OB10
Sr Member
Hey, Prop Dudes and Dudettes. I wanted to give people a little advance notice about Marscon coming up in a few months. (https://marscon.org/2018/index.php) The upcoming Marscon will be number 20, if I recall correctly. And for the last 10, 11, not sure how many years, a small intrepid band of mostly mid-western prop builders and collectors have been showing off the latest or favoritest props that we've acquired or built. We have our very own room to call our own, and we call it... The Propatorium. Last couple years, it hasn't all quite fit in the room....
For the last 4 or more years, we've had the Cult of "Wis"Karo bringing in Daleks from the far side of Wisconsin. And they're threatening to bring in a whole bunch more this year; newer, deadlier Daleks. Plus we have at least 3 Minneapolis/St. Paul based Daleks which have been known to show up, plus Davros. (And a "working" Speeder Bike, but March isn't the best time of year to bring that around town.) And flying up from the more southerly regions, we have a kick-butt K-9, and K-9's "Master" does a killer John Leeson impression! We've had a mobile Tardis, and I think that'll be back again. What's the big deal about a Tardis that you can move around? It moves around on it's own.
This last year (and in 2018) we also had The Saber Legion (http://www.saberlegion.org). They fight. Each other. With lightsabers. So they have a table and a bunch of demos over the weekend. Luckily, the ceilings in the current hotel are tall enough for them to actually fight. The Science Room has some cool displays, including a huge collection of model spaceships and other sci fi models. I'm also planning on contacting the local R2 Builders and see if they want to hang out and geek out with some of our favorite droids.
The artist Guest Of Honor this year, Steve Thomas, is pretty awesome (http://www.stevethomasart.com). Actor GOH is Roger Cross from Dark Matter, Continuum, and LOADS of other things.
We have some great party rooms, and also an entire Dementia Music track (Dr. Demento style tunes) with loads of Dementia musicians coming in every year to perform. The great Luke Ski arranges that whole area; in past years, we've had Paul and Storm, and Dr. Demento himself.
I'm in the process of uploading and organizing a lot more pictures from previous Propatoriums and conventions, but here is a link to check out some of the prop-centric happenings at cons we've been to.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24502629@N04/albums
For the last 4 or more years, we've had the Cult of "Wis"Karo bringing in Daleks from the far side of Wisconsin. And they're threatening to bring in a whole bunch more this year; newer, deadlier Daleks. Plus we have at least 3 Minneapolis/St. Paul based Daleks which have been known to show up, plus Davros. (And a "working" Speeder Bike, but March isn't the best time of year to bring that around town.) And flying up from the more southerly regions, we have a kick-butt K-9, and K-9's "Master" does a killer John Leeson impression! We've had a mobile Tardis, and I think that'll be back again. What's the big deal about a Tardis that you can move around? It moves around on it's own.
This last year (and in 2018) we also had The Saber Legion (http://www.saberlegion.org). They fight. Each other. With lightsabers. So they have a table and a bunch of demos over the weekend. Luckily, the ceilings in the current hotel are tall enough for them to actually fight. The Science Room has some cool displays, including a huge collection of model spaceships and other sci fi models. I'm also planning on contacting the local R2 Builders and see if they want to hang out and geek out with some of our favorite droids.
The artist Guest Of Honor this year, Steve Thomas, is pretty awesome (http://www.stevethomasart.com). Actor GOH is Roger Cross from Dark Matter, Continuum, and LOADS of other things.
We have some great party rooms, and also an entire Dementia Music track (Dr. Demento style tunes) with loads of Dementia musicians coming in every year to perform. The great Luke Ski arranges that whole area; in past years, we've had Paul and Storm, and Dr. Demento himself.
I'm in the process of uploading and organizing a lot more pictures from previous Propatoriums and conventions, but here is a link to check out some of the prop-centric happenings at cons we've been to.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24502629@N04/albums