Let me just say right off the bat that if you came here looking for cosplay pics, there aren’t any here.

So. I went to ToyCon this afternoon and all I brought home was a cinnamon roll from Starbucks. This is something that leaves me half disappointed and half relieved; as much as I wanted to add to my military collection, after what I’ve spent on World Cup paraphernalia, I’m not exactly floating in a pool of cash. (My entry on that fandom when my Messi jersey arrives. :D)

Actually, you can blame it on football fever, me not being too excited about going to ToyCon. I almost didn’t go at all, except I had to pay for that jersey through GCash today, so I hauled my ass to MegaMall late in the afternoon. While at the convention I mostly hung out with Don, whom some of you might remember from such cosplays as

but who went to ToyCon dressed like a regular civilian this time. :D Since I got there late and only stayed about an hour, I didn’t get to see much, although the stuff in the toy museum was pretty kickass.

Picspam, here we go.

Let's see, we got Bats...

...and Supes.

If you stare at this pic long enough you feel like he's making fun of you, kinda. o_o

Spider-Man doing that thing he always does.

The most accidentally emo shot of Iron Man, ever.

I didn’t find any McFarlane’s military figures for sale–or anything that I wanted to buy, for that matter–but there was this one display case that made ToyCon worth the trip for me, even if all I could do was look and take photos. It was a collection of military figures (1/6th scale, I think), featuring different battlefield occupations, and while it had a lot of the usuals–riflemen, rangers, snipers, so on–the one that totally killed me was this guy:

WAR JOURNALIST!!! :D :D :D FUCKING A! Haha. Coolest thing ever.

Canon, bitches. XD

So there. To be honest I didn’t quite like this as much as the previous toy cons. I guess it all depends on what you go for; since I go for the toys I’m starting to prefer the smaller, lower-key toy cons, like Collecticon and TagCom, where there’s not a lot of fanfare but a seemingly better selection of toys.

Again, I didn’t stay at ToyCon long enough to give it a really fair account, but I will say that there seems to be a growing number of booths that aren’t very relevant (e.g., Coke, Axe, GMA). Of course, you don’t need to tell me that it comes with the territory–it’s all business, after all–but there’s a part of me that misses the good ol’ cons, when things were somewhat simpler, and mostly just a bunch of dorks who liked the same stuff.

Tags: conventions, military, toycon 2010, toys