2025 MMSI Chicago Show 50th Anniversary October 17-18, 2025 (1 Viewer)

[Julie]

We are in for this one as well this year!!!
Great event for the weekend. Friday & Saturday with just a bit on Sunday. We pack up our tables on Saturday night, but there may be some other painting tutorials on Sunday morning put on by the Club.
Keep your eye on their site and make your Room Reservations (only $118 a night!) early if you are going to attend!



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Hope to see familiar faces at this one as usual!

Julie

 

[tdubel]

Looking forward to this one! Finally making it this year and will be with our host Julie!
Tom

 

[tdubel]

Getting ready for this show. I will be bringing a good number of connoisseur figures plus russian figures. I am really thinning my connoisseur collection as the shelves are full, so will have a really good selection of one off, larger size figures at very good pricing.

On a personal note, can't wait to see the artists and their works, that is the highlight of this type of show for me. I am sure I will come home with something new too!
Tom

 

[Julie]

It is VERY HARD not to accidentally buy some of the Artist works the Club is selling.....

Julie

 

[Julie]

It was a GREAT show once again this year! The Club puts on a great event and there was a lot of foot traffic with a sold out Vendor area and jam-packed Competition area!
It's a Show you should check out at least once (or every year!)

I've brought back some copies of the book put out by the club and edited by Joe Berton and Jim DeRogatis. I had them both sign my copies, so a bonus for you!
Loads of photos of the club and their outings and also the Best In Show each year for the last 50 years. Click the image of the book below to purchase one of these for your own library!

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Now I always take a ton of photos of my own tables (to remember from year to year how I set it up!) and then the Competition and Exhibition pieces and some of the Vendor offerings.

My SmugMug Album will have everything, and I'm just putting a few highlights here!

View of the Competition area from my side of the Curtain in the Vendor area! We have a nice spacious corner I've graduated to over the years

I know I missed some of the Saturday entries.....one of the many reasons you should put this Show on your own calendar!

And once I have the link for Bruce's YouTube Video I'll share it!

Julie

PS - October 16 & 17, 2026 for the 51st Show!

 

[theBaron]

This piece, "It's...", was made by Jack Lynch of the MFCA and first shown at our show back in May. He got the Best Civilian "Non-Military" Subject award. It's all scratch-built.

Prost!
Brad

 

[tdubel]

It was a GREAT show once again this year! The Club puts on a great event and there was a lot of foot traffic with a sold out Vendor area and jam-packed Competition area!
It's a Show you should check out at least once (or every year!)

I've brought back some copies of the book put out by the club and edited by Joe Berton and Jim DeRogatis. I had them both sign my copies, so a bonus for you!
Loads of photos of the club and their outings and also the Best In Show each year for the last 50 years. Click the image of the book below to purchase one of these for your own library!

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Now I always take a ton of photos of my own tables (to remember from year to year how I set it up!) and then the Competition and Exhibition pieces and some of the Vendor offerings.

My SmugMug Album will have everything, and I'm just putting a few highlights here!

View of the Competition area from my side of the Curtain in the Vendor area! We have a nice spacious corner I've graduated to over the years

I know I missed some of the Saturday entries.....one of the many reasons you should put this Show on your own calendar!

And once I have the link for Bruce's YouTube Video I'll share it!

Julie

PS - October 16 & 17, 2026 for the 51st Show!

Great time it was, fantastic organization, jam packed creations, I in particular loved the Russian made pieces. I also loved just about every other one made to, just incredible talent. I give a 2 thumbs up to MMSI. It is worth attending to see the creations alone. Bonus getting to hang with Julie and Aron twice in a month!
TD