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Re: TFcon Toronto 2014 Is On Now!
I attended Saturday - my first time ever to TFCon. I got there a bit before 9 so I decided to buy the early admission, and made a beeline to the A3U / Fansproject booth to see what what was new. I made a total impulse buy of Columpio, so I guess now I am collecting that line!
By noon I'd spent all of my budget and then some! But I'm happy with my purchases, pretty much everything was on my want list. I'm sure I would have ended up ordering them all online eventually, and this way I saved on shipping, taxes, etc.
I attended all of the afternoon panels except Sue Blu & Gregg Berger (unfortunately, had to grab some food). I've only been to a few fan conventions before, but never went to the panels, so it was neat to experience them. The Customizing Tutorial and the Aaron Archer Q&A were very interesting, and Garry Chalk & Neil Kaplan were a hoot. The 3rd party one was great - it was exciting to see the reveals live and in-person, to know that we were some of the first people to learn about some of those products.
A few more general comments:
- The dealer room was awesome, the best I've ever been to. Good layout, decent space in the aisleways, and a great selection.
- Polite and helpful staff, both for the event and the hotel.
- It was really cool to see how many people knew each other, how passionate everyone obviously was, and how diverse the crowd was.
Overall, I had a great time! I'd just finished off months of stressful work projects the day before, so it was a really welcome and timely opportunity to geek out and have some fun for a day. I went into it thinking it would just be a one-off event to say I'd been once, but now I'm already looking forward to next year!
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