We didn't have an opening party of BOTC: SB Style, so instead we had a closing party at Meltdown on Sunset. As most locals interested had seen this already, plus holiday weekend and competing events - turn out was limited to the true hardcore - but an excellent time was had by all (including the Turbonegro Bakersfield Chapter, who were on their way to see Van Stone and later some Jugen band...turned out one of them even knows Brian Flynn - name of Goon or something)

Prizes donated by S7 and Span, plus beer courtesy of Meltdown and R2D2 made it a fun night, which began at now famous LASK haunt - AstroBurger and ended in LA County Lockup! We wish! Actually ended at Sandwich joint Roman's. Oh the rock n rollness of it all!

The craziness begins:


Rick n Ronnie dork out, Suicidal style:


More dorking:


Quiet it down RIOT kidz:


And u thought u were Old Skool: Colin, Mitchell and John fly the flag for BOTC:


Let the prize winning commence

Edward, Rick and Pete display amazing raffle wins:


Ronnie dangerously eyes Pete's prize win of an SB shirt, while Scott goes for S7 style annonymity:


Sarah is stunned by a valuable S7 backissue and a SecretBase cup still in original net baggie!!!!!!!!!!


Most excited of all is Edward who scores the nights big prize, an Atmos Pumpkin Brain. See how stoked he is in his S7 shirt?


And as the evening draws to a close people chill:

Romina is like "thank God the toy nerdz are letting me leave soon":


Toy glitterati Joemm and Rachel chill:


And a few final never before seen BOTC pics:







Guess who scored the GID w/silver spray Skullwing a few weeks ago?


Huge thanks to S7 (Brian and Isaac) for some great prizes, Span (Gaston, Karou and Yev) for more great prizes and Meltdown (Francisco and all the guys) for beer and venue

Bye y'all!

That HP is flawless !!

BEST on to date !!!

Looked like fun, wish I was in LA at the time!

I'll second that,by far tha best lookin one I have seen,don't get me wrong there all beautiful but this one is extremely BEAUTIFUL!

Woah, that custom Skullwing is awesome.

Where'd all the hot women come from?

dude, I can't believe Sarah's picture made it onto the board.

Man, that looked like fun! thanks for the pics!

i think that skullwing hp is the best one ive seen, but i am partial to the red white black color scheme.
the pic are great i wish i could have gone

Wow! Looked like a killer time. Nice prizes.

What a great way to cap off such a notable display! I'm really jealous I couldn't have seen this first hand.

Ditto!

good seeing you carl!..collection always looks better in person.

Good times.

Thanks for all your kind comments - we had a RAD time!

Thanks also for the PM's - most notably questions asking how to attract girls to future toy related events. You'll just have to wait for my "How To" Guide, right here....on Muton's Minute...nnnnuurgrhgrhghhhh

I believe Theodore Nugent said it best "When in doubt, I whip it out, say I'm in a rock n' roll band, it's a free for all."

Congrats on scoring the silver Wing!

that ain't nothing compared to Romina! Chicks dig toy geeks, believe that.

I'm bummed I missed out on this but was at least lucky enough to see the whole set up in person! Show looked great Carl!!!

BD - Oh do you know GEO?

Carl - let that Damaged Brain out of the bag - it want's to breath!!!!

Nice display and a fun time was had by all (or so it appears). How much did you have to fork over to get the girls to hang out?

carl, your friend romina looks a lot like a friend of mine that i haven't seen in years.

BD - Oh do you know GEO?

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No sir. The only GEO I know of is Neo-Geo.

Sorry ti was a bad joke made on a newbie who missed all the drama late last year. I am sure someone will enjoy it if it gets read!

No prob. Bad inside jokes make the world go round!

that handpaint shoulda been mine!!!! aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Looks like you guys had a really good time!

I'm glad I had the chance to see the collection!