So I was still a bit bummed over the apparent loss of my Clerks DVD last night. Then I started to put up the rest of the stuff I bought and realized how lucky I am and how cool the things I bought are.

I ended up getting the Fanboy and Steve Dave figures to complete my Mallrats set. Fanboy was signed but Walt who played him in the movie so I bought 2. One to open and one to leave sealed to show the signature:



I bought all of the Chasing Amy figures:



I picked up 2 of the Kevin Smith figures. Once again I opened one of them:



I picked up a set of Jay & Silent Bob Cold Cast Statues. They are pretty damn big and heavy:



Last but not least is my statue of Brodie from Mallrats. He is by far the biggest overall and weighs a ton.



The statues are certainly some of the more impressive items in my movie collection but due to their weight I'm afraid to put them on the top of my glass cabinet.

I had my Dogma DVD signed and I asked Kevin for a small favor when it came to my Chasing Amy DVD. I asked him to write "Fuck DVD" on the cover. Why you ask?

When the Laserdisc of Chasing Amy came out DVD was still in its infant stage and was trying to find its place in home video. Kevin figured he would make his stand on the DVD format and proceeded to spout out "Fuck DVD" on the film's commentary track. When the Chasing Amy DVD came out the DVD and LD community wondered if the harsh but amusing comment would be left on the commentary track. It was and a small feature was added to the DVD where Kevin explains his love for the DVD format in a comedic way.

I told him that since my nickname everywhere was MasterofDVD I figured it would be a true honor to have his infamous outburst on my DVD cover. He was happy to do it and I'm proud to have it.

On Kevin's blog he has posted what he thought of what turned out to be the longest singing event he has ever done!

There is a video on YouTube that shows the incredibly long line but as I commented it fails to show the group of us who were lucky enough to be allowed to stand in front of the store for the entire wait.

To save space I've uploaded some of my trip pics to my Flickr page. Due to all the shit I was carrying I have 1 shot of Kevin and it was taken with my wife's camera. I'll have to get them developed soon but here are the other trip pictures.

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The crew I waited with was a very cool bunch. We chatted for the almost 9 hours we stood there together and dealt with all kinds of annoyances and cray shit.

The crazy black hippie chick who freaked the hell out of us and asked to borrow shoes. I will never forget her, her shoe-less feet or her huge Slim Jim nipples that were far too easy to see under her very thin outfit.

The idiots just behind us who certainly a very bad impression on the residents of Red Bank and the other fans. They were loud, crude and obviously highly allergic to water since they ran like pussies when it started to rain.

The constant questions about why we were standing there. It grew tiring thinking up false information to tell them.

The guy in the orange shirt who I thought for sure heard me mouthing off as he walked of. When he turned and started walking back toward us I figured I would never live to see Kevin.

The sign we made on a blanket that had the words "Eat Pussy!" in shoe polish which is what caused the guy in the orange shirt to be a dick to us in the first place. He couldn't read the sign but he was upset we were blocking so much of the sidewalk.

The fight between the UPS and FedEx guys that I caught the end of.

Getting teased for spending an insane amount of cash I blew inside the Stash.