STGCC 2009 - Capsule Station goodies at the Bandai booth

Today is the last day for the 3-day Singapore Toy, Games & Comic Convention (STGCC) 2009 held at Suntec City Convention Centre Halls 401 & 402.  Opening hours are from 11am to 8pm.  If you haven’t been there yet, make a trip there to check out the toys and other pop culture collectibles on display and for sale!  Or else you’ll have to wait till 1 year later for the 3rd round of STGCC.

You’ll know that you have reached the Bandai booth when you see this huge trademark Gundam on display there.  It wasn’t easy to take this shot cos there are constant flows of people walking past most of the time.  But the patient wait for this photo moment was worth it!

As I mentioned in yesterday’s posting, the Bandai booth this year is a haven and dream come true for fans and collectors who are into Capsule Station toys.  I believe almost their entire range of Capsule Station toys that you can find islandwide are all congregated here for your convenience. 

There is a counter at the booth not just to sell their merchandise,…

…but also to change your dollar notes into coins.  How very convenient and super enticing to make you spend more money on those capsule toys!

Here’s chibi version of Gundam standing proudly over a group of Capsule Stations containing ‘mixed’ series of toys.

Here’s another group of Capsule Stations with Gundam deco above them.

A fan favourite, DragonBall Z has its own dedicated group of Capsule Stations.  If you missed out on certain series of these toys, you might find them here.

The Naruto Capsule Stations are so crowded that I gave up waiting for the fans to clear, so I just snapped the photo with them in it.  This shows the popularity of this ninja toyline here.

A current kids’ favourite.  I hope the parents have enough spare change with them for these!

Another all-time kids’ favourite.  I’ve lost track of the Pokemon trend now.  Where are we at now?  Diamond & Pearl, or way beyond that?

There are also Capsule Stations for Masked Rider, Hello Kitty and Tofu toys etc.  The range of Bandai toys in those Capsule Stations was just too vast to photograph.  You’ve got to be there to check them out one by one.

And as if the Bandai booth is too small to accomodate all their Capsule Station machines that they brought along, there are even more of them lined along several parts of the perimenter walls in the hall! 

Read more about the STGCC 2009 reported by other local toy bloggers whom I met with at the STGCC 2009 opening night:

Leon at Open The Toy
Joshua at The Stormtrooper Effect
Dennis at Collect’em All
Adrian at Little Plastic Man
Bayu at Daily Silence
Zhi Hao at Kodomut

Happy toy hunting at STGCC 2009 this weekend!