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What Chicago show?
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Go back to your link and finish reading the review. Apparently there's an upcoming Chicago toy show where the figures will be available for sale.

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Sorry, didn't read that far.

Apparently Palisades will be at Wizard World Chicago on August 13-15. May just have to check it out. Wonder what it costs.
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Keep us posted, will ya?

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Yeah, could be kinda cool to go to. Wonder if the wife would go with me.
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Is she a toy collector? My wife collects Beanie Babies and the Collector Series Barbies, so it wouldn't be difficult to get her to go to a toy fair.

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Your wife looking to buy some Beanies?

No, my wife is not a collector of anything like that. I wonder if I can get her to go just for the sake of going. Maybe promise her the rest of the day tooling around Chicago after I nab my Adventure Kermits.
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That sounds like a pretty nice way to spend a day together.

My ex was into similar movies and stuff, but not comics so I always made sure that if we went out we would do something I liked and something she liked. It worked pretty well for while.
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And then she became "ex".

I would probably have to promise my wife something like just a couple of hours at Wizard World and no more. Which would be fine with me. I think I'd be more into going from a sociological study perspective. You get some weird folks at these cons. One of my fave scenes from Chasing Amy was the comiccon in the beginning.
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Maybe she could write a dissertation on comic conventions and the people they attract.

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Doubt that would help her in pharmacy school. Might be more fun for her to look at these people and either guess what drugs they are on or what anti-psychotics they should be on.
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That sounds like a fun game anyone can play at a geek convention! Now where's my red poppers ...
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Anyone for a round of "Who's on Bennies?"

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or to make it more challenging... who's not on them?
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--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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