S.U.M. Thoughts

For the past three years, SUM Booth has worked with Konami to bring fans customized versions of their products. In the past, this meant Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, the top selling trading card game of all time, according to the folks at the Guiness Book of World Records. However this year, some of the other licenses jumped on board and we offered a wide array of photo giveaways — from the standard YGO cards to 4x6 photos with their favorite video game characters (among them Metal Gear’s Snake, Frogger, Burgertime, etc) to a new line of skateboard themed trading cards.

One of the coolest aspects of ComicCon are all the familiar faces that make a point to stop by every year — and as odd as it seems — we recognize almost all of them. Some of them have photos we took of them in years past in their wallets, some have them in protective display cases (see photo above) and some even showcase their growing collection in multi-page booklets (see video below). There are even groups that specifically wear green, taking advantage of our green screen, and pull off highly orchestrated, pre-planned poses.

Every year, more and more photo stations and green screens pop-up at ComicCon, but we’d like to think that we continue to offer the most unique and most memorable keepsake in the convention center. But don’t take our word for it, ask the Konami fan who has stood in line for over 70 of them over the years!