Retro Con 2017 Show and Panel Schedule
Saturday October 14th, 2017
9:00am: Preregistrant Check-in Begins
10:00am: Show Opens
10:30am: Panel- The Rad Years Podcast (Cybertronic Spree guests) (Panel area)
11:30am: Panel- Mr. Lobo and OSI 74: Fall Sneak Preview (Panel Area)
12:45pm: Raffle Session 1
– A-Team Van Lego & Funko Pop Set
– Dr. Who TARDIS/Donkey Kong Jengae
– Playmobil Ghostbusters Ecto-1
– Masterpiece Optimus Prime
1:00pm: Karaoke Contests Sign-ups (Lobby)
1:00pm: Trivia Contest! Hosted by The Breaux Show (Panel Area)
2:00pm: Costume Contest, 14 and Older! Hosted by Eric “The Smoke” Moran (Panel Area)
3:15pm: Truly Outrageous Karaoke Contest! Hosted by Nagi Oki (Panel Area)
4:45pm: Raffle Session #2
– Destro Helmet
– Filmation He-Man signed by John Erwin
– Lego Slave-1
5:00pm: Panel- Captain Kyle’s Cosplay Spotlite (Panel Area)
6:00pm: Show Closes
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Sunday October 15th, 2017
9:00am: Show Opens
11:15am- Panel- The Breaux Show and SEO Toy Review (Panel Area)
12:00pm: Raffle Session #1
– Giant Size Skeletor
– Playmobil Ghostbusters Firehouse
– Transformers Generations Fort Max
12:00pm to 3pm: James Rolfe/AVGN signing (Guest Section)
12:15pm: Kids Costume Contest, 13 and under! (Panel Area)
1:15pm: Panel- Behind the Characters: Rob Paulsen & Arthur Burghardt (Panel Area)
2:00pm: Panel- The A-Team! W/ Dwight Schultz & Dirk Benedict
2:45pm: Raffle Session #2
– Super Nintendo Classic Edition
– NES Classic Edition/Yarn NES Controller
– Lego Sandcrawler
3:15pm: Panel- James Rolfe/Angry Video Game Nerd (Panel Area)
4:00pm: Show Closes
Meet the Crew of OSI 74 at Retro Con 2017!
Come to RETRO CON if you love CULT MOVIES, WEIRD VIDEOS, and TV HORROR HOSTS!
After decades in the TV and video business, producer and late night host (and Retro Con regular) MR. LOBO has started a production collective and distribution network called OUTER SPACE INTERNATIONAL. You can see what they do on a free channel for ROKU called OSI 74! It’s the new home for off-center, exceptional, and highly creative independent producers. OSI 74 Specializes in counter-culture and counter programing, “funny ha-ha” and “funny strange”. And it’s all branded in a retro future feel that reminds us of UHF or early cable.
Appearing LIVE and in person at RETRO CON 2017 in OAKS PA on October 14th: MISTER LOBO from CINEMA INSOMNIA, SLEAZY P. MARTINI from GWAR, KARLOS BORLOFF of MONSTER MADHOUSE, BUDDHA GONZALEZ from BIZARRE TRANSMISSIONS, WILLIAM VISNOSKY and the gang from GIANT PENNY PRODUCTIONS of UNSPORTS, OLAV PHILLIPS of PARANOIA, PAUL SANDERS of BESTOW TV, NEWT WALLEN of NERWALL FILMS, and other stars from the streaming channel OSI 74.
There will be a special FALL REVIEW Screening! A first look and a taste of the amazing and unusual programs! CINEMA INSOMNIA, SLEAZY PICTURES AFTER DARK, PACIFIC NORTH WEIRD, MONSTER MADHOUSE, BIZARRE TRANSMISSIONS, and More!
At the OSI 74 Panel, MISTER LOBO will lead a talk and questions will be taken from the audience!
Meet and Greet your favorite OSI 74 stars! We will have a block of tables loaded with Official Merch–OSI 74 Logo Stickers and Enamel Pins! OSI 74 T-Shirts, Art Prints and items from SLEAZY P. MARTINI, Art Prints from DIXIE DELLAMORTO. CINEMA INSOMNIA autographed 8x10s, DVDs, and CDs! Meet ISOR the OUTER SPACE MONSTER! And COSMONAUTI from UTOPIA FANTATSIKA(Sunday only).
View the OSI 74 website here: osi74.com
Donate to Toys For Tots at Retro Con!
We mostly hold Retro Con for fun, but it’s always nice to be able to help out charitable causes as well! We’ve contacted our good friends over at Garrison Carida, and they have kindly agreed to host a toy drive at the show! We feel this is a perfect fit for Retro Con.
Please bring your *new and unwrapped* toy donations to Retro Con, where the Garrison Carida table will have bins on hand to place them in. All donations will go to the Toys For Tots foundation, who have been delivering toys to less fortunate children for nearly 70 years.
We thank Carida for hosting this event at the show, and for always adding to the show’s atmosphere with their amazing costumes and camaraderie!
May the Force of generosity be with you!
Free Pack of A-Team Cards with Van Photo Op Purchase!
While supplies last, we’re giving a FREE pack of vintage A-Team trading cards to anyone who buys a photo op with the A-Team van!! We just pity the poor fool that eats the bubblegum…
Photo ops with or in the van (on your own camera or phone) are only $5 for a group up to 4 people!
Have an A-team related costume? Wear it to Retro Con! We’re offering a FREE photo op with the van for anyone in an A-Team outfit!! This promotion does not extend to photo ops with Dwight Schultz and Dirk Benedict with the van, however.
A big thanks to Nick Govosdian for donating these card packs to the show!
The Rad Years Podcast Live at Retro Con (special guests The Cybertronic Spree!)
We welcome The Rad Years Podcast to Retro Con 2017!
A podcast devoted to the nostalgic 80’s and 90’s, the Rad Years will be recording a Live show at Retro Con 2017! Join the fun on Saturday, October 14th as they commandeer our panel area to reminisce about their favorite retro memories!
They’ll also have very special guests joining them: The Cybertronic Spree!
Before rocking the house at Arnold’s Family Fun Center on Saturday night, the heavy metal band from Cybertron will be at Retro Con early in the day and will be stopping by the podcast for an interview. They’ll also be hosting a live screening of their newest music video: Cybertronic Warrior!
Don’t miss the fun from 10:30am to 11:30am on Saturday, October 14th!!
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The Rad Years Podcast: https://radyears.com/
The Cybertronic Spree: http://rock.thecybertronicspree.com/
Purchase Cybertronic Spree Concert Tickets: https://retrocons.com/cybertronic-spree-tickets/
NECA Store at Retro Con 2017!
Popular toy manufacturer NECA will be at Retro Con 2017! They’re having a huge warehouse sale and will be bringing hundreds of packaged action figures and other toys to the show, all priced to move! Many of these figures have been out of production for years.
Expect to see toys from such lines as Nightmare Before Christmas, TMNT, Alien(s), Predator, AVP, Terminator, RoboCop, Batman, Superman, Rocky, Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, Planet of the Apes, Gremlins, and much more. Lots of great figures, and most will be generally priced between $5 and $15!
NECA will be selling at the show all weekend long, and they are known for putting out new stock as merchandise sells throughout the day! Want early dibs though? Then purchase a weekend ticket to Retro Con! We start checking in Preregistants an hour early on Saturday!
https://retrocons.com/purchase-retro-con-tickets/
Dirk Benedict to attend Retro Con 2017!
We welcome Dirk Benedict to Retro Con 2017! Dirk is known for two iconic roles on genre TV…
He starred on the wildly popular 80’s series The A-Team as the team’s resident smoothie and hustler Templeton Peck, aka “Face”!
And Dirk also played a lead role on the 1978 sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica, as the brash but charming Colonial pilot Starbuck!
Dirk is scheduled to attend Retro Con both Saturday and Sunday! We’ll post autograph/photo op prices as we get closer to show time.
We’re also planning an A-Team panel for Dirk at the show along with fellow cast member Dwight Schultz! It will be scheduled for that Sunday (October 15th). During which attendees can ask questions about the show, or even the actors’ work unrelated to the show!
Retro Gaming at Retro Con 2017!
Video games are a large part of retro culture, so Retro Con will once again be including a classic gaming section on the show floor in 2017! The Game Is Afoot Arcade will be back with a wide assortment of arcade cabinets for attendees to play!
Aside from bringing classic arcade cabinets for attendees to play, they will also be bringing their popular multicade machines which include THOUSANDS of titles for players to choose from! All machines will be set to FREE PLAY!!
And if home gaming is more your thing, both The Game Guyz and Extra Life will also be at the show all weekend with a diverse selection of home consoles for attendees to play!
The Game Guyz will be vendors at the show, selling a wide range of video game, board game, and tabletop game products. They will also have costumer Victoria Avalor at their tables all weekend, paying tribute to beloved Star Wars character Princess Leia!
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 $30 million for local CMN hospitals!
So when you’re all shopped out at the show, drop off those bags at the car and then stop by our arcade corner for some retro gaming action!!
See Retro Con’s own A-Team Van at Retro Con 2017!
Retro Con is probably the only convention in the world with its very own A-Team van on call! We’ve been working on this project since October of 2016, and it’s finally ready to be unveiled!
We’ve done our best to replicate the van from the famous 80’s TV show in every detail we could manage. Starting life as a modest 1978 Chevy G-10 work van (we’ll add a build blog later), we’ve added such details as fender flares, running boards, push bar, exterior sun shade, fog lights, sport mirrors, front air dam, quad exhaust tips, turbine wheels, BFGoodrich tires, and of course the unforgettable top fin! The custom paintjob brought it all together!!
Check out the results below…
Photos don’t do the van justice, so please come see it in person at Retro Con 2017!!
Taking pictures of the van is free at the show, or you can get a picture with (or in) the van for the low price of $5 for a person or small group! Have an A-Team related costume? Bring it to the show! We’re offering a FREE photo op with the van to anyone in an A-Team costume!! (All photo ops are on your own camera or phone)
We’d like to thank our good friend Nick Govosdian for his help in getting the van up to snuff mechanically, and we’d also like to thank Bill Cahoe and Hansberry Enterprises in Parker Ford, PA for doing the body and paint work on this project!
Win a He-Man Figure Signed by John Erwin at Retro Con 2017!
We have something very special to add to our 2017 show raffle. The voice of Skeletor, Mr. Alan Oppenheimer, was kind enough to get this MOTU Classics He-Man figure autographed by the voice of He-Man himself: Mr. John Erwin!!
The figure is sealed in package and was released last year by Matty Collector. It was made to resemble He-Man’s appearance on the classic He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon series by Filmation, in which John Erwin provided the voice for the titular character.
We’re elated to have this in our raffle line-up, and we wish all of our attendees luck in winning it! Read more about our show raffle here:
https://retrocons.com/door-prizes/
A big thanks to John and Alan for making this possible!!
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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 