Ice Cream with MINITEEN Manila Pop Up: What to Know Before You Go
I never understood the hype around kpop plushies… until I got my first one last January.
Then I was given my second one in May during my birthday.
And then in July, Apop Collections announced the Ice Cream with MINITEEN Manila pop-up and they had a lot of plushies.
So you know I had to check it out.
I finally got to visit on August 7 and here’s what I found.
📍Ice Cream with Miniteen Manila Pop Up: Where & When
Here are the pop-up details:
It runs from July 24 to Aug 14, 2026
Level 2, The Concourse One Ayala Mall Makati City
Mon – Thurs 10AM – 9PM
Fri – Sun 10AM – 10PM
For the official merch list and prices refer to this post:
🍦 What the Miniteen Ice Cream Pop-Up Is Like
I went into the pop up thinking “I’m only going to look” but as a kpop fan that phrase isn’t always the truth.
I’ve seen lots of photos and videos online but when you’re actually there there are so many cute merchandise!
Aside from the Ice Cream version of MINITEEN, they also had regular MINITEEN merchandise.
If you enter from the One Ayala entrance by the MRT, you’ll see a cute photo spot and of course I had to take a photo here.
I forgot to bring my tripod, so I had to take a selfie and I was too shy to ask others taking pictures to help me with mine.
There are a lot of photo spots and an official Photoism frame when you reach a minimum amount spent!
I wasn’t so I didn’t get to try it out.
But if you don’t meet the minimum spend, you can still take photos with the frames but you have to pay P300.
🧸 What I Found at the Seventeen Ice Cream with MINITEEN Manila Pop-Up
Since I went toward the end of the schedule, since it’s only August 14, I was worried that a lot might be out of stock.
The availability changes but these are what I found when I visited on Aug 7.
Low stock: mini keyring (only 3 designs left)
In stock: random can badge, sticker set, acrylic stand, tote bag, cooler bag, pouch, smart tok, phone strap, metal magnet, carabiner, smart tok, luggage tag (restocked)
Incomplete stock: face keyring and plush keyrings
For the regular MINITEEN items, not all designs were available. For example the only plush toys in stock were THEpalee, O.C.L., and PPYOPULI. Even for the mini mood lamps, plush pen only a few designs were left in stock.
However, they still had stock of the L Holder set, playing cards, binder, official light stick strap, umbrella, lucky draw of the magnet, pin badge and sticker set. I wasn’t able to check if they still had the beach towel.
💗 What I Liked About It
I loved the design of the pop-up. There were a lot of photo spots and it was so pink!
The actual merch was also very cute!
While I love cute things, I don’t really collect them, but somehow with this merch design line up it was so tempting to buy so many things.
They even had the Seventeen 10th anniversary light stick.
However, good thing I had a budget and stuck to it!
If I didn’t have a mission to buy a plushie, I’d say what’s worth it to buy is the luggage tag! It’s Php 400 and you can use it either when traveling or as a tag for your everyday bag.
And if you can’t decide among the regular MINITEEN plush toy, face plush keyring, ice cream plush keyring and ice cream face keyring: ask yourself if you want the special edition version (which is the ice cream) or the regular design.
Another thing to take into consideration is the size.
For me, I wanted to get the plush toy when looking at the online merch catalogue but when I got to the venue I realized it’s so big. It’s not portable.
That’s how I decided to get the ice cream version of the plush keyring. It’s a smaller size and you can remove the ice cream hat if you want it to look like the regular version.
I can bring it with me in my bag but I do have to check if it will fit this bag I use or the small acrylic pouches you can hang on the bag.
Even if you’re not buying anything it’s still worth a visit, but be warned I feel like you’ll end up buying something!
👀 Before You Go
Best time to go: if you’re avoiding the crowd or long lines, go on a weekday during working hours. I went on a Friday at 2pm and it wasn’t packed.
If you go on a weekend, expect long lines!
Expect that not everything will be in stock. Usually the regular MINITEEN plush toy, plush pen and mini mood lamp are low stock.
Definitely set a budget because if not you’ll want to buy so many things.
If I didn’t have a budget I’d probably end up getting 3 or 4 plush keyrings, the luggage tag, a photocard holder, cooler bag, tote bag and umbrella.
And if you don’t plan on buying, you can just visit and look at what’s available since you don’t need to pay to enter.
What I love also about the location is that it’s near the MRT and One Ayala has a transportation hub so it’s very accessible.
I hope more pop-ups are here instead of Mall of Asia because it’s more accessible this way!
And if you plan to visit here’s the schedule:
It runs from July 24 to Aug 14, 2026
Level 2, The Concourse One Ayala Mall Makati City
Mon – Thurs 10AM – 9PM
Fri – Sun 10AM – 10PM
📸 My Visit
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