Of the Armageddon Expo - Auckland 2011
This morning I took my lad to Auckland’s Armageddon Expo. It was the first time for both of us. I was quite looking forward to exploring and seeing something new. He was focussed on seeing Beyblades.We arrived in good time and got a carpark on site. This is not something to be sneezed at in Auckland.In the line to the entry, I learned something about him. Like me, he is really not comfortable in crowds. Interesting. Something to explore. After the initial adjustment period he coped OK which was pleasing to see.It was fantastic to see the efforts people had made to get costumed up. Characters from movies, TV series, games, animated shows, comic art. I think my favourite was one girl who’d dressed up as Baby Doll from Suckerpunch.
It was great seeing booth after booth of pop culture merchandise and sets all in one location. It was great seeing characters, a Dalek and R2D2 moving around and interacting with the visitors.
The booth my son liked most of all was the Hasbro Nerf site. Display stands packed full of awesome weaponry, and a shooting range where you could shoot targets. Or the girls walking behind the targets retrieving discs. Oops.
Of course this started the “Can I get it, Can I get it, Can I get it’”, “No.” conversation.
I managed to resist.I was quite taken by a booth which was a set from Eternity - a forthcoming movie I think it is.Really great quality set design.
Master 9 loved the inflated ‘Boot Camp’ time trial obstacle course. Twice, in fact. It was cool seeing live wrestling, paintball, archery, and lastertag. Large format stuff.Outside, plenty of food options and great coffee. Also having rides operated by Mahons on site is a good call.We finished quite satisfied. It was an enjoyable event and one I shall return to. Maybe in costume next time.Oh. We never found Beyblades. He's still letting me know about this.- S