Jun 30 2007
Peter Cullen Signs My Stuff
Chrissy and I planned to head out to Cape Cod on Saturday. I only wanted to get an autograph or two from Peter Cullen before we jumped in the car. Somehow, the alarm clock was reset to one hour later, so we ended up in the autograph line at 7:30 AM instead of 8:30 AM. I didn’t mind so much, but Chrissy was clearly grumpy because we rushed out the door. We hung out for an hour before the dealer room opened at 8:30, and then Chrissy held my place in line while I went down to the dealer room.
Cory had managed to put some more pieces together overnight, so I grabbed some more stuff from him. I also found some odds and ends that I wanted to buy elsewhere. The dealer room, with Cory as the exception, was rediculously overpriced. Vendors were selling movie items for twice what you could find them for at the local Target. Even the vintage stuff was overpriced, which is why I passed on a few tables that actually had G1 stuff. $750 for a boxed G1 Scorponok? That’s a little steep; I would expect to pay that for a boxed Fortress Maximus, but not a Scorponok…
After taking some pictures at the Hasbro booth, including the huge Optimus Prime statue (movie Prime, not G1 Prime), I went back to meet Chrissy in the autograph line. Peter Cullen had shown up early and had already started to sign things. About ten minutes later, we had our autographs and were heading out the door. I have a very old collage poster of Optimus Prime (a 1998 Botcon exclusive) that I wanted to have signed. Cullen said that he had never seen one. I’d like to have it framed for my office some day.
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Botcon, Chrissy, convention, Michael, Optimus, Peter Cullen, Providence, Rhode Island
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