Glamour Moments

 Deck the halls with toys and hobbies! The season’s cheer comes your way once again with pure enjoyment brought you by TOYCON PH and their brand of creative show with games, hobbies, collectibles and pop-culture merchandise! This coming holiday weekend, all roads lead to the 16th Christmas Toys and Collectibles Fair 2023 to be held on December 15 to 17 at the SM Megatrade Halls, 5th floor Building B, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. Event Highlights include: • MINDStyle Trade Show and Toy Expo • Horie Mitsuko, Anime performer and singer Live Meet & Greet c/o TokuSpirits • Shonen Anime Voice-actors Meet & Greet c/o CaliCo Toys • Philippine Toy Group Association (PTGA) Celebrity Cosplayer Panels • CreatiVoices X Voice-dubbing Competition • GMA Kapuso Talents Guest appearance • Exclusive designer toys and Limited-Edition releases • The Christmas Cosplay Competition • Live charity auctions by TOYFAIR Exhibitors • The Annual toy drive for our chosen children’s charities • Stage ga...

This year, the Philippine Toys, Hobbies, And Collectibles Convention celebrated a milestone as it launched its 20th anniversary iteration. And being a long-time con goer, yours truly definitely needed to be there. Check out our adventure.  A Trip Down Memory Lane Toycon , as the event has since been known in the fandom, started out in 2002 as a small exhibit for collectors to showcase their beloved toys. From that small venue in Megamall, it has since grown into one of the biggest pop culture events not just in the Philippines, but also in Southeast Asia.  Even when the COVID pandemic hit and Toycon was gone for two years, everyone knew that it wouldn't stay down. And last year, the event was back to everyone’s delight, in time for its 20th anniversary this year.  My love affair with Toycon also spans more than a decade. It all started on that fateful day in 2010 when my then supervisor Ate Mitch Coladilla asked me if I wanted to cover the event for her blog. I immediate...

From its humble beginnings to becoming the annual spectacle in the Philippine events landscape  that everyone looks forward to, the Philippine TOYCON is recognized as the biggest pop culture  convention in the country. This year, TOYCON PH celebrates its milestone 20 years as a  destination event, also making it one of the longest-running pop culture events in the Asian region.   With each iteration, the Philippine TOYCON has gotten bigger and better, establishing itself as a  cultural juggernaut and one of the most anticipated events of the year, as thousands of con-goers  take part in a weekend of fun, nostalgia, and fabulous finds!  With this year’s TOYCON happening from July 7-9 at the SMX Convention Center Manila , this  year’s edition promises to raise the bar again for pop-culture events as it returns back to form as  the collectors’ mecca and an ultimate destination for pop-culture fan engagement. TOYCON this  year will fe...