Looking for something specific...

[Marclar4242]

So this is my first Fanime, and I'm REALLY looking forward to expanding my anime horizons outside of stuff reccomended by friends and stuff I watch on Adult Swim... but that's enough about me...

I am looking for one of those Real Action Heroes dolls, specifically Misa Amane or L Lawliet(with a bit of a preference for Misa  :-X), from Death Note. Would anyone happen to have an idea of where to start looking? Or is it a sort of wait and see approach?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!  :D

[The-O]

Ah, the 1/6 figures by Hot Toys? I would think Cards and Comic might have them. Some other dealers might also carry them.

[SuperKawaiiNeko]

The Swap Meet is thursday and friday nights, and the Dealer's Hall is friday through monday. Exact times should be on the website, but I believe the Dealer's Hall closes at six every day except monday, and the Swap Meet closes at midnight on friday, and earlier on thursday. However, *cues the audience* I AM NOT ON STAFF!! Please don't quote me here. Details are on the website and should be in your con packet you pick up with your badge (possibly in the guide book).

The Swap Meet is pretty much a hodgepodge of whatever people feel like bringing, and there isn't any sort of formatting to what items go where; seats are dished out on a (more or less) first come first served basis. Take a look, shop around, see what you can see. If you get in early I also reccomend coming back later as some sellers leave and new ones come in, and the merchandise rotates.

As for the Dealer's Hall, that's a little trickier. I don't really know what you're talking about, where they're from, or how common/popular they are, so I can't be too specific.

Import figures (and plushies) tend to be in the aisle along the far right wall (as you enter the ballroom, I believe this is east) generally towards the center and back (north side) of the aisle. The far right corner is a good place to start.

For domestic productions, try along the center aisles. You don't see a lot of domestic figures in the Dealer's Hall at fanime in my experience, but it's not something I generally keep an eye out for.

If it's more of a specialty product, I would reccomend the far left side. This is where I consider to be the "specialty goods" area, and where to go if you're looking for stuff like hentai, yaoi, jrock, and gothic lolita stuff (I also call it the "fangirl area" XD) Since it's Death Note, you might find what you're looking for here if you really just cant find it anywhere else; again I reccomend starting from the back and working forward.

Hope this helped some, but remember! The setup shifts from year to year, sometimes very dramatically. It might be NOTHING like how I've said, but this is how I remember it from the last few years.