TK Toy Expo 2026 | Expanding the Fandom

The Toy Kingdom Toy Expo returns in 2026, bigger than ever, with activities, discounts, and special promos for kids and adult hobbyists. This event surely brings back the fun of childhood, playing with the toys you grew up with and the games you played with your friends. From action figures, dolls, and board games to video games, there’s more where that came from. This is the sixth edition of Toy Expo, dating back to 2012, when it all began as an ambitious trade show that caters not only to the adult fans but also to the kids and their parents who have an affinity for the toys, games, and anything that has something to do with the hobby.

FCBD Philippines | Do You Still Read Comics?

Free Comic Book Day has become an annual event that most comic book readers look forward to. In the Philippines, it has become an annual tradition thanks to Comic Odyssey, which first initiated this annual celebration for fans in the country, and bookstores and other comic shops followed suit. It has become a tradition, and Free Comic Book Day; with that, Comic Odyssey localized the event dubbed “Araw ng Libreng Komiks” in Tagalog, the native language of Filipinos, as Komiks with the ‘K’ has an industry in its own right dating back to the late 1930s. It’s an appropriate “Tagalized” event.

Art in the Park | Celebrating 20 Years

In the past twenty years, contemporary art has become accessible through local art events. One of those who has been around to promote art in open public spaces is Art in the Park, which is celebrating its 20th year, having established an identity that the local scene has firmly embraced, supporting the grassroots and the art scene. Art in the Park started like most newly organized events that focused on the local art scene, mainly on contemporary art, which expanded to cater to emerging young talents and new art galleries that bring their own niche to the local art scene. Something “new” with a little bit of traditional has been its core identity.

PBF 2026 | Books, Komiks, & Imagination

The Philippines Book and Development Board returns with this year’s Philippine Book Festival, which has been consistently held since 2023, and despite the venue change beginning last year, the turnout for literacy and interest in reading has been great for young readers in a world of e-books. Every year, PBF, there’s always something new to see, and book titles that are locally published from the grassroots that inspire those who continue the support of literacy, and inspire imagination in young minds that show reading an actual book is not entirely a lost art to foster interest for the next generation.

Happy Meal Asia | UNO + Anime

McDonald’s in Southeast Asia has diverse synergies and different markets under one region. It may not be like in Oceania with Australia and New Zealand, but with the way things work with cultural relatability, certain franchises or IPs are well known in this side of the region.This adds a unique difference between the toys released on the other side of the globe. In capturing the right audience, McDonald’s Asian rollout at the start of the year was inspired by popular anime from Japan, with Crayon Shin-Chan last month, and now, a collaboration between Mattel’s iconic card games with UNO and two Anime Series!

Batman Begins | Returns to Cinemas

After 20 years, Batman Begins will return to select cinemas in limited markets. It’s been in the news for almost a week now, and this won’t be considered news by now. But in one of those regional markets, the Philippines will have a special screening of the said film, as discovered through Ayala Cinema in their Sure Seats ticketing website, which is just older than the Batman Begins itself. It is not often that Ayala Cinemas has ever had this type of special screening. Most of the past films that get a limited re-release in cinemas are hosted by competing rivals like SM Cinemas, which has screened several classics like E.T., Jurassic Park, and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Superman ’78, as prime examples of what they have done in the last five years. But this December, Ayala Cinemas is getting theirs with Batman Begins, celebrating 20 years, which is also the launch of the directorial career of Christopher Nolan to a wider audience that grounded the Dark Knight in a relatable character.

Vinyl On Vinyl | Sword Words

There’s a saying: the pen is mightier than the sword. It’s a famous phrase by an English author named Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839. It’s a famous expression that defines that words are more effective than violence. But what if words can be sharper than a sword, as the theme for Tyang Karyel’s latest solo show “Sword Words.” Sometimes, art is sharper than words expressed through visual concepts or ideas that define an artist’s work. It comes from life and personal experience, defined by the innate passion to express it visually beyond words or even physical actions. From that, expressionism comes visual thought that comes from within.