Monday, August 25, 2008 Categorized under Blog, Conventions/ Events, Events, Otaku, Site

FanExpo Day 3

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Well, FanExpo Day is today. It was an okay day and once again cosplayed as a Len from Vocaloid. This time around, there seems to be more people who know about Vocaloid. Today on day 3, there was a fairly a good amount of people there. Since it’s the last day, some people don’t attend because there barely isn’t anything to do on that day. Well, I go for the dealer room deals and stuff. Plus also they also ahd free stuff all the time at FanExpo.

Well, I got there around 12:30 PM and I got changed into my cosplay around 1:30PM…

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There was a Bleach photo shoot. So I took a picture of them…

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Dealer room on a Sunday, not as many as Saturday…

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For fans of the new Soul Caliber 4, you get to play it for free here.

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For those Avatar fans out there…

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After the Bleach photo shoot. There was a Kingdom Hearts one. I swear, there was a lot of KH cosplayers. I think it’s over done to the point that I don’t want to cosplay as them…

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All red and blonde heads…

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At around 2 to 3PM…people just sitting around and hanging out… This is what I actually like on Sundays. With small groups, you actually get to know some of these cosplayers and otaku. It’s actually pretty fun. This is the reason why I like small conventions such as March and Dec con here in Toronto.

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My friend cosplaying as Sasuke. He’s doing a bit of fan service thing with a tail and cat ears…

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My friend and my friend’s younger brother looking at the laptop…

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This is around the time I came back from Anime Name That Tune. I was able to win a prize while I was there. I also met up with Saku there once again. He was able to get a free Manga tshirt when they threw it into the crowd. Well, the hall seems to becoming more and more empty. Well, at this time, the convention was coming to a close… So people tend to leave at this time…

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D-Gray Man…this is one nice group of cosplayers…

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I have a question for all you readers out there. Saku asked this too on his blog

Who would win, Haseo from .Hack//GU or Cloud from Final Fantasy 7…

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Ranaka and Kero!!!!!! Nyaa~~~~

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Orange and white stormtroopers…this is something you don’t see everyday…

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One of my friend’s friends advertising Gaia online… I’m not into it so I just took this picture for just the hell of it… I mean, I took it because of boredom…

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This part of the convention still have people sitting and talking…

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Gun Vs Knife…what wins…

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Here comes Coke Man!!!!!! This guy sure loves Coke!!!!!!

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Something really cool…

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Lets put a smile on that face of yours!!!!!! This is by far one of the most amazing make up work I ever seen!!!!! He looks like the real Joker and the other guy looks like he’s just got half his face bitten off of something…

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This is a cool Xbox 360. A red Gears Of War Xbox 360. I wouldn’t mind getting one…

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This is where all the pro gamers play. They are currently playing Halo 3 with teams…

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Not many people walking around in the dealers room…

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Before leaving the dealers room, I must take a picture of this car. It’s a Wii car!!!!!

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Beware of man with rocket launcher…

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That is my friend (Miku) who is one of two Vocaloid cosplayers there…the other being me (Len)…

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People pile… I felt sorry for my friend who is on the bottom…

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It’s getting late, so I decided to leave FanExpo.

My thoughts of this convention:

Well, I know FanExpo is a convention that is 5 convention in one. It’s just, I felt this year is mostly gear towards the gaming and scifi part and less on the rest. Well, anime section this year was pretty weak in my case. Every year, I think the anime guest should had at least one good Japanese person come over and sign autographs.

One of my favorite parts of this years FanExpo is meeting other people. Well, I was able to meet Saku of Saku’s AFK Corner and a faithful reader. Well hanged out a bit and talked as well. It;s cool to meet other people who shares the same passion for anime and otaku-ness as you. I meet some cosplayers while waiting for Anime Name That Tune to start. We talked about anime and otaku stuff in general. It was a fun time still…

I was also surprised that I didn’t buy much at this convention. I mostly used around $200 or so on this convention this year. This I have to say is the smallest amount I had ever used at a convention for three days.

Well, I enjoyed it more of less. It wasn’t the funniest convention I did, but it was enjoyable to a point. It was also the first time I actually cosplayed for three days in a row. I got a lot of people asking me for hugs and asking for pictures… It also seems that my friend and I were the only two Vocaloid cosplayers there. It seems that most people I don’t know about Vocaloid. So I say this, spread the love of Vocaloid!!!!!!! Something I didn’t enjoy, people thought that I was a female cosplayer. Really, did I look that feminine that people thought I was a girl. I felt I didn’t… Also some people doesn’t seem to tell the difference between Rin and Len. On day one, half the people thought I was Rin kagamine…there a huge differences…one the hair style, two, the clothes and three, Len is a guy and Rin is a girl…

Well, enough of me ranting about cosplaying and stuff… On to the convention loot.

Loot:

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Well, this is my loot from FanExpo. I would had bought more but I have become more picky with the prices since coming back from Japan. I view that all figures sold there are expensive and how figures in Japan are so cheap. I also had over spent in Japan. I kind of over did it in Japan so I didn’t have much money going to FanExpo.

Well, my loot consist of 3 t-shirts, 3 figures, 4 pins, a key chain, a Stark Industry poster holder rocket launcher, an autographed Mega 64 DVD, a free comic and Kaze-Hime bookmarks. All this equal to an amount of $200. Well, two of the three t-shirts were free. I won the Animenfo t-shirt at Name That Tune and got the free Dead Space t-shirt from the Starstruck booth.

Well, I was actually surprised that I found the blue nendoroid tachikoma. I consider it extremely rare since I always seen the other colors. I got a Shuraki #2 figure since I wasn’t able to get it in Japan. Still, I got some good loot here. I’m pretty satisfied with my loot. I hope you enjoy this.

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17 Comments

  • At 2008.08.25 04:20, Saku Saku said:

    Been waiting for your post so I can link it from my blog ^^. I agree with your comment regarding the anime section because I saw awesome guests from sci-fi while we have none (I don’t count american voice actors). Well regardless, it’s still fun and was nice to meet fellow blogger. Maybe we can drag GNDynames (GNdynames.wordpress.com) to Dot Con in November ^^

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    • At 2008.08.25 04:23, Fan Expo 2008 Day 3 | Saku's AFK Corner Fan Expo 2008 Day 3 | Saku's AFK Corner said:

      [...] More coverage on Rin’s Blog. [...]

      • At 2008.08.25 04:24, Rin Rin said:

        Saku: Make sure you do drag him to Dot Con!!!!!!!!!

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        • At 2008.08.25 04:59, Larein Larein said:

          I understand what you mean about Kingdom Hearts. I wouldn’t mind cosplaying it but, it just seems like too many people are doing it right now (and Naruto). Oh! In the middle of the Gun Vs Knife picture looks like a Akiba cosplayer from MGS4.

          Gaia can be fun but, it does get a little boring/annoying after awhile. It’s so hard to get some of the items. -_-

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          • At 2008.08.25 05:01, Coco the Bean Coco the Bean said:

            2006 was Kingdom Hearts year for AX. Organization XIII members as far as the eye can see.

            Ooooh a Shuraki figure! Are you going to do a photoshoot with that one?

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            • At 2008.08.25 05:05, GNdynames GNdynames said:

              To Rin and Saku: I’m attending University of Western Ontario, sorry to say but I can’t make it back to Toronto in November T.T

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              • At 2008.08.25 06:53, Akari Akari said:

                Nice. What’s with that L? Is that some sort of special L nendo?

                Would like to post about my loot of Anime Evolution, but I got no blog. Besides, after that I wouldn’t have much to post about anyways…

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                • At 2008.08.25 10:49, James James said:

                  CokeMan is AWESOME :D

                  Mega 64 too ^^

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                  • At 2008.08.25 14:51, Fumika Fumika said:

                    omg nendroid tachikoma do want!

                    I’m visiting Akihabara tomorrow, any tips and directions on where to go from the train station?

                    From your loot pile it looks like i made the right choice in choosing to go to akiba instead of fanexpo :P . Wish me luck! Toronto needs more and better anime expos.

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                    • At 2008.08.25 17:46, Sabrina Sabrina said:

                      OKay…uh..Ron..I dunno if there were any “weird” pics of me in ur camera that Tubby took >> just um…msg me…on msn if there is….

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                      • At 2008.08.25 20:15, otaku dan otaku dan said:

                        nice loot you have there

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                        • At 2008.08.25 20:31, Kairu Kairu said:

                          Even if you could not get a lot, seems like some decent loot. Plus it seems like you had fun ^^ that is pretty much the main thing.
                          Thanks for the picture coverage too. Really enjoyed seeing it.

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                          • At 2008.08.26 00:38, Rin Rin said:

                            Larein: I learned that some cosplays are done too often. Long running animes seems to have a large fan base and people tend to cosplay as them…

                            Coco The Name: I might do one in the near future…

                            GNdynames: You better go to AN 09…

                            Akari: It’s a Xmas special nendoroid L…

                            James: Mega 64 there was sick I say!!!!!! So Jokes…

                            Fumika: Take the Yamanote line to Akihabara. It depends where you live too… Also, I say go visit Gamers first. There are a lot of shops with a lot of walking ahead for you. You’ll get goot cramps at the end of the day…

                            Sabrina: weird pics you say…

                            Otaku Dan: Thx…

                            Kairu: I hope all of you out there enjoy these coverages…

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                            • At 2008.08.26 16:06, Optic Optic said:

                              So u finally got Mei Feng. I’m surprised u didn’t get her in Japan. I thought Shuraki was popular there.
                              A lot of Kingdom Hearts cosplayers. They look good but I’m starting to get tired of them. That’s pretty much what many ppl cosplayed as at Animania.
                              What’s the figure in the green box next to tachikoma?

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                              • At 2008.08.27 04:07, Darkdam Darkdam said:

                                i’ve always known that japan had cheaper items there. i can’t wait to see your loot from tokyo

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                                • At 2008.08.29 16:56, Len-Vesper Len-Vesper said:

                                  kyaa~ Why is there no picture of your cosplay? :3

                                  Do want~!

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                                  • At 2008.08.30 17:05, Rin Rin said:

                                    Optic: That’s Xmas version L…

                                    Darkdam: It’s up right now!!!

                                    Len-Vesper: Len, the picture of me in my cosplay is on Saku’s site. Day 1…

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