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Ichii the Killer
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 4, 2003
Hmm. Somebody did mention something about wanting to do an anime con sometime.
It must be my age. People keep asking me to take them places...
Ichii the Killer
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 4, 2003
What, like 'round the back? 
Cons I've done plenty of. Never an anime one, mind you.
Ichii the Killer
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 4, 2003
Take your mind out of the gutter before it endsup in a storm drain and gets washed out to sea.
Anime cons are ok. They are just full of nerds like every other con...
Ichii the Killer
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 4, 2003
Gutter? Nah mate, sewer....
So yeah, just like any other con. The con that's ever actually scared me was a Trek one in Hammersmith . Never, *ever* again. I thought Who fans were bad, but at least we *know* we're being silly.. I thought I was going to get battered at one point...
Ichii the Killer
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 4, 2003
Trek fans are the worst. I should know, my brother once went on national tv dressed in bloody cosstume to publicise something or other . The shame, the shame.
With one or two exceptions, they are notoriously without a sense of humour...
<shark.
Ichii the Killer
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 5, 2003
Mmm, so I discovered. I went as part of a deal with a mate who's a big Trek fan- we first went to a Who con together, then to Trek one. SO vey, very different. No getting outragously pissed in the bar with the guests, no daft interludes lamponing the show on the main stage, no odd caberet from the guests. Boring, really. Just seemed like a big excuse to shift merchandising..
Ichii the Killer
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 5, 2003
Yeah, that'd be aboutright. Anime cons fall somewhere in between. merchandise shifting is a focus (the feeding frenzy when the dealers room is firstopened on the saturday is incredible - wayworse than sharks...) but i can understand that as the merchandise is *so* difficultto get in this country.
There's also a distinctlack of guests - again, the Japanese are too busy and the cons normally to small to afford them.
But there is a lot of laughinhg and drinking done...
Ichii the Killer
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 5, 2003
Somehow I expected anime cons to be merchandise focused. Don't forget that with Who, once you've got all that's available on DVD or video, plus your fiction books, there is a feeling that 90% of what's left is just tat designed to steal fan's cash.
Ichii the Killer
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 5, 2003
Well, indeed. I imagine Anderson cons are pretty much the same sort of thing...
I have mixed feelings about doing an anime con again, I have to say.
Ichii the Killer
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 5, 2003
Fear of spending excessively?
Ichii the Killer
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 5, 2003
Yeah, partly. I've just spent ages getting rid of videos and other accumulated nonsense. I don't want to start filling up withthe damned things immediately.
Anime merchandise is odd, you feel drawn to buy the most goddamn useless bits of tat that if you werein Woolworths you wouldn't look at twice...
Though I do have a very nice framed cel from Tenchi the tv series which good on my wall...
Ichii the Killer
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 5, 2003
'Looks' good on my wall, even.
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 5, 2003
Oh, don't even start on accumulation of stuff. Justifing keeping several years back issues of mags like SFX required some fast talking when it came to packing our gear... I can't bear to throw stuff away, esp. SF related stuff...
Ichii the Killer
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 5, 2003
I have a run of very early issues of Starburst looking for a home...
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 5, 2003
I think that would be more than my life's worth, to be honest. We alreay have TV Zone dating back to 1992....
Ichii the Killer
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 5, 2003
This is top stuff - Star trek to Bladerunner is the period covered...No? Oh well, you can't blame me for trying.
Ichii the Killer
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 5, 2003
No, I think not. I would quite happily give them a home, but I fear they are not worth the frosty glares that would follow 
Ichii the Killer
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 5, 2003
He's a big old meanine, that Bruce, isn't he?
Oh well. I fear they will not survive the next move.
Ichii the Killer
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jun 5, 2003
Well, he does let me get away with an awful lot of crap that a sane person wouldn't even consider- I mean, who else takes pride in a full set of Tomorrow People books?
Stick an ad in SFX or Starburst itself- should be able to shift 'em that way.
Ichii the Killer
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 5, 2003
You think. Copies on e-bay seemed very stagnant..But I guess it's worth a go. Thanks for the tip.
Tomorrow People is a bit extremem, but on the other hand I aspire to a complete set of Masn From Uncle and Doc Savage books.
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