NYAF: friday

Hey there internet people, time for the follow up on NYAF.

After our first table experience at Otakon back in August, we came a bit more prepared. This year our booth wasn’t as bare as Green had put forth the effort in buying some PVC to build our simple display stand. Also, I thought we needed some sort of banner that said REGRBL. Of course that idea didn’t hit me till the night before. What else could I do but improvise. I remembered that we had a couple of foam core sheets. Cup had left it at my place back during his fiber glassing phase. So I busted out the sharpie and 3 colored markers, and BAM! We had ourselves a banner.


Yeah I know it’s not the prettiest/polished thing in the world, but hell it was better than nothing.

We left at around 3:00am on Friday morning to make the 12:00pm deadline (We were informed that we had to be set up by noon at the very latest). I’m not going into detail the shit storm that ensued during the drive into/in NY, (that’s a whole different story) but let me say this… it was the suck. We arrive at the con to set up. We put together the PVC to only realize the C-clamps that we were going to use were too small. The C-clamps were the main support from PVC to table. Who knew that tables could be so thick? Luckily our table neighbors were very friendly and had duct tape. Crisis averted.


So there’s the table and all its glory. I thought it was pretty sweet in comparison to our barren booth back in Otakon.

About the con itself:
It’s no Otakon. Going to Otakon all these years have spoiled us. It’s not that big considering it was held in such a massive convention center. Still, it wasn’t bad. No real lines on Friday. I managed to walk the entire floor and see everything before the days end. At least there’s always cool cosplay to see.


Now, the first day is always slow. Tack on the fact none of us has slept since Wednesday, you get a sleepy trio of superheroes. Green had the brilliant idea of cutting out white paper and taping it inside his mask. I followed with a more brilliant idea:


Several people got a kick out of that, even took pictures of him.

Blue decided to nap under the table instead. Smart guy.


About the Subway:
No matter how many times we rode it to the same destinations; we could never do it flawlessly. It was a toss up between missing our stop and getting on the wrong train. Still, it’s always fun to ride the Subway.

That pretty much sums up Friday. Stay tuned for the other two days~

-Red