okay, first off the event was never going to be at Toy Tokyo. Their shop isn't set up for more than 6 people inside it and those of you who've ventured into it know how small it is.
Their gallery space, the Showroom was booked up way before we had planned this so the only other option was Hi-Five and the space outside of the store.
For those of you staying in Jersey, the amount of time it would take from hi-five to / from Jersey is roughly 35 minutes and that's by bus. I went from the Crown Plaza convention center to the Port Authority = 20 minutes. You hop a train down to 8th avenue and then pick up the "L" train to Brooklyn...maybe another 15 minutes. a two minute walk will find you at the store. show up at 7:00, split at 8:30 and you'll be back in Jersey by 9:15.
The event cannot be any earlier since this would impact the other shops that are within the mini-mall that Hi-Five is in. The time is set more by the landlords than by Toy Tokyo / Kubrick World and is standard for all openings and events held within this building.
As for getting around, I moved here from the cornfields of Indiana which has no public transportation to speak of and didn't have any problems getting around. The maps are very clear and you can also use websites like
http://www.hopstop.com to get door-to-door subway / bus directions to your destinations. The biggest thing to remember is that you're either going to be Brooklyn bound (east), Manhattan Bound (west or sometimes you'll see "uptown or downtown, which is north and south manhattan).
If you guys want, we can always plan on meeting up someplace then going over as a group if you feel more comfortable doing that. Hopefully we can get something worked out so that all of us can get together and have a great time!
KW
