Well that really was a fun event even if there was a lot of rain! Once again, nice to see a lot of you guys I usually only talk to on-line. Trading was really fun and it was great seeing some tables set up with Joe toys to buy. I spent most of Sunday going thru all the cool stuff I picked up and trying to fit more figures on my Joe shelves.
There were a lot of highlights for me this year:
Seeing the customs set up on the table. Always nice to see other custom work. I spent a while looking those over.
I really enjoyed talking with Clocktower of Natures Guard. If for some reason anyone missed this guy, he worked for Hasbro and came up with the Star Brigade idea as well as others such as Mohawk Zartan (don't hold it against him, his original idea sounds better than what Hasbro actually produced). Heck, Clocktower could have been a guest speaker and I would have enjoyed that as much as the round tables from the U.S. cons.
Anyhow, go visit
www.naturesguard.com to see what he's up to now.
Trading this year was great. Things felt more organized then last year and I felt like I got some good trades done. Getting a couple of near complete Night Raven was a nice plus and a little soap and water really made them shine again.
The door prizes were a cool plus. I didn't win anything but it was really nice to see a good line up and I did manage to trade a MOC Overkill for the talking 12' figure just to drive my wife nuts. It worked! :evil:
Then there was Pete with a couple of boxes of fodder and he ended up giving away foreign figures and a crap load up Crimson Firefly figures with suit and tie Tomax/Xamot figures. I swear it felt like Pete should have been introducing himself as "Crazy Pete, and I've lost my lease so everything must go". Scary thing is for every Crimson Firefly he was giving away equals 4 more Crimson Guards figures in his army. Pete, we need to see some pictures of that army.
Then there was the wrestling.

Next year Mike. I'll get you next year and yes, Goldberg will rule! :evil:
On a side note, I need to contact the seller Steve. His table was on the far left. Anyone know his user name?
All in all, it was fun. I look forward to next years meet but for now I'm overloaded with Joe. I feel like I just ate a really big meal, I'm full (for now). :thumbsup: