{"id":5538,"date":"2012-03-12T00:20:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T16:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=5538"},"modified":"2012-04-03T22:18:14","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T14:18:14","slug":"cybertron-con-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=5538","title":{"rendered":"Cybertron Con 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

After his music lesson this morning, I brought Fitzand to the Cybertron Con 2012 … an event that this little Transformers fan has been looking forward to since I told him I bought the tickets some many weeks back. He even told his teachers that he won’t be coming to school in March because he’ll be at the Transformers conference! Hahahaha! Gosh … he probably thought I was bringing him on a trip to Cybertron!<\/p>\n

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There was a long queue when we arrived but luckily things moved fast and we were in the venue within 5 minutes!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lots of different characters were on display. From those in the 1st generation to some rare ones. Some looked a little retro while some looks really awesome!<\/p>\n

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Luckily Fitzand wasn’t too interested in these … otherwise he’ll be asking for them. He is more into those characters from the Transformers Prime series which I have the season 1 collection on the way to me on Bluray from Amazon.<\/p>\n

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I only managed these few shots … shooting with only one hand while the other was carrying Fitzand.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Oh I didn’t know Megatron looked so cool in candy-colored outfit. \ud83d\ude00<\/em><\/p>\n

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A view from up above … on the platform getting ready for the photo session with 22 foot high Optimus.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fitzand enjoying a yummy early dinner at Hard Rock Cafe<\/em> … while I gulped down 2 pints of beer.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The only ‘serious’ shot I took today … still with bad lighting … pumping ISO to 3200. The K-01 seems pretty good at low light too eh?<\/em><\/p>\n

There was no escaping from Fitzand wanting to go up on the platform for a photo session with the 22 foot high Optimus Prime …\u00a0 for S$20. Luckily a guy who was in the queue with us offered me his extra ticket (for the photo opportunity) for half the price. Here’s a scan of the print …<\/p>\n

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Don’t ask me why I look as serious as Optimus. It was really physically demanding most of the time we were there as all the displays (of the toys) were on high shelves … I had to carry Fitzand so that he can catch a glimpse or two of those awesome characters … and I was half dead after half an hour.<\/p>\n

Of course I took some snapshots of the little fan there. Lighting was bad and I had to pump ISO to 3200 to capture the photos. Thank God for technology … they (the photos) are pretty acceptable.<\/p>\n

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The boy was clowning around before we checked out the merchandise stores there. He picked up 3 more (!!!) of them … Ratchet, Soundwave and one that is a leopard that transforms into a robot. The leopard one is from some Japanese version of the cartoon I think.<\/p>\n

Here’s a photo of his ‘collection’. I was trying to photograph his 3 new ones but he made me shoot all of them. Luckily I could use the sweep pano option. \ud83d\ude00 Click on the image for a larger version …<\/p>\n

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At the end of the session … he saw the Energon cube (or is that the Allspark?) and made me take a photo of him. Hahaha! He’s been doing all sorts of weird poses lately!<\/p>\n

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Hmm … I think I messed up the sequence of photos. Hahaha! The one with Fitzand at HRC should be down here. Anyway … I’m too tired to edit it. I had my fisheye lens with me today and of course I gave it some warm up. I showed Fitzand how the results will be (shot using a fisheye lens) and it wasn’t long before he started making funny faces at the camera.<\/p>\n

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There’s just no stopping him when he starts …<\/em><\/p>\n

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I cropped the one below into square format as there were many distracting subjects (people!). I went ‘Duh!’ when I saw the lady in the frame but seconds later … I kinda like it (with her there). See the contrast between her and the other two clowns? Hahaha!<\/p>\n

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He wanted to check out Universal Studios again but too bad it was drizzling. Promised to bring him there again soon (after I recover from my aching arms and legs).<\/p>\n

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Mr. Funny still hasn’t given up!<\/em><\/p>\n

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A fun day ended with mommy buying him some chocolate in a package with a teddy bear in a trolley. He was super happy …<\/p>\n

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After his music lesson this morning, I brought Fitzand to the Cybertron Con 2012 … an event that this little Transformers fan has been looking forward to since I told him I bought the tickets some many weeks back. He even told his teachers that he won’t be coming to … <\/p>\n

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