State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN
October 8, 2006
Story and Photos by gran3131 & Hothchad
COVERAGE BY GRAN3131
Well troopers, Hothchad and I had the Dewbacks out on full patrol
this weekend for Fallcon 2006. This is an annual two day event held
on the Minnesota State Fair Grounds in the Education building. The
event it self had a ton of comic dealers, a few panels, artists, art
shows, and a huge crowd. As you may have guessed the main focus of
this event was comics, and if you were in need of one particular
comic book I have no doubt that you would have found it.
In
the area of Star Wars dealers this event pretty much had the same
dealers as the previous conventions. However, there was one new
dealer who had some very good prices. A few Clone Wars figure were
to be found; some of these included the Yoda and Yellow Clone 2 pack
for $17, Animated Red Clone Trooper, in what looked to be almost
perfect condition for $25, and the Jedi Knight Army 3 pack for $20.
Some of the most interesting items of note were vintage carded
figures of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. If you were looking for
ships you would not have left disappointed. Both Vintage and POTF
AT-AT walkers were for sale, as well as A-Wings, Gunships, and Tie
interceptors. A few master replicas saber including the new Obi Wan
Fx saber were also at the show. One big disappointment was that
there was not a single Star Wars statue to be found, however, there
was a load of Marvel statues and busts. This convention offered some
pretty decent prices and as good as one could expect from a
convention like this.
Fallcon
was a great way to spend a few hours this weekend. There was a $10
fee to get in, but that was reduced to $9 if you brought a can food
item. The fee was a little much, but when you think about it, you
could find some great stuff and the first 500 people on Saturday and
250 people on Sunday got a free grab bag; so it was worth it. The
convention also offers a charity auction in which you could bid on
some art work and a couple different figures and statues. The show
offered a variety of different comic artist one of them being the
very popular artist named Adam Hughes. Adam is very recognizable in
the Comic Book community and has worked on multiple Star Wars
projects including the covers of the Brand New Star Wars Legacy
comics. At the convention I was able to talk to Hothchad and
Hamsalad about our great hobby and that in itself is worth the trip.
The 2006 year for Minnesota Conventions is coming to a close, but in
2007 all the same conventions from Marscon to Fallcon will be going
on and hopefully some more troopers can load up their Dewbacks and
attend the shows. United We Find.
COVERAGE
BY HOTHCHAD
Hit the Fallcon show today, and met up with Gran. We talked shop for
while and then strolled around the show. There was not a lot of SW,
but this was not the focus of the show. One dealer had some pretty
reasonable prices and I was able to find some stuff at his booth; I
got a 300th Boba Fett for $10 and a VOTC Chewbacca for $7. He also
had a vintage Max Rebo Band set for $120; it had a very beat up box
and yellow bubble. Another dealer had quite a bit of stuff, but was
pretty high on his prices. I did pick up a POTJ clean Biker Scout
for $5 and an AOTC Tyranus with speeder for $20, a little on the
high end but I wanted it. He also had a CW Red ARC Trooper on a very
good card for $40. I have seen this dealer before and a lot of the
stuff he had was pretty much the same as the show he was at earlier
in the year. He did, however, have a Naboo pilot and others from the
new wave. I did see one dealer that had some vintage carded figures
and he also had what seemed to be reprocarded figures for $30 each.
Didn't claim either way as far as a sign goes, but the cards and
bubbles were just to perfect to be originals and the price was way
too cheap. There were a handful of other dealers that had some SW
items and it seems that when I do get a chance to go to a show, I
manage to find something.
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In
the area of Star Wars dealers this event pretty much had the same
dealers as the previous conventions. However, there was one new
dealer who had some very good prices. A few Clone Wars figure were
to be found; some of these included the Yoda and Yellow Clone 2 pack
for $17, Animated Red Clone Trooper, in what looked to be almost
perfect condition for $25, and the Jedi Knight Army 3 pack for $20.
Some of the most interesting items of note were vintage carded
figures of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. If you were looking for
ships you would not have left disappointed. Both Vintage and POTF
AT-AT walkers were for sale, as well as A-Wings, Gunships, and Tie
interceptors. A few master replicas saber including the new Obi Wan
Fx saber were also at the show. One big disappointment was that
there was not a single Star Wars statue to be found, however, there
was a load of Marvel statues and busts. This convention offered some
pretty decent prices and as good as one could expect from a
convention like this.
Fallcon
was a great way to spend a few hours this weekend. There was a $10
fee to get in, but that was reduced to $9 if you brought a can food
item. The fee was a little much, but when you think about it, you
could find some great stuff and the first 500 people on Saturday and
250 people on Sunday got a free grab bag; so it was worth it. The
convention also offers a charity auction in which you could bid on
some art work and a couple different figures and statues. The show
offered a variety of different comic artist one of them being the
very popular artist named Adam Hughes. Adam is very recognizable in
the Comic Book community and has worked on multiple Star Wars
projects including the covers of the Brand New Star Wars Legacy
comics. At the convention I was able to talk to Hothchad and
Hamsalad about our great hobby and that in itself is worth the trip.
The 2006 year for Minnesota Conventions is coming to a close, but in
2007 all the same conventions from Marscon to Fallcon will be going
on and hopefully some more troopers can load up their Dewbacks and
attend the shows. United We Find.