Hong Kong is like BotCon - I recommend serious toy collectors to go there at least once... you will not be disappointed. And the maps I did up will make it so easy for you to be able to hop around the different toy hot-spot locations. (I might even add in some photos later of some of the actual buildings to make it even easier.)



Basically if you can save up a couple grand, consider 5-7 days in HK... even if you don't come back with bags full of toys, it is an experience to go from location to location and seeing more toys than you'll even see at a Toy convention.


If you can keep an eye out for a flight sale, you can get there and back for about $800, and look for a cheap place to stay that's about $100 a night (too cheap and it probably won't be too good). That would leave you with enough spending money on food and transport, and some toys.

The amount of spending money you take is then up to you... I usually aim to take about 2-3 thousand, and not buy too much locally before I go (unless there is a good toy sale, like there was this time - Target and Kmart had sales a week before I left, so I bought up a fair few toys I would have bought in HK).