4th Toy Kingdom Warehouse Sale!!!
November 5, 2010 - November 7, 2010
SM Megamall, 5th Floor
Megatrade Halls 1 and 2
I’ve noticed that many toy collectors go through a kind of progression when they start in the hobby. Early in, there’s the Mass Aquisition Stage, where you’ve just been introduced to the world of collecting and you want to fill up your shelves as fast as you can. It doesn’t really matter how much money you make (but of course if you have more, you’ll amass more at a faster pace), it’s just the mentality you have at this stage. You’ve just discovered the hobby and you’ve realized, “Shit. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do!”
Many would-be toy collectors drop out at this stage, realizing (in most cases, correctly) that they’ve spent tens of thousands on useless pieces of gummy, semi-synthetic organic amorphous solids. They decide to quit before they get in to deep and start spending their lunch money.
This is the stage when the big events like Toy Con are the most fun. It’s the stage of discovery, where you don’t have a lot of action figures gathering dust in boxes piled 10 deep at home. Every convention means more figures that you haven’t had the pleasure of owning.
Once you do amass that “collection” though, the conventions get less and less fun. You’re working hard, sweating it out in the mosh pit of geekery, fighting to get to the display tables, but there are diminishing returns because you’ve already bought everything that you really want.
I’m around this stage now. I enjoy toy launches more than the main conventions now because I’m gauranteed to find something I don’t already have. Another event I really enjoy is the annual Toy Kingdom Warehouse Sale.
Those kids just starting in the hobby like to rant about this sale on the forum boards, saying how they found nothing, how there are no great deals here, how they wasted their time. In contrast, I’ve gone to this sale 3 years in a row and have always found something great.
You have to approach it from a certain mindset and understand something about the sale; this is a WAREHOUSE SALE.
That means CLEARANCE. It’s a chance for Toy Kingdom to clear it’s warehouse of non-moving stock. There won’t be any new stock here. The fast moving toys won’t show up. You may see some of the same marked down stock you normally see in TK branches, but don’t expect 90% off on stuff like Transformers or Marvel toys.
In 2008 when I went here I got my Polno Dianno statue. During the 2009 Warehouse Sale, I got several new figures at sale price. Sure the DCD Flamebird and Nightwing, as well as the Star Trek figures had been on sale at TK for a while, but it was here that I bought it.
The sale reminds me of the good old days going around neighborhood garage sales looking for loot. You just don’t get that feeling from the big conventions.
Some cautionary words thought; GO EARLY!
If at all possible, go on the first day, when the sale is only open to BDO and SM Advantage (may be changed to TK Amazing) Card holders. If you don’t have one of the above, but know someone who does, drag him or her along so you can get in (they’ll have to stay with you to present the card at checkout). Finish your shopping BEFORE LUNCH if possible. The normal wait in line here is at least an hour. You might also want to go just before closing, around 7pm.
I can’t wait!
It’s not likely. The Sigma 6 stocks went on sale about 2 years ago so they’re likely sold out. The high end stuff like the diecast Voltes 5 toys almost NEVER go on sale. They don’t get tons of stock of those items.
Think of this like an ukay ukay for toys. Don’t go there with a target in mind, or you’re likely to go home disappointed.
Posted by slangards at September 28, 2010, 9:25 pmi love the way you describe toy kingdom’s mega warehouse sale. it exactly describe my personal experience in their previous sale. keep it up! 
looking forward to this.
hindi ko mabasa kung ano yun exclusive sa friday dun sa may billboard sa mega.
pero may credit card logos dun sa ilalim. tapos may nakalagay na exclusive TK card nga. pero di ko nakita yun SMAC.
its TK card my friends
^ Oh, good then. I’m covered.
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Slangards
I may give you a half-way serious answer.
So, if I show up at NAIA, and grab a cab there, do you think I could pick up some Sigma 6 stuff or a Voltes or 2?
Posted by Novelty at September 28, 2010, 10:52 am