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Not to be outdone, SM Mall of Asia will also be holding a Toy Sale this November 21 – 23.

Event Location: SM Mall of Asia Atrium (in front of French Baker)

Toy Kingdom, the Amazing Toy Store, SM Mall of Asia, and Cybertron Philippines present the biggest event to be held this last quarter of 2008! The Hasbro Grand Toy Fair!

Admission is FREE!

Toy lines that will be featured include the ff:
- Transformers
- Marvel Toys
- G.I. Joe
- Star Wars
- Mr. Potato Heads
- Monopoly
- Nerf Guns
- Littlest Pet Shop
- My Little Pony
and lots more

Kids and collectors would not want to miss this event! There will be lots of surprises that will be announced as we go on.

Here is a list of what we can expect from the Hasbro Grand Toy Fair.

1) There will be a batch of new toy releases on Nov. 22 and another batch on Nov. 23

2) 10% Discount on Nov. 22, 2008 (Saturday)

3) Get a chance to win the Toy Vault (One (1) vault with P5,000 worth of toys on Nov. 22 and Three (3) vaults on Nov 23 – P3,000 vault, P5,000 vault and P10,000 vault) when you make a purchase during the Hasbro Grand Toy Fair

4) Gifts with Purchase (GWP) – Get free items when you buy Hasbro toys during the event. You can choose from different posters, novelty pins, collectible trading cards, Official Transformers Masks and stickers

here’s the best part

5) THERE WILL BE AMAZING RAFFLE PRIZES!!! – Get a chance to win limited edition Hasbro collectibles when you purchase toys during the event. These prizes will be announced soon.

There will also be a lot in store for children.

1) Photo Op with statues like Optimus Prime and Megatron
2) Photo Op with collector toy display and diorama
3) Bring Me Contests
4) Blind Tater Game
5) Shoot ‘em Up
6) Super Shoppers – Show us your shopping skills. Get a chance to win everything you put in your shopping cart.

Source: http://cybph.multiply.com/calendar/item/10026/Hasbro_Grand_Toyfair

There will be a Toys and Collectibles Sale at the Glorietta 3 Activity Tent, Makati City this coming Weekend.

Just like Collecticon, this is Free Admission to the public. Woohoo!

Via Red Dawn Communications:

Anime Festival Asia 2008 (AFA08) will host the inaugural Singapore Arcade Showdown, a nationwide Arcade Gaming Competition organized by Singapore Cybersports & Online Gaming Association (SCOGA) and machines sponsored by TKA World. The landmark competition will take place in The Arena Zone, the seventh and newest Experience Zone of the AFA08 on the 22nd and 23rd of November 2008 at Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Players will compete in any of the three upcoming arcade gaming titles: King of Fighters ’98: Ultimate Match; Street Fighter IV; and Tekken 6.

The King of Fighters ’98: Ultimate Match, which is slated to be released this coming December, is from the famous King of Fighters series from SNK. In the game, players select three characters out of 43 and pit them against each other in the classic style of last man standing brawling.

Street Fighter IV, which will be released by early 2009, is the latest installment in Capcom’s long-running Street Fighter game series. Its fighters and environment are rendered in stylized 3D while the gameplay is on a traditional 2D plane.

Namco Bandai’s Tekken 6 scheduled for release at the end of 2008 has the largest line-up of characters. It features a deeper character customization to further enhance the incredible fighting intensity as players knuckle up against each other.

Competition Registration
Players need to pre-register by 18 November via the official AFA08 website at www.afa08.com and have to pay registration fees (in addition to entrance fees):

$5 for participation in any one of the games above
$8 for participation in any two of the games above
$10 for participation in all three of the games above

Tournament Mechanics
Upon successful registration, all registrants will be entered into a pool where they will be randomly picked into individual groups by drawing lots after the sign-up deadline.

In round robin fashion, the top 2 of each group will qualify into the play-offs which will be a double elimination format.

Schedule will be released on November 20, 2008

All players are allowed to participate in all games but if schedules clash, players will have to make a choice between which game they will be continuing to participate in.

All enquiries can be directed to eugene@scoga.org

Aside from this event, KOMIKON 2008 with UP Luna Rock and UP Grail will be having week long activities from November 17-21 to be held in the UP Campus. Click here for more details.

May’n

Sheryl Nome

May’n will perform her first show outside Japan at Asia’s inaugural Japanese Pop Culture Festival at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Center in Singapore.

Via Red Dawn Communications:

May’n, Japan’s hottest J-pop star who peforms the singing voice of Sheryl Nome in popular Japanese anime “Macross Frontier” will perform live at Anime Festival Asia 2008 (AFA08). Visitors to AFA08 will be able to catch May’n live on the main stage on Sunday, 23 November 2008.

Possessing a natural talent for “live” shows and coupled with her unique and dynamic vocal abilities, May’n takes pride in engaging her audiences profoundly during performances and this peformance in Singapore will be her first show outside of Japan.

Currently 18 years old, May’n performs the singing voice of Sheryl Nome a pop idol character in the highly successful hit Japanese animation series “Macross Frontier”. In May 2008, her CD single release launch event was so successful that it became the most well attended CD launch event in the history of the Japanese music scene. She has also achieved 2 consecutive single releases that topped the Japanese Oricon charts at number 3 – which is by itself a feat for an anime J-pop performer.

May’n has been singing since the tender age of 3, and when she was 13 she topped the “Horipuro – Talent Scout Caravan – Love Music – Audition” beating a total of 35,000 contestants to win the competition. She has since made way to become a professional singer thanks to her exceptional singing prowess.

Taking place on the 22nd and 23rd of November 2008 (Saturday and Sunday) at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Center, Anime Festival Asia 2008 (AFA08) will showcase a wide array of Japanese Pop Culture related content, spanning over 5,000 sqm of space with 6 experience zones: Akiba Town, Anime Live, Anime Blockbusters, Industry, Mangaka and Planet Mech, where visitors will gain access to exclusive content, merchandise and live acts straight from Japan.

Tickets for AFA08 will cost S$5 for a single day pass and S$8 for a 2 day pass.