Cosplay Mania '12: The Aftermath.

Success! 

It really was.

Too bad I'm still too tired from all the shenanigans that transpired in the past two days; otherwise, this entry would have been longer by *-----------------this-------------------* much. xD

Anyway, a big thanks to Cosplay.Ph for inviting us to be a part of this very, very cool event. REALLY! This year's Cosplay Mania was so much more fantastic than last year's. It was a biiiiiiiig improvement, and I SO dig the centrex wall and the signage above and the carpeted booth spaces where I could saunter around bare feet. xD The room could use a lower temperature, but the heat and very slight suffocation was to be expected with the throngs and throngs of people in the area. Still, everything was GOLD. We loved everything about this event, and that's all that matters. :)

To my dear clients, thank you so much for dropping by our booth! I'm sorry the Owl-kun Backpacks and the Drinking Dice got sold out fast. I'll do my best to restock them on our next event - which I'll be making an announcement of some time SOON.

For now, THANK YOU and we hope you had as much fun as we had!

XOXO,

Cosplay Mania '12 Floor Plan - Visit Us! :)

Heads up!

Below is the floor plan for Cosplay Mania '12 this coming Sept. 29-30, 2012. Curls & Twirls and Twin Flames will be sharing Booth 32 at Block H. Click the image to see the floor plan as a whole. 

As mentioned, this year's Cosplay Mania will be one of the biggest events there is, with famous international cosplayers like Kaname and Reika as special guests! Tickets are already sold in your nearest SM Cinemas, so make sure you're there! 

For everyone's convenience, all con-goers will also be given a souvenir map so you won't get lost in the massive space provided for the event. Isn't that just thoughtful? xD

Anyway, for updates and the likes, just visit the following sites:

*** Official Site > http://www.cosplaymania.com/
*** Ticket Info > http://www.cosplay.ph/microsites/cosmania/wp/?p=417

See ya! ^____^


XOXO,

Join Us @ Cosplay Mania '12! ^__^

Hear ye! Hear ye!

Curls & Twirls will be at:
Cosplay Mania '12
Sept. 29-30, 2012 (Sat - Sun)
Function Rooms 3-5, SMX Convention Center
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Oh, boy! We're soooooo excited for this one! This year's CosMania is gonna be BIGGER than EVAH, so BE THERE. ;)

*** Official Site > http://www.cosplaymania.com/
*** Ticket Info > http://www.cosplay.ph/microsites/cosmania/wp/?p=417

Floor plan will be up soon, but if you're already giddy about it, the website already has it posted.


XOXO,

Cosplay Mania '11 ~ 10.01-02.11

Cosplay Mania '11
October 01-02, 2011
Function Rms. 3-5, SMX Convention Center

Event's highlights (at least, to us):

• Cring's bladder-enduring trip around SMX and MOA. The bladder won. xD
  
• Baby Josh FINALLY getting an exhibitor's ID of his own!
  
• Kokoy's surprising get-up. How he was able to walk with his helmet on, we shall NEVER know.
  
• Jin of Tuxedo Team/Tuxessories and her friend dropping by our booth to buy a Finger Shade! :D
• Squirting booby ecchi-ness~
  
• Gen winning a MyPhone Q19i (Dual Sim) from the ticket raffle contest! 

More on this here >> Cosplay Mania '11: The Aftermath.

XOXO,

Cosplay Mania '11: The Aftermath.

Another Success!

As promised, here I am updating you and giving you a gist of the happenings at Cosplay Mania '11 from my side. Be warned though; I'm feeling really lazy today, so I'll keep this reflection short and concise.

The Good:

• It was plain FUN! Loads of things to do and activities to take part in. I even won a MyPhone Q19i Duo (Dual Sim) from the raffle contest! :D
• Many people visited and purchased from us - which, of course, was the main reason why us exhibitors were there in the first place. The faces of those unsuspecting guests who played with our Squirting Booby Toy and shortly got their surprise of the weekend shall forever be engraved in our mind and heart. Teehee.
• Jin from the Tuxedo Team/Tuxessories and her friend (I didn't get the name, but I recognized her as Inoue Orihime from their Bleach photo shoot) dropped by our booth and bought a Finger Party Shade from us! Yes, we were ALL starstruck! xD
• Freebies! There were Yakisoba, Chumbos and Taquitos stalls (among others) giving you free goods when you pass by them.
  
• My whole family was there for once! They didn't do anything though; just watched me fumble my way to customers and pack their orders in a tizzy. Haha.
  
• So many cosplayers - from teh awesome, teh okay-pwede-na, and teh plain awkward! 'Nuff said.

The Bad:

• Not enough space in the merchandise area. There have been many complaints about this, but there's actually a pretty good reason for this - the SM Characters area, which occupied almost HALF of the Fiesta Hall, seemed to have gotten carried away and took more space than what has been agreed upon. For some reason, the organizers just let them do as they pleased and made us, the exhibitors, squish our booths together instead. It wasn't supposed to be like that though, and we had the floor plan to prove it. They were a complete waste of space, IMO; it was like they transferred the actual SM Character section right there. Their goods were sooooo pricey, hardly anyone walked over to their area, leaving the poor staff and salespeople to play with their merchandise themselves. More importantly, their props, banners and whatnots were so big and tall, we couldn't even see or watch the happenings on the main stage from where we stood!
• Not enough food selections. There was only ONE food stall in the humongous event venue, and they had limited meals and stocks, so they would always get sold out just a few minutes after lunch time (despite being waaaaaaay overpriced) - which *really* irked me, because we were supposed to stay until 9 freaking PM. The organizers wouldn't let us bring food from the outside, and since we needed to constantly look after our booths, that left us with what? Grumbling stomachs and annoying migraines.
• We couldn't get away from our booth to watch the events on stage, ogle over the Guests of Honor like Pinky Lu Xun and JiakiDarkness, or visit other stalls for that matter. We were too busy with customers, and though this was good business-wise, still... We would have loved to enjoy the event ourselves. We couldn't even take pictures as many as we'd liked. Ah, well, c'est la vie~
  
• SMALL RESTROOMS! It was a complete hassle (and also time-consuming) to exit the halls and walk around the huge SMX Convention Center just to find a restroom with no crowd in it. Cosplayers who apply their make-ups and face paints and etc. despite the warnings were especially annoying. I don't like people who break the rules, after all. >__>
  

To summarize everything, Cosplay Mania '11 was Teh Bomb!! despite the few and minor inconveniences. Only 2 days have passed since the event and yet, we're already looking forward to the next!

To the Cosplay Mania troop, thank you for letting us be a part of this wonderful event. Everyone had a blast, and we sure as hell did as well! 

Lastly, we have a few leftovers from the fair, so please expect the uploads some time this week. Newsletter subscribers will be informed beforehand, as usual.

As for the pictures, I'll be putting them up within the day. Stay tuned!


XOXO,

Cosplay Mania '11 Exhibitors List & Booth Guide.

Finally!

As promised, here's the list of exhibitors/booths for Cosplay Mania '11. This is to help all event goers in knowing what shop will be there and where to find them as well. Please refer to our past journal entry for the floor plan - http://curlsandtwirls.multiply.com/journal/item/146/.

WARNING: The following data is copied from the Fiesta Hall Exhibitor Booth Guide provided by Cosplay Mania last Sept. 25, 2011, so if any mistakes come up (spelling, shop's name & etc.), blame them. :)) Also, we're not familiar with most of the shops. If you want to know more about them and what they sell, we suggest you do your own research.

BLOCK A:
Otaku Goodies
Tempest Films
Devangelic

BLOCK B:
New Haven PH
Philippine Touhou
Fangirl Asia
Jack n' Jill Chumbos
BooBoo Shop

BLOCK C:
Biniboshi
R.Angel Creations
CSCCentrl

BLOCK D:
Killing with Cuteness Shirts
Mango Manga
Philippe Gadgets (Audio Technica)
My Rotten Shop
Gwynshop + Perpektion Shop

BLOCK E:
MaJeKa Shop
2Rats
Waku Waku Hobbies
Taiwan Doujinshi Cultural Co.
Nissin Yakisoba

BLOCK F:
UP AME
Diana Mangoba
Otaku's Den
Granny Goose Tortillos

BLOCK G:
Sugarfree and Blue
Curls & Twirls
Keybie Cafe
Doujin Shirts
UR FaceRadio
Sulit.Com.Ph
Game Magazine
Identity Crisis Enterprise

BLOCK I:
BlazBlue Philippines
Cool Stuff
Tuxessories
Wasabi Toys

BLOCK J:
Chikara Hats
Hatah! Hatah!
B.I.O.
Challenge! Challenge!
Net Essentials (MSI)
Glass House Graphics
C.I.I.T.
Animeniacz

BLOCK K:
Pocketz Fulla Pillz
Erick Rimando
PUP Animation Guild Phils.
Splatt.MNL

BLOCK L:
Big Boys Toy Store
T-Tees
Ongaku Society
Magnetic-Rose.net
Flipgeeks
Sketch Pad Studios
Bridgefront Gifts & Accents

So there ya go! Maybe you can thank us for the effort by visiting our booth? :3 If not, boo you, but we still hope you come to the event and have fun as well.

Oh, and just so you know, there really is no BLOCK H. Weird. =\

Less than a week to go~ Tick-tock!

XOXO,

Cosplay Mania '11 Floor Plan - Visit Us! :)

Haro! Haro!

As promised, here's the floor plan for the upcoming Cosplay Mania '11. As you can see, our booth is just a few steps and turns away from the entrance. Click the image below to see it in full view.


This event is undeniably one of the biggest anime conventions this year. We've recently learned that a good number of famous international cosplay icons will be attending as special guests, and that alone should be enough to perk you up. Of course, there will also be lotsandlots of merchants and booths offering you loadsandloads of goodies and loots, so make sure you come prepared!

Bring your friends! Bring your money! We'll see you there~!

*** Official Site > http://www.cosplaymania.com/
*** Ticket Info > http://cosplay.ph/microsites/cosmania/wp/event-info/tickets/

[EDIT: 09.25.11] The floor plan has recently been changed to a much more organized setup by Cosplay Mania. This was done during the Exhibitor's Briefing just a few hours ago. I'll also be posting a complete list of exhibitors and their respective blocks so you'll know where to find them in the very spacious location. Please expect said list by tomorrow; in the meantime, do familiarize yourselves with the final floor plan for Cosplay Mania '11. :3

XOXO,

Join Us @ Cosplay Mania '11! ^__^

Hear ye! Hear ye!

"Curls & Twirls" will be at:
Cosplay Mania '11
Oct. 01 - 02, 2011 (Sat - Sun)
Function Rooms 3-5, SMX Convention Center
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Since we've just deposited the full payment for our booth (do you need to know that? ^^), it's about time we made this announcement.

This will be our 2nd time as an exhibitor, and we're excited! - although we still don't know what goods we'll be selling on those days. The event is only about a month away, and we haven't made plans yet. Ah, the wonders of cramming and procrastination~~

Anyway, the floor plan will be posted soon; li'l fussy moi is yet to make the map. In the meantime, you can check out the pages below for more details about Cosplay Mania '11:

*** Official Site > http://www.cosplaymania.com/
*** Ticket Info > http://cosplay.ph/microsites/cosmania/wp/event-info/tickets/

We'll keep you guys posted for any updates.


XOXO,