{"id":11462,"date":"2013-06-19T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teampcheng.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/19\/an-annual-phenomenon-toycon-2013"},"modified":"2013-06-19T21:12:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T21:12:00","slug":"an-annual-phenomenon-toycon-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/an-annual-phenomenon-toycon-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"An Annual Phenomenon: Toycon 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/c5902-971453_255203624604960_1290505239_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/c5902-971453_255203624604960_1290505239_n.jpg?w=300\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Lego Heroes: A display of Super Heroes from different Franchises made entirely out of Lego.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Would you consider an annual event a phenomenon? Even if Toycon happens every year I still get this <i>&#8216;Wow!&#8217;<\/i> feeling whenever I see the number of people gathered (inside or outside) of Megatrade Halls 1, 2 and 3. When you pass by for any other convention, you can easily compare the number of people who attend or rather the lack of attendees-nothing compares to Toycon.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Lines are <i>so<\/i> long and snake across the 5th floor for miles at a time (no joke), some cosplayers content themselves with just hanging out -outside the convention and pose around for eager photographers and curious onlookers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/76370-1001048_255203824604940_1020263996_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/76370-1001048_255203824604940_1020263996_n.jpg?w=200\" width=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">COSPLAY: Supergirl: Lot&#8217;s of Superman Reference due to Man of Steel\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Unlike\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pchengphotography.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/toycon-2012-geek-overload.html\">last year&#8217;s Toy Convention<\/a>\u00a0were we were able to attend the Opening Ceremonies \u00a0(Ribbon Cutting), this year we had a meeting at 10:00 AM so we had to miss the opening ceremonies and arrived well after lunch time. It&#8217;s a good thing I asked a friend to purchase tickets for us in advance or else we would have been stuck in line for hours ~ not to mention we had another gig at 3:00 PM in Odyssey Megamall (Thirty Seconds to Mars &#8211; album buy out &#8211; photos and blog post still pending! :P) so yeah &#8211; schedule is always full but we just had to squeeze Toycon in \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/0b726-1002726_255203694604953_1010000385_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/0b726-1002726_255203694604953_1010000385_n.jpg?w=300\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">TOYS: It&#8217;s fun to drool&#8230;errr marvel at the many, many, many toys on display.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Looking at my<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pchengphotography.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/toycon-2012-geek-overload.html\" style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">blog post<\/a><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">on Toycon last year &#8211; there was an air of regret since we were not able to have the &#8216;ultimate&#8217; Toycon experience. Unfortunately it was also the same for this year-if not even more. I know I told myself last year that I would file for a leave on the Friday of the Toycon but with work and all the other events we have ~ things really didn&#8217;t fall into place but in the spirit of making the most of what was already there &#8211; we did our usual stroll around and taking photos but there was one extra special objective that we had for this year&#8217;s toycon and that was to support my cousins Luis and Beau with their SuperElite Props booth (Luis isn&#8217;t my biological cousin but we are basically are- in the essence of it).\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">If you guys don&#8217;t remember Luis you can check out my <a href=\"http:\/\/pchengphotography.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/interview-with-storm-trooper.html\">Interview with a Storm Trooper blog post<\/a> last year! \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;font-size:large;\"><b>SUPERElite PROPS\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">So apparently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/superelite.props\">SuperElite Props<\/a>\u00a0has been a project that Luis has been working on and it made it&#8217;s debut during this year&#8217;s Toycon. So what is SuperElite Props all about? Well you can actually own your very own movie props (Storm Trooper Helmet, ROTJ Lightsaber, TK E-11 Blaster) all of which is locally made with the best materials and is as close to the original as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/0705d-1010735_255203914604931_1359359472_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/0705d-1010735_255203914604931_1359359472_n.jpg?w=300\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Reference Boards for SuperElite Props during Toycon\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/span><br \/><a name='more'><\/a><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">How can you be assured of the quality from SuperElite Props &#8211; well here is just a few of the facts:\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">An unbuilt TK bucket from the US (which is made of the same material) can cost from up to $250-350 and that does not even include the shipping fees.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Buckets from SuperElite Props pass 501st standards. Don&#8217;t know what the 501st is? You can check them out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pinoy501st?ref=ts&amp;fref=ts\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">The helmet is made out of 2.0mm Vacuformed ABS plastic which is the same plastic used to create the original props. The rubber trim and brass screws are sourced from the US and the UK.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">And for great photoshoots with your SuperElits buckets, they have green lenses that won&#8217;t show your eyes even with a camera flash.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/07d7c-190485_154228201415255_833657961_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/07d7c-190485_154228201415255_833657961_n.jpg?w=300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/superelite.props\">SuperElite Props<\/a> Facebook page.<\/span>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/84793-1013650_621101751235873_2142507182_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/84793-1013650_621101751235873_2142507182_n.jpg?w=224\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Photo from\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/superelite.props\" style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">SuperElite Props<\/a><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0Facebook page<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Original helmets have a &#8216;handpainted&#8217; detail &#8211; SuperElite buckets replicate this by using decals that look handpainted.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">The Hovi Mic Tips (the two black thingys on the chin) are also accurate casts of water fliters used back in the 70s.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">SuperElite buckets are lighter when compared to the licensed MRCE\/EFX counterpart.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/76e50-994766_621101161235932_1934674385_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/76e50-994766_621101161235932_1934674385_n.jpg?w=300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/superelite.props\">SuperElite Props<\/a> Facebook page.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>Luke&#8217;s Return of the Jedi Lightsaber\u00a0<\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Ever wanted to be a Jedi? Well you get a step closer when you have the Luke Return of the Jedi light saber &#8211; also available from SuperElite Props! \ud83d\ude00\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/87cab-1011350_621102384569143_853410567_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/87cab-1011350_621102384569143_853410567_n.jpg?w=300\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/superelite.props\">SuperElite Props<\/a> Facebook page.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><b>SuperElite Blaster<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">SE (SuperElite) blasters are cast from an original British Sterling SMG (Sub Machine Gun) Mark 4. The scope is a cast of a M38 rifle scope.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">SE blasters come with a steel scope rail and custom attachment for the Hengstler counter (the box thingy beside the scope).\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">There is a custom O ring attachment at the back, the blaster weighs about\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">1.5-2 lbs.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">The markings of the Original Sterling rifle are precisely replicated as seen on the magazine housing. Even the telescope has markings as well.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">The core of the blaster is made out of a PVC pipe to make it stronger and to avoid warping.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Each blaster is carefully built and weathered to make it as accurate as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/d78f4-collage.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/d78f4-collage.jpg?w=300\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">One Happy Trooper &#8211; sealed with a kiss from Jinri Park<\/span>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">The boys at the SuperElite Props booth had a little surprise (and lots of bragging rights) in the form of Jinri Park who even kissed and signed a helmet \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/e543e-1010814_255203841271605_1313616787_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/e543e-1010814_255203841271605_1313616787_n.jpg?w=300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Pardon the &#8216;no-sleep look&#8217; approaching to 24 hours of being awake :p\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/e117e-1012102_255203947938261_690225473_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/teampcheng.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/e117e-1012102_255203947938261_690225473_n.jpg?w=300\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">The man behind the helmet &#8211; Luis Cacho<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\">You can check out\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/superelite.props\" style=\"font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\">SuperElite Props facebook page<\/a><span style=\"font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\">\u00a0for more exciting details! \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">For inquiries you can contact Luis at 0923-472-0044. You can also send an email to supereliteprops@gmail.com\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Hopefully next year would be our Toycon experience &#8211; will definitely be filing for leaves and fattening the wallet \ud83d\ude1b\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">Toycon is always fun &#8211; it&#8217;s like being a kid again and no matter how you grow in age, there is still that child&#8217;s wonder that never goes away. I guess it&#8217;s only in Toycon were in you ask the sexy promo girl to step aside so you can take a photo of the cool Sentinel display behind her. Because when it comes to Toycon it&#8217;s all about celebrating that child in all of us.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;\">For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.255203057938350.1073741854.164774626981194&amp;type=1\">MORE photos<\/a> during Toycon 2013 head on over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.255203057938350.1073741854.164774626981194&amp;type=1\">Facebook page<\/a>!\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lego Heroes: A display of Super Heroes from different Franchises made entirely out of Lego.\u00a0 Would you consider an annual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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