MegaCon 2011, Mar 25th - 27th 2011, Orlando, FL
Highlights from
MegaCon 2011
This was my first time at MegaCon. It was held at the
Orange County Convention Center West.
MegaCon took up Halls D, E and F. The
celebrities, vendor tables, artists and exhibits
where all contained in Hall D. Hall F was used
for panels that drew large crowds.
On Friday, I stopped by to see Gil
Gerard and Erin Gray. I then headed off to look at the
vendor tables, artists and exhibits. What caught
my eye right off hand was a Lego based Star Wars
creation.
I browsed the vendor tables and really did not
see too much that interested me, so I headed
toward the Artists’ area. I was looking around a
spotted some artwork that looked cool and it
turned out to be an artist I’ve met before Kevin
Leen at AdventureCon back in 2009.
Then I spotted K-9 and a Dalek from Doctor Who.
This was at the R2 Builders club exhibit and
they had many R2 units and all were remote
controlled even K-9 was remote controlled.
Here is the creature that hurt Luke on the
planet Hoth in the movie Star Wars - The Empire
Strikes Back.
Han Solo in Carbonite.
Yoda from Revenge of the Sith.
The next few pictures are from the R2 Builders
club exhibit.
The first panel I attended was the Buck Rogers
panel. I’ve been to several Buck Rogers panels
and there is always something new. There was a
question asked to both Gil and Erin about who is
their hero. Gil mentioned his father. Gil told
the story of applying for a position at John
Deere. His father was working there at the time
or had worked there. When he got the interview,
they asked if he was related to Mr. Gerard. Once
they found out he was, they begin to speak very
highly of him and told Gil that if he was
anything like his father he had the job. During
the telling of this Gil got emotional, but was
able to finish the story. I know there were
tears coming from the fans too.
Erin’s answer was not a specific person, but
Police Officers, Fire Fighters, etc. A couple of
things I learned about Erin and I never knew
before i
s she collects Police badges. She
briefly mentioned that there was some sort of
abuse in her early years. She did not go into
details on that. One of her Charities is Haven
House, a shelter for battered women.
Following the panel was a Photo-Op with both Gil
and Erin.
The Photo-Op was followed by a Battlestar
Galactica panel with Jack Stauffer, Anne
Lockhart and Herbert Jefferson Jr.
