Thursday, May 28, 2009

Åcon Punch Out and Play

A while ago, a package arrived from Jeff. “Your mission—should you choose to accept it—is to take this Star Wars: Punch Out and Play! book and play around with it.” As I was about to leave for Åcon I decided to take the book along.

The characters in a tight formation (on a bar table)

So, besides drinking beer and talking to friends about science fiction I spent parts of the convention walking around with a bunch of paper dolls cardboard action figures, looking even sillier than usual trying to arrange them in interesting positions while explaining to passers-by that Jeff made me do it.

Yoda standing on Marianna’s laptop keyboard, trying to decipher information on the screen

On the last day of the convention I visited the museum ship Pommern that was conveniently docked nearby. The con Guest of Honor Steph Swainston was also there, and got to play too.

Steph sitting on the Pommern deck putting together the Yoda figure

The Jedi seemed to take to the ship like naturals. I had a hard time convincing them that it was time to go because the con was over and it was time to go home.

The Leia figure behind a thick rope in the front, the deck stretching out behind her

Without further ado, I present to you the Star Wars: Punch Out and Play Åland Adventure, a photo journey of various Jedi, Sith, and other assorted folks in Åland.

1 comment:

Val Grimm said...

well damn, I guess I have to send something more interesting than books next time....
<-vilgrin-

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