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Every year there will be a few outstanding red packets design. This year's 'most wanted' and I call them the King of Roosters are from Forefront. From the vibrant tail flaps to those stunning red crowns and the floral patch on the ground, this amazing pair is filled with lively colors ♥(ˆ⌣ˆԅ) |
Another popular set this year are the five elements rooster masks from Air Asia. They really have given collectors a reason to fly and it's all the way through water, fire, earth, wood and metal. Absolutely genius in terms of concept and design, bravo!!
Dpulze is another that used the five elements of earth (土 tǔ), metal (金 jīn), water (水 shuǐ), wood (木 mù) and fire (火 huǒ). Their five roosters in white, orange, blue, green and red each representing the five different elements respectively and comes in a soft casing featuring the fire rooster of course.
Dpulze is another that used the five elements of earth (土 tǔ), metal (金 jīn), water (水 shuǐ), wood (木 mù) and fire (火 huǒ). Their five roosters in white, orange, blue, green and red each representing the five different elements respectively and comes in a soft casing featuring the fire rooster of course.
Mitsubishi Motors 6pcs chicken set comes with a screen folder which may have a little of the 2016 Tissot monkeys feel. Nevertheless this is still one of my favorite set this year because of the lovely and colorful rendition of these farm creatures. This set also carries the family theme with a different illustration of the roosters, hens and chicks. Hop over to " Family Fun " for more family flavors or " Mitsubishi Motors " corner for the series.
~ Just Feathers ~
One of the theme that is very much associated to the farm bird is feathers and there are quite some pretty nice and unique ones this year. Westin 3pcs feathers design caught my attention immediately when I saw another collector put up for trade. I private messaged this nice lady and surprisingly after few weeks she replied and offered to give them to me, no exchange required. I was really excited and finally few months later she asked her daughter to personally delivered to my house. She has even given me the box which made this a complete set for my collection. Absolutely grateful for her kindness and generosity ƪ(˘⌣˘)┐ ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ ┌(˘⌣˘)ʃ.
Antalis 3pcs set below is small in size but has managed to give us a set of relatively realistic feathers and so did Michael Kors with their "black & white" version. Razak City also given us a 3pcs feather set which I nearly missed out due to a not so pleasant experience with a senior collector but in the end both of us came to a mutual agreement to close the trade. Needless to say that could be my last dealing with her.
We have more stunning packets from Singapore below and KIA is one of them with an impressive artistic and colorful feathers. Lamer, Schroders, Club 21, Great American Insurance and OSIM also came up with their own feathery aps.
We have more stunning packets from Singapore below and KIA is one of them with an impressive artistic and colorful feathers. Lamer, Schroders, Club 21, Great American Insurance and OSIM also came up with their own feathery aps.
LMJ single design is thick and filled with feather like texture. The beautiful crafted head flap once lifted gives the golden rooster a complete handsome and fiery look. Using feathered backgrounds and a golden rooster with felt body feathers on a small feather patch is Parkway Parade, just simply elegant and a beauty! Using similar color tone of red, gold and black is ANZ and Carlton with their version of the "Persian bird" which is an ancient name given by the Greeks.
Starbucks Singapore is also taking on a native-like rooster illustration and is uniquely beautiful. Perling Mall & Plaza Pelangi has a similar color tone as the Greeks and both showing off their bird though on thinner paper. While we have a little more colors that I love especially the catchy blue and green tail feathers from Credit Suisse.
Psst: Keen to see the Starbucks design from the other countries? Click here to find them.
Psst: Keen to see the Starbucks design from the other countries? Click here to find them.
More roosters with fascinating colors and prominent feathers...
Risis and their golden rooster is basking in purple all the way. Also with a touch of purple is Apostrophe 4 golden roosters in bright pink, blue, yellow and purple of course. They are standing tall and bold with colorful feathers. Looking like a rainbow of feathers, with a piece of violet is Singapore Cold Storage 6pcs roosters. Check out the others also with hints of lavender from Clover, Pensonic, Continental, HP Enova and Harbour Front Centre below.
Clover has a 3pcs set of their rendition of roosters upside down while Cycle & Carriage AIG has one of the most detailed designed feathers all the way from the crown to it's tail. F&N too took the same approach with a little less strokes but still given the bird a handsome look. Perennial used colors to filled up their roosters and came out with an egg shaped flap which looks like an Easter egg! Antalis's birds have a sort of native feel with their dress-like feathers and finally the grand roosters from Kelly Hong Kong, Singapore and their sister companies. Kelly not only did better in design this year but the quality of their red packets are just as beautiful and elegant. Hoping they do well and continue to surprise us in 2018.
kaleidoscopic roosters
The world of the kaleidoscope is filled with endless colors therefore never a dull moment for any red packets even just a single design like Parkway Pantai from Singapore. Another kaleidoscopic rooster themed is the 5pcs horizontal set from Pensonic which comes in a soft casing and a matching table calendar, not as colorful as Parkway and the paper is definitely on the thinner side as well. Continental was a colorful surprise as they did a beautiful 4pc roosters set using kaleidoscopic patterns; Definitely different from their previous years' angpow which I believe were all single and plainer design. Well, I am hoping they will continue to give us more colors in the coming years.
DIGI continues to play with colors in 2017 and created their four roosters with flowers and telecommunication icons. They do look much nicer with it's folding screen however I still prefer their 2015 and 2016 design which you can find them under my multi festive page (click here).
A little less prominent but just as interesting and artistic are these paintbrush rooster tails from Great Eastern below. The top row comes in a pair with embossing while the bottom is by Overseas Assurance with smooth finishing therefore sharper colors.
A little less prominent but just as interesting and artistic are these paintbrush rooster tails from Great Eastern below. The top row comes in a pair with embossing while the bottom is by Overseas Assurance with smooth finishing therefore sharper colors.
Printed by HP Indigo with hologram finishing, HP in collaboration with Enova came out with these stunning roosters using 5 different designs which was selected as their print samples for roadshows and customer demo. Each design comes in a box of 6 pieces that is different in layout so each piece is unique on it's own. 6 pieces for each of the 5 designs so in total 30 pieces which makes it the largest set that I have on hand so far. Such an honor to be able to share this with my audience and a special big thanks to a friend of my hubby for getting me these.
The fuss over Microsoft zodiac sets have always been the thing among collectors for many years. Believe me it still feels like yesterday when I naively asked for a chance to trade them... "Who is she?" is what I got in return. The feeling of being laugh at is quite embarrassing and I dare not openly seek for them since. But things has changed over the recent years as many of us collectors get the chance to own a set or even two. After completing the MS monkeys these magical roosters are absolutely another miles stone for me. I will continue the story when the pups come out to play so stay tuned.
Before we move on to the mystical phoenixes we have Harbour Front Centre handsome purple cock wearing a huge pink crown crowing for a blessed new year, a good-looking pair indeed while Moove Media played with florescent colors that totally changed under my scanner. The bright yellow has become cream while the orange has become pink!
MORE FEATHERS...
The best of the feathers can be seen from the Peacock and Phoenix. Do you know that only the males are actually “peacocks.” The collective term for these birds is “peafowl.” The males are “peacocks” and the females are “peahens.” The babies are called “peachicks.”
While UBS went with a mother-child pair of a beautiful pair of peacocks with their massive iridescent colored tails, it's division UBS Asset Management as well as others like Deutsche Bank and Imago Shopping Mall chose the phoenix, both a dual design of the legendary Chinese phoenix that is known as the mythical king of all birds. With the head of a peacock, body of a swan and wings of a golden cockerel, they are believed to be messengers of happiness.
Evolve walked away from their last two years' adorable lamb and monkey sets to just a pair of the rather simple phoenix. I must say that as a collector, it is quite disappointing so hoping they will give us some cute puppies next year. There is another single design of this beautiful bird and this one is glittering in style...
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Pavilion KL chubby roosters are gracefully beautiful. Just take a closer look at those lovely feathers especially the tail. Hotel Equatorial Penang also gave us some fine silver feathers with their rendition of a front and back matching roosters.
You can't miss the Thinking Gifts colorful pattern chickens that comes in a brown casing with children playing and feeding the chickens at the country side printed on the reverse side of the cover. This 4pcs has the tail printed at the back and can be joined to the front side of the packet. KHL also have similar colors for their 5pcs set but their rooster combining all five individual patterns from the packets is only featured on it's box.
Nestle took on the raindrop like feathers with their three different colors front and back, the pink design is with hot-stamping. Another front and back match with a little more colors is New World Mart The Bay rooster pair. And when it comes to colors, Go Fun Kee 3pc set and SDS 4pc set stood out with their rainbow feathery roosters.
Wah Chan went with six different one-color-shaded roosters with gold lining accompanied by a little floral and six other different symbolic items that can be found during the new year. Next from the malls we have two big sets from Setia City Mall and Subang Parade, both using front flaps. Even though the design and paper cut concept from Hektar Reit Subang Parade 8pcs set is well thought of, both the paper and color did not manage to highlight the beauty; the darker tone used somewhat did not make them shine. Hence my preference is the Setia City Mall colorful rooster illustration.
Time for the single designed roosters to show off their charms. Starting of with two horizontal pieces from Honda and ICBC; even the scanned view is apparent that ICBC wins the crow with more colors and better paper making it the best rooster piece among the banks, bravo! Celmonze pink rooster is shimmering in style, charming piece while Perkeso is going blue all the way. Next from Singapore we have the tiny golden roosters from Sulwhasoo and CTBC Bank.
Here are the more common and popular potrait designs;
Front and back matching is always a favorite of mine so I am loving these from ST Auto Parts, TC Boy, Tony Roma's, Shangri-La, Oceanus Waterfront, perfect livin, Asia Bina, Fossil, ecoBrown, P&G, Jenjarom, Global Repro, The Big Group, the social, Mary Sharon Club
The one sided roosters from Malindo Air, Kuantan Parade, Prop League, Biogreen, G Hotel, Infinitus, Slumberland, Mercato, Strawberry Park
Front and back matching is always a favorite of mine so I am loving these from ST Auto Parts, TC Boy, Tony Roma's, Shangri-La, Oceanus Waterfront, perfect livin, Asia Bina, Fossil, ecoBrown, P&G, Jenjarom, Global Repro, The Big Group, the social, Mary Sharon Club
The one sided roosters from Malindo Air, Kuantan Parade, Prop League, Biogreen, G Hotel, Infinitus, Slumberland, Mercato, Strawberry Park
Beautiful and elegant singles from Singapore; Affin Bank Group, Salem, Hilton, Silk Air, Lexus, Innovative, Benefit, Turf Club, Zebra, LGT, KGI, NAB, Etude House, Mango
Missing the adorable chicks? There are quite a few that I have collected so head over to my Family Fun corner (click here) for some feathery fun and cuteness.
The rooster bowl or also known as the ceramic cockerel bowl that can be seen and used for rice and noodle dishes by street vendors in countries across Southeast Asia is another classic angpow design in the year of rooster. Mr. DIY, Adcellent, Boat Noodles (below) and Paramount Property that is under Family Fun (click here) , are just a few I have in my collection.
AD Time featured the classic Chinese paintbrush rooster set and these six pieces are looking pretty handsome in my favorite pink shade and so is Yitai with their golden chicks in a gold and pink pair. Koi The has a red ruby rooster paired with a big golden pineapple while from epiCentre we do have a similar rooster in the background with three different hot-stamping colored rooster head popping out.
The golden set from Parkroyal has papa and mama overlooking their little chicks, professionally illustrated with the beautiful brushstrokes of the traditional Chinese paintbrush. The golden shade continues with a beautiful rooster among the blossoms by Columbia Threadneedle. Joining the feathered farm birds is the rooster from Asia Green Group accompanied by it's predecessor the 2016 monkey and the 2015 ram, don't they make a beautiful family?
Above is quite a popular golden rooster choice in Singapore that can be seen shinning smartly for Park Regis, Bernard Rada Law Corp and BR Family Assets while Isetan continued with their die cut piece from last year replacing the Fu charm with a handsome golden rooster, lovely series!
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