Here's my loot for 2008:
The initial madness of all my bags dumped out on the bed.
The absolute best free swag from the con is the Red Dress Cylon Six minimate From the Sci-Fi booth. Even though I'm more of a Kubrick fan, I can't hate on a free Battlestar minimate. Also, Eureka mints on the right.
Sci-fi also had the coolest bag of the show with their take on the famous Bloomingdale's bag
Bionic bionic six..oo wee ooh. The premise of this 80s cartoon was the Six-Million Dollar man and the Bionic Woman have a multi-cultural family with super powers (Asian karate kid, Caucasian Jock kid, African-American nerd kid, Valley girl with walkman, and a robot gorilla thrown in for good measure). As hokey as it sounds, the cartoon was pretty rad and had better than usual animation for an American show. Guy at the booth gave me a good deal on these.
Seeing as how my old school Transformers toys are rotting away in a landfill somewhere, the Transformers Encore line is the closest I'll get to the real deal. Of the ones available at the booth, Starscream was the best. This will go well with my Masterpiece Starscream. I was *this* close to buying the Soundwave mp3 player but realized I don't need anymore soundwaves or mp3 players.
We also managed to pick up some actual graphic novels this time around. These are from Yoshihiro Tatsumi, who is credited for starting the alternative comics movement in Japan in the 1950s. They are being translated now by Drawn and Quarterly.
Got this for my dad and bro who watch the show. I gotta get on that.
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