瞎逛潮流玩具展 (五) / Exploring Taipei International Toy Show (Part 5)

有意思了！居然在這個玩具展中還有個挖寶區，讓我仔細瞧瞧，看看能挖到甚麼寶貝，待我努力穿過人潮後，才發現這裡是潮流玩具甩賣區，商品折扣還蠻殺的，幾乎大部份這區的商品都打五折，不過雖然廠商給的折扣很多，不乏有夢幻逸品，像是原價一萬元台幣上下的星際大戰原版模型，現在只要五千元台幣上下就有，原價五千台幣上下的咒術迴戰景品模型，現在只要兩千元台幣上下就有，在這區仔細找找，就可以發現鋼彈、航海王、七龍珠等的景品模型，我真是想不透，這種重量級的模型，商家怎麼都在大打折呢？另外，這區還有賣福袋，福袋價錢相對親民，只要一千元台幣就有，咦！不對啊！一千元台幣的福袋好像也不便宜啊！

常常出現在各文創園區或地下街的玩具市集，沒想到也出現在這裡，方舟玩具大交流會是台灣知名的設計師玩具、潮流玩具與復古收藏品市集，之前我也常在某些文創展覽中，逛過這個市集，這個市集也是最多復古懷舊玩具及動漫周邊商品，而各攤位的老闆們，也是最有故事的，因為很多老闆們，都是玩具收藏家，他們只是把自己的收藏品，拿出來與同好交流的，販賣商品，不是他們主要的目的，所以，很多架上的商品都是非賣品，老闆是擺爽的，所以，常常可以在這裡看到很厲害的玩具或夢幻的逸品。

《星靈王》是一款由台灣原創的集換式卡牌遊戲，遊戲規則有點類似遊戲王卡牌遊戲，玩家需選擇單一種族搭配中立牌，組成剛好20張的牌組進行對戰，我第一次聽到這款遊戲，是在某家桌遊店，當時，只要參加桌遊店的《星靈王》活動，就能免費拿到一張卡牌，後來在各大桌遊店與動漫展常看到有賽事與推廣活動，在這個展覽上，《星靈王》也設有攤位，並有多項專屬活動，我本來也想參與現場活動或是瞧瞧看，不過，這裡有太多可看及想逛的潮流玩具，我實在是不想浪費時間在這裡，不過，逛了一圈下來，我發現，常常在各大展覽設攤位的新天鵝堡桌遊，這個展居然沒有設攤，真是有點出乎意料之外。

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This was interesting! There was actually a treasure hunting area at the toy expo. I had to take a closer look and see what kind of treasures I could find. After squeezing my way through the huge crowd, I realized it was a clearance zone for designer toys. The discounts were pretty crazy—most of the items were marked down by 50%.

Even with such huge discounts, there were still plenty of rare collectibles. For example, an original Star Wars collectible model that normally costs around NT$10,000 was selling for about NT$5,000. Jujutsu Kaisen prize figures that usually cost around NT$5,000 were down to roughly NT$2,000. If you took your time browsing, you could also find figures from Gundam, One Piece, Dragon Ball, and many other popular series.

I honestly couldn't figure out why these high-end collectibles were being sold at such steep discounts. There were also lucky bags for sale. They looked pretty affordable at first—starting at just NT$1,000. But then I thought about it... wait a second, is a NT$1,000 lucky bag really that cheap?

I was also surprised to see the Ark Toy Exchange here. It's a well-known marketplace in Taiwan for designer toys, art toys, and vintage collectibles. I've visited it several times before at cultural parks and creative exhibitions. It's one of the best places to find nostalgic toys and anime merchandise.

The stall owners are probably the most interesting part of the market. Many of them are serious toy collectors who simply bring their personal collections to share with fellow enthusiasts. Selling things isn't always their main goal. That's why you'll often see "Not for Sale" signs on some of the coolest items. They're just showing them off! Because of that, it's not unusual to come across incredibly rare or even dream collectibles.

Spirit King is a Taiwanese trading card game. The gameplay is somewhat similar to Yu-Gi-Oh!. Players build a deck of exactly 20 cards using a single race along with a leader card before battling each other. The first time I heard about Spirit King was at a board game café. Back then, you could get a free promo card just by joining one of the events. Since then, I've often seen tournaments and promotional activities at board game stores and anime conventions. The game also had its own booth at this expo with several special activities. I was thinking about joining one of them or at least checking it out, but there were simply too many designer toys and collectibles I wanted to see. I didn't want to spend too much time away from the exhibition floor.

After walking around the entire venue, I noticed something unexpected. Swan Panasia, which almost always has a booth at major exhibitions and conventions, wasn't here this time. That definitely caught me by surprise.