



Speedy Swap, Dubai’s premier pop culture community Swap meet event — where pop culture enthusiasts gather to trade, discover, and support young entrepreneurs — was held recently at the Times Square Center in Dubai.
Organized by Speedy Comics, the two-day event featured various activities like Pokémon TCG workshops, Tamiya mini 4WD cars racing, Woodworking workshops, gaming tournaments and more.
Various artists and entrepreneurs showcased and sold handmade items and new products, debut comics/animations of their creations. Local collectors have displayed and sold various collectables and merchandizes like retro games, Funko pops, comics, trading cards, and other pop culture memorabilia.
Supported by Otaku Me, Tamiya mini 4WD cars racing sessions were held where participants chose their cars in an exciting race circuit as well as building and customizing their own cars with different kits to choose from.
StuDIYo Lab, the Region’s 1st Design Technology Centre for kids has provided woodworking workshops to the visitors where they can create their own wooden art crafts.
Supported by Active Gulf, people had the opportunity to learn about the basics of the game of ‘Pokémon TCG: My First Battle.’ The decks offer a highly simplified version of the Pokémon TCG rules, allowing younger players to learn the basics.
The fundamentals of the game, such as attacking, benching, evolving Pokémon, and using item cards, are present, but more complicated concepts are omitted.
One of the participants said about the event: “These kinds of events are fun and important to many pop culture fans who want to trade and sell their collectables as well as meet artists and collectors to learn and exchange information about their favorite hobbies and pop culture fandom.”
Speedy Comics team is committed to organize more activities and events for UAE’s pop culture community in the upcoming months.