Collect A Con, another convention within the convention list of all the other conventions out there. This one involving a majority of it featuring nothing BUT trading card games, Pokémon, Magic the Gathering, vendors willing to buy, sell, and trade cards with you, it was a mass variety out there. Other vendors had some appeal, art prints, stickers, keychains, plush toys, consoles, figures, etc. With everything else featuring various guests, panels, and concerts too!
Los Angeles, California got this touring convention the first weekend of March, March 1st and the 2nd in Downtown Los Angeles, at the Los Angeles, Convention Center, it being able to fit everything in the South Hall area, vendors, guests, everything thrown in. Upon arriving around 11AM, getting to the special guests autograph alignment, various voice actors in anime and other cartoons or even film, were gathered at their numerous tables, with prints at the ready, meeting and greeting with fans alike.
I was among those fans, waiting in line to meet Terri Hawkes, the one of many of the few Sailor Moon voice actors, but she was in the 90's version of the English version for the U.S. to use Sailor Moon's name as Serena, in the English dub, she was in some of season one and all of season two and the three Sailor Moon films. She would arrive around 11AMish, hanging out until 6PMish roughly most likely, her line was long, with her talking with fans for a good 10-15 minutes, signing items they brought to her or bought at her table! Having gotten to meet her after all of these years, it was an honor and a dream come true!
Browsing the convention in-between, catching some aspects of what was happening, was some concerts, one had Waka Flocka Flame, perform for what about an hour straight! Another performer being Jason Paige, the singer known best for the Pokémon Theme Song, from the first generation of the anime series Pokémon! Having hear and see him sing this childhood song was great to experience, it brought tears to my eyes.
Checking out the vendors was a hit or miss opportunity, a majority featuring a lot of trading cards, with other vendors having this or that featured, catching everything within just a day, it was another convention to add to my list, and one that is worth experiencing for the fun of it!
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