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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2009, 05:25:56 PM »
Hey guys, I had a great time, how short it may have been. It was wonderful seeing everyone in person. Barris, you're reallllly easy to pick up. lol. Chewie and MJ, you guys were great. Can't wait till we can do it again. Anakin. I will never forgive you for the saber. ever. I do believe you owe me a broken saber now. I soooo call dibs on the maul if and when it finally breaks.

More to come from the Other boys, I'm sure. and Gal. lol.
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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2009, 06:11:09 PM »
JUST walked in the door, EXHAUSTED.

The convention was great, but people like Anakin, Morris@rt, Dagobah Jedi and Barris made it one of the funniest, most enjoyable weekends I had in a long time.

Pure comedy! Lotsa fun.
Morris@art, wish u coulda stayed longer.
Anakin, you're nuts!

I think the late night impromptu saber spinning and dueling were some of the best moments, and the "crowd" seem to enjoy it as well.

Barris is nearly passed out on my couch and Dagobah Jedi is unloading his truck with all the "goodies" we acquired.

Oh, ..and we sold quite a few sabers.

Successful venture as a vendor, .....but the time spent with our new friends was ABSOLUTELY priceless!
Thanks guys for making this a hoot!

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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2009, 06:18:40 PM »
Sounds like lots of fun!  Congrats on the sales guys!  Hope it also brings you much future business as well ;)



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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2009, 06:33:10 PM »
I'm back, I'm exhausted, I'm estatic that I met so many cool people!  Chewie's right, I am almost passed out on his couch right now.  I'm off to share some cheesecake with Chewie, Master Jedye, and Momma Callais, but I'll be back to post my impressions later on tonight.


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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2009, 06:52:03 PM »
That's great guys! I'm glad to hear that this outing was not only loads of fun... but also successful from a vendors perspective.  :)


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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #20 on: July 19, 2009, 07:11:16 PM »
So, after your first experience at a Con, Chewy, is SDCC 2010 in your future? hehe
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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #21 on: July 19, 2009, 07:23:06 PM »
So, after your first experience at a Con, Chewy, is SDCC 2010 in your future? hehe


I believe so, ......we were invited to attend the CoastCon in March and the MobilCon in June as vendors as well as a return to BabelCon.

SDCC is in our future, but not as vendors.

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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #22 on: July 19, 2009, 07:26:03 PM »
Very cool! Looks like you two met with Nike (think...Greek :D)
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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #23 on: July 19, 2009, 07:37:57 PM »
ahhh I am sitting here in Houston that isn't too far.

Glad it was fun tho.

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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (UPDATE WITH PICS!!!!!)
« Reply #24 on: July 19, 2009, 07:48:44 PM »
THAT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

Before we get to the pictures, I would like to say THANK YOU to Barriss Offee for all the wonderful help she provided.  Also, to ANAKIN SKYWALKER....I wish your namesake was as cool as you!!!!  Morrisart, great finally meeting you in person....tell your g/f said "HI!"  Dagobah Jedi, thanks again for everything you did to help make this a success business venture! 

All of you guys are GREAT!!!!  Anakin and Morris....you guys know where we live, come on up!

I'm gonna post a few of my Favorite pictures first.  It's hard to say what my favorite part was....we had so much fun all three days!


Barriss Offee finds a new "suitor"


I got to save a Princess....she sure does get into a lot of trouble!!!!


Here's most of the crew!  (From left to right) MJ, Morrisart, BarrisOffee, Anakin Skywalker, Chewie (in the back)


Where does THE Sith Lord gets his lightsabers????  Gemini Concepts.....of course!


Anakin Skywalker showing off his moves for the crowd!   ;D


Chewie and the Orion Slave Girls (He ALWAYS get the green women!!!!!)


Bellydancers diggin' the Jedye!  LOL


Anakin "SAAAAAAY WHAAAAAT!" Skywalker / Dagobah Jedi


Master Jedye getting ATTACKED by the Local Short Sith Lord Legion




A few happy Gemini Concepts customers!!


and then we ate....A LOT!!!!!!

Stay tuned....Chewie and Barris have a lot of pictures to post!

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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #25 on: July 19, 2009, 08:03:05 PM »
Ok, Here are a few pics of the fun times!

      


Here is Master Jedye getting knighted by the Queen of BabelCon:

        

Anakin, .......
   


Me, studying Anakin's Prophecy Mod, made by Master Yoda, .......


"Note Dagobah Jedi in the background, ........."       Ahem!  ;)

   

Half the fun of these conventions are demonstrating the sabers and the interest that people show:

     



I'm confused!



Some members of the Red Stick Rebellion, ...the guys and Ladies are a really cool bunch of people.
      



I'll just leave this one here:

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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #26 on: July 19, 2009, 08:09:44 PM »
LOL! I should request that I be blurred out of the pic, but it's all good. She says hi back. hah! One of my next weekends off, I'll see if I can make it up there so we can go out to eat or something. it would be great to hang out with you guys again. I'm stealing the pic for my myspace. Hope you fellas don't mind.

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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #27 on: July 19, 2009, 08:45:30 PM »
OK, so here I am, borrowed laptop in, er, lap.  :D  The convention was exhausting, being a first time vendor, but it was a success on many levels.  We sold sabers (we were the most active table at the convention both in terms of traffic and sales), we talked sabers, we turned people on to sabers, we became Saber Enablers! lol.

My trip was two-fold, to help out some friends at their first convention* as vendors, but more importantly to me, to sit face-to-face with people that I consider to be close personal friends (whether they admit it or not!   ;D)  Chewie and Master Jedye are truly great people, both as craftsmen, and as people.  I got to experience first-hand their Southern Hospitality, and this Northerner was truly impressed!

* BabelCon is a general sci-fi/ren faire convention

Anakin: you're a man of few words, but you make them count!  It's such a shame you left for a coke when we needed you most!
Morrisart: so good to finally meet you! Your visits were too short this time around, let's work on that!
Dagobah: it's never a dull moment when you're around!
Chewie and MJ: two words: JAM SESSION!!!!


So, because both Chewie and MJ (not to mention Morrisart, Anakin, and Dagobah Jedi) have posted their version of this weekend, I'll stick to the pictures:

- Chosen by the Queen herself, being Knighted Sir Casey of the Fighting Tigers (LSU territory)....a Jedi's work is never done!

- The Enlighten - The Fury, quite an attention-getter!

- our table at the con

- Finally! The Fluent! NOT FOR SALE - FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY!

- Now that you've bought your saber, we know someone that'll make you look good using it!

- the newest recruit to the Jedi Academy!

- Barriss with a Zombie - MJ with Kitty Pride - Chewie with a toaster
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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #28 on: July 19, 2009, 09:56:06 PM »

Chewie and MJ: two words: JAM SESSION!!!!


You got it!



Like Chewie just said, one of the best things about the con was explaining this hobby to people.  Especially since a lot of these people had never seen a custom saber before....lots of them thought MR was the "top of the line" saber.    ;D

Even better, was the kids.  We basiclly ran the Babelcon daycare.  ANAKIN was kind enough to let kids borrow his MR's and they "battled" them against alot of our Acolyte series sabers. 





Lots of great costumes too!  Redstick Jedi does a great job and they came out in force!!!!






Good times, good times. 


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Re: BabelCon 07/17/09, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
« Reply #29 on: July 19, 2009, 10:06:40 PM »
Looks like you guys had a awesome time!  Maybe in the future I'll get a chance to come out to a show near you guys.  Congrats on the success with the sabers.   ;D

 

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