Back for my weekend at Rock-Con. I had forgotten just how much work conventions can be (we\u2019ve not attended a convention, as a dealer since our move to Wisconsin). Needless to say I was very tired at the end of the day!<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t get much of a chance to checkout the games, but I still had a good time. I met plenty of new people and was able to catch up with friends.<\/p>\n
One of the things we took to the convention was a sampling of Scruby figures in various scales. Many gamers have never seen the Scruby figures; as such I\u2019ve decided to build a smallish and somewhat permanent display case for the classic figures (think of it has a mini Scruby museum). I\u2019ll be taking this display to all future conventions\/shows \u2013 if you are interested in having some input of this project, please feel free to send you thoughts and ideas in \u2013 I have some ideas, but I\u2019m sure that I will forget something!<\/p>\n
I tried to take a wide variety of products to display and sell. Our product mix included:<\/p>\n
Some of the items we had on display were some new N-Gauge terrain pieces created by Jay Miller. The pieces include: European Tents, Teepees, Wigwams, For Necessity, Log Cabins and Gabions. This was the first time we had shown these pieces to anyone \u2013 we\u2019ve had the molds in hand for some time now, but just had not had the time to cast anything until last week. The pieces were well received. It seems that folks liked the tents in particular; it seems that15mm WWII gamers like them enough to use them as one man tents. More news about these new products as soon as I nail down some proper pricing \u2013 later this week, if my schedule holds\u2026<\/p>\n
Without applying numbers (or dollar values) the most popular items (in no particular order) at our booth were:<\/p>\n
The interest in the WWI figures was a pleasant surprise. At the last minute, I asked Alison to run the molds for hour or so (stock was limited, and I though that we should have a few more figures on hand). So, as it turned out this was a very good idea. We sold more of these figures than I expected \u2013 looks like Russian Civil War is a popular theme and the Russian figures work nicely for this.<\/p>\n
When all is said, I had fun at Rock-Con and am looking forward to next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Back for my weekend at Rock-Con. I had forgotten just how much work conventions can be (we\u2019ve not attended a convention, as a dealer since our move to Wisconsin). Needless to say I was very tired at the end of … Continue reading