I went today as planned. It was great! Here is a quick overview of what happened.
My friend and I got there at about 10:10 am or so. Traffic going into the center was really backed up due to 5 shows going on today. They had us park in the lot across the street and bussed us over. We stood in line for tickets for about 45 minutes. It was a long, slow moving like that was about a football field long.
Once in, we were in heaven. So much great stuff, so little time. I hunted for Killer Toys and found them. That started the buying process for me. I didn't get too much, I was going for quality rather than quantity. Saw James O'Barr (Crow creator) and he was cool. Really strange, but cool.
As for people. I saw Joe from Killer Toys, and he is a hell of a guy. He seems to have a nice team with him. I met ultraspankme and I believe boneslug. Apparently Chaser, Demonsangel and Angelsdemon were all tired and went back to their hotels before the appointed 230 meeting at the booth. Sorry I missed them, I was really looking forward to that. Also, MOAK hadn't shown.
The crowd was HUGE. It didn't help that the booths were compact and the isles were tight. But that could never kill the overwhelming feeling of scoring awesome figures. Cosplayers, goths, and geeks of all sorts also attended.
It was really a good time.
Now for pics. I would have taken more, but I was running around too much to stop. And stopping in the middle of an isle isn't a good idea. I got what I could.
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This was the line near 1:30. This is the short version where almost everyone was in. Keep in mind the Con started at 10 am.
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That is James O Barr. The pic is bad because I was in the very back. Notice how excited he looks? He was very melodramatic and sketchy. Cool guy still.
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This is my haul. That is a blue Master Chief, Hellboy w/ coat (calm face), Hellsing w/ dvd, 18" Hellboy (calm face), Wing Zero Custom, Spawn 8, Redeemer 2, and The Prof from House of 1000 Corpses.
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This is my friend's haul. Misc X Men and Buffy and Spawn. The highlights are ML Blade, X Men Classics Cyclops, Redeemer 2, and Buffy Gentlemen.
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