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My Day At FX Con (Unicorn and Meeting Spike) PIC HEAVY

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:09 am
by Siren
It started with Friday night. After spending hours packing everything, I put it all in the trunk, so in the morning we just had to get up, change and could go. This first picture may be disturbing to some...I'm kinda use to it.

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Mia's face is priceless there, no?

We arrive at Megacon, ready for some fun!
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We first see Barbie, mint in the box with some random lollipop guy
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Let's see how many people here remember this guy? Hint: He fought Nazis
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Best part about this guy....his fiance who told us, she woke up one night hearing him practicing his best Ledger' Joker impression and it scared the hell out of her.
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Onto the celebrities...

Juliet Landau, Drusilla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Wonderfully sweet and beautiful woman who even posed for us
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Be still my heart....I was shaking asking James Marsters, Spike from Buffy, to "sign my yearbook"
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Next up, another Buffy-itte....Camden Toy who played several monsters from Buffy including The Gentleman, Ubervamp, and Gnarl. Also very sweet and he was so funny!
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Beam me up Scotty! Its Dr. Spock!
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Jonathan Frakes....voice of David Xanatos and also some captain on some spaceship ;)
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Oh and then of course, we got our picture taken WITH Spike! He held my mom's hand and I had my hands all over his arm. :love: (BTW, this is a picture OF the 8x10, so its not perfect quality here)
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More costume fun....Look! Even Ocoto-Mom made it to the con....she dropped one of her babies on stage too.
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Civil War re-inactor.
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My daughter found "her people"
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Then came the costume contest!

Here is the whole thing on video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoE9Dp-eA7g


This was the first half. I won passage into the second half (more on that soon)
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After that, we met Pikachu!
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Mia attended the second half of the costume contest and won for Best Fantasy Costume! Her she is with my daughter and the celebrity judges!
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And here is what we won
Invader Zim autograph
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Full size Dragonball Z movie poster
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The trophy
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I also won a 3 day pass to Jacon, an anime con in Orlando next month!

And here is what else I got...

Spike and Dru to sign my yearbook
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Camden to sign my yearbook
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James signed this one for my daughter
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Jonathan Frakes signed my DVD...already had been signed by Marina aka Demona
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Awesome shirt
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New goggles (for a future costume)
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Today we went to Old Town. This is the famous ferris wheel there
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At Downtown Disney, in the Rainforest Cafe, I found a living "unicorn"
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And in the Lego Store, I found what may be unicorns or they may just be mules :P
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My daughter playing with my new toy
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And I lived another childhood dream today...I met....HERBIE
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He was actually beeping at us. Here is what his interior looks like
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Bet you didn't know he supported firefighters!
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Oh and I was SOOOOOO glad someone captured this somehow...

This is how I spent my time waiting for the costume contest to start...

Pictures are not by my family, but by another attendee. My parents shoved the entry form in Mia's mouth

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Standoff with a Klingon? I know Mia would win a staring contest.
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Still waiting....
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Smile for the camera Mia!
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Let me explain the next set of pictures...Darth Maul and Qui Gon were doing battle. Darth made a low blow and "won" the battle. Unicorns just won't stand around and watch the good guys lose. She lowered her head. Stomped her hoof and charged.
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Yes, Darth Maul lost....because Darth Maul is a pansy and ran away from her. He knew he could never win.
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Now this is just random and weird. LOL
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Also part of the contest was to get some nice pictures done and here is what I got!
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And two fun videos from the day's events....

Lightsaber Malfunction

The Host Dances For My Mom

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:22 am
by xxhplinkxx
YAY!!! Awesome pics! Yay on the contest!

One of my friends worked for the event on Fri. and Sat. and they placed her in the celebrity green room area. She had a convo with Camden, was supposed to get Julie some coffee but forgot to (IDIOT!), and James complained about her, hahaha.

I was gonna work for it too but I couldn't. :/

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:15 am
by Siren
LOL! Wow! Crazy! But very cool!

Oh, I forget to say....Ando's "attendant" chased me down and told me he requested the unicorn come and see him. So I went over to his booth, walked up, put my front hooves on the table and laid my head on them like a dog laying down. He was hysterical. He gave me hugs and had everyone taking pictures of us. In one picture, he kisses the unicorn on the nose. Then he tells me, "my friends are gonna be so jealous".....HIS friends are gonna be jealous? I told him I just got hugged and kissed by Ando, I think my friends would be more jealous :lol: I am still searching the internet for those pics. He said he would put his on his Twitter and Facebook. I found him one Facebook and friended Mia's profile to his.

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:41 am
by pap64
White unicorn of justice FTW!

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:43 pm
by blackcauldron85
I love it!!! That seemed like so much fun- I'm glad you had an amazing time! I didn't know that your unicorn had a name! Mia's glamour shots are beautiful! :) Jonathan Frakes was my very first celebrity crush, so that's awesome that you met him! :)

Lol @ Mia and Darth Maul.

Thanks for sharing- some of those costumes are so great (Barbie in the box- that's classic!, the Rocketeer- very cool).

Re: My Day At FX Con (Unicorn and Meeting Spike) PIC HEAVY

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:21 pm
by Escapay
Siren wrote:Let's see how many people here remember this guy? Hint: He fought Nazis
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AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!

albert

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:45 pm
by ajmrowland
Herbie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:29 am
by xxhplinkxx
So I was talking to my friend that worked at the show and I asked if she saw a huge white unicorn walking around and she did :D

She said whoever was in there was insane being on all fours... I told her you were used to it. :p

Hahaha :lol: <3

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:09 am
by Siren
xxhplinkxx wrote:
She said whoever was in there was insane being on all fours... I told her you were used to it. :p

Hahaha :lol: <3
Ohhhhhh....one day my friend. One day we shall meet face to face and I shall bitch slap you. Yes, you bet.