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Community => Conventions => Topic started by: Jesse James on March 23, 2004, 11:45 PM
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Coming April 30th, May 1st, and May 2nd is the 11th Annual Pittsburgh Comic Con.
Check here:
http://www.pittsburghcomicon.com/
Anyone attending from the boards here? Of course I'll be there since it's about 40 minutes from my house at most, but will likely only attend the Saturday show because of my time constraints on the weekends.
I'm sure most of the Pittsburgh guys are gonna be there like BobaFett14 from Scum forums and some of the Eastern half guys (Bill Cable I think is coming out for it).
The show this year coincides with the same weekend of the Pittsburgh Toy Show as well. Mousedroid let us know at Rebelscum that this wasn't intentional but that it's worked out that way. They're in the same building, so you can do a Con and Toy Show the same day. Makes things convenient.
If you're gonna be in town, you'll have to let me know... Either to run into each other or even if you're curious about things to do after the show's closed.
The show's at the Pittsburgh Expo-Mart by the way, which is in the Suburb of Monroeville (Not within the Downtown Pitt area) which is really easily accessible. Very convenient for everyone to get to, and only a 15 or 20 minute jaunt (traffic permitting) down into the heart of the city too.
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Not that any of you give a rat's ass but Pittsburgh Comic-Con and their International Toy & Collectibles show is this weekend! Yay!!!!!
Unfortunately I have finals next week so my time at the con(s) is going to be limited, as is my time with my local collecting group, but I'll manage I guess. :(
It's always a big show, lots to do, and if you're a Dawn of the Dead fan it's a must attend since the original DotD was filmed right there where the Con is!
Wooooo!
So, if anyone's attending lemme know, though it appears nobody from here is *sigh* ;)
Oh, and Jasmine St. Clair's gonna be there... She's been, uh, rather "used" in her time.
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I was there today, well, not the con side, but the toy show side...
I picked up some good deals on some SW items, saw alot of stuff I have never seen before, and I spent more than I should have.
Alot of stuff there in a little amount of space! This was my first ever experience at a place like that, I can't wait to go to another one!!
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Since I just registerd, I'll give quick recap-only oh 3 months late. ;^)
I spent most of the time at the PSWCS booth. Met a ton of great folks, plus the usual crew. Jesse, myself and a hanful of other SW faithfuls did the appropriate thing afterwards by heading to the local Hooters to hang out and talk SW :^)
Fun time had by all.
By the way they added an additional show in 2005, now they'll be having 3 shows ea. year. April/July/Dec.
Stay posted!
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Yeah, I saw our toy shows got an incrase. Which that's cool, but the shows aren't that big to begin with so it's weird.
I'm all for going in summer though, so whatever.
I always find something... Just never anything HUGE. I got my so-mint-his-arms-were-stuck-in-place Blue Snaggletooth there though, so luck does strike at the place.
Usually I just end up with a box of junked vintage stuff to hack into someday or repaint as custom ships and such. At least it saves $!
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http://www.pittsburghcomicon.com
Dates are April 21-23. Not to be confused with the 2006 Pittsburgh toyshow.
Bonnie Piesse has just been confirmed. Lots of SW related artists including a bunch of vintage Marvel artists (good, I can get some more autographd)...
Chaykin, Adam Huges, Ron Frenz, Bob MacLeod, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Connor, etc.
Probably a few more actors/actresses will be signed on soon(Feb seems to be the big signing month for this show).
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Hope there's some impy's and rebel military types. I refuse to buy anything from Official Pix because they put stupid logos on everything, and it sorta ruins the pic for me. I prefer getting it myself on a non-messed up photo or something.
About the only non-military characters I'd be up for getting an auto from are Bulloch and maybe a handful of other minor characters. Not much. So like young Boba and Beru from the prequals kinda bums me out. I hope many others sign on. This was during C3 last year, that wasf unny. I can't imagine many SW fans were ga-ga to go to it. I was bummed they didn't adjust dates so we could go to it too another weekend.
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Yeah, shouldn;t bump into anything this year. Actually, this happend for CII also. I know that's when Tronzo left CII on Sat. night to go to the show, he lucked out and grabbed his $5 blue snaggletooth there.
Feburary is when most SW guests seem to get finalized deals for the show. We'll see, should know more in a few weeks. Usually at least 3 or more SW persoanlities there.
I have a bunch of the Dark Horse and Marvel comics signed. Once we get closer and the guest list is more "finalized" I'm going to take a few days and dig through all my comics and see what ones I still need signed. I have most all the artists signed, but there may be more I can get. I'd like to take some more photos of the artists signing this time around as well.
Eventually I'd like to have some sort of shelved or bookshelf display for all my autographed books and comics, where I can put my 3x5 photos of the artists signing each in front of the corresponding item/items. Might be kinda neat.
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I'm really hoping for Impy Officers, Rebel Officers/Pilots... Stuff like that. I'd dig some random secondary characters too though, I have to admit. If Morrison showed I'd dig a Jango autograph, or like I said a bulloch/Boba auto would be cool.
I just don't get too much into the random people then though. I just don't have wall space for it. No Jabba's Dancers auto's for me, haha. :)
I would love main characters but I'm ok not getting those.
About the only auto I really want that I know would be hard to get is a Tarkin/Cushing autograph. Just because he's my all-time favorite character of the films, and also I loved Cushing in his other works too, so I'd love his autograph on a good Tarkin photo. :(
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About the only auto I really want that I know would be hard to get is a Tarkin/Cushing autograph.
That would be a great autograph to have. I'm not usually that interested in autographs, but he had such a strong presence in the movie -- I'd be quite honoured to meet the man (obviously, if he was still around, RIP).
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In addition to Bonnie Piesse, Daniel Logan and Ray Park have been added recently. Also, keep in mind it's possible for changes to occur for various reasons.
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I may actually try for Park's autograph actually. A Maul auto would be sorta cool. I have Vader so his would look nice alongside it...
But then I'm gonna want Lee's and McDiarmid's, haha, and I'm sure neither signs much.
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I was able to get Ray Park's autograph at C3, and I'd actually do it again if I could. The guy is so down to earth and friendly.
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I am going to try to make it up to Pitt. I have to agree on what Jesse said about Ray Park. I've gotten his autograph and photo with him on two different occasions and met him in a lounge once. The guy is as nice as they come IMHO.
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Bear in mind Jades, that the show isn't very Star Wars-centric. At least not in my experience in the past. The show's cool but I'm usually done seeing anything Star Wars I wanted to within an hour. I'm going for Park's autograph this year I think, skipping the others unless someone good is signed on I don't have already, but beyond that I've seen little in the line of toys and things at the show, it's a very much comic focused show.
Sometimes they have some Dawn of the Dead Hooplah going on too because it's where the mall is that the original was filmed at too, but Star Wars always is kind of a sidecar with it. I wish it became one of the "big" shows because it's such a nice area, convenient, and really could be big like SDCC as a top East Coast show actually.
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Bear in mind Jades, that the show isn't very Star Wars-centric. At least not in my experience in the past.
That's true; Star Wars is typically a small, but integral, part of the show. I'd love it if we could have half a dozen Star Wars stars every year, but we have to cater to many other interests as well. And before anyone says it, the Dawn of the Dead people come on their own, we don't pay for them anymore. :D
While we only have three guests this year, we do have a fair amount of Star Wars programming, thanks in large part to the Star Wars Association of Pittsburgh. For those of you who haven't seen the schedule yet...
Friday:
The Stars of Star Wars
Take a trip to the stars with our Star Wars guests, Ray Park (Darth Maul), Daniel Logan (Boba Fett), and Bonnie Piesse (Beru Whitesun Lars).
4-5 PM, Showroom
Special Viewing: Star Wars Fan Film-Reign of the Fallen
Star Wars inspired fan film by Writer/Director: David McLeavy and Producer Jon Wang. "In the times since great wars laid waste to the Planet Prias, its people have learned to embrace a simple life, away from the perils of technology and war. As the mighty Sith army spreads across the galaxy, one of 2 Jedi's trained by Master Oram Bren will be chosen to be the future leader of Prias, but little do they know that one Jedi's dark secret could spell their doom."
5-6 PM, Butler Room
Saturday:
The Tragedy of Star Wars
The original trilogy has long been accepted as an example of the classic heros' journey of Mythology. Explore the idea of the prequel trilogy as a greek tragedy with it's hero doomed to fall because of his fatal flaws. Sponsored by the Star Wars Association of Pittsburgh.
11 AM - Noon, Monroe II
Star Wars Collecting
The basics of Star Wars collecting, including advice on buying, selling, condition, grading and displaying. Sponsored by the Star Wars Association of Pittsburgh.
2-3 PM, Monroe II
Building Your Own Lightsaber
Learn techniques of building a custom lightsaber hilt using a varity of approaches, materials and skill levels. Sponsored by the Star Wars Association of Pittsburgh.
4-5 PM, Monroe II
Saturday is also "Star Wars Day" in the free movie marathon room (Butler). The schedule is:
10:00 am THE PHANTON MENACE
12:30 pm ATTACK OF THE CLONES
3:00 pm Encore Presentation: STAR WARS FAN FILM: REIGN OF THE FALLEN
4:00 pm REVENGE OF THE SITH
6:30 pm A NEW HOPE SP. ED.
9:00 pm EMPIRE STRIKES BACK SP. ED.
11:30 pm RETURN OF THE JEDI SP. ED.
Sunday:
Star Wars Costuming
A presentation on costuming from developing a pattern to the finished product, including a question and answer peroid. Sposored by the Star Wars Association of Pittsburgh.
11 AM - Noon, Monroe II
In addition to the above, the Star Wars Association of Pittsburgh is presenting the North East Fan Force Awards at a banquet on Saturday night from 6 PM to midnight in the Monroe room at the Radisson hotel (attached to the Expo Center). Visit www.pittsburghfanforce.com for info on banquet tickets.
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Well, I didn't make it to Pitt today and tomorrow is out of the picture so you guys will have to fill me in on all the good stuff I missed out on :'(.
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I got a report from my buddy that went Friday... I didn't go either Jades, and I'll give details why when I get a moment.
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So anyway my buddy went to the con... He said admission was $17, which was pretty sky high IMO. I mean, the toy show has a lot more to entice me here (at the same con center) and to get in early it's only $10... I don't know if Comic-Con does less foot traffic or not though, or if their overhead is really just that much more...
He said he was there and that they had a weird mix of vendors... Hardly any toys, and what they did have wasn't really all that good I guess... He said the vendors were a weird mix though, and they had like some woman selling crafts.
He said the SW guests signing stuff were cool if you hadn't seen them before but that they had "people" outside of them that wouldn't allow you to really talk to them, or get pictures which I guess they've been able to get in the past. THe guy I talked to was gonna have someone (one of the SW actors) take a picture with a sign for Bill Cable's site, and to just get a picture with the actor they told my buddy it was going to cost him. So out of principle my friend didn't bother and left dejected at the whole situation since he said they're more accessible other times he's met the actors.
So I don't know... $17 was enough for me not to bite honestly... It's a 50 minute drive for me to the con, and I only wanted one autograph at it, so I'm looking at 1/4 or 1/2 tank of gas, $17 to get in, $20 for an autograph, $5 for the photos they sell you to get autographed... And the stuff I'm generally enticed with like a good toy/collectibles show or whatnot was just not there...
It's tough to put the shows together though as mousedroid has told me, so I can empathize with that, but for me it wasn't financially worth it to go this year. I doubt I go ever actually unless the entry fee comes down to at least $10. Even then I'll be irked if I paid $10 and got the run-around from some show volunteer telling me not to speak to the stars... In the past I've had some great conversations with the actors so that would've bothered me tremendously.
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Pitt Toy Show's back... Weekend of July 29th they have Mr. Billy Dee Williams himself signing autographs and from what I heard the show's to have a couple DT figures on-hand but not for sale I believe...
I can't wait. :) I just hope I have $$$.
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Pittsburgh Comicon - April 27-29, 2007 (http://www.pittsburghcomicon.com/)
Still a few months away, but I wanted to give everyone a heads up, as the first Star Wars guest has been added to this year's line-up - Wayne Pygram - who made a cameo appearance as "Young" Govenor Tarkin, in Revenge of the Sith.
I've never seen Mr. Pygram at a con, so I'm definitely looking forward to meeting him. Hopefully there will be several more Star Wars guests to follow, and I know there will be lots of Star Wars programming. So if you can't, or don't want to, make the trip to L.A. for C4 in May, plan a trip to the 'Burgh for your fill of springtime Star Wars goodness.
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Interesting guest in a young Tarkin... I don't recall seeing him either, listed for any signing anywhere. That's definitely cool. I may have to see about obtaining his signature one way or another... While I love going to cons the cost usually prohibits me from hitting up the Pitt show since I'm not into comics and comic art and all that... I'll wait'll I see how the guests line-up fleshes out though before I decide, like every year. Usually a friend goes that will get me the autographs I need/want anyway that are there for the other things comic going on at the show.
It'd be sweet if Comic-Con and the Toy Show somehow were related and coincided (and you could get some kind of discount rate to get into both shows). That'd be sweet. I'll have to keep an eye peeled on the guest list as we get closer.
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I generally don't attend Pitt's Comic-Con's anymore because of cost but the show is this upcoming weekend... And 3 SW actors are on the bill this year. An Ewok I've not heard of is listed, the fellow who voiced Grievous, and the biggie, Peter Mayhew (be a cool autograph to get for sure).
The show's pretty large in general, and if you're a big comic fan it's a great show... The SW collectibles are slimmer pickin's so that's why I tend not to want to spend the $$$ to get in but there's a LOT that goes on at the show every year too so it's a cool stop if you're a comic fan and love the art and things.
They've also done a lot of horror/Dawn of the Dead/Night of the Living Dead stuff in the past as well.
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Thanks Jesse, I've been kind of remiss about posting updates, sorry about that.
An Ewok I've not heard of is listed...
We have an Ewok coming??? That's news to me! lol What's the name?
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Angry...
j/k that's ours.
Actually Bob (Raspet) was saying he thought it was the Ewok that flew the hanglider, however the actor's name didn't ring a bell with me at all... I'm not always familiar with all the actor's names though, ala Grievous there (I just know his name's Matt and wouldn't mind his autograph, haha).
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The hang-gliding Ewok was Felix Silla, who is better known for portraying Twiki on Buck Rogers. He'll be at C4, but not at Pittsburgh. No Ewoks this year as far as I know.
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Ah ok, I thought I saw somewhere on the list someone was going to be coming in... Maybe I just got bad info though and didn't actually see it.
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The ewok is coming to the Pgh toyshow in July. (mixing the two cons up)
Anyhow, hope to see you Sat. I'll be there around 10AM, and plan on doing the usual drunkfest around noon at Harvards then stumble back to the con.
Later!
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Quick recap of the show.
There were a few new CIV prints uncveiled. The Boba Fett orginal on display I was told will be used for a 3-d sttyle lenticular. The 501st Empire print was on display as was a work in progress print
There's some pics over at http://www.pswcs.com click on events and pick Aprils pics to view.
Got Wayne Pygrams autograph o nteh ROTS fig, as well as Woods auto on a greeivous fig. Passed on Mayhew, seen hom about a doz. times.
Got a nice original art piece of a watercolor style Vader. Comics...Ron Frenz signed a few Marvel issues for me, Tim Truman signed the Aurra Sing series, and Adam Huges was there signing as well.
Walked the show with some of the local PA collectors, got some "night of the living dead and dawn of the dead autographs as well, and did lunch which was a blast as always.
Looking forward to the Summer toyshow now.