If you find yourself in the Atlanta area this weekend, or plan in to be in Georgia, make sure to head out to the Joelanta and The Great Atlanta Toy Convention being held this weekend, March 10th through the 12th. There’s definitely something for everyone at the show and it’s one you won’t want to miss. Admission to Convention is only $10 per day for adults and $8 per day for kids. You’ll definitely want to check out the Joelanta and The Great Atlanta Toy Convention website for yourself, but here’s a brief snapshot of what attendees can expect –
Special Guests – GI Joe Real American Hero creator Larry Hama will be available for autographs, special commissions or to just hang out and talk. Larry will also be making a presentation on Sequential Storytelling.
Panels – 2016 showcased some great panels and 2017 will be no different. Some panelists will come back for an update or different take on the genre while other completely new topics will be presented. Panels will include:
- Falcon/Estrela – LoucoPorBonecos
- Marx Toys – Classic Recasts
- The Walking Dead- Mike Gardner/Mel Larch
- Favorite Childhood Toys- El Phantasmas
- GI Joe RAH – Larry Hama
- Transformers- Rob Springer, Brian Kilby & Dusty Griffin
- Monster Toys – Clay Sayre
- Challenges of Vintage Collecting – RetroBlasting
- Collecting Mego – Earth Station One
- Super Joe – Steve Stovall
There’s also contests and of course, Vendors! Many HissTank.com forum members will be in attendance. Will you? Sound off after the break!
brock Samson says
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Only $10 entry to meet the great Larry Hama! I've got a table again this year, looking forward to seeing some tankers there!
46 Zone says
I'll be there mainly on Sunday. Gonna try and set up a little dio of customs.
gen1fan says
If your in the Atlanta area, or feel up for a road trip. PAPPY'S Toys will be set up at Joetlanta this weekend. With our full inventory of Transformers and G.I.Joe toys. We have G1 to current transformers for sale.
If you are looking for parts we will have our Joe parts with us, at the Booth this year. No room for us this year. So make sure you stop by and check out our parts bins. We just bought a small but nice Joe collection. We will have all of that collection for sale at this show. So mske sure you stop by and check out the show.
https://www.joelanta.org
11th & 12th general admission $10 per day
The MARRIOTT CENTURY CENTER, 2000 Century Center Blvd. NE
46 Zone says
Hey mods. Can you merge these threads?
http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...10th-12th.html
Thanks.
Can't wait. I'll mainly be there on Sunday!!!!
80s_kid says
This show sounds like a lot of fun. It may be a good alternative for folks who cannot make it to joe con this year.
crayfish says
I will be there bright and early first thing in the morning. I will be hoping to find a few of my the things on my wants list but by now... the things on my list are going to be pretty hard to come by at a show like this.
Not bringing any customs this year.
All in all...this may be the least amount I spend at Joelanta ever.
46 Zone says
It was nice seeing you all again for another Joelanta!!! I took some pics of the 1:18 scale dios entered into the dio contest. Of course they have a lot of 1:6 scale dios, but I'm sure those will be posted on the Joelanta website soon.
Here you go:
And the winner of the Dio Contest overall is:
80s_kid says
That custom Moray is siiiick!!! Nice work!!!
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