View the long list of exciting exclusives and new products prepared for fans and collectors at the coming STGCC 2011!  Hope you get to acquire your desired items there next weekend! Happy waiting for the convention everyone!

Before we get set for the Toy Universe sale next month, lets warm up with the Toy Carnival coming up this weekend!  I expect their section to be small in the entire Gaming Event hall, like how I was disappointed in 2010.  Nevertheless, you might want to drop by there in case you do find some great toys to buy!  Here are the details:

Link to Toy Carnival’s official blog

LEon of Open The Toy also blogged about this event.

Happy toys shopping!

Dates: 8-20 March 2011

Venue: Compass Point (next to Sengkang MRT Station)

Time: 10am-10pm daily

Although I don’t collect Capsule toys, this event will still be of interest to fans and collectors of this game and their collectible capsule toys.  Fellow toy blogger LEon has done a site inspection blog post on this blog - Open The Toy.

If you are free from now and till the end of the coming March School Holidays, why not head down to Compass Point to check out this Capsule Carnival?  Have fun, and good luck to you on getting the capsule toys you want from there!

The photos above are from the Facebook page of Singapore Capsule Toys.  View more photos and information about this Capsule Carnival at their Facebook Link. 

ASMzine.com did a coverage of Toy Fair 2011 (held at New York City this month) and posted the photos online.  The Mattel photos section is available for viewing and some of the popular Mattel Toylines featured there are:

Barbie

Batman

Cars

DC Universe

Ghostbusters

Justic League Unlimited

Kungfu Panda

Masters of the Universe Classics

Toy Story

WWE

Enjoy viewing all the photos at http://toyfair11.asmzine.com/gallery/mattel/

(Note: Just refresh the ASM links if the pages do not load).

P.S. I haven’t viewed all the toy photos yet though.  There are so many of them to cover! 

Besides Hasbro toys, ASMzine.com also covered the LEGO toy sets that we can expect to see in mass retail this year, during the recent Toy Fair 2011 (held at New York City this month).  The LEGO photos have been posted online and you can view them now:

Enjoy viewing all the photos at http://toyfair11.asmzine.com/gallery/lego/

(Note: Just refresh the ASM links if the pages do not load).

P.S. I haven’t viewed all the toy photos yet though.  There are so many of them to cover! 

ASMzine.com did a coverage of Toy Fair 2011 (held at New York City this month) and posted the photos online.  The Hasbro photos section is available for viewing and some of the popular Hasbro Toylines featured there are:

G.I.Joe

Littlest Pet Shop

Marvel

My Little Pony

Star Wars

Strawberry Shortcake

Transformers

Enjoy viewing all the photos at http://toyfair11.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/

(Note: Just refresh the ASM links if the pages do not load).

P.S. I haven’t viewed all the toy photos yet though.  There are so many of them to cover! 

Today is the first day of the 3rd annual Singapore Toy, Games and Comic Convention (STGCC) 2010 and I was there to attend the event!  I was fortunate to be provided with a Media / Blogger pass that gives me free entry to the event, many thanks to fellow toy blogger LEon of Open The Toy for helping me out on this!  

Upon arrival, you will surely notice the extra grand ticketing booths at level 1 of the Suntec City Convention Centre, complete with the ultra gigantic banner above it.  You wouldn’t need confirmation with the staff if you’re in the right venue, for it’s all so big for you to see!  Each ticket now costs SGD 15.00 if you buy it from here.

This is the top view of the same ground floor ticketing booths area as seen from around level 3.  Having tickets for this year’s event means that more manpower and staff have to be deployed for this round.

This is the nice and informative twin archway outside Hall 401.

This is where members of the media and cosplay contestants go to register themselves outside Hall 401 before they enter the place.

Then beside the media and cosplay counter is the one-way entrance to Hall 401.

Next to it is the exit of Hall 401, also manned by a staff.

Just outside and between Halls 401 and 402 are a series of events boards that list all the notable events for all the 3 days and their timings.

Here is the smaller single archway outside Hall 402.

There is also 1 door for entry, and another for exit.  The staff will make sure that you go in and out of the events hall via the correct doors.

Here is sSomething for all ticket holders to take note of when they choose to re-enter the event halls on the same day.  And yes if you have been to any other events held in such adjoining halls at the Suntec City Convention Centre before, both the halls are connected inside.

Are you feeling exciting about what’s beyond those doors to the STGCC 2010?  I shall reveal and blog about them tomorrow.  Come back again to read them!

Why it’s the upcoming Singapore Toy, Games and Comic Convention (STGCC) that will be taking place at last on this coming weekend!

Date: 10^th to 12^th December 2010.

Venue: SUNTEC Singapore, Halls 401 & 402.

Opening Hours:

10^th Dec 2010 (Fri) - 12.00pm to 9.00pm
11^th Dec 2010 (Sat) - 11.00am to 9.00pm
12^th Dec 2010 (Sun) - 11.00am to 8.00pm

1-day pass: *SGD 10.70

3-day pass: *SGD 21.40.

*Prices exclude gatecrash booking fees.

*Prices include GST. 

Tickets are also available at AXS, SAM Machines and SingPost offices. 

Yes it was free entry to this annual event for the previous 2 years but for this year, you’ll need to purchase a ticket to attend it.  However if you recall for those past 2 events, free entry meant that the aisles ended up too tightly packed on the weekends with people for everyone to enjoy a decent walk through to view all the booths and exhibits properly.  Let’s see if paid entry is indeed a more viable decision for this year, not just less in congested walkways, but also in terms of visitor attendance, plus overall sales and revenue for the organisers and exhibitors too.

If all goes well, I shall be there on those 3 days to cover the major booths and happenings there and share them with my readers on my blog.

So be there or be left out!

You can also read my earlier blog coverage about the STGCC for 2009 and 2008 on my Articles Page.

The Toy Carnival at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) is back again this year, and it’s happening soon on this coming Sunday!  Wow, I just saw the posting on their blog and I feel rather excited about it!  But at the same time I also wonder if I should visit this one. 

You see, I have just done 2 rounds of clutter clearing at home and there are still some more to clear out.  If I go to the Toy Carnival this weekend even just to have a feel of the atmosphere, I might cave in to the overwhelming temptation of good deals there and buy some more new toys on impulse or otherwise!  When I was there in the year when they first had this event at SAM, I bought quite a bit of toys on that trip.  Hence, it’s quite a dilemma for me now, to go or not to go…

To the die hard toy collectors, I think you are all mostly going there this Sunday, after all Sunday is the toy hunting day for many local toy collectors.  If they aren’t at this Toy Carnival or at the upcoming Singapore Toy, Game and Comic Convention (STGCC) that is taking place in the week after, they will still be at the weekly Toy Market at China Square Central on every Sunday!  See I know because I also think like them, LOL!  Anyway, if you plan to go for the Toy Carnival and the STGCC (both taking place this month), happy toys shopping to you!

Leon of Open The Toy also blogged about this event. You read more on this blog!