Have You Met My Friend Claudine is this summer's romantic comedy smash hit. Tom and I wanted to lighten up a friend's situation. We went into Artist Alley to look at what was there. I found more things I wanted at Artist Alley than in the Dealers Room. A few artists were selling doll clothes and Gothic and Lolita separates. Claudine was looking for someone to do a face up for her MSD Sakura. Tom was debating whether or not he should be reunited with his childhood memories as he saw a 1st Generation Megatron Transformer that transformed into a P-38 pistol.

--MI-6 Intelligence File: The Boy With The Realistic Toy Firearm--
(By K_Valentine)

No one forgets his first toy. For Tom, it was when his father brought home a special toy intended just for Tom. It had excellent curves with high-quality design and construction. It was a toy .44 Magnum that fired miniature pellets. As a bonus, this .44 Magnum could transform into a toy robot. As with most childhood toys, this .44 Magnum would eventually be lost due to unforeseen circumstances as the child grew older.

Over 20 years later and the likes of "Sledge Hammer!" and "Transformers," Tom attempted to reunite with his .44 Magnum. Through the use of Google and eBay, Tom found his childhood and his toy, but at a heavy price: a $400 starting bid to be precise. Tom would be better off buying a real .44 Magnum at that price.

Defeated, Tom decided to locate a close proxy to the childhood toy. He liked "Transformers," especially Megatron. Megatron was his favorite character because he transformed into a gun. Tom set his sights on Megatron, but the only readily available Megatron toys were either lame vehicles, lame animals or very unrealistic guns. Federal laws now make realistic toy guns harder to come by.

With Tom's interests in Fanime and other sci-fi cons, it may soon be possible for Tom to locate a realistic transforming gun and recover his childhood.

--End of MI-6 File--

After going around Artist Alley, Tom and I decided to play a game called Have you Met Our Friend Claudine? We went around to our various male (and female) friends and introducing her to them. Think of it as speed dating on crack. It helped distinguish between the allies and the BLTs. Candidates included EBK, Pikmin Link and Neo Dave.

We ran into our friend, Franco. He offered to take us out to lunch at Johnny Rocket's. We ran into Pikminllink who was at the table right next to us. Franco ordered what we nicknamed the "Demon Burger." The burger had two bacon pieces which made the burger look like it had horns. We saw a cop outside the restaurant and thought it was Bart Boy for a second. Claudine, Franco, Tom and I wondered how we could confuse Bart Boy for a heavyset Caucasian person. Maybe after Bart Boy joined the police force and had one too many doughnuts during stakeouts.

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