon? Monferno vs. Hanuman

I also heard that Obama carries a tiny figure of Hanuman in his pocket.

general  - Is this an Indian Hanuman Pokemon? Monferno vs. Hanuman

I’d vote for him just for that. Any friend of Hanuman is a friend of mine!

Mew Two Pokemon : Pokemon for President

Here you go. Mew Two Pokemon from Majestic Dawn set!

 

pokemon  - Mew Two Pokemon : Pokemon for President

pokemon  - Mew Two Pokemon : Pokemon for President

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I like the bottom one the best - go Mew two go!

Pokemon for president! Actually, if I had to choose one pokemon for President, I am not sure which one will I choose? Do you have any ideas?

Dusknoir LV.X Pokemon - Raichu level X Pokemon - Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky

games  - Dusknoir LV.X Pokemon - Raichu level X Pokemon - Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky

Love this Dusknoir Level X (LV X) that will come out soon!

These pokemon cards are from Pokemon -Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky - of course, when it comes to US, the name will be changed.

Level Up and HP 140.

Poke-Power: Ectoplasm
This Power can be used once, when this Pokemon is your Active Pokemon and its HP is reduced to 0 by an opponent’s attack. Although this Pokemon is Knocked Out, this 1 card is not discarded, but is put into play as a Stadium card (any other Stadium in play is discarded).

If this card is in play as a Stadium card, it has the following effect: “In between turns place 1 damage counter on each of your opponent’s Pokemon,” and when it would be discarded this pokemon card is returned to your hand instead.

 

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Raichu LV.X – Lightning – HP110
Level Up

Poke-Body: Chain Lightning
On the turn that this Pokemon Levels Up, if it uses Voltage Shoot, afterwards it can attack 1 additional time (and only once). This Poke-Body stops working if this Pokemon is affected by a Special Condition.

I also heard that there is going to be new move in Pokemon card game. For trainer cards, you could always use two of the same kind and in the same turn and the effect would be double. But in some of the newer cards, if you use one trainer card there is some specific effect, but if you use two of the same kind, the effect could be 8 times as much!

There is a Pokemon card called PokeHealer; if you have one of them, it removes one damage counter, but if you have two copies of the same card, it will remove 8 damage counters.

games  - Dusknoir LV.X Pokemon - Raichu level X Pokemon - Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky

Here is the Pokehealer Pokemon trainer card.

I am playing a lot of Pokemon DS and Wii game, so I don’t get a chance to play the card games but it is an interesting game and I want to keep track of the rules and enjoy the artwork.

Thank you Pokebeach for card scans.