Geek heaven: Comic Warehouse

We were recently in the Johannesburg area (check out our Medieval Fayre post), and decided to take the drive to visit the Comic Warehouse before we went home. This place is probably South Africa's largest comic book store, and is basically geek heaven (but if you are broke, it could also be considered geek hell).

We spent a really long time going through every aisle and shelf, oohing and ahing at the merchandise. A visit is recommended if you enjoy geeky things. They have an especially large amount of Harry Potter merchandise, but also a bit of everything else. Here are some photos we wanted to share.

The entrance to greatness

Huge Aquaman statue 

Harry Potter display

Some retro posters and machines

A Punisher arcade game! Marius had to be dragged away.

A character that gets mentioned way too rarely: Throg

Some Star Wars goodies

Annalene admires Boba Fett

Retro vibes

These figurines were stunning (and expensive)

Captured by the Empire

Entrance to the Star Wars section

You don't realize that you need a life-sized Boba Fett in your life, until you see one...

Artoo!

Loot haul: Superman energy drinks, Lord of the Rings Pops, The Godfather boardgame, The Witcher 3 pint glasses, and a PlayStation mug. Not pictured: the amazing cookies we already finished eating.

All you need when drinking from these, is a song by Dandelion.

This is what the mug looks like when heated.

Aragorn and Boromir

Really cool details on these Pops. Check the Horn of Gondor.

Details of mud on the boots and cape.

rAge 2018 Moments

We are still reeling from all the excitement of the rAge 2018 weekend. It's been two years since we last attended the expo, and we went full geek for this one.

There's another blog post detailing our loot haul, but here we just want to share some moments from the Friday and Saturday we spent at rAge.

On Friday, we dressed up, Marius as the hunter from Bloodborne, and Annalene in a steampunk outfit, and we waited in line with some other eager geeks from two hours before the doors opened.

Once inside, all sense of time disappeared as we explored gaming, board games, tech, merchandise, and other interesting stalls.

The Fallout 76 stand was quite a nice break, as they handed out free pins and free toxic waste (refreshing drinks with a suspiciously irradiated yellow colour).

Throughout the day, we also took our fair share of pictures with other cosplayers, acquaintances and fellow geeks.

Epic photo with one of the guys from Steam Armoury.

Selfie time with Samplayze at the Table Realms stand.

Dark Souls and Bloodborne.

After spending hours trooping around the Dome, we eventually decided to take a look at the Castle Lite beer area. This absolutely blew us away. They had a really nice themed area, lots of seats, lots of shade, and comfy armchairs where you could play games while sipping your beer.

Another really cool part of the Castle Lite area was the photobooth. They had gaming-themed props and a green screen, and they created free personalised disc covers for anyone who shared their photo on social media. We had loads of fun here.

 And last but not least, we ended the Friday by watching Poitjie from DBNGamers challenge a Joburg gamer to a dance-off.

Saturday morning, we were at the Dome bright and early again, this time dressed in our most ambitious cosplay outfits to date: Marius as a crusader from Diablo 3, and Annalene as Ciri from the Witcher 3 DLC.

We took some photos with other awesome people again (of which very few were taken with our own cameras, alas).

Ciri and Yennefer from Witcher 3

2B from Nier Automata and Crusader from Diablo 3

We hang out with Cloud (Final Fantasy) and Harry Potter

Of course, we made sure to go by the Castle Lite tent again, to sip some refreshment and visit their photobooth. This time, we had individual disc covers made. You can check them out in our loot haul.

A last stop worth mentioning, was the My Mini Me stand. We had 3D scans taken, which they then mailed to us as GIFs. You can also order actual 3D printed figurines of yourself - very unique!