Just saw one of these on German plates, BAIC Beijing X5 apparently. It looked like how these things look other than an incongruous BEIJING between the back lights.

Don’t forget your briefcase when you go to work.

What’s the worst film you’ve ever seen, but specifically one where you’re fairly confident nobody else you know has seen it? Mine is Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986). It was amongst some other crap at my parents house and I watched it out of morbid curiosity. I wish I hadn’t.

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The problem I have with AI is that there’s barely a single aspect of my life that hasn’t been affected by it in some way and every single one it’s an extremely negative impact.

One of my favourite scenes of any film - why don’t you call the cops?

Ha, managed to secure the three new Songkran D-Max cars via the Internet. That means on arrival I’ll be at 70 out of 77 Thai exclusives. Back on track.

Got another of my work shirts on, just 100THB for IBM eServer (discontinued 2006).

Honestly my favourite souvenirs are things like this - random shop stuff I kept and free things I’ve been given. I will give my life to defend my M-150 energy drink hand fan, Mr DIY desk calendar, 7-Eleven sticker set of the boyband BUS, found motorbike numberplate, etc.

The good thing about getting ice from 7-Eleven is that you get an exciting range of drinkware to put in the suitcase and take home.

Travel rules. Seriously, I thought I was the most miserable being on the planet until I figured out that I can just go somewhere else. Then I get back and start saving to do it all over again.

Getting very tired of seeing every other YouTube thumbnail being those shitty Canva AI ones.

It’s interesting to think that I almost certainly eat more food from Iran than I do the USA, but then I will quite happily work my way through 3-4 boxes of these dates a year because they are bloody great. I’ve tried the fancy ones where they’re £50 for a small box, but nothing beats these £2 ones.

Always got told “you’ll change your mind and want kids some day” and here I am in my forties with absolutely zero interest.

Delivery from Thailand, somehow managed to get a well-priced Thailand Post D-Max (super rare), but the seller also had a reasonably-priced boxed Kerry Express and the other ambulance I didn’t have. Only the Thailand Post MAN TGS to get now for that. Hooray for Thailand!

Nice! カメちゃんだけズルいですっ☆

Got to add three more rows to the Thailand Majorette collection spreadsheet. I should just live there.

I wear work shirts from other businesses (that I buy from a Bangkok clothes recycler) to my office job as a subtle act of defiance. Think this might be one of the best yet.

Almost zero interest in Lego, but considerable interest in weird counterfeit promotional Lego representing 7-Eleven Thailand and their in-house coffee brand.

Majorette distribution in the UK is patchy and random, I’m amazed to find a normal Corolla Altis sat there. GRMN Yaris is also nice to see. Got both.

Also since I went in the cupboard, I can grab that one Series 2 BMTA I already had and bask in the glow of full set completion for that.

Complete Majorette Buriram United set. The Buriram TukTuk is weirdly rare, I was lucky to get it in a gift pack as a bonus. The rest of it is fairly easy to get, though one colour of the pickup took me a few days to locate.

The concept art for Wipeout 2048 by Darren Douglas is something else

Just thinking, I have made comments on social media that could potentially prevent me going to America. On that basis, let me take this opportunity to double down and say the President is a pathetic chump puppet with a deteriorating brain, also a creepy sex pest and a genocidal scumbag. That enough?

Some of the Thai exclusives are just one or two cars, here’s the Farmhouse set. They sell bread and those shelf-stable pocket sandwiches they do at Tops. The use of a VW T1 is deliberate, they use one in ads (not a panel van though). The MAN TGS version is oddly rare so I’ve got an unboxed one.

Opened the Tomica BD Familia-323, very happy.

If you hated the 19/19 complete Thai Taxi set, then you’re just going to love the 14 out of 15 Thailand Police set (Series 1/2 Crime Police and Tourist Police). Just missing one G-Wagen that I think is probably exclusive to a gift pack (but I can get it).

With the orange one arriving in the post, I’m now up to the full set. 19 of 19. That’s Series 1 (Bangkok), Series 2 (Bangkok New Colours), Series 3 (Phuket), Series 4 (Pattaya). Genuinely deranged behaviour.

Delivery from Thailand. Got the orange taxi (exclusive to an old 5 pack), completing the full set of 19 taxis and giving me automatic citizenship and 10% off Butterbear crisps at 7-Eleven. Also the Kerry Express D-Max which last time I checked was selling in packet for about £40 so loose is fine.

Actually, you just put it in the letterbox and ran off. For future reference, my views are “fuck off” and “I wish he’d died in that plane crash”.

When I was a little kid, in a household that was fairly sheltered but not really intolerant, I watched Police Academy and thought the Blue Oyster Bar men were just a cool gang of rough bikers who really liked dancing. I also thought Wez from Mad Max 2’s obvious boyfriend was just his best buddy.

Peering over glasses emoji from the Jo Cox Foundation staff when they see me park my car in front of their office, on my way to Pound Express.

Speaking as somebody who only likes to listen to music as an entire album from start to finish, random music on shuffle really annoys me. I don’t even like radio much for that reason.

The Concorde: Airport ‘79 is by far the best of the entire series and I will not elaborate on this opinion as I think the superior quality of the film speaks for itself.

Can confirm that my position has not softened, but has substantially hardened. I don’t really like the UK and I’m not sure if I ever did. Even if I’m not working, it just doesn’t fit with what I’m really after.

This family reaction shot.

If you wondered what photos look like from the Charmera, here’s a few from when I went past Trafford for the airport.

Got an orange taxi coming, completing the full set. Reluctantly ordered it as a loose car and then figured out the orange was only ever a loose car as it was exclusive to a gift pack and not sold on a card. Slightly irrelevant as I will be opening them all anyway so I can go brum brum and beep beep.

Something I couldn’t get in Thailand (long sold out), but managed to get off eBay - the Isuzu D-Max Transporter. These cage-equipped vehicles haul goods around and in real life are usually modified, drive very aggressively and are covered in stickers. They give you stickers here. It’s amazing.

Here’s some more Majorette Thailand for you, this time it’s the Chocolate Factory which consists of two cars to promote a place selling fancy chocolate. They came out in 2022, but are still lurking about in some department stores (always in battered packaging). This one is the Beetle.

As promised, I’ll go through my Majorette Thailand cars. I got the full set of BMTA Series 1 HiAce. These are a shared air-conditioned van by Bangkok Mass Transit Authority. Majorette do four of these, all with different (tiny) routes on the side. This is route T8, Pinklao Bridge to Bang Bua Thong.

I tend to keep thoughts on social media about the USA fairly tepid, but being that their illegal war has trapped my folks on the other side of the world and will likely result in me paying £2/L for petrol (again), I’ll be more blunt. Your president is a thick fat cunt who likely fucks kids. Cheers!

Mitsuoka BUBU!!!

Seems like due to the illegal US-led war shutting down UAE airspace, my folks probably won’t be coming home for a bit.

Just think, the other day I was transiting through here with a carton of cheap smokes. If I’d just left it another few days, I could have been collateral damage from an illegal US-led war.

I suppose that means my parents are stranded on the other side of the world then, thanks Americans.

The camera is a baby.

Got a new camera.

By the way, the final stats - including what I’ve already got and a few more in the post, I managed to get 63 out of 74 Thai-market Majorette cars. Pretty happy with that! The reason I like them is they largely represent day-to-day Thai life, rather than exotics/supercars.