Jul 01
Seems like there’s another Matsuri event at Vivocity on Aug 30-31! Details when I get them.
Jun 28
Finally it arrived; the inaugural Singapore Toy & Comic Convention. Held at Suntec Convention Center, it occupied part of one large hall (think about 1/2 of the size of the typical PC show) and had Domuya, Nintendo, Lego, Bandai, Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro, among its exhibitors.
Getting in at the start of the day was not easy. Not only were there no signs indicating which of the many queues to join, there were no instructions on what to do at all. People who appeared were expected to fill up a form and join the normal queue, while those who preregistered online were supposed to join another long queue, get their passport, and then queue up AGAIN to get into the hall. I heard many many angry people at the counters asking what was the point of preregistering when people were just running into the hall when security was not looking. Anyway at the end of the day I heard the whole registration thing was dropped. So much for pre-event planning.
May 26
Cosfest VII will take place on 5 and 6 July 2008, at the usual NTUC Downtown East location.
May 25
Once again it was time for the annual DJ Party component of the Singapore Street Fest today. However, this year it took place at a different location from the usual Youth Park, and we saw a lack of foresight from the organizers.
May 23
Just some photos of the entries from the Bandai Action Kits Challenge 2008, taking place from now to 8 June 2008 at the basement of Takashimaya. As usual, it’s organized by Sheng Tai Toys, and the theme is the new Gundam 00 series. You’ll have to pardon the low quality; I was using my camera phone!
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May 19
Ichiriduka is a very talented 3DCG artist who’s going to have an exhibition in the Vanilla Gallery in June. His work is heavily influenced by the macabre.
Apr 05
Half-Life 2 immediately comes to mind upon seeing this incredible robot by Boston Dynamics.
How soon will we see these things on our street delivering our mail or walking our dogs?
Don’t forget to check out the hilarious beta version of Bigdog as well.
Mar 23
Not another Evangelion figure! We’ve already got hundreds of them floating around the market.
But this time, this one’s really good… it caught my eye at China Square this morning. I had already planned to buy this as soon as it was released at Hobbylink Japan, and it made an appearance here today at $91.80, a little lower than the actual 6800y price. Not counting the 2% GST surcharge for using NETS. With the rapidly-rising yen it makes more sense to buy things locally now if the price is right, and this price was definitely attractive as shipping was not tacked onto the HLJ’s 6800y price tag! This must be one of those early Hong Kong releases that always hit the market there before Japan, and I snapped it up right away.
Mar 22
I have nothing to say about this except go take a look. Really.
And if you like that sort of thing theres more here:
http://www.motionportrait.com/e/about/demo_others_01.html
http://www.motionportrait.com/e/about/demo_others_05.html
http://www.motionportrait.com/e/about/demo_faith_01.html
Mar 16
Today was cosplay day, and it poured!
I swear I’m starting to look more like an old geezer every year, as more than half the cosplayers I asked for a photo today seemed to be really scared of me. Which translates into… less photos for this report. Every year new faces enter the community, old faces disappear, and I’m one of the few things constant. And low-profile too. But age is catching up, time to watch new stuff is running low, and I don’t even know more than half the characters who’re present at every event.
I hope my karma received a boost today… I managed to help out some kids doing a video interview for a school project. They seemed to be having a hard time finding people to interview for some English module; I know how it feels having to hunt for people to interview just for stupid school projects, and so I agreed to appear in their footage. The usual ‘how do you feel about cosplays, would you let your kids cosplay, etc.’ To which I gave the usual politically-correct answers. Hope they put it to good use.
But anyway, enough smalltalk. I managed to bring you this photo report of today’s event. Expect maids with rifles, maids with cakes, nurses with swords, and more. Click on the link below.
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