One of the places I've started to frequent very regularly is Beyond Comics in Shepherdstown. Several of my friends either work or go there, and it's become a sort of haven for me. One particularly interesting day there, was when I had decided to bring a lot of my action figures to go through with my friends. What I thought was just going to be a few people, turned out a little differently.
That day, just so happened to be the day that a comic book artist was signing comics at the shop, so there was a lot more traffic than usual, and there was a game going on (not Magic the Gathering this time, I think it was something Star Wars related). A lot more people came around than I had expected, and it was really cool getting to see this type of cultural event. There was a fairly diverse group of people aside from my friends, some of whom appreciated my figures when they saw what I was up to.
This event is somewhat different for me than the others because I was a part of it in a way, since my things were an attraction to those there. It's really cool to see the look on someone's face when they see something from their childhood that they haven't seen in years, and I was glad to share in it. I was also glad that the other two things were happening, the comic signing and game going on, so there were essentially three events going on at the same time (the third being my toys).
I'd brought around 7 or so star ships, a t-rex from Jurassic Park, a WWII German Panther tank, dozens of WWII figures, a couple hundred Star Wars figures, dozens of Lord of the Rings figures, and countless more. It was fun getting to be a part of everything that was going on, and nice that my friends and others could appreciate what I had, and what made memories for multiple of us as kids.
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