THe 2020 Chicago Toy Soldier Show as been canceled/rescheduled (1 Viewer)

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Just got the word from Roger's daughter; the 2020 show has been canceled and rescheduled for 2021, September 26th to be exact.

Not unexpected, but still a sad state of affairs, what a toll this virus has taken.........................
 
That's 4 months away.Things should be opened up by then.
Mark
 
The issue is you have to plan ahead and the fall is uncertain. As I mentioned in the other thread, many people will have to fly into Chicago and that will be a difficult experience; with the airlines having laid off people, that means longer times waiting to fly as there will be less flights and so forth.
 
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Dear CTSS Vendors and Friends,

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the rescheduling of the 40th anniversary Chicago Toy Soldier Show to Sunday, September 26, 2021.Thank you to everyone who provided us with feedback while we worked through making this very difficult decision.

If you want to provide CTSS with financial support, please visit us at www.chicagotoysoldiershow.com/store to purchase a limited-edition poster, with artwork by Doug Dearth.



Thank you to everyone for your continued support of the Chicago Toy Soldier Show!

Roger, Jan, and the CTSS family

 
The issue is you have to plan ahead and the fall is uncertain. As I mentioned in the other thread, many people will have to fly into Chicago and that will be a difficult experience; with the airlines having laid off people, that means longer times waiting to fly as there will be less flights and so forth.

This would have been impossible to pull off; Gillian mentioned having to spread the dealers around to all 5 floors of the hotel, we are all up on the 4th and 5th floor. Well, everyone but the Hobby Bunker, he's got that store on the ground level of the hotel off the lobby.

She also said they just saw no way to do the actual show on Sunday; you can't have 1,000 people stampede into the hotel, just impossible.

Unreal, what a sad reality.
 
Sad, but knew it was coming. Logistics at this point are too hard to pull off for a large show. Oh well, back in 2021, onward and upward.

TD
 
FEAR wins again!!!!

Carlos

It has nothing to do with fear.

One of the stipulations the hotel put in place was they wanted the dealers spread out on floors 1-5 vs them all being on floors 4 and 5; well again, all of us except Hobby Bunker, who has an annex off of the lobby.

So what dealer would want to be moved from say the 5th floor and rooms he's had for 23 years like me and shoved onto the 2nd floor, finding dealers would have been a nightmare, not to mention they just saw no way to run the show on Sunday, imagine 1,000 people being let into the hotel 5 at a time or whatever and trying to maintain social distancing, just impossible.

In the end, too many obstacles to overcome.

FEAR was not one of them, but you just keep being you and whistling past the graveyard and pretending this virus is a whole lot of nothing.
 
Considering the age group of TS collectors, you could have wiped out a large contingent. The hobby would have never been the same.
 
Illinois like California and New York won’t open until after the election. This political BS has gone to far now iyhat it’s screwing around with outr toy soldier show
 
Illinois like California and New York won’t open until after the election. This political BS has gone to far now iyhat it’s screwing around with outr toy soldier show

Each of these states is open to some extent. Sometimes real life comes before playthings, such as 100,000 dead fellow Americans.
 
Each of these states is open to some extent. Sometimes real life comes before playthings, such as 100,000 dead fellow Americans.


Shows are more than delighting in childish plaything. It’s community, enjoyment and connecting with old and new friends. Toy soldiers collecting is a very niche hobby with too few occasions to celebrate with others. The Chicago Toy Soldier Show represents the best of these rare events.

Why can’t we honor the 100,000 COVID-19 by taking proper precautions (short of cancellations) at this show, and normalizing life as much as possible without being shamed!

I say having the Toy Soldier Show would have shown strength, resilience, character, instead of FEAR and PSEUDO VIRTUE.

Riddle me this: Would this show been canceled if it were traditionally been held in Texas?

Carlos
 
Although the Show does include community, meeting new friends and seeing old friends, they all revolve around a hobby and a hobby has to be secondary to health considerations.

As to why the show organizers can’t take proper precautions, that’s a question you’d have to ask them but the reasons why a show can’t be held has been discussed in these pages. They are also the same reasons that other shows have been cancelled and the same reasons professional meetings, concerts and the like have been cancelled.

We can wish all we want that the Show had not been cancelled but the reality is that it has and that’s that.
 
"Why can't there be a show?"...……………

Seriously; where to begin on this.

Social distancing, 6 feet apart and wearing masks is a now a thing.

Talk to me like I'm 5 and explain to me how you are going to social distance in hotel room selling little metal army guys...………..there are times at Chicago where there would be half a dozen people crammed into my two rooms, I have to have a deli ticket machine out front, one in, one out, one in, one out "Now serving customer number 27!!"...………….plus wearing masks all day and all night long, oh boy what fun.

As I stated, Rodgers daughter said the hotel wanted the dealers spread out all over the hotel on floors 1 through 5; people had enough trouble finding me when we were on two floors, now we're talking FIVE floors of dealers scattered all over the place; not going to work. And what are the dealers supposed to do, wipe down every figure once it's touched, what is the hotel supposed to do, hire a staff dressed in hazmat suits wiping down every square inch of the hotel 24/7, how many people will be allowed on an elevator, what about the morning buffet, that's out the window, or hanging out at the bar at night, that is also out the window.

And just how in the name of God are you going to do the actual show on Sunday; people waiting in line 6 feet apart, the line would go from the front of the hotel to the Indiana border. And what are they going to do, let 10 people in at a time, how can 1,000 people social distance at a toy soldier show.

Anyone who cannot understand the reasons why an event like this cannot happen in todays climate really needs a check up from the neck up; it's strait up common sense.

How is this virus spread; through droplets floating in the air and on surfaces; this show would be a bacteria trap and attendees would be dropping like flies.

No way, no how, and how does where it's held have any bearing; so in TEXAS things are different?

Different how?

What difference does it matter where it's held, I'm at a loss over that one.

Just clueless.
 
The Choice isn’t one or the other: health or having fun…What no happy medium?
We are smarter than that, time for some creative ideas. We’ve learned a lot about this virus:


  1. Death & Infection rates
  2. Most at risk (age, preexisting conditions, population density, etc.),
  3. How to prepare (Tests, ventilators, hospital capacity, social spacing, when to use face masks, etc.)
We’re no longer in the panic of the March, but into almost June.

It takes courage and will to take all these lessons, and create, execute and monitor a plan. This all can be done by mid-June allowing enough time for bookings (dealers, collectors, etc.). September is four months away!

I guess, accepting defeat is now the new American Way with the rationale: “Better Safe Than Sorry”.

Remember this virus is not the “Black Plague” whipping out 1/3 of Europe’s population.

Again, riddle me this: Would this show been canceled if it were traditionally been held in Texas?

Carlos
 
Hate to say it, but courage, strength, resilience etc doesn’t keep a virus away.
You can’t be brave in order to stay healthy.
 

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