TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Comics and toys lovers and collectors will be spoiled again with the annual event of toys and comics. The event titled “The Jakarta 14th Toys & Comics Fair 2018” will be held again for two days, February 24-25, starting at 10:00 to 21:00 local time, at Kartini Expo, Balai Kartini, Jakarta.

The initiator, Riza Satyagraha, estimates the event will be flooded with about 25 thousand visitors from various cities in Indonesia and abroad. The committee will present 300 booths and other interesting events.

A number of events that will be displayed are rare toy exhibition, action figures, cosplay action, meet and greet of Partikelir film by Pandji Pragiwaksono, which inspired by Elexmedia comics. In addition, there will be a guest star, one of the world's icon cosplay, Miss NadiaSK from Milan, Italy.

Riza hopes it can help the government to raise the opening of creative industries and the occurrence of mutually beneficial economic transactions, especially for toy traders, both small and big one.

He wants the Ministry of Trade, to pay more attention to the toy collectors in order to be involved in the making of regulations on Indonesian National Standard (SNI) for toys with Indonesian Toy Association and Directorate General of Customs and Excise.

According to Riza, regulations that have been set considered harm to the toy collectors or the collectibles.

The admission price is Rp50 thousand and can be booked in Tokopedia (presale Rp45 thousand) or Indomaret. Tickets can also be purchased directly at Kartika Expo counter, Kartini Hall.

KARTIKA ANGGRAENI