Pics from SDCC
Story time!
Wednesday:
Arrived at the con an hour late. They were supposed to be giving our Green Lanterns today, so I was worried I would be unable to get one, since they were only making 3000 of these. It was the most non-crowded I have ever seen the con. In the outer areas (not where the big press, ie, DC, Marvel, and Image were) you could actually move around. Regardless, I had arrived too late, and they had already finished out giving tickets so you could purchase the lanterns. Joel and I stopped by Hasbro for other toys, but they had also closed the line, and would only let you in if you bought a $30 charity book from them first. We choose not to. We looked around a little bit, and then left to find our hotel, which was about a 10 minute drive away.
Thursday:
We got up early and got back to the con just as they had opened the exhibit room floor for those who were not in the sails pavilion above. I pretty much ran to the Graphetti Design booth (where they were supposed to be giving away Yellow Lanterns that day) in hope of getting a lantern. They were still working on giving out the Green ones, and informed me (there were already a ton of people at the booth, and the con had just opened) drawing for tickets for the Yellows would begin at noon up at the sails pavilion. Joel and I had split up, me for Graphetti, and Joel to the pavilion to stand in line for Hasbro tickets. I went up, found him in line, and waited with him to get our tickets. We went back down the exhibit floor to get Hasbro toys, but when we saw the line, which was snaking around booths three rows away, and then some, we changed our minds.
We wandered around until about 10.45, where I got Joel to go with me back upstairs to the sails pavilion and wait for the Yellow Lantern ticket giveaway. There were already a few nerds waiting, but nothing for me to worry about. They only had, supposedly, 1500 of the non-Green Lanterns, and were permitting two per person. While waiting, a couple of the Elite people in charge (they wore red shirts with the word 'Elite' on them) told us we had to move, or, at least, walk around, and could not just sit/stand there. We pretended to shuffle a few feet in one direction and then shuffle back to where we were. A bunch of nerds formed a circle and started walking in said circle. I was amused by this, but Joel, being lame, thought it was silly. So, anyhow, we eventually moved down near the further wall of the pavilion. It was already 12.20 when stuff happened. At first someone waved their hand, and I pretty much sprinted from where we were over there. No one died at my feet. There was a large clump of nerds moving along the wall, finally stopping precisely where Joel and I had originally been.
Andyhoo, they filled a bag with red and green tickets, and went up to everyone, allowing you one chance to pull a ticket. If it was green, you could go downstairs and actually buy the lantern, but if it was red, you had to either give up, or get to the end of the line to pull again. Joel pulled a good ticket, and so I was happy. We got our lantern, and by now it was after 2pm, so we called it quits for the day and went to see Harry Potter 6, which was lame.
Friday:
This was the most hilarious day of all! All the nerds wanting Blue Lanterns were up in the sails pavilion waiting, again, at 9.30. Nothing started until at least 10am, but the drawing was supposed to occur at 9.30. No one really knew where to go. Someone said to head outside, and nerds went in that direction, but then a nerd in front said it was a false alarm, and we moved, muttering, back to our starting locations.
Can you guess what happened next? The word was giving from someone resembling authority that, yes, the ticket drawing, WAS going to occur outside, and a STAMPEDE of OVER 500 NERDS RACED OUTSIDE. I am not even making this up. I will admit to being one of these nerds involved in creating chaos. 500 Nerds joustling to get a place up near the front, as they sprinted the twenty yards from inside the pavilion to outside. They lady in charge was pissed beyond belief. Granted, she had a right to be, but she started yelling at us (the assembled nerds) to form lines and such. There were more than 1000 people there looking for lantern tickets (not all of them had ran off at the first word, of course) and she attempted to get us into five lines. The best part was that after the first time of being told to head outside (which we had thought was in error) we actually had formed ourselves up in a line. Actually, two groups of line, both of which thought we were in the right Green Lantern line.
Anyhow, Joel again pulled a winning ticket, so we headed down out got our lantern. It was about noon by then, so afterwards we bailed and went to the zoo, which was awesome.
Saturday:
We arrived before 9.30 at the sails pavilion for Orange Lantern tickets, hoping that there would be even more chaos today, as Saturday is notorious for being the busiest day for the con. However, those in charge had learned their mistake from yesterday and had already established where the line was going to be. It was quite long. It snaked around inside, then headed outside, down a flight of stairs, and around the outside of the building. Joel and I were waiting there, outside, at the very end. We weren't the latest people to arrive, however, and they did try to start by 9.30 it seemed. Anyhow, we eventually made it through the line, neither of us pulling a winning ticket, so we went back to the end. I befriended a lady who only wanted one Orange Lantern (since, with a ticket, you can buy two) and tried to make a deal of splitting the ticket. We finally made it back to the front and I pulled a good ticket, so we were all happy. Joel wanted both, though, so we all got back in line again and went through. Joel pulled a good ticket this time, and gave it to the lady.
We decided to look around the con today, so we went to the Quick Draw panel with Sergio Aragones, which was quite entertaining. We ended up walking around just looking at random stuff before going out to get lunch and a snack for later on, because we wanted to go to the Watchmen Director's cut they were going to show, with Zack Snyder there to give commentary. We showed up about 45 minutes before the panel before it, Mythbusters, and decided to wait in the already huge line that had formed. They don't clear the rooms between panels, and we assumed Watchmen was going to be packed, so we figured to sit through Mythbusters. Apparently so many people wanted to see Mythbusters, that we did not even get into that panel. We waited outside for Watchment, for which there was plent of room for, apparently it wasn't that popular.
Beforehand, they had a sneak peak into this Batman video game they were making, and had the voice actors from the cartoon come out and did a 30 minute panel. This included Mark Hamill who, it turns out, is perv, and was to quote him "flirting with the Harley Quinns" in the audience.
We watched about half of Watchmen before giving up because Zack Snyder kept talking, even during the extra scenes.
Sunday:
Again, we were in line for the last of the lanterns, Red Lanterns. Surprisingly, the line was even longer than the one on Saturday, and snaked much further along the outside of the building. Joel pulled a good ticket on the first try, and so that was that. We spent most of the day trying to get $5 trades, and succeeded in getting a plethora of comics that way. We got our lanterns and proceeded to leave, stopping by a grocery store for snacks for the ride back home. Upon getting to the car, I put all our swag in the back, and then asked Joel if he had seen the Red lanterns. He had not. It turns out he had left them at the grocery store. There was a good deal of freaking out on our part, but Joel finall tracked them down after he asked for some assistance from the good people at the store. We were both surprised no nerd had stolen them, which we had thought highly likely.
One thing I forgot to mention was the high amount (especially on Saturday and Sunday) of people holding up signs trying to trade their Blue Lanterns for Orange or Red, or just trying to either buy or sell someone's extra Lantern, to try and complete their set.
We currently have two sets of the Lanterns, but one is supposedly for Joel's friend. I am going to see if Joel will forget about that, so that we can keep the other set. Plus, we also got an extra Green, which I have yet to decide if I want to take out of the package or just admire.
Picture Time!
I have a bunch of pictures, a lot of which are from the zoo, but here are a few -
These will come out in August. I want a 7 one.
This is only a tiny tiny portion of the line from Sunday. I want a line pic, and forget to get one any of the other days. These are all the people who were behind us, and we were near the end of the line, too.
This is our loot, next to the Rock Band drum set. Please not the huge stack of trades on the left, the Lanterns in the middle next to a smaller stack of softcovers, with the hardcovers on the right. We got some GI Joe toys, which are not featured.
Wednesday:
Arrived at the con an hour late. They were supposed to be giving our Green Lanterns today, so I was worried I would be unable to get one, since they were only making 3000 of these. It was the most non-crowded I have ever seen the con. In the outer areas (not where the big press, ie, DC, Marvel, and Image were) you could actually move around. Regardless, I had arrived too late, and they had already finished out giving tickets so you could purchase the lanterns. Joel and I stopped by Hasbro for other toys, but they had also closed the line, and would only let you in if you bought a $30 charity book from them first. We choose not to. We looked around a little bit, and then left to find our hotel, which was about a 10 minute drive away.
Thursday:
We got up early and got back to the con just as they had opened the exhibit room floor for those who were not in the sails pavilion above. I pretty much ran to the Graphetti Design booth (where they were supposed to be giving away Yellow Lanterns that day) in hope of getting a lantern. They were still working on giving out the Green ones, and informed me (there were already a ton of people at the booth, and the con had just opened) drawing for tickets for the Yellows would begin at noon up at the sails pavilion. Joel and I had split up, me for Graphetti, and Joel to the pavilion to stand in line for Hasbro tickets. I went up, found him in line, and waited with him to get our tickets. We went back down the exhibit floor to get Hasbro toys, but when we saw the line, which was snaking around booths three rows away, and then some, we changed our minds.
We wandered around until about 10.45, where I got Joel to go with me back upstairs to the sails pavilion and wait for the Yellow Lantern ticket giveaway. There were already a few nerds waiting, but nothing for me to worry about. They only had, supposedly, 1500 of the non-Green Lanterns, and were permitting two per person. While waiting, a couple of the Elite people in charge (they wore red shirts with the word 'Elite' on them) told us we had to move, or, at least, walk around, and could not just sit/stand there. We pretended to shuffle a few feet in one direction and then shuffle back to where we were. A bunch of nerds formed a circle and started walking in said circle. I was amused by this, but Joel, being lame, thought it was silly. So, anyhow, we eventually moved down near the further wall of the pavilion. It was already 12.20 when stuff happened. At first someone waved their hand, and I pretty much sprinted from where we were over there. No one died at my feet. There was a large clump of nerds moving along the wall, finally stopping precisely where Joel and I had originally been.
Andyhoo, they filled a bag with red and green tickets, and went up to everyone, allowing you one chance to pull a ticket. If it was green, you could go downstairs and actually buy the lantern, but if it was red, you had to either give up, or get to the end of the line to pull again. Joel pulled a good ticket, and so I was happy. We got our lantern, and by now it was after 2pm, so we called it quits for the day and went to see Harry Potter 6, which was lame.
Friday:
This was the most hilarious day of all! All the nerds wanting Blue Lanterns were up in the sails pavilion waiting, again, at 9.30. Nothing started until at least 10am, but the drawing was supposed to occur at 9.30. No one really knew where to go. Someone said to head outside, and nerds went in that direction, but then a nerd in front said it was a false alarm, and we moved, muttering, back to our starting locations.
Can you guess what happened next? The word was giving from someone resembling authority that, yes, the ticket drawing, WAS going to occur outside, and a STAMPEDE of OVER 500 NERDS RACED OUTSIDE. I am not even making this up. I will admit to being one of these nerds involved in creating chaos. 500 Nerds joustling to get a place up near the front, as they sprinted the twenty yards from inside the pavilion to outside. They lady in charge was pissed beyond belief. Granted, she had a right to be, but she started yelling at us (the assembled nerds) to form lines and such. There were more than 1000 people there looking for lantern tickets (not all of them had ran off at the first word, of course) and she attempted to get us into five lines. The best part was that after the first time of being told to head outside (which we had thought was in error) we actually had formed ourselves up in a line. Actually, two groups of line, both of which thought we were in the right Green Lantern line.
Anyhow, Joel again pulled a winning ticket, so we headed down out got our lantern. It was about noon by then, so afterwards we bailed and went to the zoo, which was awesome.
Saturday:
We arrived before 9.30 at the sails pavilion for Orange Lantern tickets, hoping that there would be even more chaos today, as Saturday is notorious for being the busiest day for the con. However, those in charge had learned their mistake from yesterday and had already established where the line was going to be. It was quite long. It snaked around inside, then headed outside, down a flight of stairs, and around the outside of the building. Joel and I were waiting there, outside, at the very end. We weren't the latest people to arrive, however, and they did try to start by 9.30 it seemed. Anyhow, we eventually made it through the line, neither of us pulling a winning ticket, so we went back to the end. I befriended a lady who only wanted one Orange Lantern (since, with a ticket, you can buy two) and tried to make a deal of splitting the ticket. We finally made it back to the front and I pulled a good ticket, so we were all happy. Joel wanted both, though, so we all got back in line again and went through. Joel pulled a good ticket this time, and gave it to the lady.
We decided to look around the con today, so we went to the Quick Draw panel with Sergio Aragones, which was quite entertaining. We ended up walking around just looking at random stuff before going out to get lunch and a snack for later on, because we wanted to go to the Watchmen Director's cut they were going to show, with Zack Snyder there to give commentary. We showed up about 45 minutes before the panel before it, Mythbusters, and decided to wait in the already huge line that had formed. They don't clear the rooms between panels, and we assumed Watchmen was going to be packed, so we figured to sit through Mythbusters. Apparently so many people wanted to see Mythbusters, that we did not even get into that panel. We waited outside for Watchment, for which there was plent of room for, apparently it wasn't that popular.
Beforehand, they had a sneak peak into this Batman video game they were making, and had the voice actors from the cartoon come out and did a 30 minute panel. This included Mark Hamill who, it turns out, is perv, and was to quote him "flirting with the Harley Quinns" in the audience.
We watched about half of Watchmen before giving up because Zack Snyder kept talking, even during the extra scenes.
Sunday:
Again, we were in line for the last of the lanterns, Red Lanterns. Surprisingly, the line was even longer than the one on Saturday, and snaked much further along the outside of the building. Joel pulled a good ticket on the first try, and so that was that. We spent most of the day trying to get $5 trades, and succeeded in getting a plethora of comics that way. We got our lanterns and proceeded to leave, stopping by a grocery store for snacks for the ride back home. Upon getting to the car, I put all our swag in the back, and then asked Joel if he had seen the Red lanterns. He had not. It turns out he had left them at the grocery store. There was a good deal of freaking out on our part, but Joel finall tracked them down after he asked for some assistance from the good people at the store. We were both surprised no nerd had stolen them, which we had thought highly likely.
One thing I forgot to mention was the high amount (especially on Saturday and Sunday) of people holding up signs trying to trade their Blue Lanterns for Orange or Red, or just trying to either buy or sell someone's extra Lantern, to try and complete their set.
We currently have two sets of the Lanterns, but one is supposedly for Joel's friend. I am going to see if Joel will forget about that, so that we can keep the other set. Plus, we also got an extra Green, which I have yet to decide if I want to take out of the package or just admire.
Picture Time!
I have a bunch of pictures, a lot of which are from the zoo, but here are a few -
These will come out in August. I want a 7 one.
This is only a tiny tiny portion of the line from Sunday. I want a line pic, and forget to get one any of the other days. These are all the people who were behind us, and we were near the end of the line, too.
This is our loot, next to the Rock Band drum set. Please not the huge stack of trades on the left, the Lanterns in the middle next to a smaller stack of softcovers, with the hardcovers on the right. We got some GI Joe toys, which are not featured.