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Not sure who came up with that metaphor, are dogs usually sick? Mine never are... Anyways, forgive the rambling and please forgive any typos, I'm on a lot of medication right now. I probably won't be on for awhile, I hurt my back really bad in the gym today (not really sure how) so it hurts....like really, really bad. I can barely get out of bed, much less sit at my computer. The only reason I can stand to write this right now is the tremendous amount of painkillers I've taken, and even now it's still really sore. I've hurt myse;lf quite a few times in the gym before, but it's never been this bad. Honestly I'm worried about how serious it may be. To add injury to injury, I'm also regular sick, I think it's the flu or something. Not sure if it's regular sick or some kind of flu-like symptoms brought on by the injury, but nevertheless I'm sick. So to get to the point, I might not be on much in the coming days or maybe weeks. Honestly if it is something serious, like I messed up my spine or something....I'm not sure I could go on living like that. But chances are good it's just s pulled muscle or something. I dunno, but my current state has got me thinking about it. But yeah, dont mind the morbid talk, I'm kinda feverish so im prolly not thinking straight. Anyway, i'll jus have to see what happens, and i'll let you guys know how it goes. ~Matane
Last installment of this series, 2 months procrastinated on. So this is the stuff I picked up while at NYCC, minus the stuff I got for my brother. It's not ll that much cuz my spending limit at the time wasn't very high and we kinda ran out of time for buying merch. Oh and all those leaflets, flyers, stickers and other paper sheet things I didn't buy, they just hand out a lot of random stuff t the con. Actually two of those manga were freebies as well. MLP merch Only pony merch I bought at the con was a dog tag necklace and a special Bronycon cover IDW comic. Other stuffs Yup, pretty much it. It's actually a 50/50 whether or not buyinng stuff at the con is even worth it, you kinda have to be careful. A lot of the stuff (like the Elfen Lied dvd) you can buy much, much cheaper on Amazon, and all the other stuff is usually pretty close to what it would cost normally. So there aren't a lot of great deals, and most of the stuff you can find anywhere. However, there are a lot of things (mostly art and customs) that you can either only find at the con, or are available to buy at the con several weeks before anyone else can get them. So there's that. So anyway, this (finally) wraps up my Cmoc Con blog series. Hope you guys enjoyed it and maybe I'll see some of you there next year ^^
Hey guys, how ya doin? This is going to be the last(ish) installment of my comic con series. The last one will probably be the merch I bought myself, which isn't directly related... Anyway, this one is gonna be about the weird Art prints we saw, as well as some other cool stuff like giant robots, freaky deaky custom toys and one very creepy inflatable bunny. Oh ya, since I didn't mention it before, I suppose I'll mention it now. I got to sit in two panels at the con, one was for Aniplex and the other for Yen Press. Aniplex makes pretty much all the best animes ever (Madoka Magika, Sword Art Online, Gurren Lagann, etc) and Yen Press is a publishing company that publishes and distributes manga (Highschool DxD, Watamote, Black Butler, etc) and we also caught the first North American screening of Neon Genesis Evangelion 3.0 in English dub. There were a few other panels I wanted to catch but we didn't have time for or missed (Archer, Adventure Time, Funimation, Viz Media, etc) but it was an amazing time anyway. If anyone lives in the Northeast area and likes MLP, anime, Dr. Who, the Walking Dead, any comic ever, video games or any kind of 'geek' fandom stuff, you should definitely go next year. That weekend at the time is probably the best weekend I've ever had in my life. Honestly my expectations for this were kinda low, but I was totally blown away by pretty much everything...it was awesome. Oh ya...and I got my picture taken with a Playboy bunny, which was fun. ^.^ Well, the best part was chatting with her while they were getting the equipment ready cuz she was really cool, the picture itself turned out terrible lol, so you guys don't get to see it. Ok, so without further ado, here are the freaky/awesome pictures Spoiler: Random stuff we saw They were building this outside the first day we got there, I guess it's a sand castle replica of a Legend of Zelda castle. This was when it was only like half way done. Spoiler: Art stuffs and custom...things Yup, that's it. I'm not explaining a lot of this stuff like I did last time because...well...I don't think there are any words haha. Ya, there was some weird stuff there. The weirdest? Spoiler: spoiler Those eyes will haunt me forever... lol As always, if you guys have any questions, comments, complaints, sugestions, gripes, compliments, qualms, doubts, debates or anything else you'd like to mention, write it in the comments! Later ~
My last entry was solely about figures, this one is going to be dedicated to all the other merch we saw there. Most of it will be anime-related, I kinda went all anime-fanboy during the convention lol. But fear not, pony fans. There is some MLP stuff here too. Spoiler: The winning lottery numbers! Actually just wall scrolls and posters...they came in every shape, color, show and character. Yes, those are messenger bags and body pillows in that photo too. Spoiler: Plushies, because...why not? If you look closely, yes, those are Pony plushies. ^.^ Can you handle the plushness? Spoiler: anime and manga Not only did they have walls and tables covered in anime box sets, but they had walls and tables of manga, art books and light novels. Both in English And in Japanese. Spoiler: WeLoveFine booth! Spoiler: Keychains, binders and other knick-nacs This was probably the weirdest thing we saw during the convention, well...actually it's probably only in the top 25 lol. (They're mousepads, btw) T-shirts! I'm surprised that's the only picture I have for t-shirts, there were T-shirts EVERYWHERE at the con...and not just anime ones either. Video game shirts, MLP shirts, shirts from cartoons, shirts with funny geek-related stuff on them (can you say, "the cake is a lie?") I don't have much time today, so this will have to do. I have two other entries coming though, I still need to cover Art prints and custom stuff, random sights and sounds, and maybe one about all the merch I bought. ^.^ So until next time...
So, what was there to see? Every thing geek/fandom you could possibly imagine, for the most part. The vendors area was probably as big as two football fields and there were booths for EVERYTHING. Major production companies for anime, TV, books? Check. Toy, collectible, comic vendors? Check. Booths selling custom art prints? Check. Dance dance revolution on a stage? Check. An area where you can play video games with 15 other people on giant monitors? Check. Booths where you can buy artwork from famous people in the comic book industry and get it signed while you're at it? Check. Booths selling boxes upon boxes of hentai? ...Check. Yeah, they had pretty much everything. You probably don't know this, but I'm a big fan of figures, especially PVC anime figures. I only have 2 (which, coincidentally, I bought at this convention) but nevertheless, I think they're way cool. And boy was there no shortage of them at the con. Spoiler: figures These little guys were at almost every toy booth in the anime section of the con. They're called Nendroids and they are tiny 2-3 inch chibi figures. (small bodies, big heads) that go for $8-12 a pop. Yes, pony too... They also had some really intricate and expensive figures there, like these Iron Man suits. By the way, these are made from almost entirely die-cast metal parts and the SMALLER ones went for $610. There was also a booth set up by the Good Smile Company, which makes like 90% of anime figures, and definitely make all the best quality ones. They were showcasing new figures for 2014 that aren't even available for pre-order yet. And they are definitely the next generation of collectible figures, the intricate detail on these was astounding. Spoiler: Good Smile Company They also had a lot of retro toys for sale, such as the power rangers you see up there, Ninja Turtle toys, etc. But those are just figures, which barely scratches the surface of crazy/awesome/cool/weird merch they had available, which is what my next post in this series will be about. ^.^ So stay tuned for more!
Hey guys, so as some of you may know, I attended the New York Comic Con this last weekend, and I've decided to make a blog post to share what it was like with you guys. *Note: This is going to be pretty picture heavy. Like 100+ pictures heavy. Since I'm only allowed 15 pictures per blog post, this is probably going to be made into a 5 blog post series. Or something like that. So, I went with my best friend Corey who is also into geeky stuff, albeit different geeky stuff than I am. My areas of interest mostly settle around anime, manga and cartoons; whereas he's more into the traditional comic book superheroes and shows like the Walking Dead and Breaking Bad. So it was kind of like a constant tug-of-war for what we went to see when lol. But since I was the one taking pictures, most of this stuff will be anime, pony, cartoony stuff and cosplay related. I ordered the tickets in May, the minute they went on sale. Initially we were going to drive down there every day since the Jacob-Javitz center is about an hour away from our houses, but he has an uncle who lives 10 minutes from the center who was nice enough to let us stay with him for the weekend. When we got to the ferry to cross the river into the city, we were already seeing multiple people dressed in their cosplay best, and when we got off the ferry, we were swarmed. There was a line of people lined up around the block to get into the center, but it probably took us only 10 minutes to get in. I think the NYCC organizers estimated around 150,000 people would attend the event over the course of three days...I dunno how many there were, but there were A LOT. Spoiler: the crowds The Lobby, Day 2 Main Panel hallway The Lobby, Day 3 So as you can see, people...people everywhere. The convention center is 3 floors, and each floor is HUGE. And it was like this EVERYWHERE. You could probably see everything there is to see (minus panels, screenings, etc.) in a day if no one else was there, but spending so much time working your way through the crowds made 3 days just barely enough. Now, as I mentioned before, there were a lot of cosplayers there. A lot. And a lot of them were really good. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pics of MLP cosplay, but there was quite a bit of it there, although most of it was pretty so-so compared to all the anime and superhero stuff we saw. Spoiler: cosplay There was an enourmous amount of people there dressed as Attack on Titan characters, not surprising as it's the hottest anime show this year and you can buy the entire getup for a couple hundred online. Bioshock Infinite Kickass and Night B*tch Madoka Magica Pool Party (Pretty sure there's one of these at every convention lol) Batman Beyond This guy was hugely popular, he said he was 'Quail Man.' Never heard of it, but apparently a lot of other people have. And that's just a small fraction of the amazing cosplay we saw. I have a lot more pictures, but my phone decided that the rest didn't deserve good quality. -_-" There was also a cosplay contest there, but we didn't get in early enough to get to see it. We did however get to see all the cosplayers lining up outside the room to await their chance to walk up on stage, but since it was kinda dark in that hallway non of those pictures turned out very well. ...And of course, we had to get in on the some of the photo action ourselves. (I'm not including all the pictures I took with my friend in them, because I won't post them without his permission and I doubt he'd give me permission to post them on an MLP related site. *shrug* Spoiler: me plus awesome cosplay A bunch of Elizabeths from Bioshock Infinite Panty and Stocking (unfortunately these girls had pretty much the same stuck up attitude the characters on the show did. I'll be nice and just say they were in character...) A very awesome Yoko Littner Alrighty, well I'm going to have to end this here because it's late, but I'll be posting part 2 and maybe part 3 tomorrow so stay tuned for more! P.S. - If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them down below. ^.^
This was originally something I was about to post in the "What are you watching right now?" thread, but I got a bit carried away and it became more of a review, so I figured it'd be better to make it its own thing. Frost's mini review of LPS I've been meaning to give it a try and today I did, now I'm on episode 12. Honestly, it's not that great and I definitely wouldn't consider myself a fan of it. The dialogue is corny, the situations contrived and the morals cliche. It's far more your average saturday morning cartoon fare than MLP, but slightly more refined than say, Johnny Test. I probably wouldn't watch it I had anything better in mind. However, it does have some redeeming qualities I find charming, mostly the songs and the art. Blythe (the main character) is a talented and aspiring fashion designer, and this seems to spill out into the art of the show. Everything seems well put together, the colors match and pop... the overall effect is rather aesthetically pleasing, even if the character designs are simple and "meh." The songs are brilliant of course, being composed by Daniel Ingram - I find that I'm practically addicted to the ten second opening song. As for the characters, I like both Blythe and Russel the best, as they each reflect two opposing parts of my own personality...the former being both artsy and scatter-brained and the latter being very serious and orderly. I also find that I really like the Biskit twins, partly because whilst they're twins that seem to understand each other on an almost subliminal level, they're color-coded opposites in appearance; and also because that while they are considered the "mean girls" of the show that alienate everyone else with their attitudes, in truth they prolly only alienate others because they are so close that it would be hard for anyone else to really mesh with them... and because they're stupid rich - although neither of which is their fault. So they became aloof and exclusive almost as a survival tactic due to their circumstances, but if given the chance they seem like they could be perfectly nice. I pity them a bit, but I also can relate to their situation and subsequent attitude in a lot of ways. Zoey...she looks like Twilight Sparkle but acts like Rarity, but isn't as appealing as either. I like her character, but I don't share the same fascination that many of the fans have. The mongoose can be pretty funny too, although I cannot stand Vinny, the lizard. He seems like a pointless character that is more awkward and annoying than anything else. Penny and Pepper are pretty "meh." Minka is right on the edge of the 'overly-annoying cliff' and reminds me of a less charming, more hyperactive version of Pinkie Pie, and I've never really withheld my disdain for her. She would probably take the top spot as my least favorite character if it wasn't for the lizard. So, even though I will never enjoy it as much as MLP and certain parts find me going "eugh", it's charming and entertaining enough that I'll prolly keep watching.
