The Armageddon Expo is a once a year event, well actually a 4 times a year event, with one event in 4 cities. The Armageddon Expo draws in gamers,cosplayers and many more under one roof for a weekend of madness.
I visited the Armageddon expo on the Saturday of New Zealand's Labour Weekend (25-27 of October). The Armageddon Expo takes place in 4 cities; the Auckland event is a three-day event in the Aotea centre. Spread over five levels, it is the biggest gaming-related event in New Zealand, with many more goodies thrown into the melting pot of fun. With three smaller New Zealand based events in Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington as well as an Australian event in Melbourne, Armageddon Expo has expanded into gaming, animation and consumer electronics. This Expo is generally regarded as a pop culture expo with events ranging from live wrestling down to game companies such as EA and Sony setting up rather large booths to showcase their latest games. This part of the world only just got Rock Band and the line to test it was huge.
Cosplay is a rather large part of Armageddon and many attendees showed up as a Master Chief clone in candy-red armor or as Tifa Lockheart. Anime is also present with animation companies, fans and third party sellers all showing up to partake in this 'clique' of pop culture. Events ranged from "win an anime box set" to a Kamehameha contest.
Collectibles are apparently a big business and every seller and his overly endowed assistant (trust me there were a few) had set up shop on the upper level. Collectibles ranged from Pokemon booster packs for $5, up to $1500 first edition comics. The major film special effects company Weta Workshop on the lower floor along with a gothic display. The upper level was dominated by comics and models. If I had more money I would surely have had to buy a wheel-barrow to carry it all home.
Armageddon could accurately be described as a geek fest. There was everything from medieval role-playing down to Pokémon card battles. If you are in either of the following areas during the next show you owe it to yourself to check it out. At least go for the games and stay for the blonde chicks in silver jumpsuits.
Here's where you can catch Armageddon next spring:
Dunedin- Anime Day! March 21st 2009
Christchurch- March 28th/29th 2009
Wellington- April 4th/5th 2009
Click here for the New Zealand Events, or here to watch video from the Auckland Expo.
Cameron Walter has only just realized that these events are next year. He has been punished with a Rock Band controller.
Dam if only i still lived in Chirstchurch / Central new brighton! Now im stuck in godam england where i have excellent friends and the weather is very at the moment, curses!
Tattaglia: A pity it moved out of Auckland. I remember they had a SingStar competition one year... bad times for all, methinks.
Where are you now? They have them in Wellington.. and the south...
I live in Auckland, and Wellington is too far away, and I'm afraid of those damned Taupo-ians. They'll steal my Pie-and-L&P money, they will!
dont foget you have ot go through boring palmerston north to get ot wellington too! well, its not actually that boring here, but it might as well be
You realise nothing is as bad as Hamilton. Seriously, the Gaza Strip is a better place to live than Hamilton.
you havent spent any amount of time in palmerston north have you? at least there is a casino in hamilton. not so here. the only time there is really anything to do is during stockcar season in summer, so its a good thing im a big stockcar fan (go the panthers!)
Touring New Zealand's Armageddon Expo
The Armageddon Expo is a once a year event, well actually a 4 times a year event, with one event in 4 cities. The Armageddon Expo draws in gamers,cosplayers and many more under one roof for a weekend of madness.
I visited the Armageddon expo on the Saturday of New Zealand's Labour Weekend (25-27 of October). The Armageddon Expo takes place in 4 cities; the Auckland event is a three-day event in the Aotea centre. Spread over five levels, it is the biggest gaming-related event in New Zealand, with many more goodies thrown into the melting pot of fun. With three smaller New Zealand based events in Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington as well as an Australian event in Melbourne, Armageddon Expo has expanded into gaming, animation and consumer electronics. This Expo is generally regarded as a pop culture expo with events ranging from live wrestling down to game companies such as EA and Sony setting up rather large booths to showcase their latest games. This part of the world only just got Rock Band and the line to test it was huge.
Cosplay is a rather large part of Armageddon and many attendees showed up as a Master Chief clone in candy-red armor or as Tifa Lockheart. Anime is also present with animation companies, fans and third party sellers all showing up to partake in this 'clique' of pop culture. Events ranged from "win an anime box set" to a Kamehameha contest.
Collectibles are apparently a big business and every seller and his overly endowed assistant (trust me there were a few) had set up shop on the upper level. Collectibles ranged from Pokemon booster packs for $5, up to $1500 first edition comics. The major film special effects company Weta Workshop on the lower floor along with a gothic display. The upper level was dominated by comics and models. If I had more money I would surely have had to buy a wheel-barrow to carry it all home.
Armageddon could accurately be described as a geek fest. There was everything from medieval role-playing down to Pokémon card battles. If you are in either of the following areas during the next show you owe it to yourself to check it out. At least go for the games and stay for the blonde chicks in silver jumpsuits.
Here's where you can catch Armageddon next spring:
Click here for the New Zealand Events, or here to watch video from the Auckland Expo.
Cameron Walter has only just realized that these events are next year. He has been punished with a Rock Band controller.
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