THE INAUGURAL NC MALL CON! - March 13th, 2010

[Allen James]

i'm sure whoever bought that collection had a good day. I know Shelton didn't let it go

[Allen James]

thought there'd be more posts tonight, the pics listed are great! Anybody got a feel for crowd numbers?

 

what was hot and what not? gold, silver, bronze or all dollar stuff

 

work with me people, i'm on a two year withdrawal here!

[Green]

I would tell you more but your sig bothers me.

[Green]

My girlfriend was really excited about her early cuyler kidrobot figure.

 

[Wally's Comics]

I see you got a photo of Rick...

 

You should've dropped by my booth and said hi.

 

My small table was right in front of that Surfer Statue.

It's kind of funny, but I tricked out my borrowed neighbors daughter's

kiddie chalk art board with peg boards and that is what I used for my figures...

 

 

I didn't have much, just a stand full of Star Wars Figures

and a couple of bargin bin dollar boxes.

 

 

This was my first show selling and I was just getting a feel of it.

 

 

I think the crowd numbers were over 600.

 

 

There were things to learn from though and I will talk to Alan about the

upcoming November show to rectify some of yesterdays shortcomings:

 

- there were two rooms and should've been one larger room

 

- the other room that was being called too hot had obvious temperature control issues

that needs to change

 

- one of things that was bad was the way the one small hot room with all the "guests" had

all the people lined up there for a long time to get in, and that made it kind of slow in our room

for the first 2-3 hours of the show.

 

Plus I am not sure how many people that went to the first room even got directed to the our

room or got fed-up with crowd / heat and and called it a day after the first one.

 

 

So with out a doubt - one room is a must, or atleast if we have to have two rooms

they need to be right next to one another.

 

 

 

Anyway, had a ball yesterday and I am looking to take the moneys I took in yesterday

to search for even more dollar bin material. Every comic con needs the cheap skate dealer

and what better than the Pirate to deliver.

 

 

 

 

[capt_comics]

I went, pretty cool for a small show. Seemed like there were a lot of people there for what it was. Kinda hot, or maybe it was me, im think im catching a cold. Only stayed for about an hour and only bought one book, but i would go everytime. The GF took some pics

 

 

 

 

 

You should have stopped and said

 

 

[capt_comics]

I see you got a photo of Rick...

 

You should've dropped by my booth and said hi.

 

My small table was right in front of that Surfer Statue.

It's kind of funny, but I tricked out my borrowed neighbors daughter's

kiddie chalk art board with peg boards and that is what I used for my figures...

 

 

I didn't have much, just a stand full of Star Wars Figures

and a couple of bargin bin dollar boxes.

 

 

This was my first show selling and I was just getting a feel of it.

 

 

I think the crowd numbers were over 600.

 

 

There were things to learn from though and I will talk to Alan about the

upcoming November show to rectify some of yesterdays shortcomings:

 

- there were two rooms and should've been one larger room

 

- the other room that was being called too hot had obvious temperature control issues

that needs to change

 

- one of things that was bad was the way the one small hot room with all the "guests" had

all the people lined up there for a long time to get in, and that made it kind of slow in our room

for the first 2-3 hours of the show.

 

Plus I am not sure how many people that went to the first room even got directed to the our

room or got fed-up with crowd / heat and and called it a day after the first one.

 

 

So with out a doubt - one room is a must, or atleast if we have to have two rooms

they need to be right next to one another.

 

 

 

Anyway, had a ball yesterday and I am looking to take the moneys I took in yesterday

to search for even more dollar bin material. Every comic con needs the cheap skate dealer

and what better than the Pirate to deliver.

 

 

 

 

 

What a day!! 648 attendees !!!!

 

If they get this in a 10,000 foot bay, it's really gonna rock

 

 

[capt_comics]

Some pics

 

Two from midday

Sorry about these two........kind of fuzzy

 

It was PACKED most of the day

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some more taken at the end of the day

 

 

THE NERFSTER himself

 

 

Shelton Drum

 

 

Joe Todd (with the cap), Chris Garbee (X-men shirt) and his lovely wife (Untamed Worlds and the Roanoke Valley Comicon.............shameless plug.... http://www.untamedworlds.com/rvc/rvc.html )

and another dealer at the show (didn't get his name )

 

 

 

 

 

[capt_comics]

Had a total comic geek out after the show at Tyler's house.... Tsp99 ........... Thanks buddy

 

 

The Nerf, buttock, TrippyMcSkippy and a couple other non-board geeks

 

 

Home cooked Italian food........some brewskys......and comic book heaven

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Wally's Comics]

I am glad to see you got home safe Rick.

 

I can't wait until November.

 

 

 

(thumbs u

 

 

 

[Green]

The only person that i knew who to look for, wasnt wearing his elvis costume.

 

I thought all in all it was awesome and wanted to thank you guys and am looking foreward to the next one.

 

 

[Allen James]

good stuff guys, thanks for sharing!

[arexcrooke]

So, how were sales? What sold what was being looked for, asked for, etc.

[capt_comics]

Had a very good day......(about time.....shows have been good attendance wise, but slow sales wise)

 

Notable sales

 

X-men 9, 10 and 12

Iron Man 55

Green Lantern 76

Kamandi 1 (it was a sweet copy....around 9.4)

Some pre-code horror books

 

plus lots of general 1/2 off bronze and silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Green]

Had a very good day......(about time.....shows have been good attendance wise, but slow sales wise)

 

Notable sales

 

X-men 9, 10 and 12

Iron Man 55

Green Lantern 76

Kamandi 1 (it was a sweet copy....around 9.4)

Some pre-code horror books

 

plus lots of general 1/2 off bronze and silver

 

 

 

 

 

[capt_comics]

The line waiting to get in this past Saturday

 

 

 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5008013&id=268474463487

 

 

 

 

[HouseofComics.Com]

I think 648 is quite good attendance for something like this, esp. the first time.

 

Speaking of good attendance and poor sales, sounds like last year's Wondercon. I'm expecting the same this year (Wondercon is in three weeks).

[capt_comics]

My sales still weren't what I would have expected with this kind of crowd, but acceptable.

 

648 is a fantastic crowd! Especially for a first show!!

 

Hopefully show sales are better this year.

 

We're lucky in this area to have a lot of good one day shows, plus the fantastic Heroes Con once a year.