CON HAUL
This year, one of my “New Year’s Resolutions” was to attend more cons (book, comic or expos) and today, I went to my very first Comic Con. The first thing I did after claiming my wrist band was line up to donate and take a photo-op with the Storm Troopers and R2-D2!
I was geek-ing out, I didn’t even know how to pose for this photo-op. I did wish Vader and Chewbacca were in this as well but I didn’t know they were arriving later on. Still, it was a great way to start my con! My plan for the con was to head to the Artists’ Alley to purchase some awesome keepsakes, grab some food (because it’s a must) then head to meet up with my friend to line up for Robbie Amell’s panel 😀 While walking around the con, I saw some really great cosplays! I didn’t get to take a lot of photos due to my phone’s terrible camera quality and the fact that I missed a lot of photo moments, but I have to post about these characters:
The first pair are Bubble Head Nurse and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill. Second photo is Celty from Durarara! The last photo is one of the most favourable character that people enjoy to cosplay, Marvel’s Deadpool. Now the reason why I took a photo of him was due to the fact that he decided to set up an unofficial booth and started drawing people. Not only did he draw them using crayons, but he drew them in a way Deadpool would while jamming to Salt N Pepa’s Shoop. Couldn’t get the song out of my head, not that I’m complaining. As for my round about the Artists’ Alley, I saw Angelina L.B. (also known as Albinwonderland) but I was too shy and nervous to say hi to her. I have met her before and hung out with her for a bit and she is super cool and quite gorgeous! Do drop by her table if you’re heading to the con tomorrow! I saw some really great art pieces, jewelry, clothing and yes books! I didn’t end up buying much due to a budget but I did purchase some awesome keepsakes.
From left to bottom: This tote bag was actually from my friend, on top of the tote bag is the code to the ebook copy of Kaz Lefave’s first book of The Nemecene series; Nemecene: The Epoch of Redress! The next tote is actually from OwlCrate’s February box (click here to know more about it), I used it to carry my collectibles of the day. On top are the business cards from artists that I would like to check out: Yien Yip, Rhody Belo, Mel Fin, The Dragon’s Lair Unleashed (they had the best weaponry collection by the way) and Geek Studio. I saw quite a few artists that I have met and started following from last year’s FanExpo. The next image is the Toronto Comic Con’s schedule guide, below that is the poster for Batman versus Superman film which also came with the wrist band and the thundersticks you see below. The second row displays Pop! Funko’s Sauron! I have been searching everywhere for this and they never have him, I finally found and bought him 😀 Beside Sauron is one of the coolest jewelry I have found there; The Emerald Cauldron. This jewelry is called the fairy glow bells, they have these detailed cages of your choice and inside rests a spherical bell that glows in the dark when it absorbs enough light. You get to choose the color of sphere you like, the type (a bell, one that glows or both), and the kind of cage it’ll rest in (heart shaped, gold, egg, circle, open or closed) I decided to purchase the open-centered-egg-shaped cage with a teal sphere that contains a bell and glows in the dark. It’s really cute and I do love the fact that they had teal. They also sell these really cool wire elf ears that have a steam punk flare to it. The last two you see are books that I actually purchased from Chapter’s Indigo, (all thanks to Lore) it’s Mark Lawrence’s Broken Empire series: Prince of Thorns and King of Thorns! Sadly Emperor of Thorns was no longer available, but still, I am happy about this haul 🙂
Now, for the main event, Robbie Amell’s panel! The line up for this panel filled up in less than 15 minutes. Half an hour before the panel started, the floor was filled and more people were still coming to line up. Robbie and his fiance Italia Ricci are both hilariously adorable! Robbie showed a teaser for his upcoming film, Code 8 which you can subscribe at here, then he spoke about the shows he took part in, from Life With Derek, Cheaper By The Dozen 2, The Tomorrow People, Max, The Flash and The Duff. We found out an exclusive that during the Think Rock scene from the Duff, they improvised a part from there. The director almost didn’t use it but decided it was too good a scene to put aside. Robbie actually didn’t want to play the role due to the fact that Wesley was such and I quote, “an unapologetic douche bag”. Albeit, after reading the rest of the script and some convincing from Italia, Robbie ended up taking the role (and we are quite thankful for that decision!) The panel ended earlier than we all had hope, but I quite enjoyed it. Italia was super sweet, she allowed my friend and I to take a selfie with her (excuse my face)
Robbie almost photobombed us, but he was called over to start heading out the room. They’re both so chill, it was quite refreshing to see how easy going they were around such a huge crowd! Alas, as we all know all good things must come to an end, so as the panel ended I took one last stroll around the Artists’ Alley, said goodbye to the Storm Troopers (who waved back!) and off I went. Overall it was a fun time, I must say, FanExpo is a much bigger event here at Toronto but it was nice to see what our Comic Con was like. I’m hoping that next year I’ll be able to do a full weekend to see more panels and have more time to check out the Artists’ Alley! If you were at or plan to attend Toronto’s Comic Con tomorrow do leave a comment below! I’d like to know what your thoughts were about the event and whether it was your first con as well!
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