Oz Comic Con

Oz Comic-Con Ticket Giveaway

May 30, 2016 By ausretrogamer

As we get closer to the start of Oz Comic-Con Melbourne (June 11 and 12), we are getting quite excited at all the fun we are going to have! If you missed out on getting tickets to Oz Comic-Con, then you are in luck!

Together with the good folks at Oz Comic-Con, we are giving away a family pass to either the Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane events – it will be the winner’s choice!

ENTRY CONDITIONS
For your chance to win the family pass to Oz Comic-Con, make sure you like our Facebook page and like and share the post about the competition. It is that easy! Make sure you hurry, the competition closes at midday on June 5.

CLAIMING TICKETS
At the conclusion of the competition, the winner’s details will be provided to Oz Comic-Con. The winner will then be issued a promotion code to claim their tickets online. If the winner wants to attend the Melbourne show the code will be provided at the end of this competition. If the winner wants to attend Sydney or Brisbane the code will be sent in June once tickets are on sale for those cities.

image source: Oz Comic-Con

Little Lands: Gardens For Geeks

July 9, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

At Oz Comic-Con we came across Rachael and her Melbourne-based terrarium concept store Little Lands. Little Lands makes adorable miniature gardens in jars (or encapsulated eco-systems) – no two alike. The terrariums on display came in all shapes and sizes and featured every pop culture character you could imagine – The Ice King, Stormtroopers, Daleks, the TARDIS, Avengers, Pikachu, Donkey Kong, Link, and (of course) Mario!

Best of all, we learned terrariums thrive on neglect and minimal care is required. That sounds perfect to us.

Visit Little Lands on Website, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, or stop by the conservatory store at 45 Main Road, Monbulk in The Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia (Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sundays 11am to 4pm, Public Holidays 11am to 4pm).

The conservatory store
(conservatory store images from the Little Lands Lookbook)

The gorgeous geeky little lands on display at Oz Comic-Com

Rachael and the Little Lands team working hard at Oz Comic-Con

… And we brought home our own Super Mario Little Land!

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Conquering Oz Comic-Con Melbourne 2015

June 30, 2015 By ausretrogamer

Oz Comic-Con Melbourne 2015 has been conquered – and wow, what a weekend it was! The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre was brimming with artists, cool exhibitors (including Beta Bar, Gametraders Highpoint, Little Lands, Classic Comics, Hammerspace Games, and The 501st Legion), awesome cosplay, a full program of speakers / panels / workshops (across 5 stages!) and, of course, photos and autographs with the plethora of TV and film megastars (e.g. Bruce Campbell, David Wenham, Jewel Staite, Jason Momoa, Amber Benson, David Hewlett).

Look out for the next Oz Comic-Cons in Brisbane (19-20 September 2015) and Sydney (26-27 September 2015), but in the meantime let’s re-live Melbourne’s pop-culture extravaganza in fifty photos – we hope you feel like you’re there!

The crowd gathers for Oz Comic-Con Melbourne 2015!

Got our media passes – let’s go!

Ms ausretrogamer & ausretrogamer excited to be in attendance!

Make it so Number 1

Eat your heart out, Khaleesi

Rocket! Yeah!

The merchandise was too enticing!

Jon Snow comes back to life

Comics galore at the Classic Comics stand

Shut up and take my photo!

Cosplay from all over the universe

Button mashing time!

Foxy!

Let’s get the credit card ready!

For your next cosplay event

The Gaming Zone was abuzz!

Even The Joker found time to play some games

A proud Whovian in a beautiful self-made TARDIS dress!
Join the Doctor Who Club of Victoria

Gaming merch!

The Great Wall Of Pop!

Cels for sale!

Hulk smash pins!

Arcade and pinball represent, baby!

Look Bones, it’s Batman!

I’m a Mawg. Half-man, half-dog. I’m my own best friend.
(Note: The ears moved on this awesome costume!)

Warcraft heroes taking it easy

Hey Jabba, how much do you want for that carbonite Han Solo?

Say Death Star!

Star Wars Legion: 501st Terror Australis Garrison

Rebel Pilot and Co-Pilot in training

Refuel with one of these retro energy drinks!

Let’s see how big this phone box is……

The silence is deafening at this disco!

If it bleeds, we can kill it!

Great Wall Of Mugs!

Old-school style!

We’ll take them all, thank you.

Grab this hero for hire

Hi Mr Campbell, can I have your autograph?

Release your inner lead foot

The Brits have invaded!

A LEGO Marvel Comics extravaganza!

Don’t mess with me

Na na na na na na na na Brickman!

To the Batmobile!

Lego Super Mario under Lego Abbey Road

Donkey Kong terrarium by Little Lands

Super Mario Sisters!

Get your retro on! – Quarries Of Scred by Noble Kale (Hammerspace Games)

Till next time……..

It’s On Like Oz Comic-Con

June 25, 2015 By ausretrogamer

As the excitement builds for this weekend’s Oz Comic-Con at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, the ausretrogamer crew are giddy with anticipation of the geeky awesomeness to come! Being our first Oz Comic-Con, we can’t wait to immerse ourselves in all things pop-culture – from TV and film guests, to great cosplay and cars from movies, it’s going to be huge.