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Retro Con 2018 Show & Panel Schedule
Saturday October 13th, 2018
9:00am: Preregistrant Check-in Begins/Show Open to Preregistrants
10:00am: Show Opens to General Public
10:30am: Panel- Action Figure Junkies with Guest Tim Clarke (Panel area)
11:15am: Panel- Mr. Lobo and OSI 74 (Panel Area)
12:15pm: Trivia Contest Hosted by The Breaux Show (Panel Area)
1:00pm: Raffle Session 1
– Unofficial Guide to MOTU Classics Book (donated by Rod Pellegrini)/Giant Man-At-Arms Figure
– Ghostbusters Spirit Halloween Proton Pack
– Mattel Lion-O figure signed by Larry Kenney
1:15pm: Retro Con’s Totally Tubular T-shirt Contest (Panel Area)
2:00pm: Costume Contest, 14 and Older! Hosted by Eric “The Smoke” Moran (Panel Area)
3:15pm: Panel- “Pixel Dan” Eardley (Panel Area)
4:00pm: Panel- Voice Actors: Bj Ward & Samantha Newark (Panel Area)
4:45pm: Raffle Session #2
– Playmates Voltron Figure Set
– Masterpiece Grimlock/Optimus Prime & Harley Quinn Prizes Pack (donated by Hoaster Gebhard & Co. Insurance)
– NECA San Diego Comic Con TMNT Movie Set
6:00pm: Show Closes
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Sunday October 14th, 2018
9:00am: Show Opens
10:30am: Name that Tune! w/ The Game Guyz (Panel Area)
11:00am: Karaoke Contest Sign-Ups (at Table in Guest Section)
11:15am: Panel- Voice Actor Leaders- Gregg Berger and Garry Chalk! (Panel Area)
12:00pm: Raffle Session #1
– Playmobil Ghostbusters Ectomobile & Firehouse
– Giant MOTU Beast Man & Stratos (donated by Action Figure Junkies)
– Titans Return Fortress Maximus
12:00pm to 3pm: James Rolfe/AVGN signing (Guest Section)
12:15pm: Kids Costume Contest, 13 and under! (Panel Area)
1:00pm: Retro Con’s Truly Truly Truly Outrageous Karaoke Contest hosted by Nagi Oki!
2:15pm: Panel- Sgt Slaughter (Panel Area)
3:00pm: Raffle Session #2
– Spirit Halloween Ghostbusters Ghost Trap
– LEGO Death Star set
– LEGO Voltron set
3:15pm: Panel- James Rolfe/Angry Video Game Nerd (Panel Area)
4:00pm: Show Closes
Retro Con 2018 Tickets Now Available!
Weekend Tickets for Retro Con 2018 are now available for purchase! You can reserve your tickets through Paypal here:
https://retrocons.com/purchase-retro-con-tickets/
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Advantages of buying a weekend pass include:
-Save $10 versus buying at the door each day!
-Includes laminated Retro Con Attendee badge with lanyard!
-Complimentary 2.25″ Retro Con pin!
-We start checking in Pre-registrants at 9am on Saturday, an hour before general show opening! So consider this your “early bird” pass!!
Retro Con 2017 Wrap-Up
Retro Con 2017 has come and gone and we’re happy to report it was a resounding success!
We’d like to thank all of our amazing and friendly guests, the vendors with their impressive variety of retro and retro-inspired merchandise, all of our spirited attendees, the costume groups that always bring their A game, the Cybertronic Spree band for rocking the place, the tv/movie car owners for bringing their vehicles out, the video game exhibitors, our excellent A/V crew, the press outlets and photographers that covered the show, our sponsors, everyone that donated to the charity projects at the show, the expo center staff, and everyone that helped add to the show by dressing up in costume! As we always like to say, we supply the sandbox, but it’s what YOU bring that ultimately gives the show its true atmosphere.
And of course we owe immeasurable gratitude to all of our staffers and volunteers! This show would not be possible without your invaluable help, and for stepping in for us when we get overwhelmed or called away. We feel extremely fortunate to have such devoted friends in our corner.
Our staff and volunteers for the year included: Dee Marie, Nick Govosdian, Mike Colasanti, Mike Breaux, Nagi Oki, Jim Cannon, Kristy Sproul, Gary Lane, TJ Becker, Jack Doud, Wayne Kline, Matt Burkit, Anthony Kyzer, Kevin Jones, Chris Scheetz, Charles Piner, Candice Santora, Nate Kipphorn, Joe Fiore, Trick Treat, Logan Moran, Wendy Wassmer, Brandon Wassmer, Robyn Locatelli, Matt March, Courtney March, Mike Townsend, Zach Townsend, Chris Sweeney, Greg Hammaker, Dean Plakas, Tim Plakas, Rob Brand, Greg Boyle, and Kyle Williamson!
Stay tuned, info for Retro Con 2018 is coming very soon!! In the meantime, please check out our gallery of highlights from the show this year (beware, this is a big gallery!):
https://retrocons.com/2017-highlights/
Our thanks once again to everyone that attended Retro Con 2017!!
Retro Con 2017 Discount Hotel Block
Retro Con’s official hotel for 2017 is the nearby Hampton Inn & Suites in Oaks!
Hampton Inn & Suites Valley Forge/Oaks
100 Cresson Boulevard
Oaks, PA 19456
We have a discount rate in effect with the Hampton Inn & Suites: $109 per night for a single or double bed room!
Reserve your room online here:
http://group.hamptoninn.com/RetroCon
Or if you prefer to reserve by phone, please call: 1-610-676-0900
Be sure to mention you’re staying with RetroCon to get the discounted rate!
Retro Con 2017 Show Dates Announced!
Mark those calendars! Retro Con will be back for its *5th Anniversary* show on October 14th & 15th, 2017! As always, we promise to deliver a large amount of show for a small amount of money (for both attendees AND vendors). No overblown hype, no ego, and no VIP passes. Just a fun, family-friendly atmosphere for everyone!
We’ll once again be at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA. We’ll be in Hall C, giving us 54,000 square feet to fill with over 200 tables of toys and collectibles, plus replica tv/movie cars and props, special guests, video games, panels, costumes, raffles, contests, and much more!
For a look at what you may have missed at our 2016 show, click HERE!
Attendee Preregistration will begin in January, so keep watching this space!
Vendor spots are already available! Click HERE for details on how you can reserve a spot at the show.
Our thanks to every that attended our show in the past, and we hope to see you back in 2017!!
Pokemon GO at Retro Con 2016!
ATTN Pokemon Go trainers!!
You’re in luck! Retro Con is fortunate enough to have TWO PokeStops and a PokeGym nearby! In celebration of this vastly popular game, Retro Con will be holding Pokemon GO lure releases all weekend long at the PokeStop at the Water Tower behind Hall C! Team Valor will have Lure releases several times a day, so con attendees need not worry about missing any events or panels throughout the day.
And a bonus to Retro Con’s younger fans, kids 13 and under will also get the chance to meet Retro Con’s very own Ash Ketchum, who will be handing out Pokemon merchandise each day! Don’t forget to bring your cameras! Giveaways will be done until the supplies for each day are gone.
Times for the lure drops and giveaways will be posted inside the main hall each day of the show. A big thanks to Wendy and Brandon Wassmer for offering to run this event at Retro Con!
Ecto Cooler at Retro Con!
Thanks to our good friends Nick Govosdian and Adam Marish, we will have a large cache of the recently revived Hi-C Ecto Cooler to give away to attendees at Retro Con!!
They are 6 ounce juice boxes, just like back in the day! We can’t promise everyone will get one, but we’ll do our best to cover as many as we can!!
Video Gaming at Retro Con!
Video games are a large part of retro culture, so Retro Con will once again include a gaming section on the show floor!
This year The Game is Afoot Arcade will be bringing arcade games to the show!
They will be hosting a variety of classic coin-ops including such titles as Crystal Castles, After Burner, Robotron 2084, and Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga!
In addition they will be setting up their ‘Multicade’ machines, which feature over 5000 emulated titles to choose from! With games from the 1970’s through the 1990’s, there’s something for everybody!!
In addition our friend Jim Cannon is planning to bring along his 1988 RoboCop coin-op machine, and our friend Derek Williams has graciously offered to bring his Dragon’s Lair machine for attendees to enjoy!
And the best part is all machines will be set on FREE PLAY!! So take a break from shopping for awhile to stop by our arcade corner for some retro gaming fun!
And if home gaming is more your thing, Extra Life will be at the show and will have a variety of consoles set up for attendees to enjoy. Extra Life unites thousands of players around the world in a 24 hour gaming marathon to support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Since its inception in 2008, Extra Life has raised more than $14 million for local CMN hospitals!
A big thanks to The Game Is Afoot, Extra-Life.org, Jim Cannon, and Derek Williams for bringing their games to the show!
And a special shout-out and thanks to the website Retro-Daze, whose generous donation to the show made this feature possible!!
Retro Con Stickers for Preregistrants!
A special added bonus for Preregistrants this year are these full color glossy Retro Con stickers! They measure 4″ by 3.5″ and look great on a door, a window, a laptop, or anywhere else you want to show your love of retro!!
We have a limited supply, but we’ll hopefully have enough to cover all Preregistrants. We’ll be pre-selling weekend tickets to the show until September, but don’t delay and buy yours today!! You can purchase your tickets to the show HERE!
A big thanks to our staffer Nick Govosdian for buying these for the show!!
Retro Con 2016 Advance Tickets and Vendor Spaces Now Available!
Advance tickets and Vendor spots for Retro Con 2016 are now available for purchase via paypal! Click on the corresponding links in the sidebar to see full details on both (or click HERE for Tickets, and HERE for Vendor tables).
Buy Show Tickets Below!
Vendor Table Info Below!
Vendor Tables Sold Out!
Sponsors!
Retro Con would like to thank all those that helped to sponsor this show!
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The Retro Network
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Rediscover The 80s
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Friends of Retro Con!
Voice Chasers
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Megapodtastic
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The Breaux Show
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Uncanny!
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Garrison Carida
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Fandom Spotlite
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