Joe Con 2015
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I just love that they're, what, less than 3 weeks from the event and still haven't managed to get registration up?
No physical pics of the con sets, yet, either. Something's fucky.
No physical pics of the con sets, yet, either. Something's fucky.
Historically they suck at getting registration up the last few years, but I think it's less than 3 weeks away, right? It's been close before but not this.
Who wants to bet that they haven't received any of the exclusives from China yet?
and that's the real reason they haven't put up registration
and that's the real reason they haven't put up registration
Have they ever not had the exclusives at the con? I'm sure there would be some pretty pissed off peoe if they were to register and then get an IOU when they got to the con. And what about the con souvenirs?
I highly doubt they are as upset as some of their loyal fans are. The sad thing is some people are willing to patronize them dispute their continued incompetence.
Isn't this the exact same thing as last year?
Are we to believe these are the exact same company they hired last year? or a completely different company which did the exact same thing???
Are we to believe these are the exact same company they hired last year? or a completely different company which did the exact same thing???
What's so hard about writing a contract that says done by December or we don't have to make final payments?
This leads me to believe they start working on registration 1 month before the show, every year.
Now there's an image floating through the facebook groups with Larry Hama's comment saying he really wish he could have went to JoeCon, but the invitation came way too late and he was already booked for another gig. How the fuck do you not get invitations out to all of the VIPs to the relatively small circle of Joe-related celebrities as soon as you book a fucking date?
Seriously, how hard of a fucking job is it to run a couple of fan groups?
Seriously, how hard of a fucking job is it to run a couple of fan groups?
Well they spend the first 5 months of the year doing whatever they can to lose all feeling in their hands and making them swell up, then the next month ham-fisting FSS figures into boxes that are too small, so clearly they only have 5 more months left to blame China, and thus they're left with that last-minute 30 day window.
You can't blame them really, it's not like they've done this before so they know what to expect.
Hasbro must seriously not give a shit about the GI JOE brand name since they keep letting these yahoo's do this year in and year out.
Eh, If it were me I'd be on the phone the Monday after the con sussing out venues and dates for the next. After that I would have the fucking registration program nailed down. Then I'd worry about the figures.
But what do I know? I'm just an interwebnets troll.
But what do I know? I'm just an interwebnets troll.
You guys are too hard on what is clearly the one guy doing EVERYTHING. There's no we. It's just him.
I am skipping SDCC this year and was briefly considering going... But nope. I'm not booking a hotel and flight for something the idiots can't even get registration up for in proper advance.
I have toyed with the idea of either leaving here Friday and driving over and hanging out Saturday or going and returning on Saturday since it is only a 3 hour drive from here...I just don't know if it is worth it. Not interested in the con set at all. Any one have input on if it is worth the drive? My sons say they want to go...we have been to Coil Con once and all the Assembly Required events here in Iowa...
I would go if it was within driving distance, but otherwise it is not worth it. The best part for me was the Hasbro booth.
no no no it's not Lifeline that will be mad it is Big Brawler that will be mad because everyone knows he is
Tiger Force could've been cool if they stuck to more of the Duke/Flint (green/brown with black stripes) deco, but all that goofy fucking yellow is just dumb. I had the same issue with Night Force. Psyche-Out and Repeater look awesome, but the rest look stupid as hell.
I mean, if there was a "Rainbow Rescue" team, that'd make sense to be garish but as it is, the whole special mission team is just a silly idea. I know that sense didn't matter and they were merely designed to sell toys to children, but I just wish they'd had cooler decos. Lifeline in actual military colors could be awesome.
I mean, if there was a "Rainbow Rescue" team, that'd make sense to be garish but as it is, the whole special mission team is just a silly idea. I know that sense didn't matter and they were merely designed to sell toys to children, but I just wish they'd had cooler decos. Lifeline in actual military colors could be awesome.
I do have a love/hate relationship with Tiger Force.
It allowed me the opportunity to grab up some characters I didn't have a chance to get.
On the hand, after about 5-6 years of 100% original sculpts, Hasbro discovered repaints and reused molds sell as much without being as costly. It took a few more years, but they adopted this.
It allowed me the opportunity to grab up some characters I didn't have a chance to get.
On the hand, after about 5-6 years of 100% original sculpts, Hasbro discovered repaints and reused molds sell as much without being as costly. It took a few more years, but they adopted this.