We just got home from the in-person tabletop RPG event that Tobie participated in, and it has already been a full day. And while I could have joined his session, my frozen shoulder trauma felt a little too vivid, so I opted to just read and periodically walk around Festival Mall.
A few notes from my explorations:
- How did they manage to get a Toy Town, Toy Kingdom, AND a Toys R Us all in the same mall? Along similar lines, there's both Landmark and a Robinson's Department store
- Actually, there are a lot of competing brands dumped together - like every possible variation of Japan Home, Daiso, KKV, and whatever stores - and most of them with very large spaces.
- This was the first time I had entered a Datablitz and years and the experience felt weirdly depressing. The rise of digital storefronts for games means less reason to buy stuff in person, thus the store was mostly peripherals. I will miss seeing PC Games in boxes.
- I appreciate how Festival Mall can feel somewhat Greenhills adjacent, including a Big Boys Toy Store and a Filbar's. But it's not very Transformers-rich - think more Funko Pops (of course), and a LOT of Pokémon merchandise. And while a lot of the collector cabinets also have a good amount of Magic: the Gathering singles, they're still outnumbered by all the Pokémon singles. It's kinda bonkers how big the Pokémon card game has gotten as of late, given years of languishing in mediocrity.
- Despite how much this mall seems to embrace activity-based establishments, including a seasonal museum and an indoor rollercoaster, the lack of a flat rate for weekend parking is bewildering. We spent nearly PHP200 on parking alone!
- KKV is kinda awesome - especially if you like Blokee (and similar) products
Despite a full day, we're actually waiting for a new friend to come over for a (trial) game night. It all came together quite suddenly after exchanging messaged on one of the G apps so we'll see how this goes.
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