Tuesday, July 01, 2008
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Few entries ago, I had this RSVP invitation to this Toy & Comic Convention, also known as Coscon, Toycon and the Convention of the year. Ok the last one was by me. This is by far the most amazing convention I have ever been to, with CGOverdrive '07 in second place, coz CGOverdrive '08 sucked. It seems like a far cry from reality, but I have wishes of being in such an industry to create cute stuff for people on bags and still earn big bucks.
Initially I thought the RSVP was some really secretive peek at the convention, turns out its just an invitation to see the convention a day earlier than the rest of the public. "Invitation only" didn't stop the convention from being crowded, with the further fact I was alone there, I simply didn't want to venture too far from anything I didn't find familiar. I could've gotten signatures and shit from Mr. Tokidoki, but I soon realized that NETS wasn't allowed. PHAIL! So I rushed down only to discover Suntec has a pretty retarded way of strategically placing their DBS machines in the far corners of their immensely gargantuan building. In the end, when I went up, the queue was long and by the time it was near my turn, the booth closed. Fuck.
Where you Simone Legno bb? I love you long time xoxo
Whatever. At least I was invited. Wait...what's the use when you don't get anything out of it? In the end, I just bought some goodies and that Bascher book that I wanted. With 15% discount woot. And I got this Tokidoki cat thing in a cactus suit.
At least I got something =\
I went back totally demoralized coz I didn't fully utilize my RSVP privilege. So I asked my parents to come with me tomorrow.
The next day was awesome! Well...the queue was like from the other end of the 6th floor. Like wth. I was totally peeved, like half the people there were ah-sohs and ah-bengs with trashy girlfriends with their fake Tokidoki bags wanting to get a peek at this grand spectacle of a convention. They should totally like screen through to filter out the people who are actually there for the convention and not for free gifts.
And big big big surprise, my father did the most ridiculously singaporean thing ever. I am secretly proud of him. He went to the front and pretended to be an angry person on the start of the queue demanding an entrance and he got 3 wristbands to get in. I was shocked beyond words and happy of course. So happy my belly button quivered. YES MY FATHER CUT QUEUE WHATCHA GOIN TO DO BOUT IT? lol. There was this mousey guy behind us saying "Please don't cut queue" and my father's reaction was like "fuck it I'm going it" Me and my mother were like totally guilt driven but nonchalant at the same time. Emotions, sometimes its hard to describe under such life-changing experiences. LOL. To be able to cut a 1000-man queue and get free stuff, now that's saying something.
4real4real, yo.
We got that limited edition ToyCon BearBrick shit, which I am going to sell online few years later and get momentarily rich. We had to stamp stuff on this passport and when it was done, we could redeem free stuff. Not really fabulous things, but I'm grateful I got anything free out of this coz I spent A BOMB.
I think I only liked the Tofuman vinyls.
We went around hurrying to snag the Tokidoki stuff, coz soon, like 15-minutes-soon, people and bitches alike are going to crowd the place. So I bought a shitload worth of stuff. Too bad I couldn't get his signature coz that would really rock. I kept going back and forth for the next few hours to buy item after item. I officially love Simone.
I <3>
Then we saw the queue over at the GloomyBear and me and my mother rushed there. I got a couple of stuff, like a BearBrick (why the hell do I keep buying Bearbricks when I don't even like collecting it?) and a stuff Keychain. He was so cool enough to sign both of them even though he was only allowed to sign one person.
I also got some freebies like stickers and postcards. He is such an awesome guy.
The whole collection.
Pete Fowler was totally late. Everybody was going back and forth asking if he was there. Bet he was hungover from yesterday at Butter Factory. His stuff was nice and I was eyeing on one of his vinyl stuff. Well...off to other booths.
I saw this Gary Eskine guy's booth and it was american comic style. Like I wasn't interested but he looks pretty popular amongst the older audience. There was a free poster but I simply not interested. Sorry bb.
There was a Lao Fu Zi booth and sadly, very little people visited it. I guess time changes and its not popular anymore? I'm guessing it could still work if marketed as a vintage product.
Then finally Pete arrived. I wanted to buy his vinyl stuff but this stupid old man blocked my way. Why do I call him stupid? Coz he kept rummaging through the stuff like it was free gifts and NOT BUYING ANYTHING while bloing my way at the same time. I hate people like that. They just come to conventions for free stuff. Okay, its ok if you come to conventions JUST for that, but please don't block the people who actually go there for a legitimate reason, that includes queues. I bought the stuff and THE HORSE, as the booth person says haha. He was a nice guy, especially when my mother's abysmally slow camera tried to take his picture when he was trying to sign my vinyl. The poor guy had to freeze his smile for 5 seconds lol.
I like his vector mad skillz. I realized the sticker was upside-down.
Erm...nice signature.
There was actually a DDR machine there and they had a compeitition so I though well...might as well maybe I could win something. But wth, they only made me play basic and stupidily easy songs. I was pissed and just wanted to get it over and done with. I didn't get anything, probably they will email me or something. PLUS, the machine is like the US version which doesn't have the awesome boss songs that the japanese version has. PHAIL. Timezone, don't try to compete with X-Zone coz you will most probably PHAIL. Phail like how the left arrow was spoiled.
I kept going back and forth the IFS booth and finally they gave a demonstration. It was awesome how it was created but damn, he was going at an artist's pace. And plus he was doing that thing when artists move the picture in tiny circles then finally going back to the same exact position. Like what purpose does it serve? I laughed everytime he did that lol.
Beautiful but waayy too long to draw bb.
It irks me how I managed to be beside this stupid bimbotic girlfriend of a guy who is genuinely interested telling him to go to other places. I would totally smack her...not. lol not my girlfriend not my business.
gf: "Dear arh...so boring leh. Only draw draw."
bf: "..."
gf: "Dear...so boring leh go leh."
bf: "...okok"
I wanted to go the next day but heck I was too tired to go. Anyways I did get so much more than what I expected. I LOVE YOU TOYCON. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!! (hopefully)
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