what may surprise a first timer

[dest row ness]

to all you veterans of the joe con world what are some things that a noob may not be expecting good or bad?

[ShockVal]

^^^^^ Yep. The amount of product available blew me away. I loaded up on S6 of course.

[ShockVal]

lot's of unkempt, smelly, grossly-obese, whiny man-children!hahahaha.

That's not nice. The 12" fans have just as much right to attend ad the rest of us.

[punchitchewy80]

extremley bumped up prices, ques for everything, atms with no money in them, the most expensive bottles of drink in the world ever! and yes lots of unwashed slow moving space hoggers.

but thats all part of the experience. i would take spare carrier bags, hard backed envelopes and or comic bags with boards, a bottle of water and of course deodrant and lots of dollar.

enjoy...gutted i live on the other side of the planet.

[MJjoe4life]

Expect to stand in line for a long ass time!!!

[Gyre-Viper]

What may surprise you (as it seems lost on most non-convention goers) is to find out
from talking face to face with the GI Joe design team.... That they really do give a shit
about what we want and think... (well, the more atriculated and logical bits at least).

[Black Llama]

I'll echo what Grye said. One of my favorite memories from 2010 Con was getting to hear John Warden wax poetically about the inspiration behind the PoC Jungle Viper. Standing there with about 5 or 6 people, inches away from the display hearing the creator talk about what inspired him and the process of creation was awesome.

Also, expect to meet a LOT of people :D

[youdoitimbusy]

Berry interwesting, if I can ever figure out how to make some money I'm going.

[WVMojo]

What may suprise a first timer in New Orleans?

Chicks with adams apples.

[sharky]

lot's of unkempt, smelly, grossly-obese, whiny man-children!hahahaha.
He asked what he WON'T be expecting. :D

[07GT500 COBRA]

Expect to stand in line for a long ass time!!!

Got it. Leave the kids at the hotel room.

[skinny]

Hmm maybe the club should hire a bunch of perfume counter people, dress them up in blue and go around spraying Eau De Cobra.

on second thought I just remembered the plot of that episode. nvm.

[CrimsonGuard101]

Always expect the "no comment" reply from Hasbro

[G.I.Spawn]

If you see something you want at a decent price, you should get it. Most likely when you walk back around, it will be gone

[Cdt Weasel]

living, breathing girls.

[WVMojo]

living, breathing girls.

Dead hookers are a good possibility

[MJjoe4life]

Got it. Leave the kids at the hotel room.

Yes, lol. In Rhode Island, my kids wanted to stand with me in line and it lasted maybe 20 min and they wanted to go back to the room. Luckily my wife decided to go back and took the ones that wanted to go. If not that would have been a long ass day in line with (at the time) 3 kids complaining.

Most of the time, the kids dont go w/me to joecon. it is usually my wife and I. Kids stay at home lol.

[RolandofGilead]

lot's of unkempt, smelly, grossly-obese, whiny man-children!hahahaha.

He was asking for something UNexpected.

[Starfighter]

hmm maybe the club should hire a bunch of perfume counter people, dress them up in blue and go around spraying eau de cobra.

On second thought i just remembered the plot of that episode. Nvm.

Nice!

[Lody]

Lody IS as awesome as his claims have been and his wife is super hot

[Lody]

extremley bumped up prices, ques for everything, atms with no money in them, the most expensive bottles of drink in the world ever! and yes lots of unwashed slow moving space hoggers.

but thats all part of the experience. i would take spare carrier bags, hard backed envelopes and or comic bags with boards, a bottle of water and of course deodrant and lots of dollar.

enjoy...gutted i live on the other side of the planet.

IDK

I went to 2 Bot Cons and a Joe Con and found prices (at least for the stuff I was looking for) to be extremely reasonable.

Expect to stand in line for a long ass time!!!

Are you basing this on last year's con or several of them? When i went in 2010, the lines weren't bad at all.

[Saboteur]

The good ole' annual truffle shuffle event!

Truffle Shuffle - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5whaRkuipU)

Olivia Munn Does the Truffle Shuffle - G4tv.com - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXgJ7X5c8cI)

Truffle Shuffle.m4v - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbj7TDDrecw)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COGmFkZPrGM&feature=autoplay&list=PL39BEAAF3D35561E4&playnext=2

Hama is Last year's champ.

[kennywr22]

Last year was my first con and i was really surprised at how easily it was to talk with the design team and their passion for the line in general. Prices in the showroom were really reasonable in my opinion was well.

[Viper6]

That's not nice. The 12" fans have just as much right to attend ad the rest of us.

hey, im a 12" fan (side show only) and am none of that except a lil soft around the middle now as im 35; broke myself off in afghaniraqistan on MULTIPLE occassions; so i deserve a few beers n a big ass bowl a wings when i wants, but even with my extra weight which is pretty far from obese i'm still verry mission capable...so whatch ya damn mouth about my dolls ;)

[Starfighter]

The thing that surprised me is the fact that we actually have a convents for our hobby. It is very cool once you walk into the convention and realize this for the first time.

[jaimanstone]

The thing that surprised me is the fact that we actually have a convents for are hobby. It is very cool once you walk into the convention and realize this for the first time.

Nuns kick ass.

[dest row ness]

sounds great not really hearing anything negative wich is always nice

[dest row ness]

follow up is there a list anywhere of all arah style convention figures?
there maybe things out there I dont know about

[Cdt Weasel]

yojoe has them under the various years

[ShockVal]

hey, im a 12" fan (side show only) and am none of that except a lil soft around the middle now as im 35; broke myself off in afghaniraqistan on MULTIPLE occassions; so i deserve a few beers n a big ass bowl a wings when i wants, but even with my extra weight which is pretty far from obese i'm still verry mission capable...so whatch ya damn mouth about my dolls ;)

Hahaha! Most excellent. I knew some guys were lurking about. Now all we need is someone yelling "Bullet man!" I'll raise glasses with ya man - even if you play with "dolls". (I may have a few hid about the place too)
http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss322/ShockVal/IMG_5988.jpg

[turner]

The thing that surprised me the most last year, well two things I wasn't expecting actually was:

1. The exclusives will all be sold out Thursday, there won't actually be any of the joecon items at joecon (general admission) except from the vendors who were able to get them before hand (who will be selling them for 2 to 3 times the already exorbant joecon price).

2. The club is actually a business, putting on this event not to celebrate a hobby, but to attract people to give them money. The whole atmosphere was all about squeezing every dollar they can out of the joe collector (funny how many of those same financial contributors are so enthralled into the whole scam that not ony do they give them thousands each year, but also will aggressively defend them anytime any of the above, or any other grievance towards the club is mentioned).

[Lantern_Lad]

lot's of unkempt, smelly, grossly-obese, whiny man-children!hahahaha.

You forgot 'with entitlement issues'

:D

[ShockVal]

The thing that surprised me the most last year, well two things I wasn't expecting actually was:

1. The exclusives will all be sold out Thursday, there won't actually be any of the joecon items at joecon (general admission) except from the vendors who were able to get them before hand (who will be selling them for 2 to 3 times the already exorbant joecon price).

2. The club is actually a business, putting on this event not to celebrate a hobby, but to attract people to give them money. The whole atmosphere was all about squeezing every dollar they can out of the joe collector (funny how many of those same financial contributors are so enthralled into the whole scam that not ony do they give them thousands each year, but also will aggressively defend them anytime any of the above, or any other grievance towards the club is mentioned).

1. Yeah, I can only remember a couple of times maybe that the exclusives ever made it to the next day. Maybe the Red Shadows car?

2. You shut your dirty mouth!

[Lantern_Lad]

The thing that surprised me the most last year, well two things I wasn't expecting actually was:

1. The exclusives will all be sold out Thursday, there won't actually be any of the joecon items at joecon (general admission) except from the vendors who were able to get them before hand (who will be selling them for 2 to 3 times the already exorbant joecon price).

2. The club is actually a business, putting on this event not to celebrate a hobby, but to attract people to give them money. The whole atmosphere was all about squeezing every dollar they can out of the joe collector (funny how many of those same financial contributors are so enthralled into the whole scam that not ony do they give them thousands each year, but also will aggressively defend them anytime any of the above, or any other grievance towards the club is mentioned).

Funny especially given the outright hatred of 'Sclapers' to the hobby.

[dest row ness]

thanks