The Montreal/Quebec Local Fans Banter Thread

[Vega-Starscream]

Originally Posted by Ironwave

Just left Retro Expo had a great time spoke to a few dealers. All in all it was a great experience. Left the convention happy

Same for me, it was a good show and I left with a bunch of video games including some Atari and NES games I was searching for.
thank you Steve & Protoman

Can't wait and exited for the High Score Con

[Buhawi]

Got one toy from the con. Pretty good.

Saw an older lady eyeing a G1 rumble (yes the blue one) and I decided to let it go. She immediately went for it grabbing it and pushing away my nephews and my kids. No one got hurt. Found it hilarious.

Saw a familiar white dude and tapped him on shoulders. Sold me a few bots. Turned out to be SMOG.

[SMOG]

Yeah, the Retro Expo was fun. Lots of stuff, though in the end, I only bought a few things due to budget and my schedule. It wasn't as crowded as last time, but on the other hand, not quite as buys either. We gotta hype up the next one...

Originally Posted by Buhawi

You got it for free? DAMN!

Hockey tape huh? hmm. Isn't that too thick?

Yeah, lucky, right? They chose a bunch of regular loudmouths at TF2005 like myself as part of the testing demographic. Someone recommended me to XTB. I guess notoriety has its privileges.

Depending on the size of the joints, I find hockey tape is perfect. It's thick, but it still can compress a bit... plus the cloth surface offers more friction. Usually one strip does the trick.

For smaller figures, I usually use clear nail polish.

Originally Posted by Buhawi

Saw an older lady eyeing a G1 rumble (yes the blue one) and I decided to let it go. She immediately went for it grabbing it and pushing away my nephews and my kids. No one got hurt. Found it hilarious.

I don't blame her. They never made a G1 blue Rumble, so it must be rare.

Saw a familiar white dude and tapped him on shoulders. Sold me a few bots. Turned out to be SMOG.

I suppose us white dudes all look the same to you, right?

zmog

[Buhawi]

Honestly, when I moved here, yes. My first thoughts were: " Great I have racist thoughts already and I've only been here for 3 days. Will I ever find a girl here who doesn't look like a guy?"

Especially if you previously lived in an country with close to 0 Caucasians. Watching white peeps on TV did not help.

I was only 13 at the time and quickly learned that our mind/eyes needs a bit of time to discern ethnic faces. Took a very long time for me to be able to say that to anyone. Even my own brother.

Btw SMOG, since this came up, you do look a little bit like Mr. Grey.

[Buhawi]

just for you guys...

[SMOG]

Originally Posted by Buhawi

Btw SMOG, since this came up, you do look a little bit like Mr. Grey.

I'm not sure if we should just chalk that up to the "all white guys look the same" factor, but I will accept comparisons to hollywood heart-throbs without qustioning.

I think I've historically been able to tell ethnic faces apart... just don't ask me to remember anybody's names!

zmog

[Buhawi]

Originally Posted by SMOG

I'm not sure if we should just chalk that up to the "all white guys look the same" factor, but I will accept comparisons to hollywood heart-throbs without qustioning.

I think I've historically been able to tell ethnic faces apart... just don't ask me to remember anybody's names!

zmog

There has been numerous studies on the cross-race effect. I find it really cool that I experienced it mysel first hand.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-race_effect

[pulsedragon20]

Originally Posted by SMOG

I think I've historically been able to tell ethnic faces apart... just don't ask me to remember anybody's names!

zmog

Same here on "remembering names", I can barely remember people names for the life of me...

[Buhawi]

Originally Posted by pulsedragon20

Same here on "remembering names", I can barely remember people names for the life of me...

When I was single I remember writing numbers on my pack of cigs but always forget to write the names. When the person calls me to ask why I haven't called, I just blame the the pack of cigs containing a number with no name. If I decide to meet up I just ask how the person spells her name. not sure how I survived being single.

[SMOG]

Originally Posted by Buhawi

When I was single I remember writing numbers on my pack of cigs but always forget to write the names. When the person calls me to ask why I haven't called, I just blame the the pack of cigs containing a number with no name. If I decide to meet up I just ask how the person spells her name. not sure how I survived being single.

"What's your name again?"

"It's Michelle..."

"No, I know your name, Michelle. I mean what's your LAST name?"



zmog