And so here I am day 1 at the first ever Singapore Toy & Comic Convention on a mission. Click here to find out Gordon’s mission As you can see from the signboard (enlarge it), registration is required. But surely the organisers should have predicted that thousands of people will attend the event which will most probably result in a logistic and manpower nightmare right? Sure enough a huge crowd was gathered at the entrance during the opening. The registration was so unmanageable that the organisers just let everyone inside without the need of registering. Lesson learnt. So lets move on. Suntec City where the event is held. Before we go there, Haruhi poses for a picture. ^^; This first thing that caught my attention was this life size Iron man nust with glowing eyes. Slick piece of work. The Banbai booth has all the 109 MGs on display. The above coming soon MG RX78-2 ver 2.0 is the only one that caught my attention. My main purpose of this trip is to visit the 501st Legion Singapore Garrison Booth. The local garrison is a non-profitable volunteer group and is involved in lots of charitable work. From its website, it is said to be the largest garrison in Asia with 36 members. Hmm do they have so little members in other Asian countries? Garrison badges of other countries. I spotted a Japanese one. Oh I also talked to the commanding officer regarding recruitment. The Singapore 501st Legion badge. I hope to earn this one day. Maybe in future you will see me trooping around in events. ^^; Better clean that armour up before Vader see it soldier. Stormtrooper: “This looks like the droid we are looking for.” There’s also a movie characters cosplaying competition. Godzilla on the left won 2nd place. Godzilla This clone trooper is the champion. Looking at all the cosplayers on stage especially those wearing helmets and masks, I came to realise that body language is very important. Godzilla, ultra man and the clone trooper certainly did a good job in that area with their poses. Note to self, practise. Click here to hide <script language="Javascript">function doHide(myid) {if (document.getElementById("para" + myid)) {document.getElementById("para" + myid).style.display = "none";}} function doShow(myid) {if (document.getElementById("para" + myid)) {document.getElementById("para" + myid).style.display = "";}} function doScroll(myid) {if (document.getElementById("para" + myid)) {document.getElementById("para" + myid).scrollIntoView(true);}}</script>
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