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Post by A-Rob on Aug 28, 2014 16:53:45 GMT -5
well i'm going down there tomorrow as well since it would be much cheaper it will be a little disappointing that i won't meet Batista but atleast i'll save money and get other stuff signed by Lita ans Hogan
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Post by ARUN on Aug 28, 2014 20:17:46 GMT -5
Well, I`ve got all my items packed up and ready to go. Me and a buddy are going tomorrow morning and I really hope it will be a good time. Minus all the money I will be shelling out for autographs and the various line-ups, it should be great, ha-ha. I have figured out exactly how much I plan on spending on this event and I will break it down for you guys: $35 admission fee 2 items signed by Hulk Hogan $120 @ $60 each 2 items signed by Trish Stratus $60 @ $30 each 2 items signed by Lita $60 @ $30 each 1 item signed by Richard Dreyfuss $45 1 item signed by Ray Wise $40 Grand total = $360 I suppose that isn't all that bad. I know some people *ahem* ARUN *ahem*, will be spending A LOT more!! Ha-Ha. I could get more items signed, but I am comfortable with those. I am taking a little over $500 cash with me and hope to leave with some leftover. It should be a great day. I'm really looking forward to it. Lol. You got it man. I don't even want to mention how much I'm spending this weekend. Just finished packing. Hopefully I'll see you and yeetman13 there. Should be an awesome day. I'm just hoping everyone shows up tomorrow and fingers crossed that nobody cancels.
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Post by yeetman13 on Aug 28, 2014 20:33:46 GMT -5
Sounds good. Im just gonna bring extra stuff and make my decisions there or on the go train down. Sure lets meet up arun. Maybe u can point out mr. Old school for me lol.
Im always down to meet fellow canadian wrestling collectors. Its always fun.
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Post by A-Rock: Kane Collector on Aug 28, 2014 22:20:52 GMT -5
I'll be heading down for Batista on Saturday, I'll be rockin' my grey and black Ghostsbusters Hat, hope to see some of you guys there!
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Post by Steve. on Aug 28, 2014 22:50:36 GMT -5
Does anyone know what time Hogan will be signing autographs on Friday?
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Post by A-Rob on Aug 28, 2014 23:15:46 GMT -5
Sounds good. Im just gonna bring extra stuff and make my decisions there or on the go train down. Sure lets meet up arun. Maybe u can point out mr. Old school for me lol. Im always down to meet fellow canadian wrestling collectors. Its always fun. i know what you mean, i have so many things i'm not sure what to get signed Does anyone know what time Hogan will be signing autographs on Friday? there will be a sign at his booth that will list when he's signing same goes for all the guests
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Post by yeetman13 on Aug 29, 2014 0:01:22 GMT -5
^ heading to sleep now.. packed way way more than i plan to get signed lol.. i was thinking probably 3 hogan items.. but i brought like 9 posters, 1 magazine and a few other small trinkets... hopefully i can make the decisions lol...
sucks that we dont know autograph times.. ill probably be there by like 9:30...need to get my ticket as i didnt decide i was going till today...
probably only getting hogan autographs...have lita and trish stuff from the attitude era when i met them when i was like 15-16... and really just have WWF/WWE magazine covers for Lita (and her dvd) and for trish i also just have magazine covers and some other magazines pre-wwf of her..
gonna be really tough call tomorrow lol.. im even bringing my suburbano commando, mr. nanny and 3 ninjas high noon posters JUST IN CASE lol.. but i think ill go with wrestling posters over those..
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Post by A-Rob on Aug 29, 2014 0:23:52 GMT -5
^ heading to sleep now.. packed way way more than i plan to get signed lol.. i was thinking probably 3 hogan items.. but i brought like 9 posters, 1 magazine and a few other small trinkets... hopefully i can make the decisions lol... sucks that we dont know autograph times.. ill probably be there by like 9:30...need to get my ticket as i didnt decide i was going till today... probably only getting hogan autographs...have lita and trish stuff from the attitude era when i met them when i was like 15-16... and really just have WWF/WWE magazine covers for Lita (and her dvd) and for trish i also just have magazine covers and some other magazines pre-wwf of her.. gonna be really tough call tomorrow lol.. im even bringing my suburbano commando, mr. nanny and 3 ninjas high noon posters JUST IN CASE lol.. but i think ill go with wrestling posters over those.. damn, hopefully you make the right decision lol i'm going to be there early as well to try and get a good spot in line, see when everyone is signing so i can plan my day and also decide what i'm getting signed. I've got magazines, cards, promos, books and a bandana for hogan, it will be tough
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Post by yeetman13 on Aug 29, 2014 0:58:26 GMT -5
^ definitely.. i have tons of mags.. i was going to get the original first WWF magazine with him on it.. but i forgot mine is in pretty bad shape.. might bring one in case.. but im thinking right now of getting 3 posters signed (my rare wwf fan club one from 1986 that i got signed by koko and jake recently, my hogan and mean gene workout poster, and probably my WM4 one) and maybe one or two small items... im just gonna bring a bunch of stuff and decide..
if anyone that is going wants to say hello, ill be the big tall guy most likely wearing a shield or nexus t-shirt...and probably a raptors hat or maybe ill put on my old school retro WWF hat for when i got to meet hogan.. u should know who i am once u see me..
time for a short sleep and off to the expo!
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Post by yeetman13 on Aug 29, 2014 9:06:18 GMT -5
Im here at the expo in the food court beside the photo ops if anyone wants to say hi and chat. No one signing yet. Hogan coming at 1145 according to his twitter. Wearing a shield shirt
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Post by Steve. on Aug 29, 2014 10:01:15 GMT -5
Im here at the expo in the food court beside the photo ops if anyone wants to say hi and chat. No one signing yet. Hogan coming at 1145 according to his twitter. Wearing a shield shirt Thanks for the info. Do you know how long he'll be signing autographs for? I'm leaving my house now (I live in Vaughan).
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Post by yeetman13 on Aug 29, 2014 10:13:56 GMT -5
No idea. But his photo op says 415. So im guessing 12 till 330 awith maybe a short lunch break. Maybe a little after as well
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Post by yeetman13 on Aug 29, 2014 15:36:40 GMT -5
didnt see anyone (or they just didnt want to talk to me) other than arun good times there.. wasnt too bad at all... in reality, you probably could have shown up at 3pm.. get yourself Hogan, Jimmy Hart, Trish and Lita Autographs (no line for last 3 at 3pm.. hogan's was down to 15 ppl by 3pm), then do your hogan photo op at 4:15pm and then do trish/lita photo op at 5.. and be out of there by like 5:30... only wrestling thing that day u would miss woulda been lita and trish Q&A...but really, to get all of that done in just over 2 hrs is pretty damn good... ending up getting 2 items from jimmy hart for free (it was $10 per item but he told me dont worry about it) and splurged big time with 4 autographs from hogan.... ended up not going for trish and lita, even tho there were no lines and i did bring stuff in case.. felt that i was already in for about $300 for the day with hogan autos, entry, transit, drinks and some small items i bought there.. i actually didnt see any vendor selling any wrestling stuff in the north building.. probably missed it tho... i probably shoulda just went in later.. got there for like 9:30.. really no need.. i just sat around until 12:30 and then lined up for hogan for about 30 minutes..woulda been better off sleeping in and not leaving my place till like 11:30 lol..
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Post by A-Rob on Aug 29, 2014 16:20:58 GMT -5
^ post your autographs! i got there just after 10 since i had no idea how long the line was to get in (witch was huge) and i took me awhile to find where the autograph booths were since it's a big place. i ended up getting 2 Hogan Autographs, 2 Lita Autographs and 1 Trish Autograph, i was thinking of getting a Photo Op with Lita but they raised the price so i decided against it. i'll post pics soon also there were some wrestling memorabilia but you have to search for it, i saw a Andre The Giant LJN, a few other LJN that i don't remember, a few carded figure but the carding was in bad shape and Roddy Piper and Ted DiBiase entrance greats.
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Post by ARUN on Aug 29, 2014 17:44:43 GMT -5
A tiring first day at fanexpo. I met hogan, lita, trish, and a few other celebs. I'll post pic once I'm done for the weekend. Want too bad today but I expect a huge crowd tomorrow. It was great seeing yeetman13 and mr. old school and chatting for a bit. Can't wait to meet Batista tomorrow!
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Aug 29, 2014 19:19:34 GMT -5
A tiring first day at fanexpo. I met hogan, lita, trish, and a few other celebs. I'll post pic once I'm done for the weekend. Want too bad today but I expect a huge crowd tomorrow. It was great seeing yeetman13 and mr. old school and chatting for a bit. Can't wait to meet Batista tomorrow! Yeah man, an exhausting day for sure. I just CANNOT stand the crowds at these events. It's just TOO much. In most areas you are literally JAMMED because it's so packed. Right around where Matt Smith's booth was, was the worst. Just packed with non-stop people. And the aisles are certainly no better. I mean, you cannot stop to look at anything because you are constantly getting shuffled along from the people behind you. You are constantly moving. They have to do something to fix that. Widen the aisles or something because it's horrible and it really ruins the experience. But yeah, it was cool chatting with you man. I seen you in the Hogan line, but didn't want to interrupt you because you were talking with someone who I believe was yeetman13. He had lots of posters he was getting signed by Hulk. But yeah, today's overall experience was good. I got to meet Ray Wise and get The Chase DVD cover signed because he played a character named Dalton Voss. He seemed pretty nice. That was a cool experience. Then, I was walking along and went to Hogan's booth and he wasn't there yet, but Jimmy Hart was, so I stopped and got two items signed by him. After that, I met Trish Stratus and got two items signed by her and then I went into Lita's line-up got two items signed by her. Finally, I went back to Hulk Hogan's line and got in and my good buddy Sean actually paid the $120 for me to get two items signed and I paid another $60 to get a third item signed. After that, me and my buddy were walking around looking at the various merch for sale and was looking for Richard Dreyfuss' booth but couldn't find it and had a feeling he must've cancelled. Just found out from the site that he did have to cancel out. Oh well, saves me the $45 I would've spent. That's fine by me. I was also looking high and low for Robert Maillet's (Kurrgan) booth, but couldn't find him either. I have no idea if he was there or not. If he was, can someone tell me where he was located and which booth he was at because I might be going back on Sunday and would love to meet him. Me and my buddy were debating back and forth going tomorrow, but after today, we are just too beat and too exhausted to go through that again so soon. Give us a day or so break and like I said, we are probably going back on Sunday. But we are passing up Batista for sure. We just cannot justify spending the extra $100 to meet Batista. $50 admission and $50 for the autograph. I am charging my cell phone because it's nearly dead, once it's charged, I will update this the pics I took and of the items I was able to get signed.
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Post by yeetman13 on Aug 29, 2014 19:35:13 GMT -5
^ it was pretty nuts with lineups but really its all hit or miss.. like i was posting before, u can do all 4 of the wrestling ppl, and their photo ops, within 3 hours if you just showed up at like 3pm.. something i probably would have done had i known...im a big guy so i couldnt stand in those lines forever.. i basically hung around the foot court area waiting until hogan showed so his line would start moving and arun was nice enough to let me bud in with him (which was about half way in the line at the time)...but Hogan's line was moving pretty fast..
the north building was definitely the way to go, especially if ur only there for the autographs/photo ops.. i literally only waited in a line for 10 minutes outside at about 9:30 to get a ticket.. the girl told me that i could go get in and not wait in the MASSIVE line by going thru re-entry.. but nope, they stopped me.. when i went back to her to be like "yo wtf, u told me i can get in and not wait in the line", they started letting ppl in so i just blended in with the big crowd at like 9:45... was inside right away... i heard some horror stories of how long it took ppl to get in from the south building lol..
overall it was fun.. left my house at 9am and was back home by 3pm...might have done a hogan photo op but nothing good to wear myself lol..
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Post by yeetman13 on Aug 29, 2014 19:38:32 GMT -5
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Post by TheChamp617 on Aug 29, 2014 21:01:48 GMT -5
^Awesome stuff! Looks like you guys had a great time!
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Aug 29, 2014 21:25:17 GMT -5
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