More Convention Pics

The Fandemonium Arcade Game Room, where I whiled away many a happy hour playing Guitar Hero.
This lady was fun to talk to. She taught a yoga class and sold some beautiful paintings. She also won first prize in the art contest.
The ARC trooper and Master Chief from Halo.
The prize table. It was fun to come by here and just have a look at the weird stuff you could win.
No Face from Miyazaki's "Spirited Away."
The Boise State University Anime Club, where I met Sonic the Hedgehog and tried pocky for the first time. Heck, I had pocky for lunch that first day, since I didn't want to leave the building to eat.
The freebie table. Yes, everything here was free, on the condition that you only took five items. It was empty by Sunday morning.
I don't watch Evil Dead, but you don't say no when a guy with a chainsaw duct-taped to his arm asks you to take his picture.

Don't ask me why this kid's dressed as an ear of corn. Later, he participated in the Cosplay contest in a skit where he was "killed" by a bunch of cat people. Is it me, or does most Cosplay make no sense?
The New Boise Order, a local Star Wars club. That TV was a gathering point for many geeks, as they played video games on it and also showed Star Wars, Galaxy Quest, and old episodes of the Transformers on it.
This guy claims he just came as himself. Nice wings.
A mother-daughter pair who go to anime conventions together. They said they'd just gotten back from Comic-Con, this was their first year at Fandemonium, and they liked the fact that this convention was much smaller and laid-back than Comic-Con.

The Mos Eisley diorama was another gathering point. The guy makes custom action figures and dioramas, and he challeneged everyone to look through Mos Eisley and try to find everything that wasn't Star Wars.
I thought the Stargate was a nice touch.
It's Bumblebee! And Jedi Mickey! And Frenzy if you look really hard...
Our mascot, Cthulu, in various Star Wars costumes, a Stargate costume, and dressed as our Master of Ceremonies Borneo.
This girl got "Hell-OOOO Nurse!" so many times it's a wonder nobody got attacked with that giant needle.

Voice actor Michael Coleman at the freebie table.
Princess Peach and the frying pan of DOOM.
Lock, Shock, and Barrel from "Nightmare Before Christmas." They won second place in the Cosplay contest for their lip-synch to the song "Kidnap the Santy Claus."
Snake from Metal Gear Solid. He won second place in the costume contest. (I couldn't find the first-place winner.)
Knives, swords, and free kittens. Heh. (Bought my mom's birthday present here too.)

Dragons Unlimited. I could have spent my entire budget here and been happy.
Twice Told Tales, a local used bookstore, sold comic books here and were constantly trying to convince me that my $100 convention budget could be stretched to buy more comic books.
Manga...
...and more manga...
...and what I assume are manga accessories. I can hear the Japanese laughing all the way to the bank from here.

I forget the name of this table, but I bought my brother's birthday present here.
Something Wicked, selling gothic costumes and jewelry. That's a BIG bustle on that red dress.
Star Wars stuff! Bought my AT-ST model here.
Magic Dragon Games.
Goofing off at the weapons table.

The Character Depot, where I bought my face paint before the convention. They tried to sell me red contact lenses too, but I passed.
These are made entirely out of paper. They're pretty cool.
A nature spirit and her baby. Oddly enough, there were several little babies at the convention, and they weren't at all fazed by all the weirdos in costume. In fact, a lot of them just laughed.
Cthulu, our mascot. He comes from H.P. Lovecraft's work. Don't worry, our Cthulu's not into world destruction.
Say what you will about Jack Sparrow (and many do), but he was nice enough to wait patiently while I fixed my camera to get a shot of him. I swear that thing EATS batteries...