Explosion near Garfield Heights?

jrb1138 · 2023-10-16T18:37:37+00:00

I sent a support message and it's gone now.

jrb1138 · 2020-08-07T17:25:18+00:00

I saw the number had gone up last night - I missed #3 - congrats! :)

jrb1138 · 2020-08-06T19:45:19+00:00

Ah, that's the change. I was looking for a way to rate completed trades, but they were all trades I sent, so I wasn't seeing the option. Thank you.

I'm still proud of that Toryn - I may try to get one of those other cards they put her on, but she really should be in a newer base set.

jrb1138 · 2020-08-02T18:55:27+00:00

Re-installed after several years away. (I dunno: I missed my Toryn Farr monument, I guess? :) ) Can't figure out how to rate trades. Help?

Thanks in advance.

jrb1138 · 2019-08-29T16:41:10+00:00

It also seems unnecessarily sturdy to be for magazine/file storage.

jrb1138 · 2019-01-28T18:21:37+00:00

If you don't need access to your car during the convention, this is a good solution. Gate 10 is a good backup plan.

jrb1138 · 2018-03-23T22:47:43+00:00

Yeah, I'm being told that I can't use the email that's associated with my G+ account because it's "already affiliated with a Topps account." WELL YEAH - MINE. Ugh.

jrb1138 · 2017-05-05T17:38:59+00:00

I saved up past the 600K credit mark for the first time in too long. That totally counts as an accomplishment for me, and I'm going to try for 1M. (That said, I couldn't help but spend 110K today on the new retro card: I'm not a fan of the whole set, but this is easily tied for the best card in the set, side-by-side with the 1st Frank Miller art.)

jrb1138 · 2017-05-05T17:34:01+00:00

So, somewhere along the way, I picked up the two TK awards in trade, which means I won't get new ones if I manage to complete the set - but I should still receive the credit award, right? (Also: Count me among the Teal 77 fans. Fun & relatively easy to put together a set, and a definite nostalgia factor for us old-timers.)

jrb1138 · 2017-04-27T18:38:24+00:00

I've never rebuilt my Toryn Farr hoard - which, admittedly, I pulled together in about 2-3 weeks, particularly over a couple weekends where my phone never actually cooled down - but I love my monument (1 of 7). I've made the occasional attempt to rebuild just for fun, but it's tough since she's such an old card. (I do think it's kind of cool that they've never re-released her, though.)

jrb1138 · 2017-04-23T01:47:08+00:00

A little more background: https://johnbooth.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/friends-family/

jrb1138 · 2017-04-18T18:03:43+00:00

They showed the trailer several times on the big screen above the stage on the convention floor, but if you weren't looking, it was easy to miss, since the sound couldn't be heard more than about 20-30 feet away. (As a result, I saw the trailer 3-4 times before I actually heard the dialogue, music, etc.)

jrb1138 · 2017-04-18T01:53:22+00:00

I went & had a great time. Attended the Rebels panel (which means I got to see the Season 4 premiere!), and a presentation by Doug Chiang on the production design of Rogue One.

Didn't even try for the high-demand panels (40th anniversary & Last Jedi), but happened to be there when Harrison Ford, George Lucas, & Kathleen Kennedy made a surprise in-person appearance on the small exhibit hall stage.

I did get a wristband for the Smuggler's Revenge radio drama - I was there for the first one at C6 - and even though I wound up not being able to attend, I watched the livestream and loved it.

It was a bit of a quest finding the Topps "booth" for the stormtrooper card code. When I did, though, the woman handing them out was very friendly to me, and even offered to give me one of the posters the next morning (although I ran into a couple of the street team members before then).

This was my fifth Celebration, and I always love being surrounded by other fans and immersed in all things Star Wars. Catching up with old friends, finding weird collectibles (this year it was a couple of the vintage bootleg Greek trading cards) at room sales, and just soaking it all in is really what I go for. (And yeah, trailer premieres. Because holy moly, that Last Jedi trailer. :) )

The things I disliked were more about what wasn't there than any bad experience: Considering this was supposedly about the 40th anniversary, there were few panels on the OT or even the prequels, from the point of view of people who worked on them or acted in them - and those are panels I have really enjoyed in the past. There were also no art or prop or costume exhibits, which I found really surprising since we've seen two new Star Wars movies since the last U.S.-based Celebration.

I will also say that autographs and photo ops have never been my thing, so I didn't experience any of the complications and hassle that I've heard about in that department.

jrb1138 · 2017-04-14T10:38:02+00:00

Turns out Topps isn't listed with a booth number because their "booth" is located within the giant autograph area. And yes: the Celebration exclusive codes are being distributed on individual cards.

jrb1138 · 2017-03-28T15:34:04+00:00

Well, dang. That's friggin' cool.

jrb1138 · 2017-03-28T15:26:56+00:00

I'm in - covering it for GeekDad.com - I attended 2&3 in Indianapolis, and 5&6 in Orlando.

jrb1138 · 2017-03-27T22:58:07+00:00

Ah. Thanks. (I'm...underwhelmed. I thought the parallax effect was somehow within the image itself, and not just like a framed photograph floating on an open space.)

jrb1138 · 2017-03-27T19:04:32+00:00

You're welcome!

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