More glimpses of WonderCon 2025

Because I took a lot of pics

Determined to serve you, my faithful readers, as best I could, I took a lot of photos at WonderCon last weekend despite being anchored to my table for the vast majority of my time there. Some of them didn’t make it into my last post — not because they were not worthwhile, but because it’s hard to string them together and say something coherent about everything when you’re posting in the literal middle of the night. Here, then, are the rest of them:

The Funko booth was placed at the Back of Hall A — not to hide it, for sure; I'm guessing that putting them right next to the loading dock seemed like a sensible move, given how much stuff they had to unload on Thursday, and how much shelving they would have to break down on Sunday.

Someone told me before the show that Funko Pops are passe these days, but it seems that a lot of people haven’t gotten that particular memo. The line for the Funko booth started in Hall B, got stopped to keep the passage to Hall A clear, then resumed in Hall A. Actually, it didn’t seem so much like a booth as Funko Town. The middle photo shows the view from my table, and you can see what looks like a ceremonial arch with the Funko crown logo. And they weren’t the only ones selling a huge amount of Pops, as you can can see from the photo at right.

"Spy x Family" (l and m) and Hololive (r) figs from the Good Smile Company booth.

I suppose I should not have been surprised by the amount of anime-adjacent stuff at the con. Good Smile Company had a large booth, and they had plenty to show off besides their iconic Nendroid figures. Kinokuniya also had a booth that was almost as large as their customary space at Anime Expo.

On the other hand, I was a bit surprised that I didn’t see anyone doing VTuber cosplay — except for what looked like a middle-aged man fully kitted out in a Gawr Gura hoodie suit. He had a rather sullen expression and the tail was small and limp, which only ruined the effect even more. I didn’t even try to take a picture of him and frankly, I am still trying to wipe the image from my mental hard drive.

Autograph alley, an essential feature of any fan convention.

It’s always interesting to see who rented table space to sell their autographed headshots and such. This year, Herb Jefferson, who played Boomer in the original “Battlestar Galactica” was there. Bobby Clark, who wore the Gorn suit in the classic “Star Trek” TOS episode “Arena,” filled the role of “guy you wouldn’t recognize outside of his costume.”

Poor Psyduck. Somebody get the guy an aspirin, will ya?