San Diego Comic Con 2018 - Inside & Outside The Convention Center / Exclusive Merchandise / Cosplay
My first visit to San Diego Comic Con was a lot of fun . Was able to get in early in morning before doors opened and check out the dealer room and convention floor . Also explored the surface streets outside to see what type of experiences were set up .
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Transcript
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today's adventure brings us to San Diego
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California to the convention center for
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2018 San Diego Comicon
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even the commuter train is all themed
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out accordingly Simpsons Bob's Burgers
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and Family Guy it is a tad bit early the
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crowds have not quite congregated but
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I'm about to go inside
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welcome everyone Adam of the woo here
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this is my first time at this particular
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convention I go to quite a few cons but
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today it is a first experience for me
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and possibly what counts tank is Justin
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scarred yes that's me
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Oh have you have you guys ever been here
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before never it's time oh yes it's time
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join me shall you as you can see the
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exhibitor floor is not too busy quite
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yet we were allowed in just a tad bit
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early and just to let you know we were
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invited by this company gentle giant as
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their guests based out of Hollywood
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California
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and there is my lanyard and badge pretty
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cool they even have a life-size
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Chewbacca very realistic don't look too
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deeply into his eyes girl you might rip
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your arm off
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perhaps a footlong bib Fortuna from
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Return of the Jedi figure is on your
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wish list the best kind of dessert is
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one with spider-man's face on it he's
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about to slurp down on that thing
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tasty these are some of the limited
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edition items specifically for this
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convention we got Yoda and Luke there as
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well as some enamel pins
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I got that boba fett all of it all of it
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what the thing that's cool about these
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is these pins are basically the same
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size as the action figures are they're
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pretty big one two three
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okay thank you thank you
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the attendees are just about to be let
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in here in a couple of minutes which
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gives me a chance just to wander around
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oh my goodness that's right come on and
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then over here is a life-size Andre the
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Giant seven feet four inches tall but I
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never realized according to this he was
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the first inductee into the WWE Hall of
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Fame careful sir there's a dinosaur back
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there he was not alarmed but behind this
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looks like some sort of philosoraptor
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whoa he look oh my goodness he looks
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very dangerous there is a wall it's a
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mirror so as I walk in front you'll be
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able to see me amongst the prehistoric
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dinos white the assortment hook toys if
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I had a playset like this as a child I
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would have completely lost my mind
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action-packed biding of the heads
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falling off of cliffs it's a lot going
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on down in there the Lego section looks
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very impressive there's Aquaman and take
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a look over there that is awesome way to
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appear as if you're traveling through
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space that is awesome the detail
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is incredible look at all the gears
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knobs and buttons
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well you will not see forklifts in here
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in a matter of minutes it will be
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swarming with guests this definitely
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reminds me of the old school Universal
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Studios attraction Kong this is the
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mother lode of Godzilla paraphernalia
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look all up there on the shelves
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definitely get your fix
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fine wine I'm the marketing manager here
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at gentle giant Ltd we've been a company
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that's been around for almost 20 years
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our sort of claim to famous with the
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first company that lost 3d scanning
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technology to a mass-market product or
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founder got all the equipment you would
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need - laser scan stuff packed in a
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Winnebago shipped it over to New Zealand
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and scanned all the actors props and
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costumes for the Lord of the Rings
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trilogy
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brought a lot of new stuff this is
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always sort of the big show it's like
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nerd Burning Man I like that shirt man
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that is awesome we show up all your
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goods you have to jump a line long
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running life I was a collector of that
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line before it started in Chile I got
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into the Jumbo line you have the jumbo
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which are the top of your princess
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yes thermoses are erasers in reality and
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these are available in stores these will
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be available yeah sometime in the fall
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winter of this year you'll be able to
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find them in stores so this is actually
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our third helmet that we've done and a
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partnership with Nissan yeah the first
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one we did was the death trooper which
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you could get by buying one of the
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special edition to start with you see
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you guys good to see you too yeah your
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face rings a bell but I can't nice to
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see you remind me again I've seen you in
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my nightmares but I do not recall your
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name for those that miss this event and
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didn't want to wait in the line where
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can they find you guys come check us out
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at gentle giant L tv.com it appears as
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if quite a few people might need to
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tinkle the doors are now officially open
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everyone is starting to meander in
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through the security checkpoint
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heading at a very rapid pace inside this
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is the section where you first enter you
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grab your bag for your goodies and pick
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up some of your information packets his
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name is adam one adam for you sir
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I really like the second floor open-air
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section
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it's kind of cool up here it's a little
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stuffy down on the bottom floor I have
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to admit this is a pretty good venue for
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this event it's almost like you're
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inside some sort of science fiction
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structure
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right going back down
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seems like most people are going up
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there's two sections upward and one
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escalator heading back down got some
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pretty neat pinball machines down here
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at the solo booth
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this alien is looming over everyone
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waiting in the line there are some cool
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movie replica props here there's a ghost
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trap right there behind that case
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doesn't take long for products to become
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sold out people jump on these items very
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quickly and suddenly they're gone
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this is cool got rocky and Mick till it
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heights Rock til it awaits the dragon
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hanging from the ceiling with some
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balloons very decorative balloons all
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around it's it's slithering parts not
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for Milly err with this little creature
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it's called a am unicorn this part cat
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part unicorn
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oh part cat may I pet one all right
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they're friendly right yes all right am
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unicorn nice to meet you they're like
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you like tribbles
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they just keep they keep growing
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for $25 $25 you can take home a cuddly
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munich or some movie props including the
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suit Chris Reeves wore the Superman one
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and that football that he punted out
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into the stratosphere look at that
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that's incredible and the outfit Arnold
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wore the first half a terminator when he
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stole it from the punks new clothes give
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them to me and I'm not the only one
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nerding out look at these guys they
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can't believe their eyes
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some Princess Bride dolls can be seen
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here Inigo Montoya and Dread Pirate
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Roberts and from Star Trek we got that
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con down there do you realize what this
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means it means that this damn thing
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doesn't work at all
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well 1.21 jigowatts how am I going to
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generate that kind of electricity
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exactly God this white ain't heard
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heading over to me Punk Oh
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Wow it's getting very busy in here
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a good handful of the exclusives are
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sold out scratched off 37 36 35 gone 54
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53 and even the golden girl a depressant
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actually it's a skateboard in fact you
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can just jump in line you have to pre
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purchase a ticket just to get one of
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these items that are going fast in this
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day and age everyone loves show off some
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of the hot commodity Funko's that will
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be probably be gone by the end of the
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day
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okay so we got Gil which are some of the
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other popular ones
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these are pretty much the ones everyone
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wants yeah
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oh yeah recognize that guy
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and of course Rick and Morty are very
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popular everyone loves Rick good morning
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incredible x' to wreck-it Ralph
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even some Disney stuff a little Masters
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of the Universe he-man Ram man that is
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so neat it's nice of them to let me
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behind the counter they're taking a
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little wall before the next for the next
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storm Captain Caveman
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yes
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probably a deep rabbit hole if you
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started collecting these you wouldn't
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even know when to when to end you just
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have to have always like a guessing game
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right like Wheel of Fortune is basically
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fun with two N's Batman yeah fun Batman
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is you're a fan or Bart Bart Batman is
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that what it is
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teen fear the Teen Titans Robin for a
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cool 500 dollars you can walk away with
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a hoverboard in the box look you rarely
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see them in the box this stuffed
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creation I think is a roll of toilet
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paper Yeah right there
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back in the day to get the NES games to
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work you had to like blow in the bottom
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but one of this magnitude you would need
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a Godzilla the breath of Godzilla to to
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blow the lint out of that thing would
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you end up purchasing well this is not
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for me for friend of mine there the old
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muscle figures from back in the eighties
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and iron beam versions of them no not
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yet oh yeah Iron Maiden style muscle
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hardening views pretty cool for $1,300
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if you saw them out you can have your
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very own Harrison Ford we've got to be
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careful down here that might be a little
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dangerous but pretty cool take them home
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in Carbonite a few characters from the
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Cartoon Network show Stephens universe
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are up there almost impersonating floats
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from the Macy's parade this is a
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powdered toast man is interested in some
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books it interested in doing a little
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reading powdered toast man oh okay oh my
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gosh I love I love your skirt here thank
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you alright
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sure
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I want to try the Nightmare Before
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Christmas operation game Oh like I
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already lost he's going to give it a
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good spin there it goes round and round
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it goes nope where'd he get he's gonna
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win a prize he got a some kind of gift
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card getting a photo up here
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zombie attacking that police officer
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hope she's going in for the kill
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Oh watch out coming through
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Oh Peter you can put a pair of Cloyd
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where you guys going
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handle business
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this little mascot robot kind of
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steampunk dish but also very dapper he's
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got his top hat and sweet mustache hello
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there
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how's your day going it's going well you
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look like you're you look very excited
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look very thrilled to be here I can it
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look like you drink a what have you been
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consuming a couple Heinekens mega man
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here max booth action pose initiated
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all right
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sorry I mean to disturb you
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countless Big Sur
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Go Go Power Rangers there wasn't for
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these pesky kids
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this is awesome
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very stylish stepping outside now just
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to show a little bit of what's going on
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outdoors the entire town embraces this
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event all the public transit is det-cord
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accordingly heading across this very
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unique looking bridge across the street
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promoting ghostbusters world he's being
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held down by heavy ropes you don't want
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him to fly off and around this backside
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is a recreation of the entrance to the
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firehouse original ecto-1
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from the movies but which movie movie
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plural part one part two quite a big
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shark before me people are enamored with
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it the line starts here and stretches
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all around
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it is the 25th anniversary of Jurassic
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Park and to celebrate they have a jeep
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sitting here that you can look at looks
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like I'm having a staring contest with
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this gigantic Beast there's an ape on
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the loose and it's caused quite a bit of
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damage there's rubble from the buildings
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down here strewn all over the ground
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he's on a rampage quite a few pop-ups
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out here including one for the good
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place Ted Danson has spanked us in the
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palm of his hands oh my goodness hello
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that's gonna do it for today from
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comic-con 2018 with counts dankus Justin
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Scarr don't put links to both of their
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videos and wheatberry we're getting very
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close to each other here in this this
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little crowd also thanks to gentle giant
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toy company ltd for the badges zach and
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the free swag
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it is very congested look at this oh so
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hot very hot very warm if you would like
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to get it out of the blue t-shirt like
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this shop dot Spreadshirt dot-com
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backslash have them the room you want to
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end this what end this counts angus is
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by blog
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go home and sleep over there's about to
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be a battle charge Braveheart style very
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slow pace though oh yeah I could have
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ended each other someone needs a cup
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someone needs to cosplay is William
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Wallace
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it's like ants up there I knew you had a
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catchphrase that I kind of resembled
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being the man you gotta beat the man and
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I'm the man