The Antwerp Convention will take place may 6th 2012 at Antwerp-expo (Belgium).
Gaming Boulevard will be there to check it all out. Take a look inside to discover why this convention is worth your time.
For those who participated in the convention last year, it will come as no surprise that we are relaunching a second edition. Last years edition was a success. Antwerp had it’s first big convention of fans and creators of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. This included, literature, movies, computer games, board games, costumes toys, statues, posters and other media.
We will build an arena in which the remote controlled Dutch Robots will battle and demonstrate their mind blowing engineering ingenuity, as featured on TV a few years ago. http://www.dutchrobotgames.nl/– Old School Gaming Room:
A collection of many various vintage and classic arcade games, consoles and Pin Ball machines will be on hand for you.
Come and re-live some of your gaming nostalgia! These games will be brought to you by Carl Jacobs http://www.privategameroom.be/Pinball.html & Pushstart http://pushstart.be/.
– Anime & Manga Love!
This year we will tried to please the anime and manga lovers among us, with stands like Nnipponzasshi http://www.nipponzasshi.be/ and DDR Belgium http://www.ddrbelgium.be/ , who will bring you some new fun games in which participants battle each other.
Furthermore. There will be a lot of other fun stuff to do at the 2# Antwerp Sci-Fi Convention. Such as- Competitions, The R2D2 builders club, Face painting and make-up sessions. Live music and performances. Art on exhibit. Q&A with our guests live on stage and a Club pavilion, including Belgian Clubs (Teekay-421, Rebel Legion Benelux & Elanor), The Netherlands (Flying Dutch) and France (59emelegion)- Tattoo Stand
We welcome several tattoo artists from Antwerp based tattoo shop ‘Wild Cat’ who will host their own stall. They will host a live demonstration of body art on stage.
– Special guests
Last year we flew over Ruggero Deodato, Fred Williamson, William B. Davis and Uwe Boll. This year, we are proud to announce the first two special guests who will be attending the convention:
Carl Struycken;
Carl Struycken (born July 30, 1948) is best known for playing Mr. Homn on the television series Star Trek: The Next in the films The Addams Family and Addams Family Values. He is an exceptionally tall man at 2.13 meters (7 feet) and thus is often called upon to play character or comedic roles in which height plays a major part.
Caroline Munro
007 fans will have the chance to meet Bond girl Caroline Munro. Munro played in one of Roger Moore’s most popular James Bond entries on the big screen. She played the ill-fated helicopter pilot Naomi in the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, who seductively winks at Bond while trying to gun him down from her helicopter.
http://www.omg-entertainment.nl/SENTINEL cardgames, videogames and statues (B)
In our ‘dealer room’ we have a range of collectors presenting clothing,toys, movie-props, books, comics, music, posters, games,vintage stuff and dvd’s .
We are proud to present our first subscribed dealers who will behaving their stand at the convention
MEKANIK STRIP comics (B) http://www.ximeralabs.com/mekanik/ GADGETvintage toys (B) http://www.gadget-gent.be//STRIPKEVER comics(B)http://www.stripkever.be/GALAXYSHOP toys & statues (NL)http://www.galaxyshop.eu/ GUIDO GEENS vintage VHS tapes (B) ANNYVERACHTERT vintage computergames (B) MINDTHATBIRD CROCHET amigurimi(B) THOMAS VAN DEN EEDE action figures (B) REMKO HOPMAN statues (NL)RASTERMANIA retro gaming equipment & Arcade games(B)http://www.rastermania.be/ HARD TO GET DVD’s (GER) A-Z BOEKEN SF& fantasy books (NL) COMIQUEST comics, toys & collectables (NL)http://comiquest.nl/ FUN T-SHIRTS (NL)http://www.funshirts.nl/WHOOPS VOF, manga & figures (NL) THE SKULL S.A. books & movie posters(B) http://www.skullbd.com/ MARCEL VERLINDEN movieposters (B)http://CHEAP-COMICS.COM/ comics en related paperbacks (NL) ABRACADINA jewellery & fairy accessories (F)http://abracadina.canalblog.com/WERNER MOVIEPOSTERS movieposters (B)http://www.wernermovieposters.com/ COMICTOYS toys(NL)http://www.comictoys.nl/ OLD SCHOOL TOYS Starwars toys (NL)http://www.old-school-toys.nl http://www.old-school-toys.nl/ RONNY PEDE movieposters and books (B) http://www.omg-entertainment.nl/ OMG ENTERTAINMENT dvd’s (NL)
Not to be found at the Antwerp Expo halls but located elsewhere.During the weekend of the convention there will also be some collateral events in other locations.
