Toy Carnival @ SAM
July 5, 2009  |  anime, photography

Toy Carnival @ SAM

Today in Singapore, there was a Toy Carnival held at our Arts Museum; also known as the Toy Carnival @ S.A.M (Singapore Arts Museum). Unable to resist the notion of seeing many toy consolidated all at one place other than at Toys R’ Us, I decided to make a trip down.

Being a lazy ass and having taken lots of photos, I shall just post the photos here with some comments below each bunch!

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toys, through these doors!

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Saw a Kamen Rider on my way in

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy soldiers of the 21st century

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Nendos Kagamiku and Light!

Toy Carnival @ SAM
TK8316; but not in his Stormtrooper armor

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Spawn and some random figures, damm this human crowd blocking me >_<!

Toy Carnival @ SAM
I see Ingis and Lily

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Starwars stuff

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
AUTOBOTS! follow moi

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Lost WW2 German officer

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Mike from Mikelz, whose shop was closed when I covered the “Singapore Otaku” post. He sells mostly Mecha stuff (which would probably cause Snark to wet himself if he where here.) Just look at that Gundam collection.

Toy Carnival @ SAM
The only thing I would have gotten, but I decided not to.
Also, notice how a Queen’s Blade figure is hidden in that wall of boxes behind. Obviously to keep out of reach of the little children who are here today ^^

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Awesome oil paintings

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Kamen Rider and showing off his stuff

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
I should have looked more at this store. I really liked some of the cats!

Toy Carnival @ SAM
No toy carnival is complete without Prime. He has to be here, even if it means appearing in a very vulnerable medium.

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Comics and more comics

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Plastic transformers repainted with metal paint I think

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Apparently Transformers > Terminator so the Terminator doesn’t get his own glass container


The days of predator is overshadowed by the Transformers and Terminators

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Captain Planet Ironman

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Even a Dark Jedi can get stuck in a mug

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Familiar movie faces

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Starts with P

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Starts with E

Toy Carnival @ SAM
WHY SO SERIOUS?

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Predator is hungry

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Many many people

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Some interesting gun game. Apparently everyone seems to be unable to hit any of the targets

Toy Carnival @ SAM
These are edible

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Did I mention that the crowd kept blocking me because I am short?

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
This is blasphemy. Haruhi figmas not placed in front?!

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
If I had $200 with me… That Alice….

Toy Carnival @ SAM
The empire says HI

Toy Carnival @ SAM
The LEGO booth seemed to have the best sales. Probably because parents thought that LEGO are cheaper and better than other toys.

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Level 2 was equally as crowded, but the lighting here was 5x worse

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
More comics here. Nice frames!

Toy Carnival @ SAM
More Gunpla and other stuffs

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Oh, look. One of them clone troopers have fallen. Trying to do a toy story escape?

Toy Carnival @ SAM
EVEN more Starwars stuffs

Toy Carnival @ SAM
And more figmas again. Apparently there seem to be only these few figmas around. What happened to the Drossels and the newer ones?

Toy Carnival @ SAM
This figure is disturbing

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Mountains and Mountains of boxes

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Cute girls in boxes at last ^^

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Not cute guys in boxes

Toy Carnival @ SAM
The booth that sells Be@ruicks

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Movie Mania booth. They have everything related to any blockbuster movie

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Another good look at the 501st legion booth which was up the stage and had this barrier >_<!

Toy Carnival @ SAM
Toy Carnival @ SAM
Awesome trip ^^

Although I went alone since no other comrades seemed free, I had a blast walking around taking pictures! I wanted to pose my Nendos around, but the crowd just wasn’t too ideal for that. I would have ended up blocking people anyway. There were many booths there and I got quite a number of name cards. It was a little too crowded to my liking but the Art Museum was small to begin with.

Lucky I did not see anything that would have tempted me to take out my wallet, though the Imoko was really a close one ^^
Did not manage to see comrades Yuki-to and B-Mecha though they went too!

Anything in the above pictures that perks your interest?

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  • 39 Comments


    1. < ![CDATA[yep, the middle one is gordon alrite!

      omg, never expected so many people to be there lol! so difficult to search for someone with black bag and carrying a dslr XD
      was meeting another friend after that, so I left before I could find u =P]]>

    2. < ![CDATA[AAHHHH~ So busy with my assignment that i completely forgot about this event. T.T
      I were there, i may get myself some re-ment stuff and extra figma for playing. T.T]]>

    3. < ![CDATA[You have so many nice photos, the details, lighting are so much better than mine T__T. what camera you are using?

      btw, I'm 168cm tall... but i got long arms like orang utan, so i can hold the camera phone high and snap ;p]]>

    4. < ![CDATA[Mikelz is his name? Now all I have to do is find out where he lives, kill him and steal his stuff.]]>

    5. < ![CDATA[droooll.... -.-"

      lol@blashpemy

      Probably because everyone is trying to clear the overstocked (or slow moving) Figma items? Same thing seems to be happening here..]]>

    6. < ![CDATA[Hey. your photo are nicely taken. Using SLR? Most of my photo doesn't turn out that well. I link your this entry over at my blog for more people to get to read about the event review if that is alright with you. :)]]>

    7. < ![CDATA[I am disappointed. There were no Alien merchandise with the Predator merchandise? :(]]>

    8. < ![CDATA[I wish Brunei had this kinda carnival! =/]]>

    9. < ![CDATA[did u guys see gordon?]]>

    10. < ![CDATA[How did you know about the event? I totally missed it T.T
      Did you know about it through web or newspapers or...? How?]]>

    11. < ![CDATA[Sorry this is my first time here
      I was directed here from Dannychoo.com (saw your post there)

      What is Gordon’s blog link?]]>

    12. < ![CDATA[Awesome! Kinda reminds me of FanExpo that is being held in Toronto near the end of August. I can't wait for that.]]>

    13. < ![CDATA[I want to buy something there too! I don't mind buying those small cases filled with tiny figures.

      And dam, I want to take a photo with the Kamen Rider!]]>

    14. < ![CDATA[sorry about the barrier at our booth, we have to protect our helmets which are very expensive and cannot be bought anywhere else. ^_^]]>

    15. < ![CDATA[Haha, did you get anything? I head B-Mecha acquired a handful of Relvos ^^]]>

    16. < ![CDATA[Figmas were real cheap. $25 !]]>

    17. < ![CDATA[I'm 13 cm shorter than you. I am using a D40 for all my pictures, from outdoor shoots to nendo stories !]]>

    18. < ![CDATA[Mike is his real name. I have his name card, his mobile number! Good luck with your plan!]]>

    19. < ![CDATA[nope, didn't get anything. Nothing that I really want there XD]]>

    20. < ![CDATA[Wow, we're about the same height.. Haha..

      btw: great post and it felt like i was there just by reading it.]]>

    21. < ![CDATA[I should have gone down early. Reading other Toy Carnival impressions from other blogs, seems that I missed quite a lot of interesting stuffs >_<!]]>

    22. < ![CDATA[Only wanted the Alice and Imoko nendo.

      The Idolmaster figures were quite nice too, but wallet says otherwise ^^]]>

    23. < ![CDATA[Sure, I'll link yours too!
      I was using a D40 to take the pictures! Lighting was bad ^^!]]>

    24. < ![CDATA[Why can't Nendos be as cheap also ? T_T]]>

    25. < ![CDATA[Thanks. You have quite a happening blog here. I will link you up in my blog links and rings. :) Subscribed your RSS too.]]>

    26. < ![CDATA[Not that you mentioned it, I don't recall seeing any.

      But maybe there were, but I did not catch a glimpse of it!]]>

    27. < ![CDATA[We don't get these everyday though ^^
      Such events are pretty uncommon even in our part of the woods]]>

    28. < ![CDATA[Cause if they were, it would be a crime not to own one.. :p]]>

    29. < ![CDATA[Managed to create a pic link for you while chilling at the Library ^^

      Your link is up!]]>

    30. < ![CDATA[the 6th picture is Gordon]]>

    31. < ![CDATA[me ugly lah not worth seeing, there are plenty of cute girls around, like the cute female ghostbuster and the cute long hair girl minding the bread store. ^^;]]>

    32. < ![CDATA[I saw it on Gordon's blog a few mths back ^^ ]]>

    33. < ![CDATA[ok thanks i found the link ^.^
      Does Gordon post all the upcoming events?]]>

    34. < ![CDATA[Gordonator.com ^^ ]]>

    35. < ![CDATA[I think he posts all the events the 501st Legion takes part in. If you want the news of local events, I recommend the forums: Sgcollect, Sgclub, hobbyhype, vr-zone, Hwz!]]>

    36. < ![CDATA[thanks ^.^]]>

    37. < ![CDATA[Poor Mr Kamen Rider was sweating from all the walking around and picture taking!]]>

    38. < ![CDATA[I think we have something like that coming up.

      This event is pretty small scale compared to the conventions that we have! ^^]]>

    39. < ![CDATA[I would have never though that the cute female ghostbuster was a Malay until she started talking ^^
      And I didn't see any cute girl at the bread store! Only saw a guy an a middle aged lady. Different shifts maybe T_T]]>

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