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Don Most and Anson Williams Pro Photo Ops Now Available!

August 13, 2024 Leave a comment


These Happy Days are yours and mine!
Pro Photo Ops with Don Most and Anson Williams are now available for pre-purchase for Retro Con 2024, September 7th & 8th in Oaks, Pennsylvania! Reserve your photo op for Saturday or Sunday here:

https://www.captureticketing.com/events/101

This is a duo pro photo op with both Don and Anson, aka Ralph Malph and Potsie Weber from the classic 70’s/80’s tv show Happy Days! 

Don and Anson will also be hosting individual selfies/photo ops at their tables throughout the weekend if you’d like to get a picture with them individually, but this is your only way to get a picture with the two together!

The Happy Days Q&A panel will take place on Saturday afternoon at the show!

The same link also features Pro Photos with Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner, with more guests to be added! Pro Photo sales this year are handled by Fandom Photo Ops, and any inquires about photo op reservations should be directed to them. Their email address is included at the link.

See the Last Starfighter on the Big Screen!

August 9, 2024 Leave a comment

But wait, there’s more! =D

The old Regal Cinema next to the expo center was reopened last year as Oaks Center Cinema (same parent company to Arnold’s at the Factory), and they will be hosting a trio of 40th Anniversary screenings of The Last Starfighter the weekend of Retro Con!

Three times to watch: Friday September 6th at 7pm, Saturday September 7th at 7pm, and Sunday September 8th at 5pm. A fun before-convention or after-convention treat!

Always trust Centauri! Party like it’s 1984 and see this classic on the big screen like it was intended! And come to Retro Con 2024 to meet two of its stars: Lance Guest and Catherine Mary Stewart! The Last Starfighter panel takes place at Retro Con on Sunday.

Standard movie ticket prices do apply. Tickets will be up on the theater’s website soon, as well as on Fandango, or you can also buy right at the box office on your attending day of choice. You do not need to attend Retro Con to see the movie.

The Oaks Center is also filled with other fun activities like air hockey, skill games, arcade machines, skee ball, ticket redemption counter, a hangout lounge, and much more! And since they are under the same ownership, your arcade points from Arnold’s at the Factory can also be used at the Oaks Center!

Their website can be viewed at OaksCenter.net

Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner Pro Photos Now Available!

August 6, 2024 Leave a comment


The Bionic Reunion is at hand! Pro Photo Ops with Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner are NOW AVAILABLE for purchase for Retro Con 2024, happening September 7th & 8th in Oaks, PA! Info and purchase links here:

https://www.captureticketing.com/events/101

Both Individual and Duo photo op options are available. There are limited spots open for both Saturday and Sunday, so please reserve your place soon! Pro photo ops will take place in the very back-right corner of the show floor.

Lee Majors is having Pro Photos Only, so this will be the only way to get your picture with him at the show. Lindsay will be doing pro photos, but will also offer table photos/selfies at the show on your own phone or camera.

You do not need to pre-register for Retro Con to buy a photo op, but you will at least need to pay admission at the door on your attending day of choice. Guest Autographs will not be sold in advance, and can be purchased directly at the guests’ tables at the show.

Lee Majors will not be hosting a panel at the show, but Lindsay Wagner will be having a Q&A on Sunday afternoon.

Pro Photo sales this year are handled by Fandom Photo Ops, and any inquires about photo op reservations should be addressed to them. Their email address is included at the link.

Pro photo ops with other guests soon to be added. We hope to see you at the show!!

Categories: Guests

Meet Townsend Coleman at Retro Con 2024!

July 12, 2024 Leave a comment

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The voice of the turtle most likely to yell “COWABUNGA!!” during a martial arts melee is coming to the show! Please welcome the versatile Townsend Coleman to Retro Con 2024!!

Townsend’s biggest character is easily Michelangelo in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon from 1987! Known for being the fun loving, laid back, nunchuck (sometimes grappling hook) wielding “party dude” of the team, Townsend voiced the wildly popular character through a whopping 193 episodes of the original cartoon across its 9 year run on television! He would reprise the role in TMNT projects ever since, including tv series, specials, and video games featuring the ’87 version of the character!

“SPOON!!” Townsend also played the title character in the 1994 Saturday morning cartoon The Tick! Based on the popular comic created by cartoonist Ben Edlund and brought to TV by Sunbow Productions, the cartoon perfectly captured the comic’s quirky wit and satire through its three seasons on Fox Kids. Townsend also voiced Lava Man, Man-Eating Cow, and Eyebrows Mulligan on the show!

You can also hear Townsend on the fan-favorite 2008 series ‘Transformers: Animated’, where he voiced the arrogant “Autobot you love to hate” Sentinel Prime! He also played popular rocker Riot on the Jem cartoon, Scott Howard on CBS’s Teen Wolf cartoon (along side fellow Retro Con guest Don Most), Waldo on Where’s Waldo, Corporal Capeman on Inspector Gadget, Lord Darius in Mass Effect, Rewind on G1 Transformers, and Colt on ‘Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs’!

Meet Townsend Coleman at Retro Con 2024, September 7th & 8th in Oaks, PA!

Meet the Nasty Boys at Retro Con 2024!

July 5, 2024 Leave a comment

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Take a trip to Nastyville! Meet tag team duo Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags at Retro Con 2024, aka… The Nasty Boys!!

Sometimes wrestling as “faces”, usually as “heels”, but ALWAYS larger than life, these brash hardcore punk brawlers have tangled with the likes of the Steiner Brothers, Legion of Doom, the Rockers, Hart Foundation, Sgt. Slaughter, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, and numerous other classic wrestlers of the era! You can catch the boys in matches from the AWA, WCW, and WWF/WWE throughout the 80’s and 90’s.

Meet the duo at Retro Con 2024, September 7th & 8th in Oaks, PA!

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Meet Michael Bell at Retro Con 2024!

June 26, 2024 Leave a comment

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Yoooo Joe! If anyone is qualified to take over Neil Ross’ spot on our guest list, it’s this man! Please welcome veteran voice actor Michael Bell to Retro Con 2024!

An actor of more than 50 years, one of Michael’s most popular characters is field commander Conrad “Duke” Hauser on the classic 80’s cartoon GI Joe: A Real American Hero by Marvel/Sunbow Productions! In addition to playing Duke, Michael also voiced Major Bludd, Scrap-Iron, Xamot, Clutch, Tollbooth, and Blowtorch on the show. He reprised his Duke role for the very last scene of GI Joe Renegades in 2010, and for a hilarious GI Joe parody episode of Community in 2014!

Michael was also a big part of the original Transformers cartoon, celebrating its astounding *40th Anniversary* this year! Michael voiced such well-known characters on the show as Prowl, Scrapper, Sideswipe, Bombshell, First Aid, and Swoop! “Me Swoop no see nothing!” He also reprised the characters of Sideswipe and Scrapper for the Transformers: Devastation video game in 2015, and Prowl for a recent 40th Anniversary re-recording of the very first episode of Transformers!

Other notable characters Michael voiced include Lance and Sven on Voltron, Zan, Gleek, and the Riddler on Super Friends, Drew Pickles and Chas Finster on Rugrats, the title character in Ruby-Spears’ Plastic Man cartoon, “The Fear” in Metal Gear Solid 3, Raziel in The Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver series, Handy, Lazy, and Grouchy on The Smurfs, Bruce Banner on The Incredible Hulk, Allstar Seaworthy on Snorks, Mark on Speed Buggy, Lawrence in the Ratchet & Clank series, and way too many more to list!

Michael also provided dubbing work on the original 1977 Star Wars, voicing General Willard on Yavin 4, and he overdubbed Peter Criss’ dialogue in the infamous TV movie ‘KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park’!

You may have also see Michael Bell on-screen! Look for him on classic tv shows such as Three’s Company, Star Trek: TNG and DS9, the Monkees, CHiPs, Get Smart, Mission Impossible, M*A*S*H, and Charlie’s Angels!

Meet the man behind the characters at Retro Con 2024, September 7th & 8th in Oaks, PA!

Follow Michael Bell Online!

Website: http://www.michaelbellvoices.com/

Meet Catherine Mary Stewart at Retro Con 2024!

June 13, 2024 Leave a comment

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“Starlite, Starbrite… The place where Alex and Maggie left for the stars!”

We’re celebrating the 40th Anniversary of The Last Starfighter in style… Please welcome Catherine Mary Stewart to our guest list for Retro Con 2024!

Catherine played Maggie Gordon in the 80’s sci-fi classic The Last Starfighter, fellow resident of Starlite Starbrite trailer park, and sensible girlfriend of Alex Rogan. “Mags” shared several heartfelt scenes with Alex, as well as several comical scenes with Alex’s simuloid Beta Unit (also played by Lance Guest). Endearing characters such as Maggie helped elevate what was ostensibly a “copycat” of Star Wars, to a beloved 80’s staple with an identity and personality all its own.

“Here’s Chuck… *pours dust out of shoe*” Catherine also starred as Reggie Belmont in the sci-fi horror comedy Night of the Comet, another cult favorite from 1984! A comet wipes out most life on Earth, leaving two sisters from the Valley to survive against cannibalistic zombies and a sketchy group of scientists. It’s a fun romp, and an unapologetically 80’s time capsule of a movie!

You can also see Catherine in the hit 1989 dark comedy Weekend at Bernie’s, where she played Richard’s office crush Gwen Saunders, who inadvertently gets caught up in the melee. She was also in the trippy movie The Apple (1980), had a longtime role as Kayla Brady on Days of Our Lives, and continues to be active in the entertainment industry today!

Catherine Mary Stewart joins her Last Starfighter co-star Lance Guest at Retro Con 2024, September 7th & 8th in Oaks, PA! She’ll be available for autographs and photo ops all weekend, and she and Lance will be having a Q&A panel together at the show (day and time TBD)!

Follow Catherine Online!

Personal Website: www.catherinemarystewart.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/catherinemarystewart

Instagram: www.instagram.com/catherinemarystewart

Twitter: twitter.com/cmsall

Cameo: www.cameo.com/catherinemarystewart

Meet Lance Guest at Retro Con 2024!

May 31, 2024 Leave a comment

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“Greetings, Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada…”

Get ready to unleash Death Blossom! Meet the Last Starfighter himself at Retro Con 2024… Lance Guest!

Lance is of course best known for playing Alex Rogan in the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter! An ambitious young man living in the Starlite Starbrite trailer park, Alex beats the record on the local Starfighter arcade game one evening, and is unwittingly drafted into a real-life battle of intergalactic proportions! Coming out in the wake of the Star Wars series, The Last Starfighter is one of the earliest films to use extensive CGI for its vehicles, space settings, and battle scenes. Though antiquated by contemporary CGI standards, the scenes still have their visual charm today!

The movie wasn’t the franchise-starter that Universal Pictures wanted, but later found its audience on home video and cable tv. With endearing characters, cool tech and alien designs, a triumphant soundtrack, and a fun lighthearted tone, the movie has gone on to become a perennial 80’s classic, and celebrates its 40th Anniversary this year! This is a personal favorite of the Retro Con crew, and we have fond memories of watching the movie constantly on the local cable channel “PRISM” back in the day (deep cut for you Philly natives).

You can also catch Lance as paramedic Jimmy in Halloween II, Mike Brody in Jaws: The Revenge, as well guest starring on tv shows such as X-Files, The Wonder Years, House, Jericho, and many more!

Meet Lance Guest at Retro Con 2024, September 7th & 8th in Oaks, PA! He’ll be available for autographs and photo ops, and will also be having a Q&A at the show!

Meet Lindsay Wagner at Retro Con 2024!

May 10, 2024 Leave a comment

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It’s a bionic reunion! Please welcome the always lovely LINDSAY WAGNER to Retro Con 2024, September 7th & 8th in Oaks, Pennsylvania!

Lindsay Wagner first rose to prominence with her iconic Emmy award-winning role of Jaime Sommers on both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman! A professional tennis player critically injured in a skydiving accident, Jaime was rebuilt with cybernetics to give her bionic legs, bionic right arm, and amplified hearing. And much like Colonel Steve Austin, was utilized for secret high-risk government missions using her special abilities.

The character was only intended to have a brief run on the Six Million Dollar Man, but proved so popular that she was immediately brought back to the show and greenlit for her own spin-off series! With famous tv producer/writer Kenneth Johnson at the helm, The Bionic Woman show had a slightly different flavor to it’s Six Million Dollar Man counterpart. While dozens of episodes had a serious tone and emotional punch, the show also frequently embraced sci-fi fantasy elements and campiness at times. Mad scientists, aliens, ghosts, supercomputers, doppelgangers, and of course multiple run-ins with Fembots… this show was a lot of fun!

Lindsay has also starred and guest starred in numerous feature films, TV movies, mini-series, and tv shows over the years, such as The Paper Chase, Nighthawks, The Fall Guy, Ricochet, Warehouse 13, NCIS, and Grey’s Anatomy. And she even reunited with Lee Majors to film a trio of “Bionic Reunion” tv movies in the late 80’s and early 90’s!

Lindsay is also a published author, and is heavily involved in causes that are close to her heart, including animal welfare, domestic violence, the environment, and the advancement of human potential. More recently Lindsay has combined her personal experience and many years of study to develop ‘Quiet the Mind & Open the Heart’ workshops and retreats. She also enjoys mentoring younger actors through her classes, which cover acting and camera techniques.

LINDSAY WAGNER reunites with her bionic co-star LEE MAJORS at Retro Con 2024, September 7th & 8th in Oaks, PA! She’ll be at the show both days for autographs and photo ops (both at-table and pro photo options), and she’ll be part of a Q&A at the show. Prices will be posted up on the website soon!

Follow Lindsay Online!

lindsaywagner.com

Meet Lee Majors at Retro Con 2024!

April 19, 2024 Leave a comment

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Retro Con is going bionic this year!! Please welcome the legendary LEE MAJORS to Retro Con 2024, September 7th & 8th in Oaks, Pennsylvania!

Lee Majors’ career has spanned an amazing 60 years, quickly becoming a household name when he was cast as the rugged Heath Barkley on the hit wild west series ‘The Big Valley’ in 1965. The show ran for 4 seasons and 112 episodes and is one of the best remembered westerns of the era.

“We can rebuild him… We have the technology…”

Majors shot to even bigger star status in 1973 when was cast in the lead role of Colonel Steve Austin on ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’! Critically wounded during a NASA test flight, Steve Austin was rebuilt with bionic implants to give him superhuman strength, speed, and vision. *cue theme song with slow motion shots and bionic sound effects* The series was a massive sci-fi hit of the era, and forever remembered for such awesome episodes as Steve going up against doppelganger robots, the menacing Death Probe tank, and of course his epic showdowns with the goliath Bigfoot! And we would be remiss to not mention its popular spin-off show ‘The Bionic Woman’ starring Lindsay Wagner!

The show also inspired The Six Million Dollar Man action figure by Kenner, one of the most iconic toys of all time! With signature red tracksuit, roll-back “skin” on his right arm, bionic lifting action, and of course his wide-angle bionic eye you could look through, this was THE toy to have in the mid-1970s!! Lee even got to voice his own figure for a nostalgia-fueled ‘Happy Honda Days’ campaign in 2018!

Lee headlined another huge hit in the 80’s on the popular action series ‘The Fall Guy’! Lee played Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman that moonlighted as a bounty hunter with the help of a few friends, and of course his souped-up GMC pickup truck! The show’s opening theme, the “Unknown Stuntman”, was even sung by Majors himself! The series is about to get a big budget movie adaptation releasing in May starring Ryan Gosling. Rumor has it Lee may even be making an appearance in it…

And in an inspired piece of casting, Lee was brought on to play Brock Williams, father of Ash Williams, on the cable series ‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’! An immediate hit with Evil Dead fans, Majors played a character extremely different to any he played before. The show ended too soon after only three seasons, and is sorely missed, though rumors persist of an animated revival.

“At 7 o’clock! Psychos seize Santa’s workshop, and only Lee Majors can stop them!” And who could forget Lee Major’s role as Santa Claus’ protector in the classic 1988 Christmas film ‘The Night the Reindeer Died’? (If You Know, You Know!)

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet pop culture icon Lee Majors at Retro Con 2024, September 7th & 8th in Oaks, PA! Lee will be signing autographs at his table all weekend (prices to be posted soon), but his photo ops will be *PRO PHOTOS ONLY*. We’ll get those details squared away soon and will post up purchase links as soon as we can.