03.09.13 - Capt's Comics and Toys Expo 2013

[silverBoyd]

Got back from the Comic and Toy Expo a few hours ago and it was a success. The guys at Captain Comics who organize the Expo each year welcomed us with opened arms and treated us like family. We were set up in a very large area just before you walked inside of the main hall room where vendors & artists had their wares out for sale. It seemed like everybody there had a great time. We must've posed for 200+ photos. Which are always more than welcomed. The comic shop hired a wonderful photographer who was very nice and great with the fans. She will be posting pics on her Facebook site from the event soon. I believe the Expo pulled in around 550+ attendees. Pretty solid crowd. Last year they had around 425 attendees. They said every year it gets bigger and bigger. Hopefully more CG members can come down next year.

The only Imperial presence was myself (TD-5945) and Ronnie Boyd (TI-19538). A local upcoming CG / 501st recruit (Chris Gould) was kind enough to let us setup his Death Star walls backdrop along with his Gonk Droid and Jawa that he built. The Jawa looked great. It was a static mannequin but looked great alongside of us. Little to our knowledge, a local R2 Builder here in Charleston used this Expo to unveil his R2 build he's been working on for 2 1/2 years. Needless to say, R2 joined us for most of our day. Which was more than welcomed. We also took some pictures w/ some cool Cobra Viper friendlies. Nothing like the Empire and Cobra teaming up. Captain's Comics also had a sign made up for us to collect donations (however much someone wanted to donate) for MUSC Children's Hospital. At the end of the event, we had raised $170. Not bad. People were pretty generous in dropping something in the jar after taking pictures with us. Here are a few pictures from today's event.

















Photographer's Facebook Page
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[RogueTrooper]

Awesome about raising $170.

Cool pix, Love the R2.......