From masked heroes to vintage robots, the first leg of the collections series will transform the Power Plant Mall into an exciting carnival of colorful costumes and interesting exhibits for a weekend for both the young and the young at heart!

June 26-28:
- Collectibles Display by Maxiworks and Fat Boy Studios at the South Court
- Revenge of the Fallen and the Audi R8 at the Cinemas and the North Court
- Vintage Toys and the LEGO Darth Vader at Archaeology

June 27
- COSPLAY FUSION Cosplay Competition at the South Court
- Maid & Butler Café at Press Café

June 28
- The Marching of the 501st Storm Trooper Battalion at Archaeology

For Cosplay mechanics and more info, please visit cosplayfusion.multiply.com.

http://cosplayfusion.multiply.com/

Witness amazing cosplayers all in one arena! With great prizes to be given away, band performances and a special appearance of Dokissaten Maid and Butler Cafe, this is one event you shouldn’t miss! FREE ENTRANCE!

Cosplay Fusion
June 27, 2009 (Saturday), 4pm
*South Court, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell

Cash Prizes:
1st Place – P12,000
2nd Place – P8,000
3rd Place – P5,000

Special Awards:
Best Male Costripper
Best Female Costripper
Best Kid Costripper

Special award to the **Best Costripper of the day!

+ prizes from sponsors: Powerplant, Maxicollector, etc.

Also presenting the third appearance of Dokissaten Maid and Butler Cafe in partner with Fully Booked’s Press Cafe! The cafe has been present at Kourtyard Caffe (along Katipunan Ave. – last March), at the Shizen Orchestra convention (at SMX last April) and will now be at Powerplant. With new additions to the cast, a wider variety of butlers and maids, there’s a lot more to look forward to.

*South Court is located within the Power Plant Mall in front of Zara.
**To qualify as a costripper, you do not have to register and perform. Just dress up in your funkiest get-up and you may win a prize on-the-spot!
***Registered cosplayers will receive free prints of their pictures taken at the photo wall.
****Free food for registered cosplayers.

Cosplay Fusion Contest Guidelines
Cosplay Pre-Registration (FULL)
Special Awards
Dokissaten Cafe Info
Schedule of Activities

For inquiries, kindly email us at info@cosplaycircle.com.

Its a 2 year in a making for this video hahaha, just kidding, I just got in touch with a contact person 2 years ago and since that I failed to do an interview with Mark Ryan right after the Transformers movie, I’m glad that all is not too late and I got him a video interview and message that I showed to all convention goers and Transformers fans at the 8th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2009 at the SM Megamall. Everyone clapped their hands and showed their appreciation for Mark Ryan, and happy to see that he is part of the convention even only in a video message.

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
Mark Ryan ( voice for Bumblebee, Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen)

Watch the video above.

thanks Mark Ryan!! and more Bumblebee power on upcoming movies and video games of Transformers.

This video was originally played last June 13, 2009 at the 8th Philippine Toy Con 2009.

to be updated soon

COSPLAY CLICKS

3rd place - Ryan Anthony Chu (Hitsuhina)
2nd place - JM Chua (Gunslinger Girl)
1st place - Jan Castolo (No Humor, Just…)

TOY CLICKS

3rd place - Raymond Dalisay
2nd place - Ryan Anthony Chu ( Shadow of Wutai)
1st place - Bleau Aquino (Darkest Knight)

CUSTOMIZED ACTION FIGURE (3-9in Category)

3rd place - Karlo Manalo Lacad (Darna at ang Babaeng Tuod)
2nd place - Annalyn Araza (Superman Battle Damaged)
1st place - Gerrard Garcia (Ultimate Silver Samurai)

CUSTOMIZED ACTION FIGURE (10 - 20in Category)

3rd place - Ervin Santos (Evolution of Bucky)
2nd place - Michael Garcia (Scratchbuilt Iron Monger)
1st place - Luis Dee (Star Wars Guarmorain)

G.I JOE FAN ART

3rd place - Jose Mariano (Snake Eyes)
2nd place - John Avila (Snake Eyes)
1st place - Joseph dela Cuesta (Major Bludd and Cobra Bot)

CUSTOMIZED MECHA

3rd place - Antonio Bucu (Impaler)
2nd place - Jose Sabale (Gundam Virtue Trial Mode)
1st place - Angelo Guibone (Red Frame Samurai)

DIE - CAST

3rd place - Ferdinand Carpio (Somali Jeep)
2nd place - May Anne Gamit (1920 Ford Mustang Boss 429)
1st place - Ediefer Gutierrez (1969 Pontiac GTO Judge)

SCALE MODEL

2nd place - Karlo Pocholo Nualla (Revell 1953 Chevy Bel Air)
1st place - Gregg Yan (M41)

TOY DESIGN

3rd place - Erik Chang (Kanin Rider Yu-Jin)
2nd place - Anthony Brian Cruz (Expendable 1)
1st place - John Eugene Avila (Robox ver. 2)

DIORAMA

3rd place - Ryan Anthony Chu (Instruments of Destruction)
2nd place - John Patrick Samson (The Ring)
1st place - Ryder and Christopher Aquino (Gotham After Midnight)

FAN FILM
1st place - EPIC FIVE by Miko Livelo

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more photos at 8th Toy Con 2009 - day zero photos

possible to change
Will be updated ’til June 12th.
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EVENT PROGRAMME DAY 1
June 13, 2009

10am
Ribbon Cutting and Event Opening
Customized Action Figure, Die Cast and Mecha contest submission
TOY CLICKS - Toy Photography contest submission
Cosplay Click - cosplay photography submission
GI JOE Fan Art Contest submission
Band Performance

11am
Band performance - Rakuen Science
Fan film screening
Raffle and Games
Stage games
major sponsors segment
co presentors segment

12nn
Band performance - Faultine
Fan film screening
Raffle and games
major sponsors segment
co presentors segment Read More »

ILABAS ANG KULIT!

Kulitan Photo-Opt Contest

CONTEST MECHANICS:

* Everyone could join the Photo-Opt Contest.

* During the RTO Program the Host will invite crowds / spectators to join the photo-opt.

* RTO robot and Photo Booth will be set up at the stage  and the contestant will make a very “Makulit” pose.

* The contestant that would make the very Makulit pose will win a Limited Royal Tru-Orange Toy.

* Kulit pictures will be judge by the RTO Team.

* 5 winners shall be announced before the end of the program

Schedule of activity will be on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 2:00PM

Saturday, June 13, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00PM

Sunday, June 14, 2009
2:00PM - 4:00PM

visit Mindsyle booth.

TRIBUNG BAYANI

In keeping with its credo to motivate Filipino individualism and passion, TRIBU now aims to harness the innate creativity of Filipino artists from disparate creative disciplines with TRIBUNG BAYANI, a competition that enjoins today’s innovators of art to visualize what it means to be a true Filipino innovator

The on-the-spot design competition will entail the use of a blank (un-designed) pair of TRIBU SHOEDALs which will serve as the artist’s canvas. Materials (including SHOEDALS) will be provided by TRIBU, though the artist is free to bring any art materials s/he desires to use.

Though the competition does not require purchase of a TRIBU product, pre-registration is strictly enforced as the competition is by invitation only. To qualify as a participant, you must be a professional active in any of the creative/design industries, such as but not limited to: advertising, fashion design, illustration, computer graphics, animation etc.

The entries will be judged according to:

1. Creativity
2. Originality
3. WOW Factor
4. KA-TRIBU (the most in keeping with the TRIBU personality)

The winning entries will receive the following:

• 1^ST PLACE: P5000 + P1500 worth of TRIBU products

Design will likewise be produced by TRIBU as part of its new SHOEDAL design series

• 2^nd PLACE: P3000 + P 1500 worth of TRIBU products
• 3^rd PLACE: P1000 + P 1500 worth of TRIBU products

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It seems in these days of economic crisis and dwindling resources, trivial stuff like toys, hobbies and games would be the furthest thing from people’s minds. But apparently, hobbyists and collectors remain unfazed by this downturn and instead stay steady in anticipation for the next big thing in the pop culture landscape to turn collectible. They don’t have much long to wait, as the biggest event in pop culture, sci-fi/fantasy and mass media touches down in June with an explosive impact!

The 8th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2009 hits hard with the most anticipated gathering of toy distributors, gamers, pop memorabilia collectors and cosplay enthusiasts this side of the planet. This year’s TOYCON will take place on June 13 and 14, at the SM Megatrade Hall 2 and 3 from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM.

Highlight for the event this year will be the launch of summer movie blockbusters, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and the much awaited GI JOE: Rise of Cobra. Transformers and GI Joe fans will revel in these two famous toy properties with a collectors’ exhibit and movie merchandising displays from the movie’s distributor, Solar-UIP films.

Another exciting highlight for the event is the presence of MINDstyle, an international design company that focuses on delivering unique and original works to a very exclusive market by way of quality limited collectibles. They pioneered the vinyl toy design world with such artists as Michael Lau, Kathie Olivas, Brant Peters, Ron English and Buff Monster. MINDstyle will bring in two internationally renowned toy designers: Tim Tsui, one of the hottest Hong Kong figure artist illustrators. He has exhibited his works word wide designing everything from sneakers to toys to comics. And TobyHK, MINDstyle’s creative director whose works range from graphics, illustrations, web designs, characters or vinyl figures.

TOYCON will host the Philippine leg of MINDstyle and Disney’s Stitch Experiment 626 Project Custom Art Tour, a fresh look at the beloved Disney character through the eyes of some of today’s brightest artists in the vinyl toy design field. The tour will feature hand-customized, one-of-a kind versions of a special DIY blank Stitch created expressly for the Philippine TOYCON.

Another amazing exhibit to watch out for will be ABS-CBN’s Isang Lakas lifesize statues of Mars Ravelo’s creations like Lastikman, Kapitan Boom,Varga, TinyTony, Dragonna, and Flash Bomba.

TOYCON wouldn’t be complete without the annual Live Action Figure Cosplay competition, the biggest gathering of all, sci-fi/fantasy, comics and anime-inspired costume players in the Philippines. And of course the main draw for collectors is the huge retailer floor where they can hunt for the rarest and latest, most sought-after collectors’ pieces ranging from action figures, dolls, diecast cars and robots, comics and cards, artwork and pop memorabilia from all over the world.

The 8th Philippine TOYCON is sure to be the pinnacle of this year’s pop culture conventions. It will certainly have everything there for young and old alike to share and enjoy.

TOYCON is organized by Collectibles Unlimited partnered with the SM Megatrade Hall and is presented by Globe Broadband, Solar Entertainment and HERO TV. Also brought to you by Royal Tru Orange, Maxi Collector, Comic Odyssey, E-Games, ABS-CBN Interactive, MINDstyle, Toy Kingdom, Theaterworks, LG Mobile and WACOM. In cooperation with SugarFree N Blue, Wimax , Hobbymaster, Warner Brothers,Tribu, Club Astoria, Psicom and Creative Voices with media partners, ABS-CBN, Jack TV ,SciFi Channel, Fudge Magazine, Magic 89.9, NU 107, 105.1 Crossover and the official music channel, MTV.

The 8th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention
June 13-14, 2009
Megatrade Hall 2-3 and Conference Center A and B
SM Megamall, 5th Level Bldg. B
10am-9pm
www.toyconph.com
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