San Diego Comicon 2010 - Day 0 - Preview Night

Back on the road again to San Diego Comic Con! Thanks to my friend Mike, and a last minute text message, Christina and myself were able to get lodging, as well as passes for the entire weekend. There would be a few "catches" to the deal, but we were very lucky to be able to go. We left Asheville NC on a small jet, survived a few screaming hippy kids (Yes... hippy kids), and eventually arrived in sunny San Diego.

With just enough time to shower, wipe the airplane flu off, change clothes and unpack we started making our way out to the convention center for preview night. After a few bus rides and a bit of a wait... we were there.

For those that don't know, preview night takes place for a few hours the night before the convention officially begins. This year preview night was CRAZY. Wall to wall people, all eager to get their hands on something nerdy. Sadly it dawned on me that Preview night has become the day that toy collectors gather to stalk the floor and try and get that one "con exclusive" that will make their collection all the more... useless?
Toy collecting has to be the biggest waste of time I've ever participated in, and now sadly I hold hardcore toy collectors in the same light as those overly enthusiastic Anime kids with the 6 foot cardboard swords... Lost souls

The one great thing about preview night is seeing all the amazing stuff that you really can't see anyplace else. Like this mech from Avatar in full 1:1 scale. Fat kids dressed up as Yoda, and bikini clad female Punishers.

Being the colossal nerd that I am, I raced to see the newly announced Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. I played MVC2 constantly in college (round 1) and was insanely excited to see it making a comeback a decade later. After a short wait I got my hands on the game, picked my team (Hulk, Wolverine, and Dr. Doom..natch) and beat the snot out of the kid next to me! The game is going to be a massive hit and I cannot wait for it to go gold.


After waddling around for a few more hours we made our way back to the hotel and finally passed out. I can't remember the last time I was as tired as this particular preview night. Age was not my friend this year, as I was actually seeing double. After being awake for about 23 hours, it was time to black out and get some rest.

Coming soon, Day 1.