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CUTE OVERLOAD
There are so many innocent-looking plush objects for sale at the convention it's funny to see what excites Boom, our resident expert on cuteness. Looking back at video from 2019, he didn't care about the Thimblestump Hollow creatures, but lost his mind when he saw "bah-cats" in the middle of the shopping scene with an array of chubby cats I wanted him to see. "They look like baguettes!"
These do not interest Boom
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The long cats in the middle of this frame caught Boom's eye when we were scrubbing video
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His heart will always belong to Tentacle Kitty. I thought Boom would be more excited about Cat Guru because he has been listening to Kal talk about Cthulhu for so many years, but the connection just wasn't there for them between Terraria's Eye of Cthulhu and a green cat. —MV
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Betty was obsessed in Miraculous Lady Bug in 2018. If we had seen books and dolls for her back then, we would have snatched up some of these
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Pearl and Kal
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FAMILY OBSESSION
My kids are easily infl uenced by ads for marathons of series that about to end. First they did this with Adventure Time, then they did it with Steven Universe—only watching the show right before it ends for good. But after watching the movie, we were all singing Steven Universe songs and Madeline was making a Spinel costume for Betty. At the con we kept a close eye out for anyone who might have been in Steven Universe cosplay (we had never recognized them before). I'm happy the crew has discovered the show as its stories of relationship, sacrifi ce, and acceptance are so much deeper than I originally realized. —LV
Steven Universe
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Spinel
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Garnet
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FAMILIAR FACES Continued
M: So you guys didn’t go looking for Saber Guild events?
L: No, I asked them ahead of time. Kal wanted to look for books. He wanted to look at costumes. And he wanted to eat. That’s really all he wanted to do. He kept talking about the different books he would want to buy. And then Boom only talked about two things: Tentakitty and big pretzels.
M: But then he couldn’t remember if he bought any books!
L: He bought books. He bought the Steven Universe book and I think he bought a Star Wars book. We got the poster, the one of Rey that’s over by his desk. The Steven Universe book came with an exclusive print in it, too.
(Continued in "Don't Go Breaking My Heart")
Hallmark displayed upcoming IttyBitty releases celebrating the DC Cinematic Universe with two-packs of Joker/Harley in their Suicide Squad garb and Aquaman and Mero, as well as a single figure of Shazam.
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Most impressive was the Luke/Tauntaun two-pack with an opening to squeeze Luke into the Tauntaun. Absolute genius.
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