Bloomington, MN
March 5, 2006
Story and Photos by Anthony Grand (gran3131)
MISSION
#1: STORM THE SHOW Well,
I saddled up the old dewback for what was to be my first mission. It
was called MarsCon
that was
located in Bloomington, Minnesota, and it is a yearly Sci-Fi/fantasy
convention. While the Star Wars presence was not huge there were a
couple of vendors who had a few star wars items. In addition, there
was one vendor who actually had quite a bit of star wars items
ranging from the new Saga collection to the Power of the Force
series. He also had some unique items including a set of still
sealed lithographs from Episode I: The Phantom Menace, that
looked to be very interesting and of good quality, and also what I
believe to be a European edition 12 inch Luke Skywalker.
A couple of
the most interesting products that I ran into today were a vintage ROTJ carded figure, and a 12 inch Dagobah Luke with Yoda. I was only
able to get to the event today and was disappointed to hear that
yesterday there was a masquerade and a few Star Wars costumes were
on hand. If you are a person that is interested in Star Wars
miniatures or Attacktix you would have been happy at this
convention. There was at least three vendors selling these items and
they even had what looked to be a game room.
The
convention also had a very cool science/NASA type room. There were a
lot of replica models of space ships, and there was even a 1:1 scale
replica of the Mars land rover. The best thing about this room was a
space shuttle simulation in which you could sit down and test your
hand at landing a space ship. This whole exhibit was great and a lot
of fun.
SUMMARY
All
in all I had an absolute blast. The best thing about the whole
convention was that I met a couple fellow collectors, and I really
enjoyed talking to them for over an hour about our great hobby of
Star Wars collecting. I was not sure what to expect from the
convention since there was not supposed to be much of Star Wars
presence. However, in the little time I was there I had a great
time, saw some cool star wars items, and met a couple new friends.
United we Find Troopers.
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Well,
I saddled up the old dewback for what was to be my first mission. It
was called 
A couple of
the most interesting products that I ran into today were a vintage ROTJ carded figure, and a 12 inch Dagobah Luke with Yoda. I was only
able to get to the event today and was disappointed to hear that
yesterday there was a masquerade and a few Star Wars costumes were
on hand. If you are a person that is interested in Star Wars
miniatures or Attacktix you would have been happy at this
convention. There was at least three vendors selling these items and
they even had what looked to be a game room.
The
convention also had a very cool science/NASA type room. There were a
lot of replica models of space ships, and there was even a 1:1 scale
replica of the Mars land rover. The best thing about this room was a
space shuttle simulation in which you could sit down and test your
hand at landing a space ship. This whole exhibit was great and a lot
of fun.