I believe all of us should maintain our child-like characteristics. It is a source of positive attitude and inner happiness, which makes life more rosy. But there really is a culture of toy collecting and a popularity in gaming, cosplaying and comic book collecting, It is a whole new level altogether. Thus, pop-culture events are cropping up in the Philippines, and the TOYCON is now on its 13th year.
What’s bigger than dinosaurs? Giant robots.
What’s bigger than giant robots?
Godzilla. What’s bigger than
Godzilla? Outer space.....where a
bunch of aliens are busy guarding the galaxy.
Even the thought of “bigness”
is an understatement when you find something that can contain all these things
and add in a huge dose of fun and thrills.
Prepare for the biggest one yet!
It’s time for TOYCON 2014!!
The Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles
Convention, or TOYCON as it’s more widely-known, is Asia ’s
biggest and longest running convention for collectibles, toys, anime, comics,
cosplay, gaming and anything and everything related to hobbies and
collections. The convention has been
ongoing since 2002 so it is now on its 13th year of thrilling fans
and aficionados alike. It is, simply
put, the biggest pop culture event in the country.
This year’s TOYCON will highlight the 75th
Anniversary of DC Comics’ caped Crusader, Batman with a huge Batman display
area, a life size Batpod, a kids’ activity area, exciting new Batman
merchandise, and a gallery of art and collectibles of the Dark Knight Detective.
Also catch the Samurai X fever as Warner Brothers
previews the Rurouni Kenshin live-action film trilogy Parts II and III with a
display of original costumes from the sensational Japanese hit movie.
Get ready to be blown into space with Marvel’s latest
epic movie, The Guardians of the Galaxy, with awesome displays, sneak peeks at
the movie’s trailers and behind-the-scenes, special fan activities, and the
Marvel roster of superstar artists like Leinil Yu, Carlo Pagulayan, Stephen
Segovia, Roy Allan Martinez and Kim Jacinto.
The TOYCON also gives you the biggest gathering of
toy collections with the following prominent toy exhibits –
The G.I. Joe 50th Anniversary exhibit,
Philippine Lego Users Group exhibit, the Coca-Cola Collectibles exhibit, One
Sixth Republic and Pinoy Sixth Scale collectors exhibit and the awesome Toycon
Gallery exhibit area which showcases the best of the local toy group community.
Fans of a galaxy far, far away unite with the 10th
Anniversary of the Star Wars 501st Philippine Outpost. Enjoy a parade of your favorite Star Wars
characters, Stormtroopers, Jedi Knights and droids and, of course, the Dark
Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader as they invade the Philippine ToyCon
stage.
The TOYCON also features the biggest in Cosplay with
the Philippine Finals of the World Cosplay Summit happening at the event and
TOYCON’s own Cosplay Universe unleashes a barrage of individual and group
cosplayers led by Asia ’s Cosplay queen, Alodia
Gosiengfiao.
Gaming takes center stage also at the TOYCON with
the biggest game companies, like Level-Up, War Gaming, Cherry Credits and
Uplink releasing the latest versions of their top games.
And
of course, TOYCON would not be complete without the biggest exhibitor floor of
all pop culture merchandise in terms of apparel, collectibles and memorabilia,
graphic novels and comics, cosplay paraphernalia, and toys, toys, TOYS!
The
Philippine TOYCON 2014 will be held on June 20-22, 2014 at the SM Megatrade
Halls 1, 2 and 3, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong
City
This
is co-presented by Collectibles Unlimited and the SM Megatrade Halls, and
sponsored by Maxi Collector, Toy
Kingdom
Tickets
are now on sale at SM Tickets (www.smtickets.com)
For more information on schedule of activities and
event details please visit:
CONTACT
Email: TOYCONPH@GMAIL.COM
