A Quick Bit About New York Comic Con 2018

in #comics5 years ago

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The 2018 New York Comic Con is over and done with. I have exhibited there almost every year but missed the past 2 so when my contact let me know a booth opened up last week, I jumped on it. I won’t let it slip by again.

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It’s a massive show on par with San Diego (still prefer SDCC) and people go there to spend. Surprisingly Thursday was my best day with Saturday being my worst. I would have bet the farm that it would have been the other way around but then again, that’s why I don’t gamble much.

For NYCC, I had a 10x20. I construct the booth with grid wall making an encased room and fill it with Funko Pops. I bring over 2200 different Pops for folks to choose from ranging from out base price of $12 all the way up to $2000. The higher priced ones I keep in a locked case. The exterior of the booth I put some racks up and bring our newest variant covers which were Amazing Spider-Man #799’s by Linsner along with some of my own personal hot variants.

I had a couple things go missing despite scumproofing it. One was a $600 Item and another $500 item which totally sucks but after those went missing on Friday I scumproofed everything even more so. I think I’m going to get a small camera system to place around. Gotta look into that for next season. The thing that stinks is I’ve gone 3 years now doing cons without having something go missing. I’ve caught people yanking but I think...I’m pretty sure that nothing has gone missing since 3 years ago...in NY. Fuckin scumbags gotta ruin everything...

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Either way, this show is exhausting and draining. NY is not a friendly city to setting up conventions and driving into the city makes me want to punch every driver in the face but I braved it. Parking was always atrocious.

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The con food was overpriced and basically muddied shit but I’m happy I did the show again. This puts me a tad closer to possibly going to Steemfest next month. I should know in the next couple weeks.

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I’ll be posting more soon. This was the last big con of the season and I’m going to try to get back to my regular routine of not only posting, but engaging here which is something I have not done much of since my boy Tano passed. Hopefully I can get back to some normalcy here soon.

In the meantime stay tuned for the cosplay pics. Some really good ones this year!!! I’ll tease one for now. These violent delights have violent ends.

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Wow really Saturday was the worst day I find it hard to believe also but what doesnt surprise me is the stolen stuff in NY sorry to hear that @blewitt and wow that parking price total...

NY is just outrageous to do anything. The thieves...it happens. Sadly last time it happened to me was several years back in NY. Seems to be a trend. Lol

Man, whoever stole your stuff are tier 1 shitlords, what a couple of cunts.

Looks like a good time otherwise, man. I would go ape shit over the pops alone.

Yeah it’s an unfortunate part of doing Cons. Always someone looking to rip ya off. I’m usually good but this time they got the better of me. The Funko presence at the convention was insane.

Yeah, that's shitty, man. Seems like it would be hard to handle 100 percent without a few people helping to run your section. Fucking bastards, hope they step on lego's that have been embedded with razor blades.

Yeah, I'm sure it was pretty insane. I'm assuming you didn't see the post, but I'm gonna attempt to start doing IRL videos where I open up pops/trading cards/collectibles/dildos and other cool shit. If I can get the recording equipment ordered here soon, I might be sending some Steem your way for some cool shit I can open up on camera :)

That’s awesome. Would totally love to see some vids. If you get that going I will send you a care package for FREE with some blind box/bag shit.

Well, shit, dood. Can't really turn down that offer, lol. I'll hit you up once I get the equipment purchased and at least record one episode to make sure I'm happy with the end product.

Yup yup. Keep me posted brother!

Hope you can make it to SF3, bring some MTG cards if you do! Sorry about the thieves, you have to be careful at con's.

Yeah me too. I’ll know in a week if I can make it.

howdy there blewitt! wow it's always very interesting reading about your business and this one about the big city because it's like a foreign country to me! lol. But it's really great to learn about this part of the culture and I appreciate it. Was that parking for the whole time you were there or just one day? I hope you made some decent profit despite the scumbags who ripped you off.

Sadly that was just the first day of parking for Wednesday setup. The rest of the days were about half of that as I brought my regular vehicle. I had a van the first day and they said it was “oversized” so that’s why they charged that much. NYCC is an expensive show to do. All in all with booth, van, tolls, gas, parking, and other expenses it ran around 5k to just do it. Madness!!!

oh my gosh blewitt! wow, don't you have shows closer to home that you can do that don't cost a fortune?

Well this one is a biggie and kinda in my back yard. But we do travel all over the country. Some of the bigger shows folks save up for so they come to spend. Those are my kind of shows.

Sir blewitt! well, that sounds like a pretty fun time but it would be funner if you had a partner that could go with you I bet.

I love manning the booth on my own. I will say having someone with me to help assist customers while I’m checking folks out. Thatbabd an extra set of eyes to prevent sticky fingers. Thats helpful.

howdy again blewitt..yes I understand, and is your business steadily growing so in the future you'll be able to have more help?

I think so but I kinda enjoy doing these on my own. My honest problem is I book a lot of these last minute so it’s hard to wrangle folks.

Ugh I bet comic cons must be the best thing ever!!!!

They are fun but can be completely exhausting. Especially the larger ones like NYCC & SDCC. You’ve never been to one?

Are there any in your area? Ever think of traveling to one?

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