I stopped in briefly to pick up some items from George. The good news is that it wasn't raining for once and there was a lot more space in the new location. The bad news is that the hotel is dark and dirty. It's probably a bad sign when you start to Google the hotel's name for directions and it automatically suggests adding "bed bugs" to the search. LOL. Nothing really unusual about the show itself. The Lego display was the only thing that I had not seen a million times before. A lot of the typical KC, First Legion, Jenkins displays etc. There seemed to be about as many dealers as attendees. Probably because there wasn't much publicity and no signs even in the hotel. A bit of a depressing vibe except for George. My kids were at the hotel's game arcade across the street. So I had to walk down to meet them and got caught up in the finish of a Wounded Warrior bike event which was interesting because I had no clue what was going on. It was like a sponteous parade in the middle of nowhere. The game arcade was as depressing as the hotel. We were the only people there on a Sunday afternoon. It was like a set on the Walking Dead. My wife insisted that I take our son on the Go Cart track. About the second time around it broke down about a mile from the finish line. My daughter kept lapping us slowing each time to taunt until it was determined that our car was kaput. We then had to make the walk of shame off the track. It was deemed the best part of the day by my daughter.
Ok, this post is gold.
And yes, the hotel is a bit worn, I never stayed there when Fall In (wargaming convention) was held there, one of the dealers who stayed at the hotel was itchy all day long; best of luck with that, when your freckles start moving around, it's not a good thing.
Bed bugs aside, I liked the new venue, load in and out was much easier, the hall was bigger, not as dark as the old one, circulation was better, air quality was better, I had tons more room behind my tables for my stock.
Thanks for all the members who came and supported myself and the other dealers who attended.
This was one of those morning set ups; up at 3:00am, at the hotel by 4:00am, unloaded by 5:00am, set up by 10:00am, worked till 3:00pm, broke down and loaded the van till 6:00pm, then dinner at an outstanding Italian restaurant with Chris Yother from the forum, thanks for the help Chris and the dinner company..........
