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Pyrostrata wrote:

nemesis-prime wrote:

Pyrostrata wrote:Once again, the BotCon gods are plotting against me! I could have dealt with many places....and California is NOT one of them!!! Just too expensive, coming from Missouri...driving is too long and flying is too expensive. *unleashes a colorful array of vulgarities*

I'm out.

The closest we got is columbus OH last year but somehow the MOFOs had all the hotels booked up a day after they announced it. Why was i gonna go and have no place to stay? Dont think ill ever be able to go.

I feel ya, man...I feel ya! Hopefully we'll get a better, more centralized and less obscenely expensive, location next year.

Only the discounted rooms were booked. They still had plenty of regular rooms. I know, because I made reservations about a week and a half after it was "sold out". Was gonna be $220 a night roughly but they apparently booked some government official at the last moment. So she switched me a double bed room on the floor with the other con goers and I got her to give me the discounted price as well.

Delicon wrote:The recession was recently announced as having started in December of 2007. That's not me talking, look it up.

That is an alternative and new definition for recession. This "new" model looks at payroll indicators vs the traditional 2 consecutive months of decline. We were not in a recession based on the traditional model.

Marriage, Recession I just can't wait to see what gets redefined next.

TheMuffin wrote:Was gonna be $220 a night roughly...

They were out of the discount package when I called to. They told me it was going to be $199 for Thursday night and Friday and Sat were somewhere around $150, I can't remember but I got those 3 nights. Is anything important/TF related going on Wed? From what I understand, the "tours" are for tourists to go local site seeing? I'm arriving Thursday and leaving Sunday but I only live 5 hours north.

I think Wednesday also has the classes doesn't it? Or is that Thursday? I can't remember. I got down to Cincy last year Thursday evening. Got my badges, looked around awkwardly and went back to my hotel. lol

How will this topic that was posted in the toys forum affect the dealers at Botcon?

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=48455

Will there be no pre-owned transformers for sale except for those already designated as adult collectible?

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WTF? I don't forsee a major crackdown on this. Maybe at first to make it known but really law enforcement has real issues to concern itself with. This seems like a "feel good law" based on the knee jerk reaction to the lead tainted China goods.

Still lets watch and see what happens post Feb 15 the day it takes affect.