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Assembly Required 2022 – The Real American Book! Convention Report / Part 3 of 3

In Part 1, Tim arrives in Des Moines, has dinner with Ron Wagner, and explores the convention hall.

In Part 2, Tim enjoys the Friday portion of the convention, chats with friends, and starts learning the G.I. Joe Deck Building Game. A bunch of folks get dinner, and then on Saturday Tim does more chatting, game-learning, and he attends a panel.

SATURDAY CONT’D —– —– —–

We walked a few blocks and trickled into Up-Down Arcade Bar. I like that smart, elegant sign! To enter, we went down to the basement level that was an arcade with a bar, and then from within we could go back up to ground level to the second bar-with-a-few-more-games. Click any photo to enlarge:

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Upcoming posts (July 2017)

Tim Finn GI Joe blog

Back from JoeCon ’17, and thinking about Wally Burr. Will put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, and have two posts up in the next week or two.

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Remembering Herb Trimpe

Remembering Herb Trimpe

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Apologies for lack of posts

Tim Finn, with help from Cobra Commander and Duke, apologizes for his lack of G.I. Joe blog posts

The truth is that having a blog is intimidating.  I want to post every week, twice a week, three times even, but even the simple ones take time.  And once I get out of the habit of posting regularly, it’s easy to stay out of the habit.  But now I’m getting back in the habit, so upcoming you’ll get my “Retaliation” review (saw the film a second time last week, brought a flashlight and took notes), more glacially slow chapters in the saga of my college internship at Sunbow, and art art art.

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Posting Schedule Update

Sorry about not posting recently.  Things have been busy, but I’ll be back on track after Thanksgiving.G.I. Joe Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving by Tim Finn

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