my 2011 botCon tavel blog

[liegeprime]

Pardon for being a total noob, but those Lego Statues and display pieces... dont they like fade? So they just leave em like that in the open subjected to all the elements? IN saying that.... and looking at the photos.... WOW!

[i_amtrunks]

Pardon for being a total noob, but those Lego Statues and display pieces... dont they like fade? So they just leave em like that in the open subjected to all the elements? IN saying that.... and looking at the photos.... WOW!

It's like in the Simpsons, they take the statues apart brick by brick at the end of the day!

[griffin]

Today (Sunday here) was mostly toy hunting for me, checking out six different stores... finding the following items:

RPMs Remote controlled Barricade (big size)
RPMs Minivehicle 2-pack Rollbar Vs (brown) Sideways
TF3 Voyager Shockwave, Voyager Skyhammer, Deluxe Topspin, Cmdr Powerglide, Cmdr Blackout.
Store Exclusive 3-pack (Bumblebee, Soundwave, Rodimus)
TF3 Roleplay Optimus Sword



For Lunch I finally found a Pretzel place, and bought up big...
Plus, I also found a pizza place that had Chicago style pizza (has like a short-crust pastry base, and a deep dish shape that should be filled with cheese, meat and other toppings like a pie)



Demonac's family spent the afternoon at some cultural park/centre while I was checking out a couple of stores, and I later joined them for about an hour

We went back to the hotel around 7-ish, and unwound after another long day.

Demonac put all the different first release DotM Bumblebee's together for a photo (missing a Legion figure and some Robo Power figures)...



Tomorrow is Memorial Day in America, a public holiday, which might mean a lot of things being closed. But since we are spending the day relocating from the San Diego hotel to the Pasadena hotel, plus check out any department/toy stores on the way that are open... it shouldn't be too bad.
But there aren't too many loose ends left now of Movie toys (that are out here) for me. I'm now only looking out for Thundercracker, Laserbeak, HA Roadbuster and a couple store exclusives... and a week still left to find them, and any other new figures released during that time.


It's strange, but there are a lot of Cherry flavoured soft drinks here, and we dont have any... Pepsi Cherry (and diet), Dr Pepper Cherry (and diet), Coke cherry and 7up Cherry (and diet). Tonight I'm drinking Diet Dr Pepper Cherry and Diet 7up Cherry.

[griffin]

Pardon for being a total noob, but those Lego Statues and display pieces... dont they like fade? So they just leave em like that in the open subjected to all the elements? IN saying that.... and looking at the photos.... WOW!

It looked like they were sprayed with something, so maybe it is a sealer that protects them from sun-fading. The park is 12 years old, so unless they replace stuff as it fades, it's possible they are covered with something? (or maybe the shiny substance was just the glue used to hold them together)

[Hursticon]

Another good day huh Griffin?
Those Lego pics are amazi... Wait a minute:

Store Exclusive 3-pack (Bumblebee, Soundwave, Rodimus)

Might I request a focus pic of Soundwave please good sir?

[optimus1]

Keep the pics and updates coming Griff

[janda the red]

Keep the pics and updates coming Griff

+1

i'm really enjoying reading about your travels, glad your all having a great time.

janda

[SkyWarp91]

so jealous of you Griffin! Ah well, how are you getting the toys home? I assume you have to send them off first?

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Those food pics make my arteries ache just looking at them.

[SkyWarp91]

Those food pics make my arteries ache just looking at them.

i wonder how your arteries would react if griff showed you a pic of an american cheeseburger with bacon, bacon and even more bacon!