I wish to carry a foam bat with a plastic core as a part of a costume. It is very similar to this one:
http://pitchersportsandgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2155-foam-bat.jpg
The rules say no metal/wood bats, do you think this one would be okay?
Non-staff answer here, but...
This has been asked in the proper thread already:
Quote from: Aelia on May 16, 2013, 06:56:15 PM
Quote from: used mattress on May 08, 2013, 12:51:16 PM
Hello! I have a question. I'm going to be cosplaying as the Batter from off and I read that you couldn't bring metal or wooden bats. That's pretty obvious but I'm also reading around that sometimes not all foam and/or plastic ones get accepted either. So I was curious. Will this work? (http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/09/22/11/02/0009221102983_500X500.jpg) The base is a hard plastic but the rest of it is foam. I plan to paint over it but if it doesn't get accepted, I'll find something else.
[EDIT] Would this one work instead if the other one isn't approved? (http://www.ustoy.com/foam-baseball-bat-2-pcs)
It's hard to say just from pictures, as it's as much about the weight of the thing as anything else, but they *look* like they should be alright.
It wasn't a definitive answer, as all props still need to be checked in person, but it seems to be a tentative "yes" on foam bats, depending on the weight of them. The bats linked appear to be similar to the bat you linked, so I would assume that the same answer still stands.
Thank you!
And sorry, I couldn't find the proper thread for it. Wasn't sure if there was one.
No problem!
For future reference, these kinds of questions go into the cosplay subform, in a sticky thread titled "FanimeCon 2013 Weapons, Props, Peace-bond & Costume Policy (http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,16577.0.html)"