Previous "Top 5 For Sale" Lists:
The fourth annual New World Comic Con was held yesterday in the Centennial Building at State Fair Park in OKC. It was a great event that incorporated cosplay, kid's games and local artists. And like all cons, there were a ton of vendors. Since they mainly seemed to be from Oklahoma I thought it would be a great time to do another "Top 5 Things for Sale" list, so let's see what I found:
5. Dick Tracy Collector's Case (Chris' Vault)
Dick Tray has Oklahoma roots since his creator, Chester Gould, was born in Pawnee. The character has existed for decades put got his biggest marketing push when the 1990 movie was released. The toys didn't do too well and now items from that line are sought after collectibles by fans. Here's the collector's case for those hard to track down action figures.
4. Geeky Pot Holders (Two Clover Charms)
I'm always happy to see custom made items for sale at conventions, particularly when they're functional and used in nontraditional geek settings like the kitchen. There were other franchises represented besides Star Wars so you could probably find your particular favorite. Throw in the fact that these babies come with a package of cookie mix and I'm all in.
3. Rare Droids Figures (Valhalla Collectibles)
I didn't want to do two Star Wars items in a row, but here we are. This is good example of finding something unique that you didn't know you wanted. The Droids had a short lived Saturday morning cartoon in the 80s and these two were only available in Spain. They can fetch a pretty good price on eBay so it's always nice to run into our boys in the wild.
2. Geeky Kids' Dresses (Warehouse RoyGBiv)
Another great custom item. These outfits feature the old standards like Wonder Woman, Batman Ninja Turtles, the Avengers and a few that are maybe more about the parents like E.T. and The Walking Dead. Definitely what the well dressed mini-geek is wearing.
1. Comics!!! (New World Comics)
These days it's kind of cliche to lament the state of comics at comic book conventions but at this one they were well represented. New World had multiple tables containing box after box of comics in the center of the floor, all for $1. This groovy issue of Jimmy Olsen wasn't in the dollar section but for Sliver Age shenanigans I'm always willing to shell out a few bucks more.
So there are my top picks. Only slightly less than a year (probably) until the fifth annual NWCC. See you there...
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