I think plenty of Professor Layton fans have been waiting for the release of the Professor Layton action figure from Revoltech (Kaiyodo). The good news is it’s out on sale now.

Retailing at USD 31.90, this 125mm action figure comes with 12 joints in his body and various face and hand parts, enabling you to re-create Professor Layton’s thinking poses, his “check mate” moment and various other trademark moves from his Nintendo DS games.

This package also comes with a table, ornate chair and Professor Layton’s tea set, so that you can have a mini diorama.

Interested? Check it out over here.

You’ve got slightly more than 2 days to take advantage of these PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS bargains on Play-Asia. Check out the following games on discount:

Playstation 3

• Final Fantasy XIII (Japanese Language Version) ~ USD 49.90 (Click here for details)
• DJ Hero with Turn Table Bundle ~ USD 99 (Click here for details)
• Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) ~ USD 49.90 (Click here for details)
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena ~ USD 24.90 (Click here for details)
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames ~ USD  19.90 (Click here for details)

Xbox 360 (All Region Free unless stated otherwise)

• Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Collector’s Edition) ~ USD 24.90 (Click here for details)
• Halo Wars ~ USD 29.90 (Click here for details)
• You’re in the Movies ~ USD 29.90 (Click here for details)
• Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 ~ USD 18.90 (Click here for details)
• Far Cry 2 ~ USD 19.90 (Click here for details)
• BlazBlue Calamity Trigger (Limited Edition)~ USD 59.90 (Click here for details)

Nintendo DS

• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars ~ USD 19.90 (Click here for details)
• Advance Wars: Days of Ruin ~ USD 24.90 (Click here for details)
• Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe ~ USD  19.90 (Click here for details)
• Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga ~ USD 19.90 (Click here for details)
• Prince of Persia: The Fallen King ~ USD 9.90 (Click here for details)
• Bangai-O Spirits ~ USD 14.90 (Click here for details)
• Bleach: The Blade of Fate ~ USD 14.90 (Click here for details)
• K-1 World GP ~ USD 19.90 (Click here for details)

I just order what’s perhaps the cutest Snoopy/Nintendo DS merchandise (not that there are many to begin with) from Play-Asia. It’s Snoopy’s dog house with him sitting on it (in his Flying Ace persona) and it doubles up as a Nintendo DS card store, storing up to 10 cartridges!

The DS Card House Peanuts Flying Ace is officially licensed by Nintendo and while its original price was USD 21.90, it’s now selling at a discounted price of USD 5.90! You can check it out over here.

If you’re like me, having a bunch of friends who are obsessed with Professor Layton (the titular character from the Professor Layton games on the Nintendo DS), here would be some great stocking stuffers for them in form of plush toys and keychains

Professor Layton Plush Toys: These come in M and S sizes for Professor Layton and S for Luke.

• Layton Kyouju Plush Doll: Professor Layton (M Size) (USD 19.90) ~ Click here for details
• Layton Kyouju Plush Doll: Professor Layton (S Size) (USD 12.90) ~ Click here for details
• Layton Kyouju Plush Doll: Luke (S Size) (USD 11.90) ~ Click here for details

Professor Layton Key Chain Plush Dolls:

• Layton Kyouju Key Chain Plush Doll: Professor Layton (Mini) (USD 6.90) ~ Click here for details
• Layton Kyouju Key Chain Plush Doll: Luke (Mini) (USD 6.90) ~ Click here for details

Christmas is just a few weeks from now, and while people seem to forget the true meaning of Christmas (God’s gift to the world), it doesn’t seem to dither them from buying presents for their loved ones and friends.

So welcome to another edition of Nine Over Ten’s Christmas Gift Guide, I think I did the same last year, or the year before, but nevermind, lets get on with the Handheld Gamer Edition of the guide.

2009 is a bumper year for handheld gamers, not only did Nintendo and Sony released new versions of their respective handhelds with the Nintendo DSi, the DSi LL and the PSP Go, but Apple also joined in with an upgraded iPod Touch, bringing it up to speed with the iPhone 3GS.

So what do you get for the handheld gamer? Plenty of choices.

Nintendo

As a result of the introduction of the Nintendo DSi, the price for the previous mainstay, the Nintendo DS Lite, has fallen and you can pretty much get this console (if the recipient doesn’t have one already) for less than RM 500. But if you want to stay on the cutting edge, the NDSi and NDSi LL, with its pair of larger screens wouldn’t go wrong as stocking stuffers.

• Nintendo DSi LL (Wine Red) ~ USD 269.00 (Click here for details)
• Nintendo DSi LL (Dark Brown) ~ USD 269.00 (Click here for details)
• Nintendo DSi LL (Natural White) ~ USD 269.00 (Click here for details)
• Nintendo DSi ~ USD 249 (Lime Green, Metallic Blue, Pink, Red)

As for games, there are plenty of excellent titles released in 2009 so much so you’ll be spoilt for choice. Check out Nine Over Ten’s Top 10 selection:

• Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Insider Story ~ USD 39.90 (Click here for details)
• Pokemon Soul Silver (Jap) ~ USD 59.90 (Click here for details)
• Pokemon Heart Gold (Jap) ~ USD 59.90 (Click here for details)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor ~ USD 34.90 (Click here for details)
• Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box ~ USD 39.90 (Click here for details)
• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars ~ USD 39.90 (Click here for details)
• Retro Game Challenge ~ USD 24.90 (Click here for details)
• Scribblenauts ~ USD 34.90 (Click here for details)
• Space Invaders Extreme 2 ~USD 24.90 (Click here for details)
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days ~ USD 44.90 (Click here for details)

Sony

The PSP GO eliminates the need for buying UMDs, but will require plenty of PSN Top-Up cards which are available here. However, you won’t go wrong with the following list of games for users of the PSP 3006, 2006 and 1001 (all of which have the UMD drive):

• Macross Ultimate Frontier ~ USD 54.90 (Click here for details)
• LittleBigPlanet Portable ~ USD 44.90 (Click here for details)
• Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble ~ USD 44.90 (Click here for details)
• Persona (with Bonus Full 2-Disc Soundtrack) ~ USD 44.90 (Click here for details)
• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars ~ USD 44.90 (Click here for details)
• Dissidia: Final Fantasy ~ USD 44.90 (Click here for details)
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite ~ USD 29.90 (Click here for details)

Check out the following collectibles, featuring the likes of Monster Hunter, Mario, characters from Jump All Stars and cars from Amamiya and Ridox featuring the girls from the anime K-On!

First up is the Lagiacrus Fossil, an official Monster Hunter Statue featuring Lagiacrus the legendary sea king dragon. You can actually see him on the cover of Monster Hunter 3 (in it’s full-fleshed form). This fossil statue is 12 centimeters long and looks pretty intricate. Price? USD 22.90. Click here if you are interested.

Next you have the Super Mario Galaxy Figure Vol 1. Key Chains. Featuring the a plethora of characters from the game, there are a total of 9 different kinds of keychains to collect. The best part about this collection from Banpresto? They are selling at a discount! One will set you back just USD 3.49. Click here for details.

The next collectible bunch of items would be another set of Mario Key Chains, but this time, they are from Epoch. The DS Super Mario Bros. Phone Strap Gashapon feature 6 different designs at just USD 1.49 each for these scaled down DS case replicas. Click here for purchase information.

The characters from Jump All-Stars! take the keychain route as well with Bandai’s Jump All Stars ! Mascot With Jump Key Chain Candy Toy collection. Going at a price of USD 3.90 each, there are 10 different characters to collect, among them are Rurouni Kenshin, Luffy (One Piece), Goku (Dragonball) and Naruto! Click here for details.

Last but not least, the girls from K-On! are featured as part of the livery of cars from Amamiya and Ridox in the K-On! 1/64 Itasha Miniature Collection Trading Figure. There are 10 different designs to collect, including a really nice RE Amamiya RX-7! Price? USD 7.90. Click here for details.

Super Mario fans out there, it’s time for more chocolate egg goodness from Furuta with the all new Super Mario Bros. Chocolate Egg 3rd Edition Candy Toy.

Not familiar with Furuta’s Chocolate Egg? Basically it’s a shell made out of chocolate, with a toy contained within. There are a total of 12 figures, all of them look like from the Mario & Luigi RPG games, and all of which will require some assembling.

Retailing at USD 2.90 each, a purchase of a box of 10 pieces will net you a factory sealed container. Click here for purchase information.

It’s a long weekend and yeah, I’m going on holiday for a couple of days. Gaming wise, I’ll be bringing the Nintendo DS, having just cleared the dust off that thing. Games to check out are Scribblenauts and Mario and Luigi 3.

The iPhone will be coming along too, naturally, since not only it’s a gaming console, but my primary phone as well. I know I’ve got tonnes of games to play and write about, so clearing this backlog is pretty much imperative during this holiday.

I’ll be doing back to my hometown, and that’s pretty much synonymous with the word Dreamcast. Looks like I’ll be bringing back my Sega Dreamcast from its exile in my hometown.

To all my Muslim readers and friends, Selamat Hari Raya! And to the rest of you who are out enjoying this long weekend as well, drive safe!

Terminator Salvation is a watershed for Gold Trophies on the PS3. I was on the game for 20 minutes last night, and wa-lah, a gold trophy in hand. In anycase, the game is probably easier to play in co-op mode.

Those crabby robots seem to know that I’m flanking them, all the time and my AI team mates aren’t that proficient in taking them down when I got those robots distracted.

Onto other things, it’s only the first half of the day and I’ve heard the name Scribblenauts mentioned too many times. But if you are curious on what the game can actually do, here’s the list of words, all 22k + of them from the game’s object list (view it here).

Scribblenauts is now available at Play-Asia. Click here for purchase information.

Pretty interesting stuff popped-up yesterday at my favourite online store yesterday. First up is the official Pokemon Chupa Chups candy toy. Basically you have your normal Chupa Chups enclosed within a Pokeball along with a Pokemon toy! Cool eh? Each stick is priced at USD 4.49. Click here to get them all!

Next up, action figures like no other featuring Issac from the space horror video game, Dead Space. Available in two variations (Plasma Cutter and Disc Ripper), both of which come highly detailed with highly articulated limbs and LED lights in the armour! Click here for the Plasma Cutter version and here for the Disc Ripper version.

Last but not least, Xbox 360 fans (those into RTS in particular) rejoice as Red Alert 3 (Region Free) is now selling for a discounted price of just USD 14.90! Click here for details!