Saturday, November 22, 2008 - :

Entrance of AFA08

I've just returned from the Suntec Exhibition Halls; grounds of the AFA08. Had a glimpse of almost everything that I wanted to see at the festival, exception for the lot of the cosplayers and Ichirou Mizuki. There wasn't that many cosplayers that came down today as the competition is tomorrow, and besides that, I'm not a fan of Ichirou Mizuki.

Much thanks to Edmund and his GF, not forgetting Teow Yong for queuing up and getting tickets for me and company. If not I'd be joining the 1hour queue just to get my arse into the convention hall, lol. From what Edmund and Teow Yong told me, the queue at 9:15am needed an hour just to reach the booth counter.. the crowd were queuing from the booth (located at the middle of the level) to 1 end, and then U-turning, all the way to the other end.. that is 1 hell of a queue..
Fortunately the organizers decided to open the booth before the scheduled timing and cleared as much crowd as possible.. guess the queue was too overwhelming, and they were afraid that it would cause problem for the iProperty (1 floor down), or the books sales (1 floor up).

Figures, manga and anime aside, I think the organizers of AFA has a very efficient noob cosplay filter, LOL! I'm totally serious about this. The difference between the "free-rein" cosplay events and a official cosplay event is A LOT. Although some of the cosplayers do not have the looks, most of them are still acceptable as a human. You won't be able to see any fat leena lee(s), or obease sailor moon, or C.C. that just spoils your appetite. This is really a rare sight, haha; hope the cosplay competition tomorrow will not disappoint me =/

Regarding the exclusive 1/100 Trans-am Exia 001 model (pink), which is made of clear plastic, it's not really an eye-candy. You can see it for yourselve. The blue tran-am version which is 1/144 is much better; other than it being 135mm tall, it's overall better than the other version.
However, the Double-O gundam which is released next month (December), is much more detailed and is better looking!

Shana, Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter 6:15 PM