ComicCon 2004 AfterAction Report (aka HELLFIRE AWOL report)

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ComicCon 2004 AfterAction Report (aka HELLFIRE AWOL report)

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compiled by HELLFIRE
add'n notes by CPO Klerk -- whenever he reports in
re ComicCon

The third Con I've attended this year, less anime more comic books,
but hey... Pretty much was a ball of nerves 24 hours before making
it down to San Diego, largely 'cuz this was almost an on-the-fly thing
for me. My tickets were just confirmed on the flight day, I hadn't gotten
a room booked to stay in... never mind the paranoid boiling in my mind
as to WHAT awaited me down in SD...

Anyways, nightflight, yada yada yada...

Met up with CPO Klerk, who was kind enough to take me around the
dealer area... and DAMN!! what a dealer area it is!! A rough guess
would be something like 400,000sqm space this thing was occupying.
Comics, costumes, anime, DVDs, CDs, wallscrolls... ANYTHING the mind
can conjure, I can pretty much say I either saw it or it was there...

ADV, Bandai, Funimation, Geneon were present... each having varying
degrees of 'flashiness' to attract ppl: ADV had the ADV Cheerleader
Trio present, along with several TO DIE FOR!! anime panelings decorating
the booth (Chrno, Mezzo, Princess Tutu). Bandai had less flash, but
displayed a large pile of Stratos 4 and GSeed boxsets for sale. Geneon
was 3rd smallest, but had ROD TV running on an LCD display... DAMN!!
how'd one of those babies look in my living room!! :-D Funimation didn't
have much in the way of anime for sale, bit did have this NICE Kiddy
Grade wallscroll? on display... I REALLY should've asked for a price on
it :perv: out

Memorable Moments meeting CPOK in real life, 'touching' a
JPN schoolgirl (cosplayer) :perv: some of the shots CPOK & myself connived
to take -- these WILL be posted later as soon as I can catalog them,
realizing I'm within 5km of two active-duty USN nuclear-powered carriers,
which the DoD with neither confirm nor deny have nuclear weapons on board,
AND a former First Lady in attendance for the celebration of one of those
carriers named for her late husband.... PRICELESS!! >D

...surprisingly, this trip wasn't as damaging to my wallet merchandise-wise
as my previous 'Con trips. Maybe 8 hours wasn't enough to tour the entire
floor :-D

Soon as CPOK gets back and I catalog my shots, more info'll be posted









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LAMO .... but .. don't hold back the :perv: pics dammit ...
sounded great ....


What !!!??? you still have money left !!! ... get back there .. :-D
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Post by HELLFIRE »

...too late, I'm back in Canada now, and no good way to dispose of my USD...

EDIT: add 'taking CPO Klerk to Ikki Tousen and Puni Puni Poemi for the
first time and watching his reaction' to the list of memorable moments :lol: :lol: I'll let Klerk relate THAT experience in his own words
when he gets back...










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POST THE PICS OR ELSE.

THIS YOUR LAST WARNING
".... that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain..."

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Post by Tsushima Masaki »

HEAR ME, FEAR ME....

AND POST THE PICS... NOW!!! ALL OF THEM

And for the polite version: YOU OWE ME!!
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Yes - WE WILL GANG UP ON YOU IF YOU DON'T POST THE PIX!
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Post by Chief Petty Officer Klerk »

I asked him not to untill I returned to Oz. (which will be on Wensday Aussie time) (oh and I am currently trying to get to LAX cheaply atm. *headache)
Anime: its not about the big guns, Its about the bouncies!
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Post by HELLFIRE »

@CPOK
You're STILL trying to find a way to LAX?! :shock: Best of luck with it...

And yes, I'm under a 'request' by CPOK to wait till he gets back.
In the meantime, I'm cataloguing things as 'freak,' 'BOP-approved,'
'anime-related,' and 'Gunbunny' -- hey, two supercarriers in dock,
three if you count Midway (CV-41), AND a trip to the Aerospace Museum.

Patience...










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Post by Sgt. Sagara Sousuke »

GunBunny?

There's guns over there!? (doesn't matter toy or real) :perv:

*grumble*why does all the fun stuff happen in US :storm:
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There were some moldings of the MP-5, M-16 and Glock 17... unfortunately
the booth's proprietor didn't really endear himself to CPOK when he didn't
think much of the SAS' anti-terrorist tactics :roll:









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Post by RussianFox »

methinks i must join the wailing for pics crowd here. :twisted:
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Post by Chief Petty Officer Klerk »

you can post the pic`s now comrade hellfire. I am currently in tokyo. close enough for these whining babies.
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Post by HELLFIRE »

...still waiting for your own report there Comrade CPO Klerk

Ehhh... forgot the pics STILL haven't been resized or transferred over...
I'll get to it... eventually :twisted:









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I`ll post it when I am not suffering from severe lack of sleep. (30 hours and running currently, no caffiene
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Post by RussianFox »

"I'll get to it... eventually "
*RF thinks how to tear HF appart* :think:
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