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* CybFest NW Unofficial TF convention July 23, 2022Evil King Macrocranios
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 by: Evil King Macrocrani - Sun, 10 Jul 2022 05:15 UTC

I honestly did not realize this until today but the annual Seattle area Transformer fan gathering CybFest NW is in two weeks. It's a good thing I did find out because today was the last day to pre-register (but they extended the deadline to preregister through July 16th anyways):

https://cybfestnw.com/2022_registration.html

Ten bucks gets you in at 10 a.m. It's a small show but the panels are good. This year they're talking about collecting oddities and there'll be a show and tell panel where anyone can bring in their favorite or interesting pieces and talk about 'em.

I missed it last year and there wasn't a physical one the year before that so I am thinking of going. The 2019 show was great with David Kaye as a guest. The dealer room was about the size of an indoor basketball court and was just packed. Of course covid changed a lot of things but I hope the show gets to build back some of that pre-covid momentum they had going.

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 by: Travoltron - Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:15 UTC

I'd like to go. Again, I need to see if I can get family or friends
interested.

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 by: Evil King Macrocrani - Tue, 26 Jul 2022 06:27 UTC

Well I made it out to CybFest last weekend. In lieu of a written report here's a picture gallery and ten minute video of the dealer room:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.7692711444132521

https://www.facebook.com/steveilking.macrocranios/posts/7692538504149815

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 by: Zobovor - Tue, 26 Jul 2022 22:38 UTC

On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 12:27:22 AM UTC-6, evil.king.m...@gmail.com wrote:
> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.7692711444132521

Interesting to see the prices people were asking. I'm surprised vintage Beast Wars toys weren't selling for more. Like, Fuzor Silverbolt, mint on card, for $35? That's super cheap for a show character. (I need to replace my Transmetal Megatron, but probably not for $125...)

The dealer with the My Little Pony and the dolls... uh, did she make a wrong turn? End up at the wrong convention?

I guess it's true what they say. Women are interested in people, while men are interested in things. I find all your photos of things quite fascinating.

I like the LEGO Brickheadz characters. The designer really nailed that distinctive style.

CybCon Bumblebee!!!

Watching the video now. Thirty bucks for G1 Jetfire? Wow.

I have that exact same yellow dump truck Moto Bot. I got it in an eBay lot once with some other stuff, but I never knew what it was called. Good to know!

Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures and especially the video. I enjoyed it enormously.

So what did you end up buying?

Zob (would have entered the raffle for the Henkei Megatron, for sure)

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 by: Evil King Macrocrani - Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:46 UTC

On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 3:38:51 PM UTC-7, Zobovor wrote:
> > https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.7692711444132521
> Interesting to see the prices people were asking. I'm surprised vintage Beast Wars toys weren't selling for more. Like, Fuzor Silverbolt, mint on card, for $35? That's super cheap for a show character.

Do you remember about back in 2000 or so Toys R Us got a huge shipment of the Silverbolt wave of Fuzors and Queen Amidala's Royal Naboo Starship? And they blew the Silverbolts out for like 5 bucks each? I don't think Silverbolt's aftermarket price has ever recovered from that. I have like two or three of them myself because of that and I don't know why. It's like a chicken coop that box in my closet.

> The dealer with the My Little Pony and the dolls... uh, did she make a wrong turn? End up at the wrong convention?

She does have Transformers sprinkled in there but yeah she's the pony queen.. Monica is a staple at all the Tacoma area toy shows. She provides an oasis for significant others and little sisters who have been dragged along to these things. But she also knows robots and her contributions to the oddities panel were some of the best. Her Bumblebee gun was probably in the top two I'd say.

> I guess it's true what they say. Women are interested in people, while men are interested in things. I find all your photos of things quite fascinating.

I try to focus also on context and narrative. A lot of times when people post pictures at toy shows they get too granular and don't convey what the experience was about or what it was like to be there. It's either a bunch of pics of toys on a table that could have been taken anywhere or a bunch of pics of cosplayers

> CybCon Bumblebee!!!

That's the convention organizer who saved the last bit of time in the show-and-tell panel to tell this emotional rollercoaster of a story about how he loved his original one but then had to sell it for like $400 when times got tough. Then another fan gave him one for free and it came to symbolize his love of the fandom and all things great about Transformers conventions. He got very intense telling the story. So now between you, him, and Simon Furman I've had three guys tell me they dig stuff I've made.

> Watching the video now. Thirty bucks for G1 Jetfire? Wow.

Yeah but no accessories and just the plain Jane Bandai version. All the stuff on the shelves in 1985 was wildly overproduced.

> So what did you end up buying?

I got an Erector with the bubble taped to the card for $35, a sealed Windcharger keychain for $10, the heads for the red and green Matchbox lion Voltron for 80, the sealed GiGi Micromaster Overload and Battle Patrol together for 130, and the very green Nightbeat with a nice blue helmet for $35. Also a bag of four decoys including Optimus Prime for $20. So like $300 gone just like that. But of course all of it spent for my Very Legitimate Reasons so the cost is justified.

> Zob (would have entered the raffle for the Henkei Megatron, for sure)

I was stunned that the first guy who got to pick from that lot chose the CHUG Tracks over the Megatron. I was just stunned. Then the second winner grabbed it.

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