I'll go pick them up, I promise everything will be there OKIMLYINGILLSTEALTHEMALLARGH!

Seriously, sounds awesome, Hanukkah Harry saves the day with his sidekick Santa Christ to make our toy-holiday joyus (almost, hoping this still works out. See you dudes in the AM!)

Ooooooooooohhhh!!!!!!! I realllllly do hope soooo! Ah! You got me so very excited!

I'm sure you guys will be able to handle it, but let me know if you guys will need any help

I'm so glad that customs released the packages! Hopefully they'll get to the store before the gallery opening
Yay! Thanks for sharing the wonderful news! Now I'll have my fingers crossed that the packages will arrive before the gallery opening!

i stopped at target on the way home, picked up a thermos for some hard-core
cocoa action, and a box of enteman's munch-ems for the passing around...
depending on the wind and when we get there, we might want to try lining
up around the racine side of the shop, vs on the lincoln side.

(or we could just flaunt our nerdsicle selves!)

can't wait, can't wait!

The Racine side entrance is Rotofugi's back door/office entrance, so I don't know how good that one will be...

I'm thinking about lining up at the main entrance that's right on the corner.

How about everyone else? Where do you guys think that we should line up?

FYI, I don't mind at all where you line up. Racine side *might* be less windy, just point yourself toward the front door so there's a clear "front" of the line and there's no confusion. See you in the morning!

PS. There's already people lined up.

Are you friggin* serious!
That's no good for me or the rest of us that are planning to get there early in the morning...
Gerrrrr..... I wish them well, but at the same time I want to wish that it gets way too cold for them to camp out all night Aaaaarrg!!!!!

Seriously? Wow...I thought I was a nerd...

I swung by to say hi, 2 crazy guys from FL I'm gonna nap and then head over.

Maybe this will help with those sub-zero temperatures.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLMjHy12 ... re=related

could be worse. forecast says 34 degrees and sunny.

I bet Some hardcore flippers

yikes I'm sure by now they are kicking themselves for heading over so early! Ha I'm getting ready to leave right now. coffee and breakfast is needed first. later guys!

good luck to all.

someone please take pics!

almost 8 o'clock now... only 5 people here.
stole a glance in the gallery... looking pretty
damn awesome!

Ticket: AQUIRED. Looks like there's 90% chance everything will show today. Heading back at 6 to reform with the other freaks. What's there aleady looks NUTS!

Thanks to the hard work of our customs broker and my lovely wife Whitney we will have ALL of the exhibit pieces and the exclusives available for tonight's opening! Happy dance. If you're in Chicago and planning to purchase either an exclusive or exhibit piece, be sure to stop by the store for a line ticket before the opening starts!

If you're outside of Chicago, our Preview List members will get first shot at any exhibit pieces left after the opening. We expect to be able to send out the "preview" no later than Monday morning. Sign up here. Show exclusives that are still available after the opening will be offered via our online store, sometime this coming weekend.

An epic event, I can't wait to view more pics from the show.

Thanks everyone who came out!

We'll be photographing every piece in the exhibit starting tomorrow, with the goal of sending out to the Preview List as soon as possible. Most likely it'll be Monday.

Exclusives will go online tomorrow afternoon.

Will the preview be like usual, where we get the email 2 hours in advance and actual ordering starts at a set time after that?

Sounds(and so far looks) like an amazing show, Congrats Kirby and Gargamel crew.

Also congrats to all that scored some amazing customs.

I was and I'm still there in spirit

It was a blast. Well worth being there since 4am. I scored my #1 wants and can't believe it, I was certain my top choiced would have gotten scooped up. 20 or so Miboras, about 4 HP Full Sized Deathras, a slew of Zags and minis and others. Amazing stuff! It was hard not to really lose my shit. I thanks Koji and Kiyoka in person but I can't thank them and Roto enough for bringing a show like this to Chicago. After watching countless SDCC threads and other shows in SF, Portland, Japan and where ever else to get something like this here was a major thrill!

Wow 4am! You certainly earned that score. Rotofugi really is a great venue.

I'm going to be at Disneyland all day tomorrow with my son and will miss the preview. If the pink mini Zag (#19 I believe) is still available can someone please grab it for me? I know it's a long shot but just thought I would ask. Mucho gracias.

The show looked soo awesome! Does anyone know if the s-taiin sold?

Is that the space guy? If so I'm 90% sure it did. I think someone told me they got it but I'm blanking this early.