FAMILIAR CONT. L: Boom only had eyes for the exclusive show Tentakitty— the bat one. Then he was like, "Oh, they have a blindbag and I can get a blindbag and not know what’s in there?" He was way into that one. M: Yeah, he had forgotten that
he had gotten the yellow one as a blind bag, but he says it's the best of his collection. L: The black bat one was the
interesting one because I went on the Thursday and the line at the ReedPop shop was crazy long. So on the Friday, I was like that’s the first thing I’m gonna do.
Then the Friday line was stupid long. L: It was the first thing I did. I
got in early because of Jose’s connection. So I got in there early and told Jose, "Hey, I’m gonna go to the ReedPop section." I get down there, and there is no line because I’m in there maybe 45 minutes before the show opens. So I get there, I buy Boom’s bat cat, and then I go to go back inside the Show Floor, and when I go to go back inside the main floor— M: That’s when they told you
you had to go back out.
M: Okay, so it was you who
L: They tell me I had to go all
bought it because I have pictures from two days of crazy long lines but… I mean, the Thursday line is long but like as long as Starbucks.
the way out. So I tried to call Jose again, but he was already in line waiting for something else. He was like, “Just call me when you get in again.” He
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couldn’t really help me a *second* time. But it was fine because I felt like I had won. I didn’t have to wait in line for Boom’s bat cat. M: It was raining Thursday
morning, but it was fine Friday morning. L: I feel like I was listening to a really good podcast, like Armchair Expert. I forget what it was, but I remember being really captivated by what I was listening to so I didn’t really care. And I was kind of shocked that in the long line I waited in there were so few people in costumes. I just don’t think the costume people get there so crazy early. M: There’s no point. It’s the
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Thursday morning, the line at Starbucks seemed longer than the line at the ReedPop store. For those who were waiting to get into the Javits Center, there was rain, but also an NYCC themed AM New York in the subway.
