Singapore Toy, Games and Comic Convention 2009

Entrance to the convention

I went for two days of the convention last year when it was held in Singapore for the first time – Day 1, Day 2. This year, I just visited on the second day.

There are more up-and-coming local as well as regional comic/pop artists this year compared to last year. I enjoyed looking through the wide range of works as I have a keen interest in design and illustration myself.

For toys, other than the usual vinyl toys, it’s good to see some familiar childhood brands like Playmobil and Hasbro also setting up booths.

The Singapore Toy, Games and Comic Convention 2009 has definitely grown bigger and better from last year. Here are some pictures to share:

Giant mural at the entrance

Central portion of the mural

Another section of the mural

Bumble Bee and his human girlfriend

Battle-worn stormtrooper

A pair of female cosplayers

Cosplayers in mock battle

Chinese instrumentalists cosplayers

Blythe dolls booth

Blythe dolls on display

Bright neon coloured Blythe dolls

Taking photos of Blythe dolls

Black-and-white character

Character designs booth

Evil rabbit character design

Playmobil - haven't seen this for a while

Giant Playmobil model

Art Embassy - some art school I suppose. They gave me a fan for filling a survey

Tee-shirts for the inspired

Apple Kingdom - Hong Kong designer's booth

Hong Kong soft toys

A vinyl doll by Apple Kingdom

Thai designer

Clay toy

Booth selling cosplay costumes

Darth Vader's head

Karl Lagerfeld bear

Cartoon tees on sale

Tofu head booth

Tofu postmen

Cute dinosaur characters

Barbie dolls

Bart Simpson toys

Bandai's Gundam

Action City booth

Local card game company

Safari and dinosaurs stuffed toys

Monopoly Man says "Hi!"

Demo for the Monopoly card game - I love this game!

The very popular Transformers booth

Some Transformers figurines on display

G.I. Joe booth

G.I. Joe base

Nintendo Wii tryout

Guitar Hero

M18 movie screening? No, it's the booth for the M18 Nintendo Wii games

Posters advertising the M18 games

The M18 stuff

Another M18 game

Don't know what these people were queuing for

Animax station

A Starhub booth that seems a little out-of-place

Special offer vinyl toy

Another toy booth

Fabric fun

Simply toys booth

Tokidoki booth

Lego - my favourite childhood toy

"Le Pao" - Pirated China brand LEGO

Another China toy booth

Vinyl toys with crowns

Comic artist, Brian Bolland's autographed sketchbook on sale

Brian Bolland, signing autographs

Comic artist, Tan Eng Huat's works

Tan Eng Huat's sketchbook

Established artist with signature style

Local artist, Otto Fong's booth

Cutesy digital illustrations

Ang moh with curly illustrations

I like this illustration style

More illustrations

Digital illustrations

Interesting illustration style

Colourful artworks

Manga style

Calm and serene illustrations

Illustrations with political/social messages - I dig this

Fantasy artists

Two local comic artists with published works

Black-and-white character designs

Ang moh artist, dressed up like The Joker while painting

The freaky guy's works

501st Legion

The legion organised a helmet decoration contest

Movie Mania booth

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