Candy Crush Level 429 - Cleared

This is quite easy. I cleared it after two tries.

The trick is to clear the jellies which are furthest away from the wall first, and gradually move towards clearing the jellies near the wall. That way, there should be ample time to clear the board before the bombs are detonated.

Candy Crush Level 428 - Cleared

Cleared this after a few days. My tips to clearing this level is

1. Clear the chocolates first. If I am not able to clear the chocolates within the first few moves, chances of getting through the level is low and I restart the game (why waste time?).

2. Build up striped candies and wrapped candies. Use them together to get a power blast that will blast away the walls.

It sounds easy right? But it still took me a few days :P Good luck!

Candy Crush Level 378 - Cleared

This stage is rather easy compared to 377, which took me a week.

For 378, the trick is to clear the stone that is blocking the outlet for the fruits.

My strategy to clear this is to clear the stone wall in between, while using striped candy to blast the pizza. Once the stone that is blocking the outlet for the fruits is cleared, the fruits fall out at one go. I had the good luck to have a coloured ball which helped to clear the candy that was blocking the last fruit.

Candy Crush Level 377 - Cleared

We have been stuck on this level for almost a week. I was taking a bus and thought I will try it again and managed to clear the level at the first attempt!

My strategy for clearing this level is to try to break the stone wall in between the candies and the two pizzas. Try to generate super-powers, in particular sweet wrapper + stripe candy and color ball + stripe candy in combination, so that the pizzas can be removed quickly.

I used a total of two times color ball + stripe candy, and a two sweet wrappers combined to remove the two pizzas, which gave me the 100 candies I needed for the three colours.

Candy Crush Level 374 - Cleared

It's been a while since I last played candy crush level.. and I got a request yesterday to help clear Level 374. I did it within 10 attempts :)

My strategy for clearing this is to build a few colour balls, and use them together with striped candies. Doing this 2-3 times helped to clear those bombs in a jiffy.

Have fun!

Candy Crush Level 342 - Cleared

I have recently cleared Candy Crush Level 342. It took me a while, and I think I cleared it by a stroke of luck. The goal seems to be clearing the jellies (both visible ones and those that are hidden in the rocks). There are 26 of them in total, and not all the rocks have got the jellies.

The trick seems to be trying to clear the visible jellies as much as you can, before activating the fishes. This would avoid wasting the fishes on those visible jellies, and instead divert them to those hidden beneath the rocks. Other than that, I tried to form boosters such as sweet wrappers and candy stripes to blast the rocks. 

Good luck to all!

Candy Crush Level 275 - Cleared

Disclaimer: I'm not addicted to Candy Crush. Just helping my family member who plays it.

Of the levels I have played so far, Level 275 must be one of the toughest levels.

For those of you who are stuck at this level for eons, here's my strategy for clearing this level:

1) Take care not to trigger the bombs that are at the top two corners of the screen. Once triggered, they are almost impossible to get rid of. Instead, allow some layers of chocolate (1-3) to build up around it as a cushion/buffer.

2) Try to clear the jellies that are at the two sides and center of the screen. I find that clearing the sides first helps to keep the chocolates at bay i.e. control the chocolate growth, as well as to open up the area for playing.

3) Try to keep the fishes at the bottom for the last, as they can help by swimming towards the last few blocks that you find difficult to clear.

For me, I cleared Level 275 using the above strategy. As for special powers, I did use a (color bomb + striped candy) towards the end, when about 90% of the jellies have been cleared via the normal route. This triggered the bombs of course, but what was left after the (color bomb + striped candy) attack was easily cleared within the 2 counts provided by the bombs.

I hope the above helps somewhat. Of course, as with most of other Candy Crush games, luck plays an important role too!

Transformer from Lego - Optimus Prime

Was at home for Saturday and decided to do a little project - building Transformer Optimus Prime from Lego!

Here's the end product after trying out 3 versions...

I got all the pieces from a Lego Creative Bucket - 10662. Here is how it looks (link to Amazon website):- LEGO® Creative Bucket - 10662.

Here's what I have opened so far...

The Tomahawk Warrior, Roman Commander and Paintball Player engaged in a three way tussle, while the sad clown looks on worriedly...

Nobody moves! *tense*

Sad clown decides to act as mediator and Tomahawk Warrior relents and breaks away from the three way tussle!

Tomahawk: I give up on you guys!

Lego Minifigures Series 10 Unboxing - #11 Sad Clown

This is another easy to find figure. The main clues to the Sad Clown are i) the ring shape ruffles and ii) the conical shaped hat.

There are 6 pieces in the bag:-

1) Base plate
2) Legs
3) Body (incl. hands)
4) Head
5) Hat

6) Ruffles

6 pieces in the blind bag for the Sad Clown

View from the back

View from the side

This a Youtube video I made for unboxing of the Sad Clown (a bit blurry this time round):-