TFcon Baltimore 2021 announced: October 22–24

whoamidri

Crazy! Same weekend as Baltimore Comic Con. A chance for some to kill 2 birds with one stone.
Baltimore Comic-Con – The World‘s Greatest Comic Convention!

These were the 2020 dates, no 2021 dates have been announced.

Crazy! Same weekend as Baltimore Comic Con. A chance for some to kill 2 birds with one stone.
Baltimore Comic-Con – The World‘s Greatest Comic Convention!

worldsgreatest

Also didn't that Hilton JUST open in the last decade or so? Time is a bit fuzzy for me, always. So I could be wrong on that.

DOES Baltimore have cool collectible stores? Atomic Books and the walls at Paper Moon?

Atomic Books is great for books and records, but less so for other collectibles. Junq is down the street from them though, and there's never any telling what they've got. For geeky stuff specifically, Collectors Corner and Amazing Spiral are my go-tos. And Shananigans Toy Shop is just a gorgeous place.

Awwwwww SHIT SON! I'll see you cats there!

G1 Cassette Hunter

Baltimore – when it actually cared about tourism revenue – was a much safer city from the 90's thru early 2000's. But, do not let my statement deceive you. My good experience is only from the 2 city blocks of the Inner Harbor I visited – primarily for Otakon – also a few Red Sox games. It is one of several very depressed, disgraced & destroyed locations struggling to survive, where burned out buildings are covered over to not scare away tourist dollars & those dollars in turn are stolen by the line of corrupt mayors over the decades present there.

Do not get me wrong, there is great potential in Baltimore. However, the way it is now, I will safely remain away from the crumbling infrastructure. To those that attend, I hope you have an enjoyable experience for me.

P.S. Pray the Hilton is still present come the convention. They have design plans for those city blocks & properties connected to the convention center for redevelopment…

Nah dude. Let the people who live here talk about what it is, don't scare everyone off just because you've read bad things about places in the city outside the 2 blocks you actually went to. I'm a native Baltimorean, an avid explorer of industrial abandonment, a hobby photographer of urban blight, and somebody who seeks out and slowly strolls the "places you don't go". Unless you're trying to compete with a local drug gang for heroin-retail real estate, you're not gonna get murdered. Also I think the development plans you're talking about aren't for the Hilton, they're for the convention center next to it, which Hilton has been trying to buy for years. And if they were to start demolition (which isn't likely) they wouldn't let it interfere with an event that's already signed a contract with them.

Now as for everybody else…. WHAT UP! GET HYPED! Seriously I'm excited to potentially meet some of you. Hit me up if you want to know the good bar districts, I love showing off my town. Shoot, if there's a slow afternoon I can even show you the coolest local spots for toys and collectibles, food and drink, or even (for the daring) enchanting forest trails around our scenic lakes. No matter what I am ready to party down with some robot fans!

ThunderDestron

On the plus side if everyone has to wear masks, everyone there will get the joke when you say they look like optimus prime.

Now just imagine every booth is gonna have like a 2 foot tall plexiglass wall attached to 3 2x4s!

use a voice synthesizer – Soundwave Forever!

Yeah I'd be significantly less certain if it was scheduled early 2021

On the plus side if everyone has to wear masks, everyone there will get the joke when you say they look like optimus prime.

Now just imagine every booth is gonna have like a 2 foot tall plexiglass wall attached to 3 2x4s!

Baltimore is not a run down crime ridden city. I go there quite often and it is no worse than any other city/town. Every city/town has those "less desirable" places. The Inner Harbor and surrounding areas is definitely not one of them. The Inner Harbor is a tourist area and is kept clean and there is a normal police presence just like any other tourist trap. Stop trying to scare people off.

Scarlet knight

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Hope springs eternal.
I\'d be surprised if they get to keep this one.  I wonder what MMC is doing.  They\'re still good for things Hasbro isn\'t likely to do.  (For now at least, someday they\'re gonna put a prototype colored Arcee on selects)