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Last Aug. 18, 2007 (Saturday). Direk Avid Liongoren and I bumped into each other in the toy launch of Marvel Toy's Legendary Comic Book Heroes held at Toy Palace sa Farmer's Cubao. The mini event was packed with prizes and contests:

• Customize-your-own action figure (pero walang sumali)
• Unleash the Pitt Contest (dami sumali dito, walang umalis hangga't di nakuha yung toy.
• On the Spot make your superhero contest (more details on this later)
• Legendary Comic Book Heroes Trivia contest (dami rin sumali dito)
• Free Fudgee Bar and Mineral Water during the break

Yes normal folks, this is geekfest at it's finest.

Avid and I weren't supposed to join the on the spot drawing contest. But decided to join just for the fun of it and to kill time (tagal kasi ng interval between raffles). We were armed with an illustration board and a #2 Mongol Pencil. I drew a character called TonTon Kariton, a tribute to Iron Man (yung peborit kong Marvel Comics character) and Calvin and Hobbes. After someone won the raffle for the "Unleash the Pitt contest", nagsi-uwian na yung mga tao. Avid and I left without even waiting for the judging of the art contest. Kawawa kasi yung iba ang tagal magdrawing. We just finished our entries in less than an hour (naks yabang).

Life went on, until my officemate Erwin Trivino texted me that I won the art contest. And the good folks at Toy Palace sent me tons of text to claim my price. And claim it I did. The bounty: Legendary Comic Book Heroes 2 Pack: Conan and Wraarl (worth P899.75)! Ang saya! Ang sarap pala ng feeling ng manalo! Mas masarap pa kesa manalo ng pitch, or manalo ng CMMA Award! Kasi effort mo lang ito at hindi ng marami. I won art contests before, but this one was sweet (toy kasi ang premyo. Babaw ko talaga, lalo na pagdating sa toys.

(tonton kariton photo courtesy of Avid)