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The 2025 edition of Joelanta proved to be one of the best toy conventions yet for DC fans, and I walked away with an unforgettable haul of McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse figures. Held at the Gas South Convention Center, Jolanta 2025 featured an expanded layout, offering more vendor space and a vibrant mix of vintage and modern toy sellers. While I originally set out to complete my Super Powers…

Joelanta 2025 has officially kicked off, and I’m bringing you along for the ride! Day 1 of this legendary toy convention was packed with amazing collectibles, incredible displays, and plenty of action figure goodness for fans of all ages. To give you a front-row seat, I filmed a Joelanta 2025 Day 1 walkthrough video, a full tour of the show floor. From classic G.I. Joe figures to rare vintage…

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Rob Springer, organizer of the JOELANTA convention in Atlanta, GA celebrating all things GI Joe, has sent us a press release lettings us know that Transformers fans won’t feel left out when they attend this March. There will be many interesting panels, including Transformers Generation 2 comic artist Derek Yaniger! Check out the press release below and be sure to check out the official website…

Joelanta and The Great Atlanta Toy Convention 2017

This was brought to my attention last week (Apologies Rob!). In case you haven’t heard there’s an awesome toy show and convention in Atlanta Georgia that covers a variety of genres. Generally, they do have a Transformers panel but this year they’re going to have a series of panels. For the GI Joe fans there will also be a very special guest – Larry Hama. Larry literally wrote the book on GI Joe:…

When the hubs told me this year he wanted to expand his skills by sewing his costumes(last year he bought a Dremel and got real nuts in our guest room), I was like, oh Lawd, he wants me to be his go-to-guru.  So the week of JoeLanta, he had me blow the dust of one of my sewing machines, set up my grandmother's sewing table, and give him a crash course on single-stitching. He came prepared with his own thread, fabric, interfacing, and needles(which he mistakenly thought went into the machine. I was like, 'baby those are, like, quilting needles...'). I was impressed by his preparation. But, like most things you only read about before you dive into, he sat down in front of the machine and went, "Uuuuh...". There were a couple of nights of him bellowing "Babyyyyy" in slight confusion or distress as he basically self taught the foundations of attaching two pieces of fabric with a threaded machine. Eventually, he got what he needed and completed his project.

He had massive and unnecessary seam allowances. Some of the pieces just didn't work out and he had to do a plan B. There are a few unintentional sock-like items that were off-shoots of his efforts. But what was YOUR first time sewing like? Mine was pretty terrible; my mother thought the yellow dress I sewed all Christmas day was fabulous, disregarding the fact I couldn't wear it afterward. But MY husband sewed AND worked it out that weekend!

The following photos were not ventures in sewing, but don't he look good y'all?!