How much did you spend in Anime Conventions last year?

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:56 pm

How much did you spend in Anime Conventions last year? I limit myself to buying alot of small items... So it doesn't add up to too much!!!

Would you buy this pet if it was in the dealers room? Would you buy one if it wasn't $25000?

Do you have pictures of your favorite items from the dealer's room?

iwakuralain16 · Post by **iwakuralain16** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:10 pm

Well... I chose the 1000-$3000... but that was for cels really....

I guess my favorite cel from the dealers room is this one..
http://iwakuralain16.rubberslug.com/gal ... mID=206443

I guess... I really dont buy much outside of just cels now. They do have cute plushies... but I really do not have room for a ton of plushies(I sold 20 Nyanko plushies just last year alone...) LOL

Gonzai · Post by **Gonzai** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:23 pm

Absolutely too much!! >_<

pixie_princess · Post by **pixie_princess** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:39 pm

We spent $200-$500 for the both of us:
Admission tickets, transportation costs, food costs, materials for cosplay outfits for each of us. And a little something from the dealers room.

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:46 pm

iwakuralain16 wrote:Well... I chose the 1000-$3000... but that was for cels really....

I guess my favorite cel from the dealers room is this one..
http://iwakuralain16.rubberslug.com/gal ... mID=206443

I guess... I really dont buy much outside of just cels now. They do have cute plushies... but I really do not have room for a ton of plushies(I sold 20 Nyanko plushies just last year alone...) LOL

That's a really cool cel! Even the manga matches! But the Cel looks much better!

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:03 pm

Gonzai wrote:Absolutely too much!! >_<

YES!!!

It really depends on which convention and how I feel. This past year I only went to two cons since I had plenty of other obligations so my amounts were quite limited. In 2005 however, I went to 3 cons and spent like a maniac.

miz ducky · Post by **miz ducky** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:11 pm

Oh My! At this exact moment there is one vote in every single category.
Weird!

I don't want to say what my total was last year. It was unusual for me. I don't normally spend more than $100 in a dealer room because I don't really collect all that much.
I buy all my dvds from rightstuf.com so I no longer look for those when I'm at a con (maybe just those few "out-of-print" items in a random bargain bin). So the thing that I do usually spend money on at a con is pencil boards, and I refuse to pay more than $6 for one of those.

If some dealer happens to have some particular sketches I might like though...

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:11 pm

Where can you find the best deal?

miz ducky · Post by **miz ducky** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:13 pm

Good deals can be found in lots of places, you just have to look really hard.
And don't be afraid to ask if they can reduce the price if you are buying multiple items.

Moop · Post by **Moop** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:01 pm

I wonder if I'm the only person on this entire board who has never been to an anime convention. -_-

metheus · Post by **metheus** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:10 pm

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I wonder if I'm the only person on this entire board who has never been to an anime convention. -_-

Nope, never been to one as well : (

This poll needs a $0 option!

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:29 pm

Never been!!!!

Well someone has to take you right now!

sugarcels · Post by **sugarcels** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:50 pm

*sniff* I've never been to an all-anime convention. I've always felt so left out

crackpot27 · Post by **crackpot27** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:15 pm

Moop wrote:I wonder if I'm the only person on this entire board who has never been to an anime convention. -_-

Nope, haven't been either

Though I'm planning on attending a local one to see what I'm missing

So as of now nada spent

I very much love you're avatar Moop

My favorite of the dancing ones next to mine

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:02 pm

I haven't gone to an anime convention since Anime Expo 2002.

My con history:

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Robotech/Star Trek convention in 1987 at hotel by the Los Angeles Intl Airport:

George Takei was there. English voice actors for Robotech Macross Saga Minmei and Lisa were supposed to be there. Only Minmei's appeared (Reba West) though. I got her autograph on the back of the convention schedule.

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Anime Expo 1998:

Drove there each day with two of my friends from work. Attended the Cel Collectors Meeting. Learned that it would be better to buy ITOYA folders to put my cels in instead of buying those clear flimsy things I was using previously. I jogged into the dealer's room to get to the cel dealer's tables as soon as I could. There was a lot of jostling for elbow room around those tables.

Spent $510 on four cels from Anime Wink and Asylum

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Anime Expo 1999:

Me and my two friends from work stayed at the hotel this time so we didn't have to drive each day. Attended the Cel Collectors Panel. I walked quickly between the cel dealers tables when I got into the dealer's room.

Spent $648 on two cels from Usagi's House.

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Anime Expo 2000:

Me and one of my friends from work (the other one didn't really want to go anymore) attended. Attended the Cel Collectors Panel. I waited until there weren't many people standing around the cel dealers tables before I went through the cel folders at the dealer's tables. I no longer felt like getting into positional elbow-room matches.

Spent $325 on two cels from Ed Noonchester and Media Blasters table.

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Anime Expo 2001:

I stayed at the motel while my friend and I attended AX2001 on the first day. He only attended the first day. I lightly browsed around the dealer's room. I recognized a few people there. I was already close to getting my fill from anime series from my second phase of collecting so I didn't buy anything. I attended the Cel Collectors Panel and left when the discussion portion was over.

Spent $0 in the dealer's room.

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Anime Expo 2002:

I drove over for the first day to attend with my friend from work. We sped through the dealer's room, sat through three panels and watched a few anime screenings.

At this point I was in my third "collecting phase" where I was mainly trying to collect from ren'ai game anime series. Dealer's at AX didn't have these series. So there wasn't much reason for me to check anymore. I only checked for nostagic reasons. We left the convention around 4:30PM.

Spent $0 in the dealer's room.

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None of my friends had any interest in attending Anime Expo 2003.

That's about it.