150809 ~ Singapore Toys, Games & Comic Convention (STGCC)

Last Saturday was a crazy day and decided to wear my overworn Uniqlo Gatchaman T-shirt that I had blogged previously. Went to seminar about internet (courtesy by P). However, it was more of a selling workshop. Decided to leave when P left for work and met SL. Initially, I thought I would stay till 5 but didnt coz the whole seminar was about selling products.

This was my outfit for that day and the shoes were rather uncomfortable after wearing them for a long day. (Gatchaman T: Uniqlo/Jeans : Queensway Shopping Centre/ Shoes : Lacoste)

Picture by Mode Attitude Culture

Decided to catch an earlier movie, The Proposal. According to SL, it was chick flick but I liked it. Sandra and Ryan were gorgeous and cute on-screen. Enjoyed the show.

After the show, SL wanted to go to Suntec to catch STGCC. STGCC was held in Suntec from 14 - 16 Aug 2009. Seriously, toys are money making business in recent years and adults are more willing to buy them coz they have more spending power.

When we decided to go, we were still at Somerset and I was too lazy and broke to travel there. A good thing was we managed to get on the free shuttle bus to Suntec that was provided by Magnum. Hooray for money saved in transport but no complementary ice-creams were given.

It was not very crowded coz we went there in the evening. Managed to see a couple of these 'who's who' such as Shigeru Imamura of Dokuronoko, Ugly Dolls creator David Horvath, Gary Baseman of Hot Cha Cha Cha (he was located at the end of the hall) and Tanpopo by Camilla d'Errico. Saw a couple of local as well as foreign artists as well and was looking at the Blythe dolls which SL found them 'evil-looking'.

This was so out of context but was wondering why design schools were located in the same convention apart from showcasing their talents.

Anyway, couldnt spend much coz i'm super broke. The rest were rather expensive but managed to buy an 'autographed' skull from Mr Imamura. That's the most that I could afford at this moment.

Ugly dolls costed SGD 5 each and SGD 15 for 4 dolls. I really wanna purchase Hot Cha Cha Cha figurine but it costed like SGD 150 which was way out of my budget. SGD 20 for a wallet by Camilla D'Errico. Well, I couldnt find Simone Legno as he left earlier. Anyway, didnt buy any more Tokidoki products after the purchase of the 1st generation in collaboration with Le Sportsac. Didnt like the pictures after generation 1. Had encountered a young girl who thought that she's the only person who got that sticker from Tokidoki and tried to hid it from my view. Very childish! I had the same sticker that shown here. Duh!

Had also met a couple of frens when we were in the convention and this particular old acquaintance. Was glad that she's doing very well in this business. After visiting the convention, we decided to leave for dinner. A guy actually asked where did I get my Uniqlo Gatchaman T. Of course, I was absolutely thrilled that people actually noticed that. Yah!

Here are the pictures of the mural and others.

PS : Got a couple of posters of Hello Kitty (those that are in the toys slot machines) at no charge. Whoppee! :)

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Kawaii!

When I first saw Tokidoki Le Sportsac bag (their very first collaboration) in a duty-free shop, I fell in luv with it instantly. So kawaii! My mind told me that I've got to have it. Thank goodness, my gf was there and she had a discount card. Of course, I bought it under SGD 300( though it's expensive) and was overjoyed. At that time, it was not as popular as now.














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Fast forward to present, it came so popular that there are various copies emerging in any bag shapes, sizes and patterns. BTW, this pattern wass 1st gen. This bag didnt see the daylight after copies appeared. I couldnt take this bag anymore as others might think that this is a fake. The current location of this bag is in my wardrobe. Thanks to the 'imitation is the ultimate flattery' that's being showered to this collaboration... argh!

After this bag, I did not buy any bags from this collaboration anymore. Thanks to gf's advice by dissuading me to buy the rest of the collection. It was a right move!

Went down to Singapore Toy & Comic Convention 2008 to catch a glimpse of the creator. I couldnt even get close enough coz it was so crowded and got ridiculous. It was extremely crowded at the booth on the last day. Of course, the SA would capitalised on that situation since all Tokidoki fans would be keen to have his autograph. In order to get his autograph, I would have to purchase a pair of figurines for SGD 150 (approx). According to the SA, it was not the case for the first 2 days. In the end, I didnt bother to buy the figurine as well as getting his autograph. Yucks!

Then SL wanted to purchase a pair of Tokidoki + Onisuka Tiger shoes. Unfortunately, the pair that I wanted was unavailable. Sad but that's ok and had to moved on to distract myself.

Yes, the characters are cute. However, it gets a bit of overkill as it becomes too popular with copies appearing at every corner. Recently, I received a carrier with the trademark kawaii characters as a pressie.

Yes, in fact it's a copy and I'm not taking it!