Well, it's over again for another year... and as usual, it's over so quickly.

In about 9 hours I make my way back home, and I only just got here too...

Today wasn't very eventful for me.
After waking up at about 8am, and doing a few things (like packing) before heading to the Panel room just after 10am to catch the end of the Bob Budiansky panel, and have a good spot for the Hasbro Designers panel.

After that one was over, I went to my room to get one of the boxes, to get a quote from the UPS shippers in the Dealer Room (no post office nearby).

They wanted US$380-420 for one of my two boxes I needed shipped, so decided to take the chance to take them back on the plane (which 'should' cost me about $300 in excess luggage fees).

Took the box back to my room, and came back down to the panel room to catch a few minutes of the Voice Actors panel (which means I managed to attend every panel this year, even if it was just a couple minutes for some of them).

Saw llamatron before his early departure (2pm I think), and TheHandsomeCrab a little later, who was leaving 4-ish. RokDog should still be here for a few more days though.

In the dealer room just 2 hours before the show closes at 3.30pm, I took about an hour writing down all the details in the Hasbro product display (last minute, but no chance before then).
With less than an hour to go, and less than 30 minute before the cut-off to getting into the prize draw with your surveys, I rushed through most of the survey, but still only managed to get through 2 1/2 pages of the 4-page form. (it was like doing a homework assignment)

After the prize draw, I started looking around for something to buy, for me.
Saw Road Ceasar for $500 (I had enough, but wouldn't have had any money to get home with), and saw a Grandus and Dai Atlas. I couldn't find anything on my want-list, so ended up going for a set of clear Car Brothers for US$150 (with packaging, but no biocards - if they had any), plus a set of 8 Beast Machines Happy Meal toys.
That was my entire Sunday Haul...
Pretty disappointing.
But not really surprised. I didn't have enough money after a week of other expenses, and the dealer room didn't have as much variety for me (plenty of Gen1 toys, but not a whole lot of recent stuff from the 2-5 years ago which I have a lot of missing figures).

After they announced that the convention had closed, I wandered around the dealer room for a few more minutes.
I asked Scott McNeill if it were true that he was born in Brisbane - he said no, but did live there for four years when young.
I talked to Hasbro's Aaron Archer. We talked about the World Cup, the Hasbro panel at SDCC allowing photography, and, passed on the suggestion from here that they should release Drone packs for PowerCore Combiners, to give the 2-pack Commanders a Powerup Form (the main gimick of the series). He liked the idea, but said it would be difficult to sell without the play element of a Commander figure, so I said that it could be a mailaway offer. He seemed interested, as he had already described the Drones as army-building vehicles (using 'Stunticons' as an example of an army name, not just a small sub-group). I think he saw the potential of multiple drone redecos, without having multiple redecos of Commander figures. He said to tell Eric about it, because PCCs were Eric's line.
So, I also said a quick goodbye to Eric, and told him about the PCC idea (after all, we've been testing them out and reviewing them for over a month now), he was just as interested in the idea. (he also mentioned coming back to AUS for a holiday soon)
Also saw American friends Ben Yee and Karl Hartman for the last time this year. Both will be back for next year, so I'm happy about that.

A little after 3.30pm I headed back to my room to finish boxing up my stuff ready for my 2am departure.
Not sure what to do tonight.
I want to get some more Onion Rings from downstairs, or maybe see what RokDog is doing...
Or I could just stay here and watch the Transformers Movie (it just started - 6pm).