I first stopped by on Friday night to raid the dealer’s room and found a few things. On Sunday I returned to the Dealer’s Room and now are the proud owner of the two Mego recreations that were released in the Night of the Living Dead collection of 4. That included the hero, Ben and the first zombie we see in the classic 1960s movie at the grave yard. Barbara and the child zombie (who I interviewed a year or so ago) will be released by Fearwerx.com shortly. They were among the vendors at the con.

I took a number of photos on Sunday and enjoyed the world premiere of the rough cut of a horror film called "Black Waters of Echo Pond" which starred Robert Patrick (of Terminator II and The X-Files) and I have to say, it was pretty good.

I got to the con on a possible mission for Beryl on Saturday night and watched the film "Sleepaway Camp" from 1982. It was a nice combination of camp, humor and horror. The cast had a mini reunion during the con.

Check out photos here!

Adam West, TV’s Batman from the 1960s was among the guests. The Batmobile from the show was also present during the weekend. Actress Kelly Labrock of "Weird Science" fame was there as were director John Landis and David Naughton of "An American Werewolf In London.” Landis spoke about his time directing Michael Jackson in "Thriller" perhaps one of the most famous music videos of all time. He described Jackson who was 21 at the time, "as a very gifted 9-year-old who lived in his own private world.”

John Astin (Gomez of the Addam’s Family) and Erin "Wilma Deering of Buck Rogers" Gray were also present.

All in all, between that and our time at the Star Trek Exhbit on Saturday where we joined members of the USS Sovereign, USS Matrix, USS Abraham Lincoln and visitors from the USS Justice and USS Malverne it was a busy fun filled weekend!

Adm. Bob Vosseller
VRC Region 7
CO USS Challenger

The USS Challenger is
honored to be selected as the host chapter for the 2011 STARFLEET
International Conference! Congratulations to Jeff Victor, IC 2011 Chair, and all the Challenger and R7 members that are part of the IC 2011 Committee!

For more information, visit the conference
Web site at ic2011.com or join our Facebook group !

We are continuing to have a busy summer with conventions and events coming up.

I enjoyed every bit of the con, catching up and partying with everybody. I know there are some that are still enjoying the day in Maryland having been able to take today off from work. Sadly, I am not one of those people.

Safe journey back, good seeing you all. Posts and reports concerning the SF meeting and other information will be made during the week.

Take care,
Adm. Bob Vosseller
Vice Regional Coordinator
Starfleet-Region 7
CO USS Challenger NCC-1676-D