Power Rangers

I went to Fandom Fest in Louisville hoping to get JDF's signature, but every time I went by his booth, he was on break.

Amy Jo has stepped away from the whole Power Ranger thing as much as possible, which is why it's hardest to get hers. She's still nice to fans apparently. Just doesn't live off it. The 2nd Pink Ranger does cons, though, so you can get hers.

Zack, and Billy would be next. They do more than a few Cons a year. Austin St. John JUST started doing Cons the past year or two, so...count yourself lucky you got his. I hear Bulk and Skull are the coolest to meet, though. The guy who played Zordon does Cons as well, and is actually really active and nice on Facebook.

Only one it's impossible to get is Thuy Tran's, sadly.

Rocky's a f***ing traitor!

It was my first Comic Con ever so I was a little out of my element. First thing it was very crowded, but I expected that. My brother and I went to the back where the Red Ranger was at first since he seemed to be the one everyone wanted to go see. We got in his line early and we watched it get very long. About 15 minutes after waiting in line out comes Austin and he went through the line and shook everyone's hands and thanked them for coming out. The line started moving and all of a sudden Bulk and Skull walk out and greet the people in the line (they were very friendly to everyone). It cost $30 to get Austin's autograph and $20 for a pic with him. I just got my Power Ranger's Legacy figure signed, but he was very cool. I talked to him for decent amount of time and you could tell he was really listening and cared what I had to say. He seemed to appreciate his fans very much. He was a real class act.

I walked by the wrestlers section and Jim Cornette saw my replica belt and yelled "There the champ is!" I turned laughed and he was smiling from ear to ear and I talked to him briefly before someone came and paid to get his auto. I was saving the wrestlers for later since Jim was about to get called out to do a Q&A. So I went and got more people from Power Rangers (except for Lord Zedd because he was away from his table). Now it was time for the wrestlers! I had waited my whole life to meet Sgt. Slaughter and it was awesome! I had on my WrestleMania VII hat and a Sgt. Slaughter shirt and he pointed them both out right away. I had him sign my WM VII Program (magazine) and the WWE Winged Eagle Belt. I told him that Ric Flair signed my belt upside down because the guy with Flair at the past event took my belt and handed it to him that and Sarge responded "Oh my goodness, well that seems like something Roc would do." He then smiled and laughed some. It really knocked me back when he said $50 an autograph, but he was nice and only charged me 1 time. I got my picture with him and it was great that he wore his hat and GI Joe jacket.

Next I went to visit Lord Zedd (well the voice of Lord Zedd). He looked kind of fragile (I'm not sure if he had some health problems in the past or is dealing with some now), but he was friendly. I had my Lord Zedd Legacy figure and I told him how big of a Zedd fan I was back in the day. He smiled and signed "Zedd LIVES" on the package. He only charged $10 (why could more people there not have been that way). He was really nice though. Next I went back to Cornette since he had a line after I was finished with Slaughter. Jim was an all around friendly guy! Very funny and very friendly! If you ever get a chance to meet him make sure you do it.

I skipped the Million $ Man since I had met him before and Greg the Hammer had nobody at his table. I felt bad for Greg because the other wrestlers were all getting attention, but he had none. I was off to see Goldberg now though (he was away from the other wrestlers in a big section). The line was MASSIVE! I thought it would be kind of short, but nope! Waited about an hour and a half to see Goldberg but he was a hoot the whole time. During the wait he picked one guy up in a press slam position and posed for a pic with him held high into the air. Some big guy said I bet you can't do that to me, Goldberg responded "I'll just Jackhammer you!" and smiled. I got up to meet him and he was really nice! It was $80 for 1 autograph and a posed pic so I paid the $80. I had a gold marker that I wanted him to sign with (I thought it worked) well he could not get it working, so he threw it and said here we go. He grabbed 1 of his 8x10 photos and signed it with his marker and then signed my WCW promo pic with his marker and said take them both pal! I told him how great of a night it was when he beat Hollywood for the title and he said that was really great night for him as well. We did a pic and he shook my hand again and thanked me for coming out.

I wanted to meet Tara Reed but she was never at her table when I would walk by. Most people there were pretty cool though and it was a lot of fun just crowded and I lost track of the money that I had spent (rookie move on my part). Money goes super fast at something like this so next time I know to only get the ones that I REALY WANT! They had a bunch of awesome shops but I hardly got to look at any since the crowd was so large. A lot of neat costumes were worn by the fans though so that was neat, I got my picture taken with a Joker and a Batman and a few others.

Overall it was a lot of fun, but now I know more what to expect for next time.