World’s Greatest Toys!

It was show-time today, as Rob Chatlin and I had three dealer tables at the Los Angeles Comic Book & Sci Fi Convention at the Shrine Auditorium.

Above: Me (left), Rob Chatlin (middle) and our Mego buddy Jay (right)

As with last month, we had a broad range of Mego figures — MOC, MIB and Loose — on display and available for purchase. We also had vintage Kenner, Mattel, Popy, Medicom and more. It was a vintage toy lover’s dream, and we sold a lot of great toys. I also had copies of the Mego book on hand, and signed seven books!

I was also approached by a casting director, who discussed testing me for TV’s “Deal or No Deal” and “1 vs. 100.” I would dig being on either show! I will audition for them tomorrow, and I’ll report more here if anything comes of it.

Rob and I will have three tables at the next show (not until May, unfortunately). Here’s the info, for future reference:

Shrine Auditorium
Expo Center
700 West 32nd St.
Los Angeles, CA

The official Web site for the con is here:

Los Angeles Comic Book & Sci Fi Convention

Guests included stars from TV’s “Jericho,” actress Katy Sagal and Teen Titans Year 1 Writer Amy Wolfram.

Thanks to everyone who came out and said hello. I hope to see you in May!

UPDATE: MORE PICS!

Jay sent me more pics from the show:

Above: Rob sells a copy of World’s Greatest Toys! (left) and a young Mego-head-to-be (right) peruses the book

Above: Benjamin signs a copy of World’s Greatest Toys!

Above: Rob (far right) and Benjamin hard at work selling awesome vintage toys

Above: Benjamin (left) buying a little something for himself (the Blue Mego Batcycle with both Batman and Robin… for just $70!) and one of our repeat customers (right, a high-end comic book dealer), buying a Michael Jackson “Beat It” doll MIB for his brother’s birthday

Above: A sampling of Benjamin’s side of the table… a bunch of Mego goodness