Surprise Mail Opening from Super Surprise Fun Shopkins, Frozen, Inside O...

We received a surprise package in the mail with lots of goodies in it from another YouTube channel called Super Surprise Fun. Check out the video below as we open the package and see what fun things were inside.

Star Wars The Force Awakens Micro Machines Blind Bag Opening 5

In an effort to try and complete my collection of Star Wars Micro Machines I bought 2 more blind bags. I needed one more ship, the Y-Wing Starfighter. Check out the video below to see if I got it.

How to Make a Spinning Wheel with Numbered Sections

I did a How To video on how to make a Spinning Wheel with numbered sections. Check out the below video to see what materials you need and how to put it all together. The cool thing is that I found almost everything by or in the dumpster at my work.

Star Wars BladeBuilders Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber Review

Check out this video where I review Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from the BladeBuilders collection.

These new BladeBuilders Lightsabers allow you to connect them together with other Lightsabers and ultimately with the Jedi Master Lightsaber kit.

Star Wars The Force Awakens Kylo Ren's BladeBuilders Lightsaber Review

So recently I purchased the Kylo Ren Electronic Lightsaber which is part of the BladeBuilders collection of Lightsabers. I have to say that this is a pretty cool Lightsaber and it has some great features on it. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of it. Check out my video review of this sweet product from Hasbro.







Did you purchase Kylo Ren's Lightsaber? If so, what did you think of it?

Star Wars BladeBuilders Master Jedi Kit w/ Kylo Ren and Luke Skywalker's...

Check out this video where I review the Star Wars BladeBuilders Master Jedi Kit.

This kit allows you to build some crazy Lightsabers.



  

Anticipating Star Wars: The Force Awakens

I can hardly wait for Star Wars: The Force Awakens to come out. The anticipation is building as the time gets closer. I even have a picture of some First Order Stormtroopers on my Fax/Copier at work.

The other day I found myself wondering "Why am I so eager to see this movie?"
Of course there's The Cross Bladed Lightsaber, Kylo Ren (the cool new bad guy), the First Order, the First Order Stormtroopers, Poe Dameron's sweet looking X-Wing, Rey, and Captain Phasma. Not to mention we get Luke, Leia, Han and Chewie back on the big screen. All of that is cool and all but why such anticipation? The prequels drew some excitement but not like this. Then it hit me. It's because this is the movie I've been waiting for since 1983. After Return of the Jedi I wanted more. I wanted to know "What happens next?" But there was nothing. Then when the prequels came out that was something, and it was exciting, but that's the before story. I already knew the outcome. Sure it was cool to see how it got there, how it came to be, but this, this is the new story. This is the Next One!!! It's episode VII!!!! And, that leads to episode VIII then episode IX. So that's it. It's the movie I've been waiting to see for 32 years. So bring it on. Star Wars: The Force Awakens I'm waiting for you.

How about you are you waiting with anticipation for the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

Star Wars The Force Awakens Micro Machines Blind Bag Opening 4

Check out this video where I open 6 Star Wars The Force Awakens Micro Machines Blind Bags

Star Wars The Force Awakens Micro Machines Blind Bag Opening 3

Check out this video where I open up some more Star Wars The Force Awakens Blind Bags

Star Wars The Force Awakens Micro Machines Blind Bag Opening Part 2

Check out this video where I open some Star Wars The Force Awakens Blind Bags

Marvel Avengers Age of Ultron Blind Bag Opening

Check out this video where I open some Marvel Age of Ultron Blind Bags

Shopkins Season 2 Blind Bags Opening

Check out this video where we open 5 Shopkins Season 2 Blind Bags

Star Wars The Force Awakens Blind Bag Opening Kylo Ren

Check out this video of me opening some Star Wars Blind Bags

Shopkins Season 3 Blind Bags Opening

Check out this video where my daughters and I open up some Season 3 Shopkins blind bags.

$10 Toy Challenge - Blind Bag Misc Toy Haul

Check out this video in which I was challenged to do a $10 Toy Challenge.

Minions Movie Exclusive Blind Bag Opening Birthday Surprise

My sister sent me some Minions blind bags for my Birthday.
Check out this video to see what I got.

Frank Miller Signature on my Daredevil Comic plus Video of my Daredevil Comic Collection

Ok, so I recently did this video of my Daredevil comics collection.

In the collection I show the Limited series Frank Miller Daredevil comics and I have #2 signed.

Below is the story on how that came about.

So I was at the San Diego Comic Con (maybe 2005 or 2006 somewhere around that time) and heard that Frank Miller would be signing. My friend and I were able to get in line for signatures. The line was for signatures from Frank Miller and Neil Gaiman. I  brought the 5 Frank Miller Daredevil comics to get signed. We were pretty far back in line and we were hoping that we would make it up there before they stopped signing. After about an hour and a half they decided to split the line into two lines, one side for Frank Miller and one side for Neil Gaiman because Neil was about to leave. A few minutes later, the line guard came around and said that the amount of items for Frank Miller to sign would now be cut back from 10 to 5, and that was fine with me, I only had 5 items to sign anyway. However, that usually means he will be leaving soon. About 10 or so minutes after that we were starting to get close maybe about 30 people ahead of us. That's when Neil Gaiman left and then the line guard came around again and said the items to sign are now limited to 3. So I put #4 and #5 back in my bag and had 1,2, and 3 ready to go along with my own Silver Sharpie. I think this was the first year that the silver Sharpie was available and it would look awesome with the covers. About 15 min go by and Frank Miller stands up and moves away from the table and comes up to the front of the line queue. That means he could leave any minute and we are now about 5 people back. Suddenly from across the room some one is calling his name and walking toward him with a phone. Frank continues to sign and says to the guy something like "Get outta here, I don't want to talk to him!!" The guy is persistent and continues to try to get Frank to take the phone, he signs some more, looks at the guy and says something like "Fine! Give it to me!!? At this point there is one person in front of my friend and I'm 3rd in line. Frank is pissed and is yelling at whoever is on the phone and finally ends his conversation and basically slams the phone into the guys chest and yells something along the lines of "Don't ever come out here with a call like that when i'm signing!!!" He grabs the next guys comics, signs them quickly and says harshly "Next!" That's my friend. Frank calms down a little starts talking to my friend and he signs his books. Sweet, I'm next!! But no that guy is coming back again. He and Frank start arguing again and he is trying to hand him the phone again. I'm thinking "Get Outta Here, he doesn't want to talk to him!!!" I'm standing there holding out my 3 comics fanned out in one hand and my Silver Sharpie in the other. Frank finally gets him to leave, but is really pissed off. He turns to me grabs the center comic (#2) and signs it with the Black Sharpie that he has in his hand, turns and starts to walk away in a steam and gruffly says "That's It! I'm Done!" My friend looks at me and the comic and starts to chuckle and says "At least you got one signed" The rest of the people in line start calling out across the room to the guy who brought Frank the phone and calling him names and stuff.

Well, that's how I got the Frank Miller, Daredevil, Limited Series, #2 signed. Pretty Crazy right?

Over 2 hours in line and I got #2 signed with the wrong pen, but like my friend said, at least I got one signed. Plus I've got this story to tell too.

Comic-Con No More

Well, for 2015 there won't be a Comic-Con (SDCC - San Diego Comic-Con) trip for me or my family and it will be the first time since 2002.

The main reason for that is the way they now run registration. Let me explain. When we first started going, Comic-Con was not a sold out event and at the event you could buy tickets for the next year and it was first come first served and eventually the lines for that became too crowded. They stopped doing that in 2013 (actually it was at the 2012 event and you couldn't buy a ticket for 2013 until after the event) and went to an online only purchase which was done in 2 phases, pre-registration (for those who attended the previous year) and open registration (for everyone else) and it was first come first served. So if you were on your computer and on the website at the start of the sale you got in a virtual line and it was first come first served. However, it was still tricky to get on and you might not have gotten all the days you wanted, but you had a second chance at the open registration. Then the following year for the 2014 event they changed the online system to a random selection. They still have 2 phases, pre-registration and open registration, but the online system changed. They gave you a 2 hour time frame to get into the online waiting room, then after that 2hr period they randomly ordered everyone who was in the waiting room at the time and then you could start buying tickets. So it didn't matter if you were in the waiting room when it first opened or if your were the last one to enter just before it closed, you could be chosen to be first to buy tickets.

 I was lucky enough to get tickets and all the days I wanted for 2014 but it did not work out that way for a friend of mine Michael Hamersky who had been attending every year since 1991 and who had a booth at Comic-Com in the 70's. He was only able to get 2 days, Thursday and Sunday. This year I was not the lucky one and we did not get tickets at all. I personally like the first come first served basis better, but there are some that like the random selection better, to each his own and you can't please everyone.

So why did I title this Comic-Con No More? Because with the random selection and the rising cost of the event, it is possible that we may not get a chance to go again, but you never no. (And I have to confess the title was a little influenced by Amazing Spider-Man #50 who happens to be my favorite character)
For those of you who care to continue reading I would like to share a little of my Comic-Con history and how I fell in love with this Awesome Event.

2002 My first Comic-Con. A friend and I decided to go on a Saturday and we walked up to the San Diego Convention Center sometime around Noon and bought tickets in the entryway and walked into the exhibit hall. It was amazing, tons of booths, huge comic art banners and tapestries, larger than life displays, an art gallery, autograph area, panels to go see, and much more. I fell in love with it and wanted to go for the entire event the following year and both of us got tickets for the entire show for the next year's event which also included preview night.

2003 I fell in love with Comic-Con all over again as my friend and I walked around the convention center taking in all the sights, booths, and events. We got autographs, comics, exclusive items, freebies, got to meet some celebrities, and see some cool shows. We wen't to something called Trailer Park. This is where they show you movie trailers that have not been released yet for upcoming movies.

This is the year that we would meet Michael Hamersky in the morning line waiting to get in. Seeing Michael in line each year became kind of a tradition and we became friends. Michael writes a blog called Comic Book Collectors Blog. You can visit it here: www.comicbookcollectorsblog.com Also that year my wife decided to come on Saturday. I bought her a ticket in the entryway on Friday so she could come with us the next day. She loved it so much she wanted to come the next year for the entire event and so began our tradition.

A CRAZY thing happened this year. Bowen Designs had and Exclusive for sale, a Super Chrome Colossus Mini Statue and only 500 of them were made. So many people came to the Bowen Designs booth that the isles surrounding the booth were packed with people shoulder to shoulder. The Comic-Con staff shut the booth down until the crowd dispersed, but it didn't. Then they decided to hand out tickets, 500 of them to be exact and if you got one you got to buy the Statue. That just made matters worse because the guy handing out the tickets walked out into the crowd and said "I'm going to start a line, where ever I point the line starts in front of me and goes in the direction I point!!!" When he pointed it happened to be in my direction and people swarmed together and it was like two wave of people crashing together to try to make the line. The Freddy vs Jason booth was across the isle from the Bowen Designs booth, and there were so many people squeezed between them, there were people pressed against the Freddy vs Jason booth and all of sudden you heard a loud CRACK!!! The wall was now slanted in toward it's booth and almost fell. The mass of people actually broke a booth!!!! Guess what though, I actually got a ticket and bought the statue!!!! Not only did I get the statue, I got it signed by Randy Bowen. Yeah Baby!!!






















2004 I fell in love with Comic-Con all over again for a completely different reason. We just had a daughter and we brought her with us.

                   




 She was 3 and 1/2 months old at the time and it was amazing to see her face as she looked at all the booths, signs, art, and people, she loved the people. Any time we would sit down for a break if we turned the stroller away from the crowd she started making a fuss and even started crying but as soon as we turned the stroller back so she could see the people going by she would calm down. I knew that this would now become a Conger Family Tradition.

2005 - 2010 Comic-Con really grew over the next several years in both the amount of people attending and in the amount of exhibits, vendors, and panels. The more the news covered the event the more people heard about it and began coming. TV stations began broadcasting from the exhibit hall and there were more chances to meet artists, actors, producers and entire main casts of shows or movies.

During this period of time while walking around after an autograph session was over Ray Park happened to get up right as we were waling by. He walked next to us and talked to us until they (him and his agent/handler) reached the next exit then he shook my hand, said "Enjoy the rest of the show" and left. What a cool thing to happen by chance and being a huge Star Wars fan it made my day (I got to talk to Darth Maul). Also during this time we literally ran into Orlando Jones. He was looking the other way and my friend was looking the other way, I happened to see this just in time and yelled "Look Out" Orlando and My friend stopped just in time to slightly bump shoulders. We laughed and he talked to us for a few minutes then headed on. Another cool chance happening. We also took many pictures of or with other celebrities such as David Prowse (Inside the Darth Vader costume), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett -Original Trillogy), Leonard Nemoy, Stan Lee, Tyrese Gibson, Lance Henriksen, Lou Ferrigno, Marc Singer, Michael Dorn, Brent Spiner, Lee Arenberg, and many others. Each year as we went, it renewed our love for the event as a family and we had a great time.

Another great thing about Comic-Con that I only mentioned briefly above is the freebies. In the morning and sometimes throughout the day certain booths give out free stuff to people visiting their booths. Sometimes it's a mad dash to get the items they are giving away, sometimes it's a scavenger hunt (going to several booth to get a stamp then coming back for the freebie), or sometimes it's a secret giveaway that you stumble upon or read about in the program.(not everyone reads the program) Usually the freebies are 1 per person sometimes they are more. Since there were 3 of us we generally got 3 of each. We made another tradition with the freebies by giving out all the extras that we got to our friends and their children once we got back home and they all loved it. Another thing we liked to do was trying to see if we could make it in line to get the exclusives that the toy companies were offering each year and we were pretty successful at that. One of our friends gave us the nickname The Comic-Congers.

Here are some pictures of some of the freebies we picked up.

Here are some pictures of some of the exclusives we purchased.

2011 A new addition to our family, our second daughter attended her first Comic-Con this year at 8 months old and like her sister she loved watching the people.

 Along with having fun as a family, getting freebies for friends, and getting exclusives I had a new agenda. I had YouTube channel that I just started in October of 2010 and I wanted to do some videos from Comic-Con to post on my channel. I end up making 3 videos. One over all Comic-Con video and 2 interviews. The over all video is called Sights and Sounds of the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con and here is the link to that: https://youtu.be/yuPix3FFiFY

I did an interview with Michael Hamersky about his blog and a book that he co-authored with 13 others called Gotham City 14 Miles. Here's the link to that video: https://youtu.be/uzfStvBoIes

I also did an interview with artist Barbara Marker about her art and her time with Dark Horse Comics. Here's the link to that video: https://youtu.be/mPo1L32Rq4Y

2012 - 2014 We continued our family tradition of going to Comic-Con each year as a family and we looked forward to it with anticipation each year. We saved up our allowances in anticipation for the things we would buy there and we even had a few different friends from where we live attend. They heard so much about it from us and from receiving the items we would bring home from Comic-Con each year peaked their interest and they had to experience it for them selves. One couple has been going each year and were lucky enough to get ticket for this year's event as well.

Through the years we have enjoyed Comic-Con together as a family. We each have our favorite things that we like to do but sharing them together as a family has been the best part.

 From comics to toys, from movie previews and reveals to TV show promos, from art shows to giant displays and from buying exclusives to getting cool freebies for our friends the past 12 years and 13 Comic-Cons has been and amazing and fun family tradition that has filled our hearts, minds and several scrapbooks with tons of unforgettable memories.































If we happen to never get to go again, Comic-Con will be something that the Conger family will talk about and remember for a long, long time if not forever.

My Little Pony Squishy Pops and Cutie Mark Magic Blind Bag Opening MLP

Check out this video where my daughters and I open up some My Little Pony blind bags and Squishy Pops.

Daredevil Netflix - Review

I recently finished watching Daredevil Season 1 on Netflix and I though it was a great season. It has a good storyline/plot in each episode and it carries well through the season.

Vincent D'onofrio does an excellent job playing the Kingpin. He does a great job of making us see the internal struggle of Kingpin wanting to make things perfect, trying to keep things "business not personal", and his contempt for the Daredevil. Not to mention trying to keep his emotions in check when DD puts a wrench in the works and when his own people screw up.

Charlie Cox does a decent job of playing the Matt Murdock/Daredevil. He's not the best actor in the world but as the series goes on he begins to grow on you. He does do a great job of making the audience see his internal struggle of trying to do the right thing and how hard it is to do that on his own and keep his secret.

Overall the show has good action, good drama, and a little levity in the right places. The special effects work well withing the story and don't overshadow it. They do a good job on character build up and connections. As a bonus they have some great subtle references to the Avengers.

Season 1 has 13 episodes and as for me, I'm hoping season 2 has 20+.

Have you watched it yet? If so let me know what you thought of it.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Well, the new Trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released last weekend, first at Star Wars Celebration 2015 then out to the public. I, unfortunately, was not able to go to the Star Wars Celebration 2015 even though it was basically in my back yard, but I did see the trailer almost right away when it was released to the public. I thought it was great trailer giving us just the right amount of preview with locations, Luke's voice over, action sequences and hints leaving us guessing what some images might mean. It was cool to see Han and Chewie and I can't wait to see how they incorporate the old characters into the new movie. Especially since Han, Chewie and I go way back.

Anyway, December is still a ways off but it will be here before we know it and I'm looking forward to a big screen Christmas Present from Disney.

Let me know what you thought of the trailer and are you anticipating the new Star Wars movie as much as I am?