2. Be Economical With Your Shopping
If you are hitting the con floor, be careful not to spend all your money right away. I always hit up the 50% off trade paperback places to grab stacks of books for incredibly good prices. My favorite of these is the Torpedo Comics booth, and I’d recommend checking them out as soon as possible. Tell them Hunter sent you, and they will look back at you confused, because they DEFINITELY don’t know who I am.
If you’re interested in exclusive toys, I have a tip for you: ebay is your friend. Yeah, it sucks to buy from toy scalpers, but it sucks more to wait in line all day, only to find out they sold out of the toy you wanted. To me, paying a little extra is worth it, especially if you only want one thing. If you want to buy sketches from artists or get books signed by writers, be respectful and cool about it. Also, they sell swords, if that’s what you really want. I have never bought a deadly weapon at a convention, but you totally can. It is a WONDER that no one’s been impaled with a broadsword during a heated argument. But like I said, people at Comic-Con are 99% super polite and awesome.
