Mythic & Cosmic Legions at Retro Con 2024!
Attention Mythic and Cosmic Legion fans!!
Wolf King Customs will be returning for Retro Con 2024! An approved “Street Team Event” for Four Horsemen Studios, they will be at the show and loaded up with current offerings for Mythic Legions and Cosmic Legions figures, for sale at studio show prices!
They’ll be in attendance both days of the show alongside the ToyForge, and will be hosting a special event on Sunday for fans of the brand. The event features customs on display, painting session, prizes, parts pop & swap, and a hang-out to talk all things Legions!
Find Wolf King Customs at the front of Row 9 on the show floor. When you enter the main hall, turn right and head straight back!
See the Last Starfighter on the Big Screen!
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!
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!!
Fall Guy Truck Replica at Retro Con 2024!
We have a brand new vehicle to add to the show floor this year… a replica Fall Guy truck!
Made from a 1980’s GMC Sierra Grande pickup, this ringer for the seemingly indestructible truck driven Colt Seavers on the show has been seriously modified to include all the bells and whistles! Lifted body, mag wheels, oversized tires, bullbar, auxiliary lights, CB whip antenna, hoop steps, rollbar, and utility winch. It of course also has a screen-accurate paint scheme, complete with the ‘Fall Guy Stuntman Association’ logo right on the hood!
The truck will be a show attraction only, and will not be used for photo ops with Lee Majors. Nor will it be used for stunt jumps at the show!
A huge thanks to Alex Page for bringing his beautiful truck to the show! The Fall Guy truck joins other replica TV/Movie vehicles on the floor such as the DeLorean time machine (owned by Philly Time Machine Rentals), A-Team van (owned by Ryan Steckel), and the Jersey General Lee (owned by Tom Felice, appearing Saturday Only)!
Retro Con 2024 Weird Toy Contest
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 2024 Weird Toy Contest!
The contest will be held in the Panel room on Saturday at 12:15pm. 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 no “drop-offs”.
Your toy can be officially licensed, unlicensed, vintage, new, or even bootleg. Custom toys however 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 at home!
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… a Gizmo Power Cycle as shown in our picture!
Top prize for the contest is a 12″ Mondo MOTU Skeletor figure! This is the retired “Timed” edition set that comes with a multitude of extra-added accessories like Battle and Dragon Blaster Armors, and currently sells for over $300 on the aftermarket! 2nd Place gets the new “Missing Link” Optimus Prime figure. Looks just like the Optimus you had as a kid, but with modern style poseability! And 3rd Place gets the new TFs/TMNT crossover transforming Turtle Van!
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!!
Super-Sized Trivia Contest at Retro Con 2024!
Even more contests!!
Win free stuff, and help clear up space in our basement and attic (where we have feelings of dread). Don’t miss the SUPER-SIZED Trivia Contest at Retro Con 2024!!
Hosted as always by our good friend Mike from the Breaux Show, we’re extending the contest to a FULL HOUR this year!! The contest is set for 11am on Sunday, and is free for all attendees to participate in. Simply visit the panel room during the event to play along!
We’ve got Transformers, Hot Wheels, Funko Pops, ReAction figures, video game related items, He-Man stuff, Star Wars, entirely too many plushies, and much much more!
We’ll reveal each item one at a time at the contest, then ask a trivia question related to it. After which 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!
So come join the fun, show off your geeky knowledge, and win cool stuff!! Don’t forget, Retro Con now has an actual panel room! It’s attached to our lead-in hallway.
Retro Con’s Truly Truly Truly Weird Karaoke Contest!
Cue the Fun Zone music! Next up on this year’s contest list is Retro Con’s “Truly Truly Truly Weird Karaoke Contest”!
To liven things up, we’re going to start giving the Karaoke contest specific themes, and this year we’re daring to be stupid and going all Weird Al!! We’ll have a nice selection of his parodies, as well as his original songs to choose from. We got it all on UHF!
The contest will be held early Sunday afternoon, tentative start time 1:30pm. Since contestant space is limited and we’ll need time to get the playlist ready, sign-ups will be required! Sign-ups will be at the Preregistrant table in our lead-in hallway around 11:15am on Sunday. Listen for an announcement over the speaker system. If interest is high, we might have to adopt a “lottery” system to pick our 15 contestants.
First Place this year wins the brand new in box NECA TMNT Turtle Van! A $250 retail value, and currently selling for $350+ on the aftermarket! We’ll have some great prizes for 2nd and 3rd place as well.
We’ll handle the retro, you bring the rock! A fun contest to compete in, and a fun contest to watch and cheer on from the audience! Check our website where we’ll be posting full contest rules and track list. Will someone be f̶o̶o̶l̶i̶s̶h̶ brave enough to attempt Hardware Store live??
A big thanks to our good friend Nagi for organizing and hosting the Karaoke contest as always!
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 actual instruments will be allowed (props are okay).
#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.
VIEW SONG LIST HERE!!
Meet Townsend Coleman at Retro Con 2024!
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!
Retro Con Tees!
Speaking of T-shirts, we have Retro Con tees on our website! They are of course ineligible for the t-shirt contest, but are a great way to support the show!
Teespring can sometimes take a week or two to ship items out, so please buy early if you want to get your tees in time for the show in September!
https://retrocons.com/merchandise/
Retro Con 2024 Retro T-shirt Contest!
Contests are always a big part of the show! First up…
Show off those cool geek threads like our group of vogue cover models here! Retro Con’s very own Retro T-shirt Contest makes its return for 2024!
A longstanding tradition at fan gatherings is attendees wearing t-shirts expressing their favorite characters and brands. We’ve turned this into a unique contest to win free stuff! Retro Con’s T-shirt contest will be held in the panel room on Saturday at the show, and we want to see YOUR Saturday best! Your T-shirt can be vintage, new, or custom made. As long as it’s retro-related (90’s properties and back), you’re welcome to enter!
Prizes this year include a Hasbro GI Joe Classified VAMP for 1st Place (currently selling for $200 online!), an imported “Missing Link” Optimus Prime figure for 2nd place, and a Ghostbusters Afterlife Plasma Series Ecto-1 for 3rd Place!
Full contest info on the Retro Con website!
A big thanks as always to our very good friend Mike Breaux from the Breaux Show for hosting the fun! And a reminder that Retro Con is once again in *Hall A* this year and we now have a dedicated panel room! It’s attached to our main lead-in hallway (right next to the front ticket booths).
**Contest Rules**
1: No water will be involved. ;P
2: You must wear your t-shirt at the contest.
3. The contest is open to anyone at Retro Con wearing a t-shirt with a retro-oriented logo or print on it (90’s properties or older). Examples include: movies, cartoons, comics, tv shows, toy lines, company logos, mascots, music bands, sports, and more!
4. There are no sign-ups needed. Interested contestant can line up outside the panel room prior to the contest start time. (Start time to be determined soon!)
5. T-Shirts can be vintage, new, or custom-made.
6. Only actual t-shirts can be entered. Sorry, no sweatshirts, jackets, snuggies, jerseys, hoodies, long-sleeve shirts, etc..
7. The Retro Con t-shirt contest is a family-friendly event! Tees with overly sexual/graphic imagery or crude language will not be allowed.
8. We’ll allow a small group to enter as one contestant if they have t-shirts associated with each other.
9. The contest will be slated for about 30 minutes. Hosts will ask questions to the contestants on-hand, after which they will pick approximately 10 entrants to be finalists.
10. After our Finalists are picked, they will be asked to go to the front of the Panel area. An additional round of questions, along with some audience participation, will determine our 3 winners!
A big thanks as always to our good friend Mike from the Breaux Show for hosting the fun. And a reminder that Retro Con is in *Hall A* this year and will now have a dedicated panel room! It will be attached to our main lead-in hallway.
PRE-REG NOW LIVE!
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 