so after farming manyus and dragons the last days, i was able to start the event yesterday evening...
and lol, you're right. i thought you all were just exaggerating but i have already 9500 event currency and just killed the lvl22 boss. so it will be a piece of cake to clear the shop.
it will be a bit harder to get thru the lvl 50 boss thou. the lvl 20 boss was the first i needed 20 neckties. but the rewards for beating the bosses aren't bad: