Well, AX has come and gone. I had a lot of fun 
walking around seeing old friends and 
meeting new ones. It was a total money pit. I 
was fortunate enough to go 3 of the four days. 
I thought I'd post some pictures for people to 
peruse while I get this next update going. 

The line into the exhibit hall was long, about 1 
to 2 hours waiting time. Yuck. In this picture, 
you can see the line of people along the right 
side which goes to the end of the building on 
the left. The line then enters that end of the 
building and comes back to the middle of the 
building where the exhibit hall entrance is. 
Now imagine that same amount of people 
behind me when I took this pic and you'll get 
an idea of how long the line was. 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
outside.jpg 

This is a picture of the exhibit hall entrance 
with my two friends posing. Their forced 
smiles hide their anger towards me for 
making them wait even longer.  Pass the 
structure are escalators leading down to the 
doors of the convention. 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
entrance.jpg 

The following picture shows a general spread 
of the hall. About 2 aisles are not shown. 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
exhibit.jpg 

The following pictures are of some of the huge 
displays the anime companies had up. 
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exhibit2.jpg 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
robotech.jpg 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
adv.jpg 

With the exception of Aloha Anime, Anime 
Jungle, and some private collector setups, I 
was able to take pics of all the cel dealers (I 
think). 

Hobby Shop K: 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
hsk.jpg 

Ed Noonchester: 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
ednoon.jpg 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
ednoon2.jpg 

Anime Link: 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
link1.jpg 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
link2.jpg 

Nikaku Animart: 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
nikaku.jpg 

Nichibei: 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
nichibei.jpg 

Asylum: 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
asylum.jpg 

Anime Ed: 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
animeEd.jpg 

Mandarake: 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
mandarake.jpg 

And I took a terrible picture of the Celga booth. 
I cut off Hyla who is on the left side of the pic. 
The other two people's names I didn't 
recognize. 
http://members.cox.net/nedyssn/AX2002/
celga.jpg 

This is just a fraction of what there is to see 
and do at AX. 

If you want bigger scans (so you can figure out 
what the price of that cel was  ), let me know 
and I can email it to you. 

Now to start on that update...