All new and All different Toycon!

Toycon is considered as a con to watched out for all toy hunters in the Philippines. Whether you collect Marvel and DC action figures, Gunpla, Hotwheels, Dolls, Figuarts, Die Casts, Statues and other stuff, this is the real deal. This is the place where you can find the toy that you wanted when you were a kid or the missing piece in your collection.

However, with the sudden announcement
of the ticket price, some people don't seem to like the idea of change. The increase of the ticket price was unreasonable at first but for me, it's damn worth it tho I'm hesitant to go in the first place.

I've been attending toycon for a few years and I can say that there are numerous problems. First, is the place. It's like you're in an air conditioned Divi but with less wild people. Lot of people roaming around, taking pictures, and looking for the toys. If you're a cosplayer and wearing heavy armor, props in all your body, sweat all over because of the heat but you have to act in character and roam around, I can say that you're really have the passion and love on what you were doing. That is why i salute all the cosplayers who gave an extra excitement and a plus factor in the event. Let' us be frank here, people love to take  selfies with them, especially with a hottie cosplayer, right??? Ooopppss!! :) Cheers to all the cosplayers for surviving the event!! Second is the Food area. you can't properly eat with the amount of people and extreme heat ( For me coz I sweat a lot). But if you are hungry as hell, i don't think that it will matter. 

Nevertheless, this year's Toycon is a game changer. It happened last June 10-12 at SMX convention center. A larger location that can cater more congoers. The gigantic Voltes V is this year's main attraction with the 22 ft iconic robot. Lot of people took  with it, who wouldn't  if you see that gigantic robot right? Of course i'm one of that people. Anyways, they also have a Stan Lee area where you can see stuff with his signatures, like a lot of signatures. a lot of guest like Hodor from Game of Thrones, Mario Maurer, Dean Cain, Pat Lee and many more.

Things that i enjoyed were the tons of booths where you can find great stuff tho I wasn't able to find the Pizza Spidey :( the display area from different toy groups, like I can stare at the display cabs for a long period of time. Gigantic Funkos and NBA players statues that were also selfie catching for the people. Lots of stuff I can't even put it all here hahaha.



The last flaw that we just noticed was the.....space management. Yeah it's spacious especially on the right side, likke more people on the selling area that leads to less people going to the artist alley. I also didn't see the point of putting colorful stuff at the center and the lighting was bad.

Weighing the good and bad, I can say Toycon 2016 is still good. The excitement and thrill of toy hunting is still there. Meeting fellow collectors and gaining new friends would be the real highlight of Toycon 2016. It's a great start to level up the pop culture convention knowing that Asia Pop Comicon will be back this August.

Hauls!

The Minds behind Inside Out

Have you ever imagined what’s happening inside your mind? Well let’s not talk about the emotions and tackle what’s in the inside of the one of the most anticipated animated movies of the year, Inside out. The press conference was held at Makati Shangri-La Hotel and hosted by Issa Litton. The program started with a short introduction from Amit Malhotra, General Manager, Studio Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, and Southeast Asia. He said that he wants to bring the Disney/ Pixar fans closer to the movies by doing such events in order for them to get a once in a lifetime experience to meet the creative minds behind Inside Out. Director Pete Docter together with his Pinoy Co-director Ronnie Del Carmen entered the scene with a short flashy dance moves that made us laugh. They had a short talk regarding their trip and they said for the past 12 hours all they did was eating. This is also a homecoming for Del Carmen who’s been away in the Philippines for almost 30 years. Then the program continued with questions from various networks and bloggers. 

The concept of the movie came from Pete as he wonder his own daughter, Ellie, who goes to a lot of changes as she faces life. The movie took for almost 5 years to finish and Docter’s daughter is 16 now, admitted that she likes the movie. They even called the experts like psychologists for them to understand what emotions are. It was said that they had to narrow down the emotions from 27 up to 5, Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger that is present in the movie. It wasn’t hard for them to direct the movie because of the team who gave their best to finish the work. Del Carmen also said that there are many pinoys who also works at pixar “Pixnoy” as he called it. He gave an inspiring message for the Filipino artists to go beyond their limits, finish what they started, share what you do and ask for feedbacks which will help you develop into much better person. 

The last question we heard is about the theory that all Pixar characters co-exist in one universe which is also the question I would like to ask them and their answer was, “No”. They don’t believe that characters co-exist in one universe although they have some easter eggs present in all movies but the theory of co-existing was never a part of their intentions when making a movie. But who knows we might see it if Pixar wants it. Docter and Del Carmen are also present in the invite only red carpet premiere, August 7 at IMAX SM Aura in Taguig. It is the only time that the movie will be shown in IMAX here in the Philippines. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend the red carpet due to work but I’m happy enough to see the creative masterminds of the movie. Inside Out will hit the theatres on August 19. 

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I would like to see the DC Universe’s emotional spectrum in this movie. JK