Celebration Japan, Day 1: the lineup

Sorries we haven't been blogging much, but tikis like to sleep very very much.



So, yesterday was the first official day of Celebration Japan. Naturally, you always wonder how these things will go, first time in a new country. We walked out of our hotel and into the near end of the con center, out of the tropical heat. The first thing we noticed was that they'd finally turned on the air conditioning, yay! The SECOND thing we noticed was the line....

( The Wait )

Stitch goes to Celebration Japan

In answer to the first question everybody's been asking, yes, Virginia, there IS Stitch at Celebration Japan. There's Emperor Stitch and Yoda Stitch actino figures, AND lookee what we spotted at the Hot Toys booth! Plus, nice people have been coming to us with little Stitchies, like bittenbefore gave us an adorable plushie and a neat little cloth (we were too tired and stupid to take pix) and Card Guy Andy found a mysterious Stitch card and Shadowcat found some mascots.



PLUS! The dollar store nearby has a bunch of leetle Stitchie tchotchkes.



And they've even got their own Stitchie air force!!

Collectionistas!

So, lest we forget, the whole reason we're in Japan is 'cuz of Star Wars toys. Were here at Celebration Japan to spread the Star Wars collecting gospel, plus to hand out these pretty, pretty medallions.

( meet the collectors )

More C Japan

The Japan post office's official R2 post box. Squee!!!




Andy's booth. After the con opened, we couldn't get NEAR.



Here's the official con store exclusives. Those are hoodies on the top, and there are Bearbricks, and a fan.



We ended up picking up a couple of the tee shirts, even though, at $40, they're a tad pricey. The little round things are bottle caps, which are packaged like gashapon, in blind capsules, much to the frustration of collectors.