Griffin's BotCon Adventure (non-news bits).

[Burn]

And this is just his first day! By the time this is over he'll have a printable novel that will have you on the edge of your seat in anticipation.

[Bartrim]

And this is just his first day! By the time this is over he'll have a printable novel that will have you on the edge of your seat in anticipation.

I'll wait for the movie to come out

[griffin]

I hate it when you type up a lengthy post and you lose it all because the computer suddenly decides to close the window you were working in. Stupid Microsoft.
This shorter retype will probably make most of you glad that I'm not rambling on again...

Spent today juggling between hotels, to get into the other one which has covered access to the convention center (in case it rains this weekend as forecast), and is about $17 per night cheaper.
I don't get a refund from the full amount the Hyatt charged at check-in for up to 3 days, so will have to temporarily pay out another $700 for accomodation, which I may not get back in time for the convention (and if I did, there aren't many in the dealer room who take credit cards).
Still can't get a hold of Saintly to let him know that I have switched hotels, so have to work out a way of catching him when he arrives 'some time on Thursday night'.
Had a bit of a recon of the convention center today, and it is huge. Saw three of the Botcon staff (Brian, Pete, Rik) on my way over there, and it looked like they had some of the convention toys with them (don't ask, I didn't try to look at them - I'd like to enjoy the unveilling to the masses and feel the crowd's excitement like BotCon of old - and I haven't been following who the extra BC toys are either).
Walked around the city CBD, because their busses don't go south of the river (the state border about half a Km away), which left only 2 stores of interest that were reachable by bus, which wasn't worth the time and expense of checking out (I'm not after much at retail at the moment, so not too fussed about missing the opportunity here). The next two days should be fun enough to make up for it.
Couldn't find the grocery store that the internet searches said should be nearby. So no big sampling of American foods like in recent years (I get so fascinated by all their unhealthy breakfast cereals, and wanted to post some back home this year (wouldn't be enough time to eat them here)).
I found an outlet that sold Gyros (didn't know what they were, but remembered it from an episode of Seinfelt), they ended up being like a cross between a soft taco and a kebab.
Also found a pathetically small music and DVD store nearby, but didn't find anything I really wanted (like certain cartoon DVDs that are heaps cheaper here than in Australia).
I also realised that I don't have the means to transfer photos from my camera to this computer, so will have to take as many as I can with my phone in addition to the better quality ones on my camera.
I'll leave you tonight with some photos so far from my phone, and will hopefully be back online in about 24 hours in the other hotel.
The first is from my seat in the plane watching the engine being pulled apart (no, not paranoid at all... ) and the second is the convention center from my room.

[Burn]

This shorter retype will probably make most of you glad that I'm not rambling on again...

Ramble to your heart's content! I was actually quite engrossed in your first update, despite the lack of paragraph usage!

So Cincinnati (that's where it is isn't it?) isn't that great of a city?

[dirge]

I found an outlet that sold Gyros (didn't know what they were, but remembered it from an episode of Seinfelt), they ended up being like a cross between a soft taco and a kebab.

I remember having one of those in (I think) New York. It was like a cold kebab!

BTW if you cross the Ohio river, all the music stores will only stock bluegrass music

[MV75]

I remember having one of those in (I think) New York. It was like a cold kebab!

BTW if you cross the Ohio river, all the music stores will only stock bluegrass music

"If you don't buy my albummmmmmm.....
.....then the terrorists win".
________
ECOTEC

[griffin]

Just a bit of a catch up of non-news stuff.

Wednesday I woke up fairly early to get packed and checked out so that I could drop off my bags at the other hotel and be back at the first hotel for the first pre-con tour.
About 30 of us (about 12 were BC staff) were on the 'Fun Tour', and as soon as we got on the bus, we drove off on a short tour of the inner city area with one of the BotCon staff giving a bit of commentary (used to live here). ONe of the things we drove past was the site of where Kenner (produced Beast Wars) used to be located before Hasbro bought them out in the 90s and transfered everything over to their Rhode Island HQ about 5 years ago.
First stop was Lazer Kraze, a laser tag gaming place. THe BC staff were one team, the rest of us were the other. OUt of three games (about 10minutes each) the STaff one two, and the fans one one.
Next stop was lunch at Rib City, which was covered by the tour fee, so I ordered a big Rib Combo. Was very nice. Also had some beer tasting, but not as extensive as I expected, with just three beers being offered for us to consume (quite a few bottles were given out, so each of us ended up having at least a bottle or more).
THe Food tour was also not as interesting as I expected, as it was just a guided tour of a very large food supermarket, with the occasional sampling (about a dozen food items).
On the way to the Toy collectable and comic stores, we stopped by a couple of TRU and Walmarts, to find some ANimated toys. We found a TRU that had been cleaned out of an entire endcap, with only BUlkheads left. I bought one though, to at least come back with one Animated toy.
At the Toy collectable store I picked up a couple of SCFs, but later found bits missing or broken that I didn't notice at the time I bought them. I got a few comics as well.
On the way home, the BC staff were able to organise with a toy dealer at the convention to buy Animated toys from another TRU for those of us on the tour who wanted some. So when we got back to the hotel, we were able to buy the rest of the Animated toys (a total of nine for me for the day).
Later was the pre-reg pickup for the box set, and then I went back to the room and got to sleep as early as I could, as it was a really early start for the Thursday pre-con tour to the Airforce Museum.
But that will be in the next posting, which will be later - I have to head off now to the next lot of convention panels.

[Pulse]

Hopefully you found some of the other TFs you were looking for at the Dealer Tables. You were looking for later Japanese G1, right?