Author: fandomventures
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Fanboy Expo – Las Vegas
November 22, 2022 We went to Fanboy Expo in Las Vegas held at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in April of this year specifically to see four celebrities. I wanted to add two more signatures to my Vader hockey jersey (Darkside jersey by GeekyJerseys.com), and to get a photo with a…
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San Diego Comic-Con Special Edition
February 18, 2022 The first in-person convention from Comic-Con International was San Diego Comic Con: Special Edition held Thanksgiving weekend, November 26-28, 2021, at the San Diego Convention Center. This event was to be much smaller both in terms of attendance and space. We arrived in San Diego on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, as one…
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Stranger Things Pop-Up Store – Los Angeles
November 6, 2021 I grabbed a free ticket reservation for opening day of the Stranger Things Store pop-up in Los Angeles. The store is a pop-up, but they don’t have a closing date listed. It’s still open as of this writing on January 18th, but I would go there as soon as you can if…
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Stranger Things Drive-Into Experience – Los Angeles
January 16, 2021 The Stranger Things Drive-Into Experience was a new event happening in Los Angeles. There weren’t many details on what would be involved, but I went ahead and purchased a ticket for one car with two people to attend on January 6th. I wore this Eleven costume I had for about a year…
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FreeForm’s Halloween Road 2021
October 4, 2021 I managed to get two tickets to FreeForm’s Halloween event called Halloween Road which is free to attend if you can get the tickets. The Halloween Road event was held at the historic Heritage Square Park in Los Angeles and only open for five nights, October 1 – October 5, 2021. These…
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Television Costume Exhibit – FIDM Museum
October 23, 2019 The Fashion Institute of Fashion Design and Merchanding (FIDM) has a museum which houses several exhibitions throughout the year, and I went to their Midge’s Marvelous Night event spotlighting “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” show. They often have special talks with various costume and fashion designers and other special events at the FIDM…
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Disney+ Summer Days
August 14, 2021 We headed to the Santa Monica Pier on a beautiful August day to check out the Disney Plus Summer Days pop-up event. We arrived a little early, but we were able to do a virtual check-in which would send a text to our phones when we able to go in. We walked…
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Primetime Emmy’s 2018 Red Carpet Bleachers
September 17, 2018 I’ve been lucky enough to get to sit in the bleachers of the Primetime Emmy’s red carpet. It was a very hot September day in downtown Los Angeles when I was in the bleachers for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. The staff for the bleachers made sure to have water available for…
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Visiting Planet Vought
June 4, 2021 We visited the Planet Vought pop-up in June not knowing what to expect. We knew there would be food and we would be in our cars during the entire experience. The entire experience was set up in the parking lot of the Hollywood Palladium. Upon check-in we were given a card to…
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SiliConSJ 2021
August 28-29, 2021 SiliConSJ (formerly Silicon Valley Comic Con) is the first convention we’ve attended since Vegas ToyCon in March 2020. Although at its heart SiliConSJ is the same as Silicon Valley Comic Con there is a distinct emphasis on creators and makers. We were very excited and a bit apprehensive of attending a large…
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