My personal favourite.

I lied. This is my personal favourite.

Just kidding, THIS is the best one. Look at the craftmanship that went into their costumes. Brilliant stuff.

Nifty. I was there as a devout if anyone has pictures.

The Saturday line was crazy though. I suspect they did not expect so many people.

My photos are um... well....

These guys were neat

Game tonight, eh?

So was this as big of a fuckup as the Toronto one?

>>5752592
The Toronto one was a fuck up?

I think they didn't expect so many people. There were few panels, only using two rooms. Everything ended at 7. Could of had more to do. I'm used to fan anime cons that are like one crazy disorganized yet entertaining party where you stagger off to sleep at some crazy hour then try to get back at another. With viewing rooms, video game rooms or whatnot you can sit and rest in, so there's always something to wander in and watch.

The lines to get in on Saturday were crazy. The prereg and buying got sent to the same place at first. One huge line that went up and down. Then we moved... because they added line space down stairs. Staff didn't seem to understand why anyone was upset.

It also could have used, I'm not sure how to say it, more love? Some of the groups like the ghostbusters and the video game tournament brought something like a community and sense of hanging out. But then I'm used to cons where there's a forum everyone has been planning fan meets. Most of what to do was walk around buying things (lucky I liked the AA and hall.)

Also room 109 ran out of water.

I still had a lot of fun, it was just different than I thought it would be, and not well organized for such a huge crowd in some places.

Get any picture of Bad Bob from ReBoot?

>>5752666
I got there at 12:30 and had no issues getting in. it was only busy in the morning.
Fun though, went to the sketch panel. Wish there had been more panels. Missed the fucking reboot panel and didn't get a chance to talk to victor lucas
but other than that it was all good
got a picture with hexadecimals V.A

kept patting my head and calling me a good girl for some reason

she's like the betty white of V.A's

>>5752666
>few panels, only using two rooms.
>Everything ended at 7.
>Could of had more to do.
>Lines to get in on Saturday were crazy.
>The prereg and buying got sent to the same place at first.
>One huge line that went up and down.
>Staff didn't seem to understand why anyone was upset.
>It also could have used, I'm not sure how to say it, more love?
>Most of what to do was walk around buying things
>Not well organized for such a huge crowd in some places.

That's our FanExpo!

Just wait till they start making the smaller anime cons at different times of the year effectively blocking fan run start ups.

>>5752701
Well fucknuggets I was hopping it was just them not expecting a lot of people.

Next year I'll skip and see if Anime Revolution makes a second year.

>>5752666
>I think they didn't expect so many people.

Naw, that's just how HobbyStar rolls.

>>5752708
I dunno isn't this their first thing? I'm sure they'll be better next year and learn upon what was wrong this year.

I think their plan was to do a small, 2 room test run for their first year, and maybe add more stuff next year or somethin'.

It was so busy though oh god.

ALSO, anyone happen to grab pictures of either a Livewire or the Fionna carrying the big ass Finn plush?

>>5752970
The line went all around the 1st floor then down the block for a few hours. Crazy. I wonder what the total was.

>>5750840
That place felt so cramped and disorganized.

Best guy there was Italian Spiderman though

i have some pics, i had a great time but it did seem kinda disorganized, i got there at 11 30 and i believe i waited i 5 lines for almost an hour i hope next year its in more than one room

my fav was this guy. ps tons of cosplay pics from the expo at www.coseffect.com

>>5753272

Does he even lif... Oh wait clearly he does.

yumm yum yummy

>>5753272
Disgusting. Way too much muscle.

>>5753272
Is this an Ippo reference?

>>5753272
>chicken legs
NOT ENOUGH LESS MUSSLE

WHAT A PUSSY

SHOULDA DONE STARTING STRENGTH

I thought it was pretty amazing, Len Wein gave me his autograph for a toonie and the cosplayers seemed very dedicated to quality for the most part. I wonder if many of them have personal galleries posted.

This was one of my personal favorites, I wish I'd gotten a better pic of the Batgirls and Batwoman though, I seriously felt my heart skip a beat when I saw Stephanie Batgirl in line for the professional photos posted here >>5753272

R2D2 was hitting on the beauties from Death Do Us Part, meanwhile I was lurking around taking pictures and made some awkward eye contact with Lt. Hooters :>

A few more for now and some more later...

I have some, I'll post them when I get home from work.

Overall it was a Hobbystar con, which generally isn't that exciting... but when you consider how disorganized and unreliable the Vancouver con scene is? It was a nice change to know there is an even that can afford to run and follow through on the few things it does promise.

Also, affordably priced in comparison to $70 will probably be a disaster con.

>>5755154
>Also, affordably priced in comparison to $70 will probably be a disaster con.
Now that's one of the reasons why I went FE instead of AR this year. I'll see how AR does. If people like it I'll be switching.

I went to AE every year since it started and boy did it have some times.

I was searching for the Anime Name That Tune and Win Lose or Draw competitions but to no avail. Part of me wonders if they even took place.

>>5755162
The price they're charging for a first year convention is outrageous. People take a gamble going to new events, especially when scheduled right on top of so many others... and they have no proof that it'll last a day, never mind be worth a $70 pricetag which is more than most major established cons are.

AR staff if you're reading this, there is nothing wrong with starting SMALL. I would rather pay $20 for a little dealers room and artist alley that I know won't collapse than $70 on something that promises big and has high chances of not delivering.

Pika-skin suits usually frighten me -- since it implies the slaughter and harvest of pokemon and their pelts -- but these two were just too cute to not photograph.

Is there any hope that AR will be worth it? since I'll be bus-ing from Vancouver Island and spending at least 300 on a hotel alone.

At any rate I've felt the high of attending a con and I can't turn back now, last pic from me for a while.

Looks impressive. I'm surprised when I heard it was as big as it was. Will have to check out next year.

>>5755251
Honestly... I don't think so. I had high hopes at first, but the more I learn about it the less likely it seems like it'll be worth the ticket price never mind $300 for hotel.

I'm just waiting on the word about AR and its AA scene after this year. I'm still doubtful of how successful AR will be for its first time, and it's hard to swallow $150 for an AA table that includes one fare and unskirted table, at least in my opinion. I guess luckily for them I believe their AA tables have filled up.

>>5755251
It's hard to know. That's a lot of money. The group has experience from working on AE, I think, but AE had many problems over the years.

For me the 300$ hotel would kill my going, but I live here so it wouldn't be an issue (instead it's really that I have no idea what I'm doing that month since I'm trying to switch jobs because fuck cleaning washrooms anymore.)

>>5755376
They're boning themselves with this high reg, not many people can afford that kind of scratch and will sit it out to see if it flops or not... so it'll probably flop.

>>5755396
Why is the price so much higher than the other cons around here anyway? Is because they got themselves spiffy business cards? Those were some high class cards.

>>5755427
It's because they don't want to grow from small to big, they want to have a big return and big crowd right away. Except they don't have the money to do it, so they're basically trying to pay for the con through their badges.

>>5755427
>>5755432
Pretty much this. They have secured a prime location, doing the event for 3 days, and getting a bunch of guests. Just going to wait this one out and see what happens.

>>5755432
I'm curious, how does a con make money outside of badges/tables?

>>5755514
Sponsors, advertising in con program/website/etc, hosting promotional events and con merchandise.

>>5755524
Oh, interesting. Thanks.

>>5755303
>>5755391

I see, I'll have to consider it more then. Here's some more of the FanExpo pics I took.

These two were exceptional.

I regret not backing up further for most of the pics.

>>5756295

dat longing on that white girl.

I liked this one a lot, I used play Dr Mario with my sister all the time as a kid.

>>5756329

I just assumed she had become aware that she would be in my picture lol

Here's two Flash girls, you can credit their blurriness to my poor cameraman skill or to their amazing abilities of high speed vibration.

One of three Stockings that attended, I asked her if she was Panty.

>>5756384

That's Kawaii, op.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in Daten City...

>>5756424

9/10 would hover hand :3

Some Links. Nothing like seeing characters you have deep nostalgia for, really.

>>5753267

Dat Ash's power level - Mega-Pimp.

>>5753426

Cute, lol.

>>5753427

She's in character!

>>5755171

Nice.

>>5756279

Lol

Needless to say the Ghostbusters were great too.

More to come later.

I went both days and I realized after seeing the adventure time people that I actually dress like Finn on my spare time :|

sorry bout the bad quality but her Shepard costume was crazy good