So today was the Edmonton Pop Culture Fair. Last week was Calgary Comic Expo and yesterday was Free Comic Book Day so it's been a good week for geeking it up. Also an expensive week, so I was determined to be restrained today. In Calgary I overheard this little kid and his dad, the kid wanted to go see some Star Trek stuff and the dad was all stern, and he said, "We have a system and we're going to stick to it!" Which is one way to instill a sense of wonder in a child, but anyways. I decided to borrow his discipline just for today (since I was sans child this time) and stick to a system- which was, find this guy Shane's table, buy his book and some vintage figures and go home with a more or less intact bank account. Done and done! Well, I did a little looking, no harm there, but no buying. I got 8 figures from a kind of a clearance bin, all figures were loose, incomplete and not quite mint, and $5 each, perfect for my budget. And I finally have a Greedo! For some reason Greedo is the guy I most wanted to reaquire after the misguided purge of '92. I think the bright green colors burned themselves on my subconscious.
