we are compiling and gathering any review of the 5th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2006.

you can post it here, so that we know what's your insights about the turn out of the event,

thanks to you for helping us out in makin this event successful.


tnx !!

-azrael
www.toyconph.tk

Ay napost ko sa ibang thread. Anyway, here it is again XD Toycon V Review:

I attended the event on the first day. I was surprised that people have lined up already, as early as the mall opened. We bought tickets & entered the convention. Woah! Huge crowds gathered inside that early in the morning. I had a hard time roaming around the whole place because of the small space. I saw several toy stores who sold rare US & Japanese figures. There's even a shop that sell very old figures (The Masters of the Universe action figures, GI Joes, Coca Cola / Sprite branded yoyos & many more characters that were a hit back in the 70s & 80s)---so old that you can only get one of those in eBay. We enjoyed looking at the stuff. I didn't buy any coz the figures I'm looking for were not available. But I was surprised that most shops acquired some figures that were still supposed to be pre-orders from Japan.



I submitted my Superhero Art entry, Kamote Komandos, & checked out the place again as soon as the people got out because of the heat. The prices of the toys are reasonable. I wished that the Capcom Morrigan figure was there so I could buy it already & save some shipping but alas, only Chun-li & Cammy greeted me. At least, they import Capcom figures so that's good news haha!



I didn't get to see all the cosplayers' performance because the stage was too small & the audience (who're standing in front of me) were giants. I failed to get some freebies as well...only a K-Zone mag. The videogame tourney didn't look like a tourney at all. It looks like a demo booth. I tried to battle against my friend but whatta heck...I'm no good at Tekken. Long live the 2D fighter lolz! Overall, the event was good. It just needs more space (next time, take Megatrade 1 as well). If I were to rate it, I'll give it an 8.0

please don't forget to visit this topic, most of the cosplayers gave their feedbacks about the event there already

Toy ConV Topic

i mainly wanna ask for a refund for the 2nd day event... we bought the tickets but we never got the chance to see what's happening in Megatrade 2 (btw, i'm one of the group cosplayers)... plus we're not given any "consolation" like food / drinks / freedom to have restroom breaks coz we're forbidden to go out of Megatrade 1... plus the curfew since most of us are students... plus the "very long wait"... cosplayers "must" be exempted for the entrance fee, at least discounted... i'm very much disappointed... yun lang...