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En route to Jim Cummings we passed the large line of idiots that thought spending $300 on a Mark Hamill autograph was a fair price. From far away, buried in a crowd of fans standing just past the “no cameras” sign, I was able to get my phone high enough to snap a quick picture of Mark. It’s blurry and not the greatest, but just good enough to feel like I saw Luke Skywalker in person without paying a king's ransom. We made our way to Cummings line, waited half an hour, and got to meet one of the sweetest elderly celebs still alive. It’s nice when someone famous is charging a reasonable $30 for an autograph and only $10 more for a selfie. Because of this and because Old Man Cummings could die at any moment, I purchased the combo.

By this point it was about 4pm with only three hours left to the Con. Jason Isaacs was still missing from a delayed flight, animated Harley and Batman still had ridiculous lines waiting for autographs, and the Blue/Black Ranger autographing combo wasn’t until 5:30pm. This left Jackie and I just under two hours to finish our shopping up. With so little time and no shirts acquired, we spent the next hour basically running through aisles and only stopping when a clothing stand presented itself. For once, the plan worked and we were able to see just about every vendor possible. This proved to be a very bountiful Con because I managed to find nine hilarious shirts and purchased them all. It was now 5pm with half hour to spare.

Rather than head to the Blue/Black Ranger autograph early, I decided I would treat myself to an older Funko exclusive that I’ve wanted for a while. Since many of my autographs fell through I had some extra cash, so I got in line for a specialty Funko vendor and picked up the two-pack of all two-packs, so perfectly fitting for the October baby in me and the Halloween season. That’s right, I found a FREDDY KRUEGER & JASON VOORHEES TWO-PACK!!! And if I hadn’t decided to wait thirty minutes for the chance to buy this Funko then I might not have seen some random guy walking around with an autographed Green Ranger Pop while I was waiting.

“Where is Jason David Frank doing autographs?!” I screamed. The man heard me, turned around and pointed a few booths down. The Green Ranger wasn’t doing autographs in the basement with the Blue and Black Rangers, but rather at the Toy Tokyo booth just a few feet away from me. I dug my Green Ranger Pop from the bottom of my shopping cart, pulled out $50 for an autograph and got in line. Moments later, his assistant got behind me and said, “This is the end of the line.” I had made it just in the knick of time! When it was my turn, I told Jason that I enjoy seeing him every chance we get at these conventions and hope he continues to show up each year. He said he would try and then gave me A FREE SELFIE for being the last guy in his line. Since I had taken a picture with him a few years ago, I decided not to spend the money this time but the convention gods took care of me. The fateful stars were aligning!

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