Okay, I've got the first time convention blues - the blues because it's
over..........
Anyway, yes, my first time attending and I thoroughly enjoyed it, and finally getting to see the museum after all these years...........well, I'm sure everyone remembers their first time seeing it, it's definitely an experience. There's just so much, it's hard to know what to look at first, I know I had to have missed a lot, could have spent a whole day just looking at all the pictures on the walls.
Before I go any farther, I'd like to put in my thanks to everyone associated with putting on the convention, none of whom I will name because I'm sure there are far more people involved than I am aware of and I wouldn't want to leave anyone out. And thanks to all of you I met for the first time, and your friendliness, it all adds to the great atmosphere of the convention.
All the shows were fun to watch, (except for one - the one I missed because I went back to the room and fell asleep........)
Of course like everyone else, there was the upset of hearing about Jimmy going to the hospital, and a great relief to see him back at the Drawbridge the next day.
Speaking of Jimmy, it was of course, also a real treat for me to finally meet him in person for the first time and see Farfel, after all those years as a kid, seeing him in the commercials, it was a real kick to see Farfel "in person?".
I had an added treat of Paul Stadelman's son Ron coming down for the last day of the convention and he brought his father's figure, Windy Higgins.
Ron had freely given me a great deal of help with info when I was building the website about his father, and I enjoyed getting to finally meet and thank him in person for all of his help. Of course, I also greatly enjoyed seeing Windy "in person" as well.
The auction for the sculpture went well, maybe could have gone better if it wasn't a last minute plan, had more "advertising" and maybe located somewhere more central than one of the dealer's rooms, but it still brought in a donation to the museum of 103.oo - thank you Howard, I hope you enjoy having the sculpture as much as I enjoyed creating it.
I always heard about the dealer's rooms having a lot of items for sale, figures, collectibles, etc., and I was glad I went prepared to bring home some souvenirs, because I had never seen so many vent related items for sale in one place (no, ebay does not count).
I bought one of Joe Boley's walking sticks - what a great vent novelty, I love it. I bought a couple DVDs and a book I've been wanting for a long time, and of course, best of all, as mentioned in a previous post, I finally purchased a great figure I've been looking at for a couple years from Kem Poyner.
I wish I could have taken more pictures though, I came prepared with enough film to fill a very large photo album. I understood no recording audio or video, but not the picture thing, I really would have like to taken pictures of the performers. Someone else said pictures probably weren't allowed because so many people use digital cameras capable of recording movies, but it's still disappointing not to be able to take pictures. I was told they used to allow pictures and I'm not a professional who has to worry about
material being stolen, but what's the next step, we won't be able to watch the shows for fear someone will remember the material?
But in the end, that was a VERY minor disappointment compared to the overall pleasure of being there, seeing the shows and meeting people I never would have gotten a chance to meet otherwise.
I'm already thinking about next year, maybe, planning enough ahead, I may be able to not make this the only one I attend - that's my hope anyway.
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