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Toowoomba Comic Geddon 2025 - Bolt_2112 - Wednesday 18-Jun-2025 Date: June 15th, 2025 Venue: Toowoomba Comic Geddon Time: 9am  – 4:00pm Mission: To raise money for a locale soup kitchen and to represent the 501st at Toowoomba's largest pop-culture event. Trooper Attendance: RBG: CT:33827 Bolt, TI:29566 Oxy, TB:12311 Teiwaz, CT:5092 Glitch, IG:28301 Thumb, TI:20552 MyKill, TI:17305 Kelz Wrangler: BH:22810 Snips GA: Kai Saturday 14th (1pm – 3pm) Bump-in. Bolt and Snips bumped in the Death Star backdrop, Roger and tables. Sunday 15th Details: 0800 – Teiwaz arrived on site first and set up his 501st flags (very much appreciated!). Snips, Bolt and Glitch arrived next and finished set up. Oxy arrives. 0830 – All available troops suited up for opening. It was a cold morning so there was hesitation! 0915 – Crowds were larger than expected, which was excellent. Kelz arrives. Mykill arrives not long after. Snips, Kelz and Kai wrangle. 1100 – Many pictures were taken! Bolt de-kits to swap with Kelz. Other troopers take turns having a break. 1130 – Teiwaz de-kits for a break. Thumb arrives. 1230 – Glitch and Oxy finally de-kit for a break. Kelz, Mykill and Thumb troop the stands. 1300 – Bolt and Teiwaz kit-up again. Crowds were getting slow by this point. 1400 – Thumb rotates through costumes, Mykill roams the floors. Glitch, Oxy and Snips wrangle. Bolt’s helmet fans have died. 1500 – Crowds have all but disappeared by this point. We get a few people wander over to chat. We decide to call it and de-kit. 1600 – Pack up begins. 1700 – Pack up is complete, everyone has done much exercise carrying everything out to Bolt’s vehicle and trailer (yes I will park closer next time sorry). Injuries / Malfunctions: Mykill got a blood blister rubbing duct-tape off the floor. He will live. Public Incidents: Made a few kids cry, total was around 3. Charity funds raised: $275.10 for Tony’s Community Kitchen. Mission Status: Success! Our primary mission was to represent the 501st in a growing local event in the best way possible. We absolutely achieved that! We also did a respectable job raising for Tony’s Kitchen, considering this was the first time the event was ticketed and held in a new location. Well done team! This was also the first time we have used the Death Star backdrop in Toowoomba, I think it was awesome and necessary for this event with the space we were given. Thanks again to everyone that helped pack it up. Special Commendations: - Oxy & Glitch put in serious hours this troop. A gold star for both of you! - Thumb for attending 3 troops in one day?! Insane that you came up for this mate. RE: Toowoomba Comic Geddon 2025 - Glitch - Wednesday 18-Jun-2025 Always a great time in Toowoomba! RE: Toowoomba Comic Geddon 2025 - Teiwaz - Wednesday 18-Jun-2025 Great report and great troop thanks Bolt. RE: Toowoomba Comic Geddon 2025 - Thumb - Thursday 19-Jun-2025 This was a fun troop! Thanks for having me!