ToyCon 2008

The 7th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2008 is from June 14-15, 2008 at the SM Megatrade Hall 2-3 5th Level Building B. I went today and I got my money's (P80 entrance fee) worth!

The event was made possible through Collectibles Unlimited, with the help of Megatrade Hall, GMA 7, and Globe. Val of GMA/QTV covered the event (she was the 1st winner of MTK in QTV) and she was very pretty. :-)


There were a lot of exhibitors and a lot of things to see. It's a good thing that I am already an adult because I would have gone crazy if I went there as a child, what with all the great toys in one place! There was a great variety of things on sale: toys, action figures, comics, cds and dvds, shirts, books/graphic novels, accessories, etc. There were a lot of items for kids but there were also some (collectibles) for those only with money to spend. Here are some pictures...
Doomsday figurine about a foot tall:


X-Men figures:


Michael Jordan, Batman, and Joker life-sized busts:


Batman life-sized figure:


Some bands also performed as intermission numbers. There was this girl band that played and they were awesome. I think their name was My Odessa and they just had a lead guitarist, a bassist, and a drummer. The bassist was cute and the drummer was pretty, they alternated as lead vocalist. They really rocked the ToyCon because they played extremely well individually and as a group. I was not able to take a picture of them performing but their drummer is on the right and the bassist is on the left in this pic:


The highlight of the day was the individual Cosplay, or "costume play", competition.
There were more than 150 contestants and they paraded individually onstage. There were kids as well as adults who competed and not only teenagers. Some had elaborate costumes and looked really their part. The hall was crowded and everybody was taking pictures of the cosplayers.
Mario of the hit video game:


Wonder Woman, still fully clothed:


Manny Pacquiao, one of the well-applauded contestants:


Chun-Li of Street Fighter fame, and Subzero of Mortal Kombat, behind her:


The Incredible Hulk:


There were a lot of anime characters which I did not recognize, like this one:


This young kid dressed as Yoda and was a hit because he was "life-sized":


Iron Man was also there:


The Joker (The Dark Knight version of Heath Ledger):


"Feeling" Superman! This guy drew a lot of laughs when he went onstage:


I did not wait anymore for the announcement of the winners. For sure this guy won an award. "Sauron" stood tall over everybody else:


Alodia is a model/gamer/cosplayer who was one of the hosts during the competition. She was really a standout and everybody was taking pictures of her. Here's the reason why (WOW!):


I had a great time. I did not buy anything though, because I'm sort of saving.
:-p