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...
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On summer nights, you can rent a gondola for a ride along the Providence River. It’s very Italian, with a well decorated gondola and an authentic Italian gondolier. Marcello was as authentic as you can find in Rhode Island; his family was from Italy, and he had visited Italy many times, including a trip to Venice where he was...
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Besides the box set, Fun Publications also produces a special figure that is only given to attendees, a freebie just for showing up. This year’s extra figure was a Classics Mirage, molded in clear blue plastic to simulate his “invisibility” power. Mirage also comes with instructions and a “tech spec”...
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Registration was at 4:30 on the upper level of the Providence Convention Center. There were Botcon signs everywhere, and they had set up a huge Optimus Prime standup above the staircase leading to the registration area. We had to wait until 5:30 before the “blue” group was able to register (there were four groups that...
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