I regularly attend conventions in Atlanta each year with Lauren, typically the same ones like MomoCon, Atlanta Comic Convention, Anime Weekend Atlanta, and Southern-Fried Gaming Expo. However, over the weekend, Lauren and I decided to try something new and attend Atlanta Collect-a-Con, a convention we had never been to before.
Atlanta Collect-a-Con is the nation's largest trading card, anime, and pop culture convention. Since Lauren likes anime, we thought it would be a great idea to try this convention.
This convention has:
- 900+ Vendor Tables
- Funko POP!
- Anime Merch
- Comic Books
- Vintage Toys
- Video Games
- Pokémon
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Magic: The Gathering
- One Piece
- Sports Cards
- Lorcana
- Anime Voice Actors
- Celebrity Guests
- Live Performance
- EXCLUSIVES
My Review of Atlanta Collect-a-Con
Atlanta Collect-a-Con is a two-day event that happens twice a year, Saturday and Sunday.
We attended on Saturday since Sundays are usually our rest days.
When we arrived, I was surprised that the event occurred in a small space at the Georgia World Congress Center, specifically inside the C4 building. With so many attendees, it felt cramped, and we could not get a good view of the vendors.
We were disappointed with majority vendors selling Pokémon cards since Lauren was looking for anime merch and video games.
Who knew that Pokémon is still so popular among both kids and adults? If only Lauren had saved all of her Pokémon cards from when she was younger, she could have sold them at the convention and made quite a bit of money.
Lauren saved a few Pokémon cards and sold them at Charlie's Collectable Show a few weeks before the convention, making a good profit.
If you still are holding onto your old Pokémon cards, they could be worth a lot of money!
Anyway...
Do you watch the show Pawn Stars?
Chumlee from the show had a booth there selling, you guessed it, Pokemon cards!
It was too bad he wasn't at his booth because I would have loved to meet him.
Waka Flocka Flame performed an afternoon concert at the event, which was free with admission.
Before he went live on stage, Lauren went around to the vendors to see what she could find while all the attendees and I headed to the main stage to get a good spot to see him.
I had a good spot up front near the speakers, waiting 40 minutes before the show started.
Lauren found a few good things to buy and then squeezed through to the front of the crowd to get to me before the performance started.
A little after 2:30pm, Waka Flocka took the stage and rapped his popular hits, No Hands, O' Let's Do It, Grove St. Party, Hard in Da Paint.
I admired Waka's incredible stage presence and his interaction with the crowd. He even brought a kid from the audience to dance with him on stage. Waka engaged the crowd by high-fiving people, dancing in the crowd, and taking selfies with them. He truly had the crowd on fire!
Oh, and guess what!
Chumlee was on stage watching Waka Flocka perform! I pointed him out to Lauren, who was thrilled to see him, too!
Wake Flocka concluded with an encouraging message: although many aspects of the event were once regarded as uncool or nerdy, they have now become popular. The story's moral is to always be true to yourself and continue enjoying the things you love no matter what people think.
After the 30-minute performance, many people, including us, headed to the exit door.
There was nothing else to see since we were not into trading, buying, or selling cards.
And, to be honest, I don't see myself returning.
But don't get me wrong, this event is perfect for people who are into collectible cards. Lauren said she enjoyed it and found non-card merchandise, but she, too, doesn't see herself returning either.
For those who like trading cards between conventions, Charlie's Collectable Show in Stone Mountain has permanent vendors who buy and sell cards.
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