(SC) Nov. 13-15 - Atomacon (North Charleston)
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 1:23 am
It's sad, but Atomacon has suffered from poor word of mouth. It went from mildly successful 2 years ago to the minimal attendance this year (I'll update with an offical count when I get it). I'll continue to volunteer to support a multi-day/night convention like this in my hometown as long as they keep doing it. I think it has a lot of potential.
There were less vendors this year, but there were some exciting new ones. Smooth-On plastic supplier, Reynolds Advanced Materials was giving away trial size casting and mold-making products (usually over $30) and showing off a wide range of samples to check out. I also found Starlight Gaming, a used video game shop that just opened here in town (where Jeffrey picked up Coleco games for $1 each). The gaming room stayed busy and the charity auction raised $1200 for Wounded Warrior, but most panels were slow from what I saw. There were some great costumers wandering the halls and the costume contest Saturday night packed the main programming room. There was a Mandalorian (in progress) with his daughter as Sabine, who won the Junior costume contest. I also saw a few Jedi there, including a great EP7 Luke Skywalker.
I volunteered my sound system and lights for the main room, but fortunately, the people doing panels in there were very competent and didn't need me to stick around. I only had to really "work" for Valentine Wolf's concert Friday and Saturday nights, so I could spend most of Saturday and Sunday afternoons in costume. Once again, I put up my death star with the help of Taylor Seay, Brian Marchman and a couple of friends. I threw my spare helmets on the display table (ROTJ Vader and ROTJ Boba Fett) with Carolina Garrison sign and all the extra trading cards I had (Jerry, I think I may finally be out of yours!). I expected some table display from Brad Butler representing the Rebel Legion, but he didn't make it to this, so I filled the space with my Mando helmet and a sign for the Mandalorian Mercs Talon Clan.
I represented the Mandalorian Mercs as El Evan MMCC #1151 on Saturday and Biker Scout TB-11110 on Sunday, with the scout uniform on a mannequin all day Friday and Saturday to maintain a 501st presence at our table. We also had Ed and his R2 there along with Jeffrey as ESB Han from the RL.
501st Members in Attendance:
Chris Gould TB
Taylor Seay TB
Brian Marchman TB
*Greg Pegg (retired TK)
RL
Jeffrey Lewis ESB Han
R2 Builders
Edward Reed
Mandalorian Mercs
Chris Gould
There were less vendors this year, but there were some exciting new ones. Smooth-On plastic supplier, Reynolds Advanced Materials was giving away trial size casting and mold-making products (usually over $30) and showing off a wide range of samples to check out. I also found Starlight Gaming, a used video game shop that just opened here in town (where Jeffrey picked up Coleco games for $1 each). The gaming room stayed busy and the charity auction raised $1200 for Wounded Warrior, but most panels were slow from what I saw. There were some great costumers wandering the halls and the costume contest Saturday night packed the main programming room. There was a Mandalorian (in progress) with his daughter as Sabine, who won the Junior costume contest. I also saw a few Jedi there, including a great EP7 Luke Skywalker.
I volunteered my sound system and lights for the main room, but fortunately, the people doing panels in there were very competent and didn't need me to stick around. I only had to really "work" for Valentine Wolf's concert Friday and Saturday nights, so I could spend most of Saturday and Sunday afternoons in costume. Once again, I put up my death star with the help of Taylor Seay, Brian Marchman and a couple of friends. I threw my spare helmets on the display table (ROTJ Vader and ROTJ Boba Fett) with Carolina Garrison sign and all the extra trading cards I had (Jerry, I think I may finally be out of yours!). I expected some table display from Brad Butler representing the Rebel Legion, but he didn't make it to this, so I filled the space with my Mando helmet and a sign for the Mandalorian Mercs Talon Clan.
I represented the Mandalorian Mercs as El Evan MMCC #1151 on Saturday and Biker Scout TB-11110 on Sunday, with the scout uniform on a mannequin all day Friday and Saturday to maintain a 501st presence at our table. We also had Ed and his R2 there along with Jeffrey as ESB Han from the RL.
501st Members in Attendance:
Chris Gould TB
Taylor Seay TB
Brian Marchman TB
*Greg Pegg (retired TK)
RL
Jeffrey Lewis ESB Han
R2 Builders
Edward Reed
Mandalorian Mercs
Chris Gould