*Official Thread* - C-IV Social Thread - Good Times and Beyond!

I never was either, until I got married. Now everytime ANYONE has a parade, the Mrs. makes me go.


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Well, since you two seem ssoooo interested , here is the link to the pix I took while working on the SW floats. It's neat to see the progress. And this is the link to my pix of the parade and afterwards.

 

Nice pics! Thanks for the link. Now, who takes all that apart? I remember seeing an episode of Dirty Jobs once where the host, Mike Rowe, had to tear all the flowers off the frames. By the time they get to most of the floats, the flowers have all started to rot. It certainly was a dirty job. EW! Rotting flowers STINK STANK STUNK!!!

 

Nice pic. Thanx

 

I don't know in what thread this should be posted, so I figured I would put it here.

Do you remember those huge Star Wars toy cards that they had at CII and CIII? the ones people could step into and it looks like you are an action figure in the packaging? Well I was thinking how cool it would be to have one at CIV. Something like the original 12 Back Luke Skywalker with the bubble and all. Or instead of Luke for the picture on the card, just have the Tattooine Sunset. I always thought they were pretty cool.

 

I remember those. They were in the Exhibit Hall. I have a few pics of my wife and I standing in front of the one with Darth Vader's helmet holding two lightsabers. They were a really cool and unique idea.

 

I don't remember seeing them this year at the Comic-Con, though I may have just missed them, however I know they had them there in 2005. It was great fun just watching people getting their pix taken!

 

That is most likely becaus LFL's presence at Comic Con last year was small, but this year (being the 30th aniversary) will make it bigger than 2005 with Ep.III. Well, that is what Mary Franklin told me. So Comic Con should have a huge Star Wars presence this year, will it have the "life size action figure" stand, I don't know, but the LFL pavilion should be impressive!

 

That was part of the Hasbro booth. I bet it will be there.

 

The CC is less than 2 months after C-IV. Since they're so close, I was just assuming that there wouldn't be much of a SW presense at the Comic-Con. I'd be delighted to be wrong on that assumption! I'm just hoping I have some mula left after C-IV to go to the CC!!!

 

I don't know what LFL will do, but I wouldn't be surprised if they put the stuff in storage and just set a bunch of it up in SD for CC.

 

That would be GREAT! I haven't checked the CC website yet, but I did get a postcard about hotel reservations opening up on Feb. 7th (I think that was the date). Don't know if I'll be able to afford to hang out the whole CC this year, but at least want to hit it up for a few days! I've already got reservations at the Hilton, however I hope to get the cheaper rates when they become available!

 

I'm hoping that the Hard Rock Hotel is done by CC! Or I'll be driving in or taking the trolly...

 

I was wrong. The hotel reservations desk for the Comic-Con open February 6 at 9:00.

For me, it was so worth it to stay across the street from the Con center! The mass of humanity that was in there on Saturday was more than I could handle, so it was great to be able to just walk across the street to get some quite.

How far is the Hard Rock Hotel from the Con Center? When's it supposed to be finished?

 

The last time I went there (Sep. '06) it said 2008, I beleive.

 

Thinking about this, but won't they need it for CE? LFL will look into the cost of shipping vs. making stuff in Europe... I'd be curious what they will do...

 

According to the website, the opening is "late Summer 2007." So, I wouldn't think it's on the CC hotel list. The hotel is at Fifth and L, so it's basically across the street (the Sails Pavilion is probably the best reference).

Anyway, let's get back on-topic ala C-IV, 'K?

 

It will be across the street from the convention center. I am going by info my friend has (her family has a "time share" type thing in the hotel) and she is saying summer 2007, but that is always subject to change... They'd make a ton of money if they were to be completed before CC. I've not been by the convention center lately, so I have no idea what kind of progress they have made...

 

Well, seems my thread on numbers got locked in record time. Not surprising. Anyway, if anyone wants to exchange phone numbers for CIV, PM me and we can start a list.

 

So, last week I finally scheduled my first nights events for CIV. On Wed night the Pink Jedi and I are going to see Wicked. We were going to see it in NY, but something else came up. Then we planned to go to Philly and see it, but that didn't work out, so, LA it is. Now I need 2 other days to plan for.

 

I'm not really planning on doing anything other then the con. I'd like to see Pirates but not if it's going to be a major pain. I can wait to see that and Spider-Man when I get back to Baltimore. Seems a lot of people have some cool things planned for LA. I'm wondering if I'm just losing out or if taking it easy is going to be smart. I'd like to relax a little. I'll be out there for 5 days and don't want to come back exhausted.

 

Well I have to share the 6 nights with my wife. Star Wars is good but I know she will get bored if it's an everyday thing. Whoever is going to LA for the first time you have to consider what you are surrounded by. It's Hollywood. You want to do a few other things besides the con. At least that's how I feel. 3, maybe 3 1/2 days at the con is good for me. I would like to see Universal.

 

Not my wife and I. She is as much of a die-hard & enthusiastic SW fan as I am, and we plan on spending every waking minute at the convention while we are in LA. C4 is a once in a lifetime experience, and we'd never be able to live with ourselves if we left the convention to go do other things that we could do/see any other time on a future vacation to LA.

LA and its sights will always be there to experience. C4 will not. Just my opinion of course...

 

Unlike you two guys, I won't be married by then so I can pretty much do what I want. Yippy!! =(

 

This is how we feel. We plan on being at the con all the time, at least going by the schedule of events. But not to check out anything else? This is our first time in LA. We don't get to travel much. Want to see Universal Studios -Disney among other things! That's why we're taking a few extra days