Dollectable 2008 Discussion Thread - Program Schedule is Up!

guess I didn't get the memo ;-)

 

Brennil, thanks. Just what I need.

 

Photocontest question:
I know the photo isn't supposed to be matted, but is it ok if it has a white border? Or should it go to the edges of the paper (which would require cropping the photo, in my case)?

thanks!

 

Just stepping in here for some ideas for Mine and Lyn's face up class, if you guys could read this and give us some input it would be greatly appreciated

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=207715

 

w00t! I can't say how stoked I am that we get both SDink AND LynR in one place. What a coup. I just dumped a whole lotta input on your thread there. Enjoy.

 

SDink and LynR at the same time?!! How come I did not know of this earlier. Just got my room booked. (My sister is coming for the sightseeing part. Yes, she is abandoning me at the convention site )

Still need to reserve the airline ticket and the registration.

 

I'm pretty new to the hobby myself! (long time admirer, just got my first doll.) I live in Colma but hardly know my way around S.F. So I have a question. How do I get there with public transportation? I'd bart to where, then get on what bus, and so on and so forth... (anyone looking or a traveling buddy? XD)

 

I went to buy the fabric for the constume contest... but they didn't have the fabric anymore... I just saw it there a week ago too... well now i'll just ahve to make the fabric haha >.< I hope the work works out for itself alright! Here's to hoping

 

Wow, I heard of this last year too late to go! But apparently this is the place to get all the cool info about it, yay DoA! This year, I really hope to make it!

If I can swing it, I shall be traveling down from Oregon. (Given that, it would be great to be able to split some cost as far as rooming goes. Anybody still got spots to fill in a room, to make their budget look a little nicer? Feel free to PM or AIM me. I am a non-smoking asexual, I don't get drunk, and I know the value of personal hygiene, thus I make for a nice, quiet roomie! My children are well-behaved too, I promise. Well, except for possibly Xelloss. *gives him a look*)

 

Question about the costume contest: are we allowed a prop like a chair or table to pose the dolls with? I don't mean a set, just one piece of furniture.

 

O rly?



Thanks for the reply.

 

Sorry to for the bother, but I forgot my information while registering and I sent an email with the receipt attached with my information...

Did it get received? I'm not sure who to email because I didn't get a reply.

 

Alrighty, thanks very much!

 

Well I'm glad I reserved early! I'm staying Sunday night, too.

 

Oh Kelly, you temptress...

I cannot tell a lie: she's right about those door prizes so far. Hoo hoo! Your heart, it would go pitter-pat to see the prize list so far. OK, OK, I'll stop rubbing it in. My lips 'r' sealed.
So come grab your room early and save a couple bucks, and double your chances for rafflebound joy.


(And while you're seducing your cost-conscious friends to share the hotel room with you, also seduce them to sign up to volunteer-- you can get half or all of your money refunded in exchange for a few hours of service. Click the little links in my big sig, or go here for details!)

 

So, I reserved a room today, just so I can make sure to be on the safe side that I'll have a room at the con, cause I'm 90% sure to come now, I just have to clear the long weekend with work (travel times, argh). However, when I made the reservation, it did not tell me what the rate was going to end up being for the other days that were not the weekend days. Do you awesome staffers happen to know what the rate is going to be for those other days? (I'd sure like to make sure I know how much to budget for the con or make sure my CC has enough space on it come that time!)

Thanks!

 

Okay, that helps though, cause I did my reservation at... I think right about the same time you were posting about the change, actually, and the price going up. So if that's about what it's going to be, then I'll plan in that ballpark. Thanks! I hopefully will get meself together even further in advance for the following year.

 

We're going to be making a donation to Dollectable this year...

I'm really sorry we can't make it this time, due to our move this week!

we are working on a very special, one of a kind doll just for Dollectable.

Hoping you have a wonderful show everyone! Thanks for all the calls from people I met there last year-- gonna miss you!
Catrina
(born in SF)

 

Boooo! ;;;; Aw, Catrina, I was hoping you'd be able to come and meet that fabulous tan Mano you helped bring into my life. Oh, and meet all the OTHER local dollies you've helped to bring home into this country. *hee* Perhaps next year, then.

In the meantime, we're looking deliciously forward to seeing that special exclusive doll! *w00t*

PS. @eerielunarose, $179 for downtown metro San Francisco is actually quite normal. Sad, but this is one $pendy city! And it will only increase as the tourist-season ramps up... it's still April, but we've already got a bumper-crop of tourists in town, and the hotels are filling up & getting costly. By July, they should be fairly beastly. So: we're not kidding around when we keep browbeating you into preregistering to get the hotel discount! It's really for your own good. Because we care about how many leftover pennies you have to spend in the dealers' room. ^^ We want to see smiles, smiles, smiles.

 

My airfare is paid, my convention ticket is bought, I get my passport in a few days...I am rollin', I'm so excited for this convention. Time to work on a steampunk outfit and a video!!

 

Steampunk costume contest? @w@! I LOVE Steampunk! Now that realllly makes me want to go.. I think I'll sign up after I come back from Fanime. XD

Gah... I want to make my Amalia a Steampunker.. She'd look so cute in it.

 

Darn >.< Well, here's to hoping next year's Dollectable will be just a tiny bit later in the summer. I had really been looking forward to going, but darn surprise birthday Fanime tickets got in the way. Oh well. Really hope there will be lots of pretty pics of all the events for me to fawn over

 

I'll be going with my mom! Woohoo! She's always wanted to visit San Fransisco..

She forgot her badge information too, so I sent it over PM as well.

 

Just wanted to let everyone know that I made my hotel reservations yesterday, and I still got the $149 rate! Perhaps someone cancelled... ? Anyway, I was so happy! I got the rate for Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, and Sunday! Yay!

 

WOAH! I should make the reservation pronto!!

 

Who did you talk to/how did you reserve? I tried to get an extra night( sunday) and they wouldn't give me the rate.

 

What sort of room did you reserve, and how did you do it, by phone or Web? Thanks!

 

Hey there! I was reading through the thread and it was mentioned that the Friday cocktail party was/is limited to a certain number of people. It was also mentioned that there would be an attempt to get a larger room and I was wondering what the status is on that?

I was hoping to attend the cocktail party, but I only was able to register within this week and only just found out about the party limitation through this thread as the website didn't mention that space for the party was limited.

 

Brennil and Nytshaed,

I did it through the website that links from the BJDcon Vendors' page. The first time it would only let me reserve Wed. thru Sat, so I completed that reservation, then did a separate one for Sunday night. Got the same rate... and I left a note in the comments section that I'd like to keep the same room.

 

I just tried it again, and I still can't get a double/double (Two beds) for less than $179.00.

Kelly???? What's up with that? Didn't the block include double doubles?

 

Double doubles always sell out the fastest. So it's probably that there isn't anymore left on a specific night.

This is mostly my fault because I convinced Kelly to not take on as many rooms this year. Last year, I only contracted about 120 room nights and we barely hit what we needed to keep us from paying for the entire block of unsold rooms. You see, hotels have you contract a certain amount of rooms and if you don't sell something like 80% of them, then the convention is responsible for paying for all of the remaining rooms, including the 20%. We don't get a special rate either. So imagine paying for something like 40-60 rooms at $120 each! That's $8K for nothing!

Since the convention is in it's infancy, we just don't have the money or the guests to contract much more than what we did. In order for us to get more rooms, we would have to contract another 100+ room nights and pay for the ones that didn't sell. This could potentially be a nightmare if we were only able to sell another 20 rooms. That would be nearly $11K that we just don't have in our budget.

This convention is truly run by fans for fans because we don't have some sort of cash flow coming from another venue or something. Any money that doesn't get raised in registration and vendor table sales comes out of our own pockets. I'm still in debt from last year's convention when I had to beg family members and sell my own dolls in order to get the convention off the ground. Any money from this year's convention (if there is any) will go back into the kitty for the next year.

So while I realize that this is a problem, please recognize that we are doing the best that we can with limited means. Hopefully one day we'll have the attendance to be able to contract several more rooms than we need, but right now we have to play it safe.

Plus, keep in mind that it's extremely difficult to predict how many rooms we'll need. All we can do is learn from the previous year and then move forward.

 

Thanks so much for the information! Could you please let us know once things are more set into stone?

 

I'm having issues with the website today.

-Anneke

 

I emailed Programming and it bounced back to me as:

[email protected]
Unrouteable address

I wanted to reserve a spot at the flea market please.

 

I just received a notice that I had a month to renew the domains, but they decided that the month was up today. I've renewed them and it'll hopefully be back running in a few hours. My apologies.

 

Will costume contest rules be posted on the Dollectable website soon? I'd like to know them before I start on this project. I have read this thread and found that competitors can use multiple dolls and have an 18" square to work with, I need to know if dolls HAVE to be on stands and if any other rules apply. It would be frustrating for anyone to be disqualified because of not having clear guidelines for the costume contest. Thanks so much

 

I too have some questions about the costume contest:
Are single dolls judged the same as displays of multiple dolls (within 18 inches square)?
Are doll of different sizes judged in the same division (60cm vs 43cm or even smaller)? Are ther Divisions?
When and where do entries get checked in?
When the contest is over, how will you ensure that people pick up only their own dolls?
Is there an entry fee?
Is there a limit of entries per person?
If the contest is at your own risk, will there be ropes to keep folks out of reach of the display?
Who will judge the contest and what are their qualifications?
how will voting be scored?
Will purchased outfits compete against origianl designs?
Are there awards, if so what will the awards be (ribbons, donated prizes)?
When will the costume contest take place and where will the diplay be located?
Is the area able to be secured if the display remains up for viewing over multiple days?
Will someone be watching the exhibit to make sure nothing walks away?

I have a couple more questions but hold off and let you get through these.
Thanks Bunches!

 

I see in the photo contest there is "awarding a Judges' Choice, but we will also be opening up voting to the attendees for People's Choice awards.

Don't you think that may be a good idea here in case attendees can't tell purchased outfits from originals? Several of us sell outfits few people have seen and it wouldn't surprise me to see some of these entered in competions around the dollfie world. I see things at meets that are wonderful but wouldn't know the person didn't make it themselves if they didn't tell me. I would feel better if there were at least one group for orginal work and a second for purchased outfits so folks would know what they are viewing.

 

Here's what the group in Austin has put together as Divisons. I think it's a great example of comparing apples to apples. It doesn't make size differnces but you do know what part of the work the enterent worked so hard on. It also can give you an idea of the number of folks that plan to enter so there are enough tables ready.
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Category 1

Outfit designed & made by you


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Category 2

Outfit used someone elses pattern, but made by you

Outfit designed by you but made by someone else


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Category 3

Outfit both designed & made by someone else, but put together by you


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Category 4

Vignettes or dioramas: more than one doll, includes props


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If you use someone elses patterns or clothes full credit must be given to the maker/designer please.

Of course "commercial" shoes, wigs etc are OK in every category.

All entries must be on stands, or securely supported by any props you are using.

You may enter as many dolls as you like.

Entries will be accepted on Friday, no advance notice is necessary, but if you are sure you will be entering I would appreciate you letting me know so I have a rough idea of how much space we will need to show everyone to their best advantage.

There will be a small fee of $1 per entry, payable at the time
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just a thought......

 

Yes, I believe that all dolls are judged at the same level. If an outfit is beautiful, it'll be clearly recognized by no matter what the size of doll or how many dolls are on display.

On Saturday morning there will be 1.5 hours (7am-8:30am) where you can register your doll and set them up in the display hall. You will receive a slip with your entry number and that will be your ticket to retrieve your doll. We will also have you paperwork (that you'll fill-out when you drop-off your entry) that we can check against a photo ID. At the end of the day (hours will be posted later) you'll be able to pick-up your entry. Please enter at your own risk though. We will have security in there to make sure no one touches the dolls, but we are not responsible for dolls that are lost or broken.

No, it's free to all registered attendees.

Kelly will have to answer this question. I think it's one entry per person.

There won't be ropes, but there will be someone watching the displays to make sure no one disrupts anything.

Judges will be announced at a later date. The other prizes for this category are judged by the other attendees.

Each attendee will receive a voting card in their goody bag and will be able to vote for their favorite costume. Whoever receives the most amount of votes will win first place. Whoever has the second highest will win second, and so on.

Yes. In my experience with costume contests like these is that attendees aren't ever fooled by store purchased items as most everyone in attendance knows almost all there is about dolls and people judge accordingly.

We already have some wonderful donations that are going towards this contest.

We want the competition to be fun and simple. There isn't a certain "judging" period where we can describe the rules to everyone, so for simplicities sake, we chose to go this route. It's the same sort of thing that Volks does with their costumes contests, and it seems the most fair route to take.

 

Thanks for all the answers, this helps alot. It sound like you've covered the important stuff already and it just wasn't posted anywhere.

Quote:
Originally Posted by chinamoon
Will purchased outfits compete against origianl designs?

Yes. In my experience with costume contests like these is that attendees aren't ever fooled by store purchased items as most everyone in attendance knows almost all there is about dolls and people judge accordingly.

I was thinking more about artist made one-of-kind outfits that people purchase and then fail to give credit. Since they are handmade and not store bought, if someone doesn't say something most people wouldn't know.

I was hoping there would be 2 enteries per person since I can't seem to choose which idea to go with, lol. I hate to choose between my kids too.

Thanks for all the details!

 

Thanks Chinamoon and Kellyhime for posting questions and answers. I still would like to know if these rules could be posted officially on the Dollectable website. It would help all competitors to know where to look, especially since some don't use DoA or visit very often. Thanks so much for your help

 

I'm sorry to bring up the question again, but I know of some fellow doll owners that aren't on this board who are thinking of making it to the con and who are asking about the Friday night cocktail event. Wow, that was a mouthful.

I definitely understand what was said earlier and I relayed the information to them already, but I was wondering if this information could be posted to the website as well as this information could potentially alter plans for people who are coming in from out of town and are trying to figure out when to arrive?

Edit: ... And like someone else said, 'for people who don't have access to DoA or who don't know where to look for additional information.'

 

Thanks so much and that's all right! I'm sure you guys have all been really busy what with the con looming up just ahead.

I'll definitely make sure and point (other) people in that direction should I be asked again or point them to DoA if they are DoA members.

The website is great, by the way! Looks clean and beautiful with an elegant feel to it and the navigation is definitely visitor-friendly!

 

I wanted to let everyone know that our deadline for purchasing vendor booths is May 25th. If you were thinking of selling at Dollectable, you need to purchase your space now. We have a few spaces open and a few Artist Alley spots still available. So please check-out the website at: http://www.bjdcon.com/vendors.html

Also, our vendor hall is almost full, so those of you haven't been saving up yet, might want to start saving right away! I'm scared that I'm not going to have enough money!



Current List of Vendors:

• Apple Avenue
• Bishounen House
• Brighnasa Arts
• Contemporary Artist Dolls
• Dollga
• Dollheart
• Dolls and Friends
• DollStories
• Dyrewulfe's Delights
• Gravity Doll
• Her Delicate Strength
• Heavenly Threads
• JPOP Dolls
• Junky Spot
• Leeke World
• Rakurakutei
• OrangeBabyDolly
• Oriental Boutique
• Peakswoods
• Plastica Obscura
• Sew Different
• Studio KNH
• Vitta Vera
• Worlds of Angels

Current List of Artists:

• AA1:
• AA2:
• AA3:Baka Deshi Studios
• AA4:
• AA5: Portmanteau Fashions
• AA6: Reikaiten
• AA7:
• AA8: A Green Cat Productions