Da Penny Stitch custom by Tim Tsui

Not only was Hong Kong toy-designer Tim Tsui one of the invited guests at the MINDstyle booth at last weekend's Philippine ToyCon (seen here autographing his artist series Mono Colorbok) - he'd also contributed a custom-STITCH for the Stitch Experiment 626 Project = introducing DA PENNY STITCH! (A neato production-Stitch to be had, no?)CLICK for a look at the other custom-Stitch on display, and

Bleau Aquino's Darkest Knight / Gotham After Midnight Diorama @ The 8th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2009

Yes, the above image is a 1/6th-scaled diorama shot with Hot Toys' Batman and Joker. Please do not worry about picking your collective dropped-jaws off from the ground - they would be perfectly fine lying right next to mine. Seriously.The image above is titled: "Darkest Knight" - which won Bleau Aquino the First Prize for the "Toy Clicks"-photography contest at last weekend's 8th Philippine Toys,

STITCH Experiment 626 Project @ The 8th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2009

For the Manila-leg of Disney's STITCH Experiment 626 Project custom art tour [Tagged-on-TRE] at last weekend's 8th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2009 [www / blogged] - MINDstyle had enlisted a list of Philippine-artists to contribute their custom interpretation on the 10 inch tall DIY Stitch vinyl figure, to display alongside the existing touring customs - featuring Gaby

Custom Mighty Muggs by Likang Pinoy Customs @ The 8th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2009

/// CLICK THRU for more snaps of a sweet slew of custom-Mighty Muggs seen at the recently concluded 8th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2009 [www / blogged] - featuring work by Likhang Pinoy Customs - whom I managed to google-track them down via the display-tags! (*Important to snap display-tags at conventions, thanks folks!)[Click on above image to view larger]Disclaimer:

(Random) Snaps From The 8th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2009

[Best Bumblebee Ever!]
/// CLICK THRU for a (very) random selection of snaps from The 8th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2009 [www / blogged] which happened the weekend of June 13-14th 2009 - courtesy of "Miko Punch"! [all original images via]. From the images it all seems like such a vibrant event (I cannot discern if they be 'hit or miss" as I am not there myself, innit?)