Went to Polaris (formerly known as Toronto Trek) this weekend. They have a $10 pass to the dealer's room and I was feeling geeky.
I haven't been to a trek convention in years and Polaris, is no longer a Star Trek convention, it's more of a SF TV Con now.
Attendance seemed down, when I worked these things in the early ninties, you could barely breath, this Saturday I found wide aisles, it was still well attended.
I noticed right away, nobody seemed to be wearing a ST:TNG costume, not one picard, hell not even one spock. I did see a Doctor and Rose, Storm Troopers, Santa Claus, Spartans from 300, some klingons and about 50 Stargate people. Things are really getting diverse.
The dealers room was ok, I only went there to buy stuff from pixelbarrel (Doctor Who Importers) I noticed several card dealers.
Downer: I put about 50-75 Museum cards on the "tucked in the corner" flier table. When I returned a half hour later, they were all gone. Somebody took the whole stack, I felt like going up to the card dealers and confronting them. Totally frustrating when a jerk takes the whole lot like that.
Plus Side: I got the coolest toy ever! Check the video
I haven't been to a trek convention in years and Polaris, is no longer a Star Trek convention, it's more of a SF TV Con now.
Attendance seemed down, when I worked these things in the early ninties, you could barely breath, this Saturday I found wide aisles, it was still well attended.
I noticed right away, nobody seemed to be wearing a ST:TNG costume, not one picard, hell not even one spock. I did see a Doctor and Rose, Storm Troopers, Santa Claus, Spartans from 300, some klingons and about 50 Stargate people. Things are really getting diverse.
The dealers room was ok, I only went there to buy stuff from pixelbarrel (Doctor Who Importers) I noticed several card dealers.
Downer: I put about 50-75 Museum cards on the "tucked in the corner" flier table. When I returned a half hour later, they were all gone. Somebody took the whole stack, I felt like going up to the card dealers and confronting them. Totally frustrating when a jerk takes the whole lot like that.
Plus Side: I got the coolest toy ever! Check the video
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