Toy Carnival @ SAM (Singapore Art Museum / July 5)
PRESS: A day of fun for the whole family with more than 30 stores offering the latest in toys and comics collectibles! Look forward to free toy giveaways, bargains galore as well as character appearances from Star Wars and other anime & movie characters.WHAT: Toy Carnival @ SAM
WHEN: 5 July 2009 (Sunday) 10am to 6pm
WHERE: Singapore Art Museum (SAM / www)
ADDRESS: 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555
WWW: toycarnival.wordpress.com / Facebook / Twitter
Toy Carnival @ SAM is a one-day event is organized by local toy-enthusiasts, (presumably) under SAM's "Off The Wall"-initiative ('Programmes for the Art Conscious Citizen'). Event partners include 501st Legion Singapore Garrison, Movie Mania, NerfSG, One Sixth Warriors, StarWars.sg, ZoidsPoison, The Falcon's Hangar and SGCollect.com = with an exclusive Transformer collectible!
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Toy Carnival Highlights (as of June 14):
- The 501st Legion Singapore Garrison will be staging an interactive game called Droid Hunt with visitors to the Toy Carnival@sam. If any stormtroopers find you to be in possession of stolen Imperial droids, you must surrender the droid without questions and a reward will be given for your cooperation. Fabulous prizes are to be won so head on down for more information.- Movie Mania will be showcasing some of their replica characters to brighten up the Carnival and will have a mix of Non- Star Wars characters that are kids friendly.
- OSW Singapore Embassy will be displaying a group bash diorama and various individual kit bashes.
- From StarWars.sg, you will be seeing their interesting collections and custom works of local Star Wars fans.
- ZoidsPoison will be promoting their website, sharing their hobby and selling some Zoids kits. There are tentative plans to have a Zoids Battle Game on the Nintendo Wii with prizes for participants.
- SGCollect.com will be promoting their site and selling some toys from past events.
The exclusive by SGCollect.com is dubbed as "DFT-01" = "Drift" from IDW's Transformers Universe (in scale with a Classic / Henkei Hot Rod / Hot Rodimus). The resin kit would be limited to 300 pieces for the Toy Convention and is now available for pre-orders. Local price is $110SGD (payable via IB to POSB bank account), while overseas orders are priced at $100USD (inclusive shipping / shipped after the con in mid-July / payable via Paypal) Do check out the full Ordering details here [info & images via]
