All right guys, time to show you some sad pictures because all good things must come to an end at some point. From the Show Floor closing/taking itself apart to the last "cosplayer" (it's some kind of a robot that a dude operates) picture that I took. People went to work quickly; it's like someone cast a spell to deconstruct.
After several of my coworkers and upper management announced that the Show Floor is now closed, these Lego Exhibitors immediately began deconstructing the Lego Graffiti wall:
Roll off the red carpets folks, the New York Comic Con is over but will be back October 11-13 next year:
Men at work. There was plenty of this going on left and right as soon at the last few attendees left:
Beneath the red carpets and fancy exhibitions all that remains are boxes and a bare concrete floor. This is the real Javits Center when it's not hosting shows, fairs, and conventions:
In this picture, you can see the
Skylanders Giants Mega Blocks statue get taken apart by two exhibitors:
Rolled up carpets look like overgrown taquitos:
The guys in this area were giving out tons of books (e.g. a
Batman novel, a $45
Harry Potter film book,
Archer graphic novels, etc.), bags, and other goodies. I have a pretty hefty bag full of stuff:
You know it's the end when the cherry pickers, ladders, and fork lifts are on the Show Floor:
The
Superman exhibit gets taken apart in this picture. I don't need to say more:
At the Square Enix booth, toys get put away into massive piles of boxes:
All that remains at the Capcom booth is nothing but trash and bare show lights:
A Z-axis shot of the empty Show Floor:
While the Show Floor was deconstructing, this exhibit's online gaming match was still going strong as you can tell by the announcer and the amount of players still going at it. At some point, I imagine it eventually closed down and wrapped up:
In this picture, Reed Pop VP, Lance Fensterman gives one last final thank you speech to the crew members that were in the vicinity. It moved me to tears practically, but I ultimately maintained my composure; I didn't want to alarm anyone by crying or draw attention to myself. Still though from a working perspective, a huge amount of love and labor goes into making this possible:
Droves of custodians push bins and utility carts into the Autographing/Variant Stage area:
The aforementioned last "cosplayer" that I mentioned. The Exhibitor on the left is its owner/operates it. My coworker (the hand/feet on the corner) chats with him:
The last shot I took of the registration desk/the entrance before I headed out with my coworkers:
I'll be back in this thread one last time to a give a few more glimpses into the behind the scenes stuff and post the picture that I promised Tashi I would post. I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did and saw what you wanted to see (or in the case of an artist, sold a decent amount of prints/drawings).
Will go into more specific details in a future post in the Dating-Age thread to give the thread a much needed positive mood. But speaking up and confidence played a large part in it as well as being funny/myself. 
