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FACTS 2013
10 October 2013 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
On Thursday evening, Tim, Hendrik and Dino met up so they could drive to F.A.C.T.S. in Ghent, Belgium, in peace the next morning. At around 16:00 we arrived at a good friend's place, who had offered us a place to sleep for the weekend. Shortly afterwards, Markus and Stefan arrived too.
The next day we all got up fairly early to be at the event grounds right at ten o'clock. But since we weren't there with our booth or a stage program at this event, we first used the morning for a balanced breakfast and so didn't arrive until around 11:30. Despite pre-ordered tickets, we had to join a huge line.
When we finally entered the halls, all frustration was immediately forgotten. Besides a huge variety of costumes from comics, fantasy and sci-fi, there were lots of interesting booths and dioramas to admire. You could also get autographs and photos with all kinds of actors. Dino couldn't wait to get a photo with Manu Bennett, a well-known actor from Spartacus, while the rest of the group slowly checked out the sales and exhibition booths. There was everything a true fan's heart could desire: from rare lightsabers to 1:1 replicas of the Kamino saberdart, there was all kinds of merchandise to marvel at.
We also visited our friends from Project X1 and their Vader’s TIE fighter right at the entrance of the hall. There we spontaneously performed a few choreographies from our current stage show and quickly drew our own crowd of spectators. In the second hall, at the Rebel Legion booth, we also met Erv‘ Plecter from Plecter Labs. Proudly, we were able to show him our wireless system, and in return Erv‘ showed us his replicas of the Alien motion tracker and the light whip, which we eagerly tried out.
Besides lots of interesting conversations and shop talk, we also used the time to take lots of photos in costume in front of 1:1 props built by fans for fans. After two eventful days the event ended, and before we headed home, tired and exhausted, we let the weekend wind down over a cozy dinner.
