So, TFcon was this weekend...
And it was a FRIKKIN BLAST!!!
It was an incredible con, it lived up to expectations, and I got a ton of great stuff to remember it by.
So up first, all the toys that I found:
And some of them had some great stories behind them.
while I was doing the custom class, I ended up meeting and talking to a friend of ScottyP's, and then after the class bought 6 figures off of him, setting the stage for all that was about to happen.
Friday night at 130AM, I was out with Ari (Megatronus) and Jason (Mooncake623) at a hotel room checking out a bunch of stuff someone was selling, and after a half hour of wheeling and dealing, I scored G1 Dreadwind, Darkwing, Slapdash, and Flywheels complete for an insane price for those 4. Pretty much got all 4 for the price of the Dreadwing bros. I was so stoked! And now, I only have to find 2 more Powermasters and I will have them all!
Pretender Jazz was a cool find very early in the dealer room Saturday, and was an awesome find. I need to clean him up and get some new stickers. The monsterbots were in a parts bin minus weapons, but since they are monsterbots, I was ok with it. They both need similar treatment to Jazz, but awesome to complete that team.
Armada Grindor (the skateboard): I found him in a bin early, lost him at that station, and found him when I went back to that station 4 hours later!
Late Saturday, was in a hotel room right before a party was about to start, and found the Cybertron Defense Red Alert! Ari helped chip in some cash (since i was down to almost nothing) and secured him. He may be the favorite figure I got the entire time.
And the leader Prime was a cool story. I got Scotty something and went to get it autographed while Ari grabbed something from another stand right before we left. On my way out to meet up with him and Jason to leave, I saw a bin labeled "2007 movie" with a leader Prime on top! but it was the one with the blaster. underneath him was a 2nd leader... also with the gun. And then at the bottom of the pile, I found this leader Prime with the sword, which is the one I really wanted.
So yeah, toys were awesome! but then, there was a lot more.
Friday was the Custom class, and here are some pics from that adventure! Was a 7 hour class, but it was worth it
Also got a bunch of stuff art related. Picked up a print from Alex Milne (the big one), the Pickle Brainstorm from my friends over at RobotswithCoffee, and then the animated guys from Josh Burcham. Also got autographs from Milne, Burcham, Jack Lawrence, Casey Coller, Josh Perez, and voice actor David Sobolov! Even got some pictures with Lawrence and Milne!
In other random stuff, got a Rodimus Star pin and some Kremzeek energy drinks for my bots!
In other meeting celebrity news, look who I got to meet, proper shirt and all!
And in case you were wondering, this was what I wore all day Saturday
Got to see and handle some really rare and awesome figures too. Shattered Prime is a grail item of mine and it was great to handle him!
Also got to handle Siege Astrotrain and MP Bee! Both are.... eh.
Saw some homemade stuffed Rungs and also the Iron Factory Magnus! and it looks gooooooood and big!
and finally, have some of our faces!
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