>>11585364Also also, forgot to say that i've been to creator conventions where indie toylines go to show off their shit.
It's almost all hipstershit stuff and customs. It's cool for what it is, but they're not really stuff you would want to play with. It's basically what you also see at other conventions, which you've undoubtedly seen.
I don't think there's really any convention that has the indy toylines you actualy want to buy. They're all spread out and SDCC has most of them, but i think other conventions have more vendors with more variety of toys. Big conventions tend to focus on the hyped shit, hence this year being crowded with Labubu shit and its wannabes. I've gotten rarer finds at medium sized conventions than SDCC and others.
Old loot pic from 2015 that i thought i lost. That bag is full of mini Starblazers/Battleship Yamato 2199 models. If you look at my loot pictures over the years, you can see how since 2022 (when convention season again started again after COVID), that toys aren't as important to conventions anymore. At least, ones aimed at stuff /toy/ would like. So the last time my loot pictures were full of toys was 2019.
Also also also, I'm probably older than you and have no problem lugging around a backpack and bags full of heavyass trades and artbooks. It's only this year at the end of the convention when i actually felt bad walking to my car with my last minute buys. I was huffing and puffing, and thought it was just because the day was hot and was in a rush. Turns out, i had COVID.
... just spent an hour looking through my old con videos and it makes me feel old and ugly. I used to meet so many people before, even just hitting it off with random people in lines or watching something. The COVID lockdowns ruined everything
