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WonderCon 2019 [T38]

WonderCon 2019

Public Event with ticket

March 29-31, 2019

Anaheim Convention Center

Anaheim, CA

https://www.comic-con.org/wca

This was Scums 2nd Wonder Con! Really fun con and not as intimidating as San Diego. We slacked on purchasing tickets this year so Saturday sold out. Sunday flew by! We wondered around a bit and andventured outside to the Hilton to avoid the food truck lines for lunch (thank you Aare). Mostly we hung around the fan tables of the 501st Legion, Rebel Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, Droid Builders & MSE Builders booths.

The Rebel Legion Sunrider Base had a super amazing Endor Bunker setup for photo opportunities and the 501st had their awesome space walls!

SCUM MUSTER:

  • RD-2D - ran out of battery on the way back to the car :)

  • Monster Inferno MSE - took 1 charge during the day

Event footage from Wonder Con Anaheim 2019 Saturday March 30, 2019 Links: https://www.comic-con.org/wca http://www.astromech.net http://www.sunriderbase.com http://southerncaliforniagarrison.com https://forum.mousedroidbuilders.club http://bb8builders.club/ Desert Scum Event Blog https://www.desertscum.org/blog/2019/2/25/wondercon-2019 Audio Credit: Bensound Compaq272 via Newgrounds #wondercon2019 #wondercon #wca2019
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Arcade Expo 5.0 [T37]

Desert Scum joined HeyJohnny5 and 1.21 Giga Watt Guys @ the Arcade Expo 5.0 at the Museum of Pinball Banning, CA March 16, 2019

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Saturday March 16, 2018

Arcade Expo 5.0

Scum was overjoyed to be able to return to the magnificent Museum of Pinball !! Such an amazing place for video game & pinball lovers. The concept of all-day free play of over 1000+ games is still something we are getting used to. At $55 dollars a day it is well worth it if you put your time in. The museum also has on-site food selections such as fresh cheeseburgers, fries, mini pizza, tots etc. and inside a beer garden for your beer & mixed drinks with . There was a swap meet on the side of the building, which we missed, and various vendors selling pins, patches etc. outside. The theater had a schedule of presentations and documentaries showing throughout the day. Also occurring throughout the weekend was KongOff7, which included scheduled high-score battles and head to head single elimination battles!

Summary

We had the pleasure of hanging out with the Time Machine from Back to the Future thanks to 1.21GigagWattGuys over on Facebook and Johnny 5 from Short Circuit thanks to HeyJohnny5 on Facebook! You can contact the 1.21 Giga Watt Guys for their next event or to maybe schedule them for yours! Love hanging out with these iconic figures and their owners!

We also met Billy Mitchell and got some pix with him and the droids. Billy is a well high score holder and competitor for games like Donkey Kong Jr., Mrs. Pacman, BurgerTime and Centipede and was participating in the KongOff.

The Arcade Expo had a much higher attendance than Pinball Madness last fall. The parking lot and entire street block was full! You will have to wait in line a bit for certain games or machines.

Huge shoutout to all the volunteer technicians that participate in the events.

Tips

If you attend one of the events at the Museum of Pinball dress accordingly. I know Southern California weather can be a bit unpredictable in the Spring, so layers is suggested. The Pinball and Arcade areas can get a bit stuffy no matter the weather outside and outside can get chilly. You can access your car and re-enter the event as long as you have your wristband so you can store water & clothes if need be.

If you are going to buy food or drink at the event, be sure to get in the right line. You have to purchase tickets to redeem food and drink. The bar takes cash/card.

Scum Muster

RD-2D & Monster Inferno MSE

No incidents to report other than the MSE doing a flippy and damaging its new paint job.

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Long Beach Comic Con 2018 [T24 & T25]

Scum report from LBCC2018 with the Space Expo

Long Beach Comic Con

September 8 & 9 2018

Droid Builders booth & panel as part of the Columbia Memorial Space Center's Space Expo

Pictures below the summary! 

Scum Muster

  • RD-2D, BB-8E & Krank

  • Monster Inferno MSE, Wampa MSE & Ardy Jo

Tags:

Hey Johnny , perello23, http://www.astromech.twinlitworlds.com/ , Jackie, Tina, ther2joe , aclane56, miyamotoextreme , Keith & Diana,

Summary

Really look forward to the Long Beach Con & Expos! Get to volunteer as part of the Space Expo with the droid builders group. We get a nice lil group of droids and parts to display at the booth and panel on Sunday. Scum did Sat & Sun this year. Really awesome to spend the night in Long Beach and not have to drive in the morning. The Long Beach Con/Expo is a nice medium size con and not too overwhelming for any new goers but full of lots of stuff. Loved meeting new builders and seeing those we have made builder homies with! Didn't get any MSE Vision videos (forgot the camera mount at home) and didn't get as many photos (especially on Saturday) as we should have. 

Kranks favorite cosplay of the weekend was Joe Dirt and Ardy Jo's was Cinderella ! 

It was BB-8E and Wampa MSEs 1st con and they did great! everyone loved with BB-8E started wiggling and moving. He was rocking out to Johnny 5s jams. Wampa MSE creeped everyone out with his eyeballs and jumping out from around corners haha He also went for a beer break. 

Saturday

Arrived with RD-2D, MSE-6, BB-8E, Monster Inferno MSE & Monster Wampa MSE & 2 slicer droids. The plan was to have Krank's MSE-6 tug the BB-8E. Unfortunately, it blew a connector and started smoking after we turned it on ! haha had toss em back in the truck for the weekend. Unfortunately Krank could have fixed it in a couple minutes it turned out. Resorted to tugging BB-8E behind RD-2D or by hand. 

Droid booth had a nice corner spot with space to display the droids and move around. We were lucky to have Johnny 5 hang out with us on Saturday! Ardy Jo was able to get her "Hold the Door" doorstop signed by Hodor (Game of Thrones) Kristian Nairn in the morning. Saturday flew by! Did a droid parade at some point in the day, which is really fun to mow through everyone. Monster MSE loves cardboard trashcans. Some kind soul turned in Ardy Jos phone that got left in the pooper.

Sunday

Had to tug the droids around the block from the hotel unfortunately since they moved the LBCC entrance due to the stamp convention. Sunday seemed busier for some reason. We had Godzilla hang out at our booth on Sunday. Super awesome costume by one of our builders Amy! We snuck to the back of the hall to do some astromech racing. Jackie's Bakersfield R2-D2 won over all even though the Monster Wampa MSE spanked them all haha Also did another droid parade around the hall. The panel was at the end of the day and Scum left right after. Panel was represented with a nice variety of builders and went really well even though the room was tiny. 

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Wampa Monster MSE Complete

Ardy Jo was able to complete the 1st version of the Wampa Monster MSE the night before LBCC2018!

She is really happy how it turned out. Rasberry Pi is something shes been wanting to play with for a while and is beyond relieved that she got it working at all! Some additions to the costume in future may include a working mouth and upgrading the sound system

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Star Wars Night: IE 66ers vs Modesto Nuts [T23]

Star Wars Night - The force is strong with this one! Star Wars Night will take place on Saturday, August 4th. Come meet your favorite Star Wars characters, while we feature Star Wars promotions and activities during the game!

Another great event helping to raise money for a great cause! 

Leave No Paws Behind- PLEASE VISIT THEIR PAGE AND CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION

https://www.leavenopawsbehind.org

"Leave No Paws Behind is the voice for those who cannot speak. We are an all breed , all foster based rescue, specializing in seniors, End of Life, and animals with special medical needs.When possible we step up to help save the lives of those that are in most danger of being left behind to die on a cold shelter floor."

RD-2D and Monster Inferno Squad MSE had fun taking pictures with fans to raise money for Leave No Paws Behind. LNPB even brought some doggies to the park! They were so cute with their little shoes and so well behaved. 

 

http://www.milb.com/tickets/singlegame.jsp?sid=t401

Scum Muster

  • RD-2D & Krank

  • Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo

 

 

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SDCC 2018- Saturday [T22]

 SDCC 2018 SATURDAY ONLY

We were lucky enough to be able to get & afford tickets for SDCC 2018 Saturday and took RD-2D with us. 

Were able to get Valet parking at the Hilton Gaslamp across the street from the convention center. Yes it was overpriced, but a great way to drop off a droid as close as we could. We even had the option to access the vehicle if we need during the day, but didn't. In hind sight, Ardy Jo would have stored the Monster MSE there and brought it out in the afternoon or something. 

Got to the convention center around 8:45 a.m. We thought were were in the everything else line to enter at Hall G but everyone just started bunching up where we were in the line in from of a Entrance door at Hall D, which was allowing volunteer entry only. Eventually we just mushed up with everyone else at that door waiting for 9:30 entry. Around like 9:40 they finally opened the doors and we squeezed through with the droid. 

First stop on the exhibit floor was the Hasbro Toy Shop to try and snag a Black Series Exogorth Escape set. Initially there was lottery tickets online to be able to purchase exclusives at the toy shop. Apparently Saturday/Sunday no tickets were required. The line was tricky. They wouldn't let you get it in if it was too long and you had to circle around after a few minutes and jump in it if they let you. Ardy Jo finally got to jump in and it only took 20ish minutes to get to the checkout where they scan your badge and let you get your stuff. Yay! scored 1st SDCC Exclusive! It wasn't the most exotic exclusive, seeing that they will release the same Solo at a later date minus the mynoch., but o well! Sadly the NECA TMNT 1990 7 inch figures were completely sold out....

SDCC was so massive... we had to charge the droid 3 times during the day from 9:45 am-7:30 p.m. when we left. Luckily we could mooch in on the Hall D charging stations for about an hour for charging.

Only other droids out that we saw was B1 at the Mandalorian Booth on the Mezzanine with the other fan groups. He is so cool. We also caught the Extreme Droid Builders panel at the Marriott. Really awesome droids and upgrades. Also got to see the actual Lawgiver statue from the Planet of the Apes and RD-2D got a pic with it. 

We also got some GTP Toys Spacewall Corners from mcwheeler ! Thanks again! and a free Glass poster from the upcoming movie. 

Didn't eat much in the craiziness! Snagged a mini pizza and some free beer across the street at the Dell Experience. 

Super fun crazy day!!!!!!!!!! Doing more than 1 day would be insane. RD-2D did a heck of a job. 

Resource

How to Attend San Diego Comic Con for Cheap - some helpful tips for attending SDCC

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Star Wars Weekend: Jethawks vs Storm [T21]

Star Wars Weekend: Lancaster Jethawks vs Lake Elsinore Storm

June 14, 2018

Donations from the 501st Legion & Rebel Legion booth to www.milossanctuary.org

 

Photo ops. with characters throughout the park. Ardy Jo & Monster Inferno MSE participated in the opening ceremony and got to escort 1st pitch to the mound! RD-2D got to hide behind the ropes at the booth throughout the night but ventured out into the kiddie play area later on and got swarmed! They have a super yummy beer mustard brat at The Hangar Stadium! Hot day and fun event! 

Scum Muster

  • RD-2D & Krank

  • Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo

Scum footage from Star Wars Night: Lancaster Jethawks VS Lake Elsinore Storm! Lancaster, CA July 14, 2018.

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