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Originally Posted by CKWG
Yup you are totally right, when I was there at the show 4 yrs ago, there was very few Transformers, and more so Computer parts. The computer parts table have been dying out throughout the years. This show on March 25 is going to have a huge positive change, moving towards mainly Action Figures.
Due to having no more Retro and Relevant for almost two years now and no more Metrocons, some of the sellers that used to sell there are looking for other outlets to sell. Therefore, a bunch of them decide to get together and all show up at once to the Scottish Cultural Center Show this March 25th.
We have Metallica_Unforgiven to thank for as the organizer of this movement as he believes he can turn this to a much better show for Transformers and Action Figure fans and give the sellers from Retro & Relevant / Metrocon an outlet that some of them desperately need.
I'm not going to be a dealer this time, but I will for sure attend to support my fellow local Transformers/Action Figure fans and friends, and relive my enjoyment from past shows such as RnR & Metrocon.
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Yes, thanks for this, CKWG.
It is indeed true that the computer side of the show has gotten smaller. At the end of the November event, CKWG and I did a walkthrough and counted the ratio of computer tables to collectibles ones. There were maybe 5 computer related tables compared to 40 "collectible" tables, though collectibles ranged from action figures, to comics, gaming, sports items, DVDs etc.
Simultaneously, there were a lot of whispers of collectors and vendors still chomping at the bit for a better toy show in town.
Around January, I pitched the idea to Verne, the organizer of the Pop Culture (Scottish Centre) show, about reaching out to some action figure vendors I know and organizing a "Retro & Modern Invasion" of action figures. While he loved the idea, he couldn''t officially alienate his other collectible types (gaming, comics, even computers etc), but essentially gave me the green light to go call up my contacts in the toy dealer circle to book tables.
The result here will be that rather than launching a new toy related show, we could use an existing show as a platform and occupy a significant amount of tables.
It took a lot of text messages and a bit of arm twisting, but it seemed like there was a lot of interest overall.
After a lot of time spent pumping this particular March 25 show on Facebook, Craigslist, and now these message boards, tables sold out and now people are talking.
Perhaps the idea is crazy. Perhaps it won't work, but I figured it was worth a try. In this situation, we don't need to wait for a new toy show as there's a lot of startup effort involved (booking a venue, website creation, table bookings, scheduling etc), as that would already be done for us if we used an existing venue.
Anyway, hope to see many of you on the 25th.
Oh and one final note - stud dealer CKWG won't be entirely absent from vending. I'll have some of his great items at my tables
Sorry for the long post.
