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Pro Photo Preorders Now Available!
PRO PHOTO OPS for Retro Con 2025 are now available for preorder! More info and pre-purchase links can be found here:
https://captureticketing.com/events/173
We have photo options for the CHiPs cast, Dirk Benedict, Maurice LaMarche, Rob Paulsen, Joey Cramer, Austin St. John, and Bruce Boxleitner!
Our pro photos are once again being handled by Fandom Photo Ops, and their stand will located in the very back-right of the show floor. If you have any questions about photo ops, they should be directed to their email address listed in the above link.
If you’d rather not pre-order, you can also buy your pro photos directly at Fandom Photo Ops’ booth either day! It will cash-only at the show, however.
Pro photo purchase does not include show admission to Retro Con itself. So you can either buy a weekend ticket for the show, or simply buy at the door on your day of choice.
The photo op schedule will go up about a week before showtime. Keep watching our website, socials, and the Fandom Photo Ops website!
All of our guests will be doing table photos as well (taken on your own phone or camera), which can be purchased right at their respective booths at the show.
Retro Con 2025 Trivia Contest!
It’s no trivial affair! Okay, well maybe it is… Anyway, win free toys and help us clear up space in our basement and attic in the process! Don’t miss the return of the SUPER-SIZED Trivia Contest at Retro Con 2025!!
One of our more popular contests, our good friend Mike from the Breaux Show is busy getting the prizes ready for September, and once again we’ll be going a FULL HOUR this year! The contest is set for 10:30am on Sunday, and is free for all attendees to participate in. Simply visit the panel room during the event to play along and win!
We’ve got items related to Transformers, Hot Wheels, Funko Pops, ReAction figures, He-Man, Star Wars, Ghostbusters, TMNT, superheroes, plushies, and much much more!
We’ll reveal each item one at a time at the contest, and ask a trivia question related to it. Then we’ll randomly call on a person in the audience with their hand raised to answer. If they get it right, they win the prize on the spot. If not, we’ll ask a different audience member until the prize is claimed. No Googling allowed!
Join the fun, show off your geeky knowledge, and win cool stuff to boot!! Don’t forget, Retro Con now has a dedicated event and panel room! It’s attached to our lead-in hallway, right next to the front ticket booths.
Retro Con 2025 Show Schedule
Saturday September 6th
*Panel Room is attached to our lead-in hallway!*
8:30am: Preregistrant Check-in Begins (Pre-reg Table in Lobby)
9:00am: Show Open to Preregistrants
10:00am: Show Opens to General Public
10:30am: 1980s Now Panel, Hosted by Will Padilla (Panel Room)
11:15am: Retro Con Retro T-Shirt Contest, hosted by The Breaux Show! (Panel Room)
11:45pm: Joey Cramer Flight of the Navigator Q&A hosted by Fandom Spotlite (Panel Room)
12:45pm: Costume Contest, 14 and Older! Hosted by Eric “The Smoke” Moran (Panel Room)
1:45pm: Bruce Boxleitner Q&A hosted by Fandom Spotlite (Panel Room)
3:30: Austin St. John Q&A hosted by Pass the Controller (Panel Room)
4:15pm: Retro Con’s Weird Toy Contest hosted by the Breaux Show and Mr. Lobo (Panel Room)
5:30pm: Vendor Hall Closes Until Sunday
Post Show Saturday
6:00pm: CHiPs Special Event hosted by Celebrity Special Events (Panel Room)
6:30pm: Spaceballs Screening (at Oaks Center Cinema)
8:00pm: Galactic Empire Concert (at Water Tower Live)
8:40pm: Batman (1989) Screening (at Oaks Center Cinema)
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Sunday September 7th
*Panel Room is attached to our lead-in hallway!*
9:00am: Show Opens
10:30am: The Retro Con Trivia Contest, hosted by The Breaux Show! (Panel Room)
11:30am: Dirk Benedict Q&A hosted by Fandom Spotlite (Panel Room)
12:00pm: Karaoke Contest Sign-ups (Preregistrant Table in Front Lobby)
12:15pm: Kids Costume Contest, 13 and under! Hosted by Eric “The Smoke” Moran (Panel Room)
12:45pm: Pinky & the Brain Rob Paulsen/Maurice LaMarche Q&A Hosted by Fandom Spotlite (Panel Room)
1:30pm: CHiPs Q&A w/ Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, & Robert Pine, Hosted by Pass the Controller (Panel Room)
2:30pm: Retro Con’s Truly Truly Metal Karaoke Contest, hosted by Nagi Oki (Panel Room)
4:00pm: Show Closes
Post Show Sunday
6:30pm: Spaceballs Screening (at Oaks Center Cinema)
8:40pm: Batman (1989) Screening (at Oaks Center Cinema)
Retro Con 2025 Costume Contests!
We will be hosting *TWO* costume contests at Retro Con 2025!
SATURDAY at 1:30pm- Junior & Adult Costumers 14 and over!
SUNDAY at 12:15pm- Kid Costumers 13 and under!
Hosted once again by our good friend Eric “The Smoke” Moran, both contests will be held in the panel area at the show. Individuals and small groups are eligible to participate.
Preregistering for the contest is not necessary and there are no sign-up fees, though we suggest entrants please arrive outside the panel room 15 minutes before contest time for line-up.
Retro Con has a dedicated panel and contest room now, which is connected to our lead-in hallway (right next to the front ticket booths)!
We do a combination of staff judging and crowd reaction to determine our three winners. While craftsmanship will be definitely be taken into account, we will mostly judge costumes on their theme and overall effect. While some costumers are well-versed in advanced sewing and molding techniques, others show their ingenuity through creative glueing, hand sewing, and working with found items. We recognize costuming/cosplay as a hobby for people of all skill sets and budgets!
Please no skits or anything else that might delay the contest. Doing a pose and/or saying something briefly in character is okay. Also please no heckling from the audience or from contestants. Anyone found disorderly will be asked to leave. We believe in a fun and ego-free atmosphere!
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Costumers will have a chance at winning three cash prizes:
Junior & Adult Costumers 14 and over
FIRST place: $150.00
SECOND place: $100.00
THIRD place: $75.00
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Kid Costumers 13 and under
FIRST place: $100
SECOND place: $75
THIRD place: $50
Retro Con 2025 Weird Toy Contest!
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro!
The Retro Con household has an unhealthy obsession with offbeat/quirky toys, and now we wanna see YOUR weird flex! Come witness the strange, the bizarre, the unexpected… at the Retro Con 2025 Weird Toy Contest!
The contest will be held in our Panel room on Saturday afternoon (exact to be determined soon). No sign-ups are required, you can simply arrive for line-up with your toy just before contest start time. However, you must be present for the contest, so please no item “drop-offs”.
Your toy can be officially licensed, unlicensed, vintage, new, or even bootleg. However, custom toys will *not* be allowed in this contest. We also request that your toy be suitable for a family-oriented crowd. We reserve the right to decline any toy we feel is inappropriate for the contest (nudity, bodily functions, suggestive features, etc). So leave your Shape-shifter Punisher and ET Finger Light at home, per favore!
If your toy involves a gimmick you’d like to demonstrate, you’re welcome to do so. We’re also allowing “toy adjacent” items to be entered, which are those tie-in items associated with a toy line or brand, such as lunchboxes, gumball machines, electronic toothbrushes, model kits, pharmacy rack toys, and of course… Smurf Big Wheels!
Top prize for the contest is the HasLab Ghostbusters “Two in the Box” prop set featuring a PKE Meter, Ghost Trap, and all bonus tiers, a $400+ value! 2nd Place gets you a 40th Anniversary Studio Series Optimus Prime figure ($90 retail price), and 3rd Place gets you the new Target-exclusive Star Wars ‘A New Hope’ figure set ($60 retail price)!
The contest will be co-hosted and judged this year by Mike from The Breaux Show, and our old friend Mr. Lobo from Cinema Insomnia! Come watch or participate in the fun! And remember… weirdness is often just a side-effect of being awesome!
A-Team Van at Retro Con 2025!
“In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit…”
The A-Team van will be back on the show floor for 2025! Two-tone paintjob, red stripe, top fin, fender flares, running boards, push bar, fog lights, captains chairs, aerial antennas, sound surveillance equipment, CB and scanners… this is a fully decked-out replica!
A reminder that a member of the A-Team, Mr. Dirk Benedict (aka “Face”), will be joining us at Retro Con! And we’ll be adding a Pro Photo option featuring Dirk and the van!
All Pro Photo options will go up about three weeks from showtime.
A big Thank You to van owner Ryan Steckel for bringing his iconic ride back to the show!
“CHiPs and Dip” Saturday Evening Event!
Get ready for mingling, snacks, and entertainment! The CHiPs cast will be part of a special Saturday evening event that will happen after the main hall at Retro Con has closed for the day! This will be a specially-ticketed event and will be coordinated by the CHiPs cast’s representative for the show Jodi Ritzen.
This event will include a meet/greet with Erik Estrada, Robert Pine, and Larry Wilcox, aka Ponch, Sarge, and Jon! First, spend some quality time with the cast (selfies included) while snacking on various chips and dips. And second, check out a specially-selected episode of CHiPs that will be shown on our projection screen. Complete with live commentary with the CHP’s finest!
The event will run approximately 60 minutes.
For more information and purchase links, go to Jodi’s special events page here:
https://celebrityspecialevents.com/chips-vip-retro-con-sept-6
Batman ’89 Movie Screenings All Retro Con Weekend!
“Where does he get those wonderful toys?” (Psst! At Retro Con!)
Oaks Center Cinema will also be hosting screenings of the 1989 classic ‘Batman’ starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson all Retro Con weekend! Three chances to check it out! September 5th, 6th, and 7th, start time 8:40pm.
Oaks Center Cinema is located diagonally from the Greater Philly Expo Center, and is in the same building previously occupied by Regal Cinemas on Mill Road. So if Retro Con is over for the day and someone stole your balloons, but you don’t want the party to stop… head over to the cinema! And best off all, Oaks Center’s Throwback Movie Series is only $5 a ticket! Love that Joker!
Tickets will be available at the box office, but can also be purchased in advance here:
https://www.oakscenter.net/movie/batman-1989
And a reminder that Spaceballs will be showing at 6:30pm the same evenings. That’s right, it’s the Dark Helmet followed by the Dark Knight!
“Now you wanna get nuts?!? Come on! Let’s get nuts…”
Spaceballs Movie Screenings Retro Con Weekend!
“Dear me. What are those things coming out of her nose?”
“…Spaceballs??”
“Oh $*!#. There goes the planet…”
Spaceballs: The Retro Screening! Our friends over at Oaks Center Cinema will once again be hosting retro movie nights the weekend of Retro Con!! Catch the Mel Brooks classic Spaceballs that Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening at 6:30pm! In fact, they have showings scheduled for an entire week. So if you’ve every yearned to see Spaceballs on the big screen for seven nights straight, now’s your chance! =D
Oaks Center Cinema is located diagonally from the Greater Philly Expo Center, and is in the same building previously occupied by Regal Cinemas on Mill Road. So if Retro Con is over for the day and you’re finished playing with your dolls again, but you don’t want the party to stop… head over to the cinema! And best off all, Oaks Center’s Throwback Movie Series is only $5 a ticket!
Tickets will be available at the box office, but can also be purchased in advance here:
https://www.oakscenter.net/movie/spaceballs
Why the 6:30pm start time and not a bit later you ask?? Fair question. It’s because they plan to show TWO different movies the weekend of Retro Con! Stay tuned for the follow-up post!
Meet Dirk Benedict at Retro Con 2025!
The man with the cigar is coming back… please welcome the one and only Dirk Benedict to Retro Con 2025, September 6th & 7th in Oaks, Pennsylvania!
Dirk has two iconic roles in the retro realm.
He played charming rogue Lieutenant Starbuck on the popular 1978 sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica! Colonial Warrior and Viper pilot, Starbuck was one of the most popular characters on the show. He was featured in every episode of the original show, as well as a stand-out episode of Galactica 1980 where he teamed up with a Cylon (nicknamed “Cy”) while stranded on a distant planet.
And of course Dirk played smooth-talking hustler Templeton Peck, better known as “Face”, on the long-running 80’s TV phenomenon The A-Team! The most averse to violence, and often the most sensible one of the group, Face preferred to serve as the team’s con-man to procure needed intel and supplies during their missions. Often while driving around in his fancy white and red Corvette convertible!
You may have also seen Dirk in movies such as 1973’s ‘Sssssss’, Scavenger Hunt (1979), and Body Slam (1986)!
Dirk doesn’t get to many shows in the area, so don’t miss your chance to meet the man himself at Retro Con 2025!!
A huge Thank You to RetroDaze, whose generous donation made this guest addition possible! Check out their newest endeavor: The Cryptid Corps!
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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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retrocons.com 