Four Horsemen Street Team Event at Retro Con 2023!
Wolf King Customs will be officially representing Fourhorsemen Toydesign at Retro Con 2023 with their “Street Team” event!
Mythic Legions and Cosmic Legions figures for sale at the show at official 4HM studio show prices! Plus meet 4HM team member, parts and customs for sale by The ToyForge and Wolf King Customs, live streaming, giveaways, and more!
Find them in the front of the hall (near the catering area) at the show!
Meet Diane Salinger at Retro Con 2023!
“Andy!” “Aaannddyy?!”
Please welcome the fantastic Diane Salinger to our guest list for Retro Con 2023!
Diane is best known for her part as Simone in the eternal comedy classic Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure! She shared some tender and funny scenes with Paul Reubens, including a notable scene filmed at the famous Cabazon Dinosaurs roadside attraction. “Do you have any dreams?” “Yeah. I’m all alone. I’m rolling a big donut, and this snake wearing a vest–” “No, not that kind of dream…”
Diane would later reunite with Reubens for Batman Returns in 1992 where they played the socialite parents of the Penguin, and worked together again in 2016 for Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday.
Diane is also a voice actor and played the evil ‘Queen Bansheera’, primary antagonist in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue! She also voiced numerous characters in the smash hit action-roleplay game Skyrim.
Diane has been in countless other movies and tv shows as well, such as Star Trek: DS9, Carnivàle, Charmed, Ghost World, Curb Your Enthusiasm, How I Met Your Mother, Salem, and many more. And she played a wonderfully demented character in the ‘Rest Stop’ horror movie series!
Find Diane in the guest section at the show. Buy an autograph and talk to her about her career and memories of the late great Paul Reubens.
Win Free Stuff at Retro Con 2023 Trivia Contest!
Win free stuff and help clear out space in our attic in the process! Don’t miss the Retro Con 2023 Trivia Contest hosted by the Breaux Show!!
The contest is set for 11am on Sunday and is free to participate in. Simply visit the panel room during the contest to play!
We’ve got plushies, action figures, hot wheels, plushies, Pop vinyls, Lego, plushies, Transformers, gaming portables, and… plushies! (Sorry, one of our staffers is a claw machine whiz)
We’ll reveal each item one at a time, then ask a trivia question related to it. Directly after, 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 ask a different audience member until the prize is claimed. No Googling allowed!
The contest runs 45 minutes. So come join the fun, show off your geeky knowledge, and win cool stuff!!
Costume Contests at Retro Con 2023!
The true spirit of costuming is alive and well at Retro Con! And we’ll be hosting TWO costume contests at Retro Con 2023!!
SATURDAY at 1:45PM- Junior & Adult Costumers 14 and over!
SUNDAY at 12:30PM- 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!
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
Kid Costumers 13 and under
FIRST place: $100
SECOND place: $75
THIRD place: $50
Retro Con 2023’s Jump the Gully Karaoke Contest!
Can you hit that high? Then sign up for the Retro Con 2023 “Jump the Gully” Karaoke Contest!
The contest will be held early Sunday afternoon at the show, tentative start time 1:15pm. We’ll have a wide variety of 80’s (and some early 90’s) song classics to choose from. Most will have on-screen lyrics to follow along with, but we’ll also be supplementing these with a few geek-related favorites that will have a *lyrics sheet only*. Consider these “extra credit” choices!
Since contestant space is limited and we need time to get the playlist ready, sign-ups will be required! Listen for an announcement over the PA system around 11:15am Sunday to let you know sign-ups are starting. If interest is high, we might have to go with a “lottery” system to pick our 15 contestants.
First Place (or “01” Place) this year gets the brand new LEGO Icons Pac-Man Arcade set, a $270 retail value! We have other great prizes lined as well, such as a Modern Icons Optimus Prime helmet for 2nd Place, and a Kenner Star Wars reissue figure set for 3rd Place!
We’ll handle the retro, you bring the rock!
The contest rules are as follows:
#1. No staff or volunteers may enter.
#2. Singing in costume is allowed, but will not affect the judges’ scoring.
#3. No skits are allowed. Dancing in place however is just fine (and encouraged).
#4. Songs will be picked on a first-come, first-served basis. Songs will not be held for specific contestants. Also, outside songs will not be allowed.
#5. No instruments will be allowed.
#6. All contestants must arrive at the panel/event room *15 minutes* prior to showtime for check-in and singing order assignment. If you are not present at this time, you may have to forfeit your place.
#7. Please no heckling from the audience or other contestants. Anyone found to be disorderly will be asked to leave the panel area.
#8. You MUST rock.
SEE KARAOKE SONG LIST HERE!
The Angry Video Game Nerd Returns!
He’s been away for a few years, but we’re happy to announce the return of the Nerd! Please welcome filmmaker and youtuber James Rolfe back for Retro Con 2023!
James is best known for his farcical reviews of classic video games as the character the “Angry Video Game Nerd”, which mix together insightful commentary, over-the-top language, physical comedy, and special effect elements. You can find the series on the Cinemassacre channel on youtube, which has over 3.75 million subscribers. The show will be celebrating its 20th anniversary next year!
James Rolfe will be attending Retro Con on SATURDAY ONLY. Signing times are set for 12pm to 4pm. Signatures and photo ops are free! He will also have show and channel merch for sale at his booth in the guest section.
A huge thanks to James for making the trip out for the show!
Return of the Retro Con A-Team Van!
Remember the Retro Con A-Team van? It’s back and under new ownership!
The van had been in a state of disrepair for over three years (kickstarted by the pandemic), but new van owner Ryan purchased it and got it mechanically sound in two months flat! We’re sure a lot of welding and a heavy metal music montage was involved…
Ryan has also been decking out the inside of van to make it more like the show. So look for the NEW IMPROVED A-Team van on the show floor at Retro Con 2023 alongside the DeLorean, Jurassic Park Jeep, and General Lee! Picture ops with the van are free! A big thanks to Ryan for bringing the van to the show. He does local home remodelling, so please check out his page at Steckel Building!
Dukes of Hazzard Cast Pro Photo Op Preorder!
If you’d like to PRE-PURCHASE your Professional Photo Ops for the Dukes of Hazzard cast (John Schneider, Catherine Bach, Tom Wopat), you can do so now! You can also Pre-purchase a pro photo op with actor Greg Evigan from BJ & the Bear!
Purchase all Pro Photo Op options for Saturday and Sunday here: [RETRO CON PRO PHOTO OPS 2023]
You can also purchase pro photo ops and “At Table” photo ops in person at the show!
Retro Con 2023 Weird Toy Contest!
NEW CONTEST ALERT!!
The Retro Con household has an unhealthy obsession with offbeat/quirky toys, and now we want to see YOUR weirdness! Come witness the strange, the bizarre, the unexpected… at the Retro Con 2023 Weird Toy Contest!
The contest will be held in the Panel room on Saturday at the show. No sign-ups are required, you can simply show for line-up with your toy just before contest start time (full show schedule very coming soon). Your toy can be officially licensed, unlicensed, vintage, new, or even bootleg. 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… He-Man slippers like the ones shown in our picture!
If your toy involves a gimmick you’d like to demonstrate, you’re welcome to do so. Custom toys however will *not* be allowed as they’re too easy to purposely design “askew”. 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. So leave your Shape-shifter Punisher at home!
Top prize for the contest is a brand new in box Super Shogun Optimus Prime by Super7! Shogun Optimus stands at a commanding 24″ inches tall, has rolling wheels on his feet, and a launching fist just like the old Shogun Warriors! 2nd Prize is the currently sold-out GI Joe Classified Serpentor figure, and 3rd Prize is the Comic Con (or “Cosmic Con”) exclusive ALF figure by NECA!
A big thanks to our friend Mike from The Breaux Show for hosting the contest!
Dukes of Hazzard Cast Shout-Outs!
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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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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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