FX 2009: Another View
At this year’s Florida Extravaganza Collectibles Show (FX), Lisa Scherer Marsters Ciurro and I covered a lot of convention and collectibles related topics as we canvassed the aisles. One of our discussion items was photographs, which consisted mainly of my lament at always taking a lot but being limited to what I could use within the scope and the space of my review. Lisa made the logical suggestion that a photo essay could be done as a supplement to the regular coverage and that sounded like a great idea to me. So, to celebrate FX’s twentieth anniversary, I am presenting a selection of photos that were not used for this year’s review. For an in depth analysis of the entire show, please see last week’s column. For this week, please enjoy an alternate selection of photos that further illustrate what makes this show so much Fanboy fun.
An impressive selection of tin toys (including a 60's Dalek), a Superman painting from the Creator's Corner, and some of the three sheet and 40x60 movie posters available this year.
Two different kinds of army men - modern G,I, Joe action figures and beautifully hand painted tin soldiers.
Some high dollar Silver Age comic books and Marx's Disneykins large plastic figures.
A nice selection of modern Batman memorabilia and some of DC Comic's cool action figures from their Direct line
A whole table of Star Wars prop recreations and Atari 2600 game cartridges make a last stand!
Beauty and the Beasts! ED Tucker and Joel Wynkoop literally mugging for the camera and Amanda Stevens from The Superhuman Experiment.
Celebrity guests from a distance - Camden Toy and Juliet Landau from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Jonathan Frakes from Star Trek:TNG.