Retro Con 2026- Coming September 12th & 13th to Oaks, PA!
Hit rewind, press play, and don’t forget to adjust your tracking- Retro Con is back for 2026! Join us September 12th & 13th at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania for a weekend jam-packed with pure nostalgia!
Retro Con is an unapologetic celebration of pop culture from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, and early 2000s— the “good old days” of toys, comics, games, movies, and TV. We’re taking over Hall A, unleashing its 67,500 square-foot show floor (over 80,000 square feet if you count the lead-in hallway and panel room) on the masses. That means over 315 vendor tables, stacked with retro collectibles just waiting to follow you home!
Expect popular toy lines like Transformers, GI Joe, He-Man, Hot Wheels, TMNT, ThunderCats, Star Wars, M.A.S.K., Battle Beasts, Madballs, Real Ghostbusters, and many more. Add in video and board games, comics, trading cards, LEGO, wrestling, dolls, diecast, playsets, model kits, 2D/3D art, tabletop games, physical media, and other assorted nostalgia you forgot you needed. From casual browsing to full-on grail hunting, from vintage to modern enthusiasts, we’ve got collecting covered!
Retro Con is more than just a toy show though— it’s a full-tilt pop culture event! Enjoy special guests, Q&A panels, contests, costumes, pop-culture vehicles, games, and an atmosphere you won’t find anywhere else. Whether you’re planning a day trip or a full weekend, Retro Con delivers.
Tired of wallet-draining geek cons? We’ve got you. Admission is still just $20 at the door on Saturday or Sunday, or grab an advance weekend pass for $34- with zero surprise fees at checkout. Kids 12 and under get in free with a paying adult, and parking is always free at the expo center.
Crank your nostalgia up to 11 and join us! We’re already lining up incredible themed guests and features for 2026- keep an eye on our pages so you don’t miss a single announcement!
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Pre-Purchase Your Weekend Tickets HERE!
View our upcoming Guest List HERE!
Vendor Table Info can be found HERE.
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A huge THANK YOU to RetroDaze for sponsoring us!
See a Screen-Used KITT at Retro Con 2026!
The FLAG Mobile Unit won’t be making the trip to Retro Con alone, because every rolling command center needs its most famous occupant. Also making a “shadowy flight” to Retro Con 2026 is a screen-used KITT!
This incredible piece of TV history is once again being brought to the show by the passionate team at Knight Rider Historians. The car they’re bringing this time is a screen-used stunt car from Seasons 3 & 4 of the series. While roughly 25 KITTs were built during the production of the show, only five are known to survive today. This car is one of those rare survivors, rescued from what could have been a tragic junkyard ending, and lovingly restored back to its sleek, molecularly-bonded glory.
In recent years, this very KITT has popped up on Jay Leno’s Garage, and was even reunited with Michael Knight himself, David Hasselhoff, during a special appearance on Good Morning America in 2019!
KITT will be parked right next to the FLAG Mobile Unit on the show floor at Retro Con, giving fans a rare chance to see these two legendary vehicles together in person! Photo ops with and inside the car will be available. But please avoid hitting the Turbo Boost button while inside the convention hall!
See the Screen-Used Knight Rider FLAG Semi at Retro Con 2026!
When that pulse-pounding synth music starts building, you know something legendary is coming… We’re beyond excited to announce that the screen-used F.L.A.G. Mobile Unit from the classic TV series Knight Rider is rolling into Retro Con 2026, September 12th & 13th in Oaks, Pennsylvania!
This iconic piece of television history is being brought to the show by the Knight Rider Historians YouTube channel, who have been fully restoring the rig to its former glory for the past five years. Retro Con will mark the semi’s very first event appearance ANYWHERE! We couldn’t be more stoked to premiere it for fans to see this September!
The (F)oundation for (L)aw (A)nd (G)overnment semi is a rolling monument to peak 1980’s action TV, with its jet-black paintjob, gold striping, Knight Industries emblems, and of course… that epic extending rear ramp that allowed KITT to roll straight into (and out of) the trailer at highway speed! This is NOT a replica! This is one of only two cabs used during filming of the series, paired with the only trailer ever filmed for the show.
While the FLAG’s interior scenes were filmed on a studio set, the Knight Rider Historians are meticulously recreating that command center INSIDE the actual trailer! Using period-correct components whenever possible, they are carefully building the work station and briefing room. And this has been a community-powered mission! Hundreds of fans have contributed by helping track down rare parts for the semi, wrenching on the cab and trailer, and sending donations to bring this ambitious vision to life. This project is being built for fans, by fans. Keep watching their youtube channel as they put on the finishing touches!
Yes, the FLAG semi will be displayed on the SHOW FLOOR at Retro Con! We’d tell you exactly where, but trust us… you won’t miss it. Attendees will have the rare opportunity to take photos with, and even step inside, a genuine piece of television history. Don’t miss your chance to experience this legendary vehicle up close as we celebrate its long-awaited convention debut- only at Retro Con 2026!!
Retro Con 2026 Preregistration Now Live!
Weekend Tickets for Retro Con 2026 are now Live!
Retro Con is little atypical in that we like to keep the options simple. We do not sell single day passes in advance. If you’re planning to swing by just Saturday or Sunday, you can simply grab your day pass right at the door either day. Day tickets are only $20, and kids 12 and under get in for FREE with a paying adult. We’ll also have multiple cash lines open Saturday morning to keep things moving and get everyone inside as quickly as possible.
But if you want the full Retro Con experience, then go for an advance Weekend Pass! For $34 (no extra fees at checkout), you’ll get a slick Retro Con attendee badge with lanyard, and early entry at 9am on Saturday (pre-check starts at 8:30am). That’s a full hour before General Admission, your official “EarlyBird” option… perfect for getting first crack at the vendor floor! And remember, kids 12 and under are still free and don’t need a badge.
Grab your Retro Con 2026 Weekend Passes here:
retrocons.com/purchase-retro-con-tickets/
Can you buy a weekend pass even if you’re only coming one day? Absolutely! Some fans snag it just for the exclusive badge and early Saturday access. But with 315+ tables of retro shopping, special guests, free-play arcade games, panels, contests, post-con activities, and much more… there’s more than enough to fill an entire weekend!
So come for a day… or make a whole weekend of it. Either way, we’ll see you at Retro!
(And as always, please beware of scams on social media or email! People saying they have tickets/tables/hotel rooms for sale are often fake or hijacked accounts trying to defraud people.)
Meet Voice Actor Billy West at Retro Con 2026!
GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE!
The legendary Billy West is officially heading to Retro Con 2026, September 12th & 13th in Oaks, PA! We’re thrilled to welcome one of the most versatile and prolific voice actors in history!
Billy’s work on Futurama is a masterclass in range, as he provides the voices for a huge portion of the Planet Express crew. He carries the heart of the show as the lazy time-displaced Philip J. Fry, as well as the genius/dangerous Professor Farnsworth, the inept but lovable Dr. Zoidberg, and the “distinguished” Zapp Brannigan. The show has called several networks its home since premiering in 1999, most recently Hulu where a new season will premiere this year!
Before he headed to the future, Billy was a cornerstone of the 90’s Nicktoons revolution! On The Ren & Stimpy Show, he brought “happy-happy, joy-joy” enthusiasm to our screens, voicing the dim-witted but lovable Stimpy J. Cat, and later the high-strung and temperamental Ren Höek. Fans will never forget the hilarity of Ren screaming “STIMPY, YOU EEDIOT!!” or the surreal adventures and visuals that pushed the boundaries of kids animation at the time.
Billy also provided the original heart and soul of Nickelodeon’s ‘Doug’, as both Doug Funnie and his rival Roger Klotz. This duality showcased his incredible ability to play both the relatable hero and the neighborhood bully in the same scene, making the show a timeless staple of 90’s nostalgia.
Billy also took on the mantle of animation royalty when he stepped into the role of the world’s most famous rabbit for the 1996 blockbuster Space Jam! Providing the voices for both Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, he helped lead the Tune Squad to victory against the fearsome Monstars.
Other roles you may have heard Billy in include “Red” in the M&M candy commercials, Buzz the Honey-Nut Cheerios bee, Slimer from ‘Extreme Ghostbusters’, Shaggy in ‘Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island’, Pidge on ‘Voltron: The Third Dimension’, Kraab on the original ‘Ben 10’, and literally hundreds more!
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet a true icon of the industry in person!
Meet Nicholas Hammond at Retro Con 2026!
Get ready, true believers… Spider-Man himself is swinging his way into town! We’re thrilled to welcome actor Nicholas Hammond to Retro Con 2026, September 12th & 13th in Oaks, PA!!
Nicholas belongs to one of the most exclusive clubs in pop culture history- he’s one of only a handful of actors to ever portray Spider-Man and Peter Parker in live-action! He starred as the famous web-slinger in the 1977 cult classic ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ TV series- long before CGI, cinematic universes, and multiverse madness. The show delivered charismatic actors, rooftop stunts, practical web-swinging effects, grounded villains, and that unmistakable 1970’s New York atmosphere. His legacy as Spider-Man still resonates today, celebrated with a recent Marvel Legends figure from Hasbro, as well as an instantly sold-out high-end figure from Hot Toys. (We’re still reeling from missing that one…)
And long before climbing walls, Nicholas hiked the Austrian Alps as eldest son Friedrich von Trapp in the timeless 1965 musical ‘The Sound of Music’! From disciplined cadet, to singing joyful harmonies for “Do-Re-Mi,” he helped bring one of the most beloved movie families of all time to life in a film that continues to capture hearts to this day.
Classic TV fans may also remember Nicholas as Doug Simpson on ‘The Brady Bunch’, aka the “big man on campus” who asks Marcia Brady out on a date- but coldly bails on it after she gets hit in the nose by the most infamous football throw in sitcom history.
And in a scene-stealing role, Nicholas appeared as exuberant movie director Sam Wanamaker in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ (2019). Proving that legends never go out of style- they just get cooler! “Think less hippie, more… Hells Angel! Vroom! Vroom-Vroom!!”
Nicholas Hammond’s career has spanned six decades of pop culture history, and now he’s bringing those stories to Retro Con 2026! Nicholas is coming to the show all the way from Sydney Australia, so don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet him!
Thank You From Retro Con!
Another year, another long overdue wrap-up post…
A huge THANK YOU to everyone that came out to support us at Retro Con 2025 a couple weeks ago!! We once again crushed our all-time attendance record, and from the vendor section, to guest section, to the panel/event room, the show floor was really jumping this year! It’s always rewarding for us to see every aspect of the show getting love. We like to think we give a concentrated amount of show for your $20 daily/$33 weekend admission, and it’s always great to see people taking advantage of everything we have to offer. We always want to foster an easy, fun, and ego-free atmosphere for everyone to enjoy to the fullest, and we’re so pleased to see people staying with us all day (and often weekend) and making it a real party.
Our thanks and appreciation go out to all our awesome attendees, vendors, guests, guest agents, costume groups, car owners, anyone that dressed in costume, our new panel room technician Joe, sponsors like RetroDaze and the Very Best, anyone that helped us promote throughout the year, and to Arnold’s and Oaks Center Cinema for helping line-up afterhours events!
And (you guessed it), our biggest THANK YOU goes out to our staff and volunteers! Conventions are an unpredictable game, and we can only plan/schedule so much in advance. So when things can and do go crazy, you have no idea how much we lean and rely on these amazing folks to keep the show going. All while being calm, cool, and upbeat as they do it. You’re the true heart of the show, an inspiration to us, and the reason we keep coming back for another show every year.
Thank you all again! Team Retro out!!
Meet Keith Coogan at Retro Con 2025!
“We’re with you! ROCK AND ROLLLL!!”
Please welcome Keith Coogan as a late guest addition for Retro Con 2025!!
Keith Coogan was a staple of retro culture! He was in such popular movies as the 1987 classic Adventures in Babysitting, and the 1991 classic Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead! He also starred in the 90’s cult action flick Toy Soldiers, and had numerous tv appearances such shows as CHiPs and Knight Rider! He also voiced young Tod in the 1981 animated classic The Fox and the Hound!
Catch Keith in the guest section at the show!
“Dishes are done, man.”
Meet Star Wars actor John Morton at Retro Con 2025!
“Stand by, Dak!”
We have a late guest addition for the show… actor John Morton will be joining us at Retro Con this weekend!
John has some serious sci-fi cred. He played snowspeeder pilot Dak Ralter in The Empire Strikes Back, as well as playing Boba Fett in the scene where Han Solo is being tortured by Darth Vader and his minion. “He’s no good to me dead…”
He also has appearances in such iconic sci-fi classics as 1980’s Flash Gordon, and 1981’s Superman II!
Catch John in the guest section at the show!
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Vendor Table Info Below!
Sponsors!
Retro Con would like to thank all those that helped to sponsor this show!
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98.5 WXPM The Phoenix
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The Retro Network
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Rediscover The 80s
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Friends of Retro Con!
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The Breaux Show
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Fandom Spotlite
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Toy Spotlite
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The Very Best
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