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11-14-2011, 08:40 AM | #10961 |
The Cobra that got away.
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Yeah, overpriced figures and not really worth it. I may have stayed just less than an hour and split without buying a single thing. That "Poison Ivy" cosplayer was kinda sexy, though.
I also went to Orlando FX many, many years in a row. My favorite FX show was when I got to meet Nathan Filion. I had turned my Mom on to Firefly when it first hit DVD and she became a RABID fan of it. She even took me to see Serenity in theaters! So, when I heard Nathan was gonna be a guest, I took her to meet him. He mispelled her name on the picture she bought and when he realized it, he called for his lil assistant to get another pic. The assistant was too busy talking and laughing with her friends, so he got up from the table, walked all the way around the celebrity section and grabbed a fresh pic himself! Then he signed it and took a pic with her. She was so touched that he went out of his way to get her pic signed the right way that she has become a Filion fan for life. She even watches Castle religiously every week! Conventions are NOT what they used to be, for sure.
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11-14-2011, 12:55 PM | #10962 |
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I met Nathan Fillion at that same FX show and you are totally right: what a kind and generous dude. He didn't just sit and sign things, he got up and walked around the table to take pics with people, knelt down to talk to little kids, just a great ego-less celebrity.
When he was still on Smallville, John Schneider was there one year and he was totally the same way. There was a kid with a General Lee t-shirt and John came around and put the kid on his shoulders and took pics with the family. Such a contrast to some of the artists who act like they should be pampered and pandered to just so they can offer you the chance to spend $100 on a 10 minute sketch(yes, this is a blanket statement and there are some great artists, too). |
11-14-2011, 01:24 PM | #10963 |
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The FX show was great in seeing and meeting celebs. I met Biff from the "Back to the Future" trilogy, Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Heart, two or three Playboy playmates, but the biggest ones of them all was when "Heroes" was at it's peak (and I was a huge fan) I met Hayden Panettiere and Zachary Quinto. Jeremy Bulloch (the original Boba Fett) is (or was) a staple at FX. And one time Ray Park fresh out of his Darth Maul role was there too.
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11-14-2011, 02:00 PM | #10964 |
The Cobra that got away.
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Yes, i met Ray Park at that same con, he was cool as hell. He had just signed to play Snake-Eyes and told me he was busting his butt to get in shape for the role. We talked for about 5 mins and he came off as a real person.
The other people that year were the Cast of the Warriors (one of my favorite flicks of the 70s) and Erik Estrada. My late grandmother used to love Estrada on CHIPS and even had his poster in the 70s. Well, my mom never cared for Estrada, but she went over to him and got him to sign a picture to my late grandmother, Carmen. He said his mother's name was also Carmen and asked my mom where she was from? So, it turns out that they lived in the same section of Brooklyn, NY as my family did. And they talked for like 15 minutes. The coolest thing about that was Erik took a few pics with my mom and then walked us away from his table... He hugged my mom and did not charge her for a single thing, not even the autograph that the show was charging for $25 a pop! As he let her go, he told her "We're both from Brooklyn and this is how we do". Needless to say, my mom is now an Erik Estrada fan.
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11-14-2011, 07:41 PM | #10965 |
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I was at the Tampa Comic and Toy Convention sunday. I went as a Jedi with my daughter
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11-14-2011, 07:41 PM | #10966 |
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As bad as it was for you guys that went, I am happy to hear it sucked because I didn't go. But I pretty much expected that. I went once before and apparently nothing really changed.
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11-14-2011, 08:03 PM | #10967 |
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Did you guys see that TRU is having a sale on Joes and True Heroes?
(Check out the Joe sale here: http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...ml#post3038648 ) I opted for store pick up to see what they have at the TRU in Altamonte Springs. Hoping to bump into a fellow Tanker there and get the heads up on when they are getting the next wave of Joes. It should be anytime now.
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11-14-2011, 09:14 PM | #10968 |
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Hey does anyone here have one of those World Peacekeepers Humvees that they sell at Biglots? I have a joe Hammer missing the roof gun. I was wondering if the roof gap was the same. That way I can just take a roof turret off the humvee and put it on my Hammer.
Anyone?
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11-14-2011, 09:19 PM | #10969 |
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Quote:
Hey does anyone here have one of those World Peacekeepers Humvees that they sell at Biglots? I have a joe Hammer missing the roof gun. I was wondering if the roof gap was the same. That way I can just take a roof turret off the humvee and put it on my Hammer.
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11-15-2011, 01:08 AM | #10970 |
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thanks hommie!
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