Singapore Toy, Games & Comic Convention 2009 (1) - Cosplayers

Last year's toy convention was a fun-filled event for me (here and here). This year, I waited in anticipation and when the day arrived, I happily zipped down to Suntec for the event. I'd say it is OK but somehow it did not surpass or live up to my expectation. I was expecting to see more booths than last year. Maybe there were more booths this time, but they were not what I'm looking for. In fact, I couldn't even find Magma Heritage or Domuya. Have they boycotted the event?? On the good side, Blythe by Dollzinc has a nice booth this year (photos in part 2), Nintendo (Wii Fit) and cosplayers (including 501st Legion) graced the occasion.

Cosplayers posing for visitors.

Little girls posing with cosplayers.

501st Stormtrooper posing for me. He was kind enough to pose for my Point and Shoot camera. To the person inside the helmet, thank you very much!

Garang girl posing for me candidly. She was caught by surprise.

FF Cloud posing with (chio) visitor.

Young cosplayer posing for female videographer.

and finally .. chio cosplayer posing for nobody.

These and other 2009 convention photos in my flickr set here.

Asajj Ventress at the Career Fair

I was at the NUS Career Fair to score goodie bags and free gifts when I chanced upon this booth. Wah, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore. Banner shows Ahsoka Tano from the Clone Wars movie. Clone commander in the background banner.

They had those animated character badges in a bowl as gifts. I had no intention to join Lucasfilm Animation but proceeded to pick one. The thicker your skin, the better.

I already knew which one to pick. There was only one most desirable character.

Asajj Ventress.

Serving as Count Dooku's most-trusted assassin, Asajj Ventress was a lithe beauty possessing both serpentine grace and lethality.

Power-hungry and cunning, Ventress took great delight in toying with her victims before she killed them. Using her exotic allure, Ventress often distracted her opponent before dispatching him.

Asajj has perfected a lightsaber combat form that uses paired blades to strike and parry. She carried twin weapons given to her by Count Dooku, and each bears a similar archaic curved handle design favored by the former Jedi Master. Ventress' lightsaber handles are especially modified so that they can connect into a joined, S-shaped handle, becoming a double-bladed lightsaber.

I have a 1:6 Asajj Ventress from Sideshow. The serpentine grace and lethality ….