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Comic, Toy, and Collectibles Swap Meet

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About Me

The Comic, Toy, and Collectibles Swap Meet was first produced on July 29, 2006 by A Piece of the Action Collectibles (APOTAC). The first Swap Meet was held at the Bob Duncan Center in Vandergriff Park (Arlington, TX) in their Garden Room, a roughly 1,000 square foot room with an attached, enclosed patio. Utilizing all available space, this event brought a handful of dealers together ranging from retail shops, convention dealers, and individuals looking to sell all or part of their collections. The first Swap Meet attracted over 250 attendees and will be followed up with an even larger Swap Meet in October.February 16, 2008 will mark the return of the Comic, Toy, and Collectibles Swap Meet! We've moved east a bit to the Logos Youth Center in Grand Prairie and will host THREE big shows this year! FREE ADMISSION! FREE PARKING!Come out to Grand Prairie on Saturday, February 16, 2008 to see all of the great collectbibles ranging from comic books, action figures, and HeroClix to statues, toys, and other incredible collectibles! Hot Wheels, Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Star Trek, Marvel Legends, HeroClix, and DC Direct are just some of the products you can expect to find at the first Comic, Toy, and Collectibles Swap Meet of 2008!And don't forget Convention Awareness Day 2008! "You Can't Go if You Don't Know!" The February 16 Swap Meet will play host to Convention Awareness Day as it returns from a two-year hiatus. Make this your fist stop on the Texas convention circuit. Learn about upcoming comic, sci-fi, lierary, collectile, horror, anime, fantasy, and other conventions in Texas throughout 2008! We will be joined by representatives of AggieCon, A-Kon, All-Con, AnnimeFest, ConDFW, The Great Texas G.I. Joe Convention, and San-Japan have confirmed to be on hand for this annual event!But there is more! Rick G. of Amazing ComiCast will be in attendence on Saturday afternoon with a live podcast recording! Get the latest news on what's hot in comics, find out about the documentary "Comic Book Literacy" from its creator, and win cool prizes!Come on out and see just how much we can fit into one day!Show hours are 11 AM - 5 PM.

My Interests

Action figures, comics, statues and mini-busts, fandom, science fiction, collectibles, conventions, HeroClix, Star Wars

I'd like to meet:

Collectors and fans of all types who enjoy all things Fandom!

Movies:

Star Wars (both trilogies), Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, fan films, X-Men, Star Trek, Spider-Man, Batman Begins, Unbreakable

Television:

Smallville, South Park, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Simpsons, Futurama, Robot Chicken, Harvy Birdman Attoney at Law

Books:

Comics: Watchmen, Kingdom Come, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Identity Crisis, Starman, Swamp Thing (Alan Moore years), Top 10, Marvels, League of Extraodrinary Gentlemen, V for VendettaBooks: Almost anything by Michael Chrichton, "Life Expectancy" and "Odd Thomas", Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and John Carter Warlord of Mars series

My Blog

The Road to October 7, Podcast Hosting and More

Well, the date is getting closer and all that remains is to get the last bits of shameless promotion and advertizing out there and prepare to welcome our dealers and our attendees.  The first Swa...
Posted by Comic, Toy, and Collectibles Swap Meet on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:09:00 PST

The "Artist's Cul-de-Sac" Needs a Few Good Texas Artists/Publishers

For our second outing we came up with a new take on the "Artist's Alley" that is a common convention fixture, the Artist's Cul-de-Sac.  This was so named since we did not anticipate getting enoug...
Posted by Comic, Toy, and Collectibles Swap Meet on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:21:00 PST

The Road to October 7, Part 2

With just under one month to go things are heating up for the Swap Meet.  The long-awaited September refresh of the web page (www.apotac.com/swapmeet) is in place and includes mention of the MySp...
Posted by Comic, Toy, and Collectibles Swap Meet on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:59:00 PST

The Road to October 7, Part 1

And so it begins... With the second Swap Meet just over a month away I am going to have a go at blogging.  The intention is to present a periodic snapshot at how the Comic, Toy, and Collectibles ...
Posted by Comic, Toy, and Collectibles Swap Meet on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:12:00 PST