As you probably know by now, Matty and his faithful crew are taking it on the road in 2011 for a year-long Collector Appreciation Tour! In addition they will be hosting 8 contests throughout the year, 2 at each of their four convention stops. There is a News Story on Mattycollector with all of the details located HERE.
The contests are open to those who are legal residents of the states in which the conventions are being held. The first one is C2E2 in Illinois, and the second one is WonderCon in California. The deadline for entries in the first contest for Illinois residents is this upcoming Friday, March 4th. If you live in Illinois and are planning on attending C2E2, get your entry in ASAP!
Here is Matty’s general information about the tour.
Toy Fans,
You ready? Because this is big, and by big I mean GIGANTIC! For the first time ever, we’ll be bad and nationwide when MattyCollector.com’s Collector Appreciation Tour 2011 hits the road!
Yep, we’re officially attending four conventions across the country in addition to SDCC! Come on down to C2E2 in Chicago (3/18-3/20), WonderCon in San Francisco (4/1-4/3), Dragon*Con in Atlanta (9/2-9/5), and New York Comic Con in NY (10/13-10/16) and you’ll be able to hang out in Matty’s basement (my basement!) where you can meet members of Mattel’s Design, Marketing, and Packaging teams from the Green Lantern, Ghostbusters™, MOTU, DCU, Young Justice™, Batman, and WWE® brands. They’ll answer all your questions and give you insights into the people and processes involved in making your favorite action figures. We’ll also have panels, special guests, and cool giveaways, like collector buttons customized for each city that you can only get at the conventions.
Like that? Then you’re gonna LOVE this… in every city we visit, we’ll have not one, but two collector contests! First is Mattycollector.com’s “Best Local Collection” Contest. Submit photos of your action figure collections and the best photo (in our judges’ opinion) wins! Then we’ve got Mattycollector.com’s “City Celebration” Contest. Fans submit photos of their favorite Mattel figures getting their action on in the convention city. Get creative, because the most imaginative photo (again, in our judges’ humble opinion) takes the prize.
There will be one winner for each contest in each city, for a total of 8 winners. The winners of each city’s contests will be announced at the conventions. The winning submissions and a photo of the winners will be exhibited in the display case at the MattyCollector.com booth. The winners will also receive a prize package filled with Mattel action figures, with an approximate retail value of $500! Because these contests were created to celebrate local collectors, you’ll need to be a legal resident of the state where each respective convention is held (IL, CA, GA, NY).
Like all contests, there are lots of fun rules and regulations, so click here for the details and entry forms. I’ll make sure to remind you way ahead of each contest with posts here in my News section, in a special thread in my Fan Forums, on Facebook, and Twitter.
See you soon!
— Matty