That time a guy at the con told me my Goku tattoo was 'wrong' because the hair shade was off by 2%

He pulled out a color wheel from his bag at the panel line and literally pointed at the difference, saying 'see, it's more Super Saiyan 2 than 3.' I just stood there wondering how many years he'd been waiting to use that thing.

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nina_hall484d ago

Used to be one of those people who'd scoff at con story posts like this, thinking people were just being dramatic. But after a guy at a local comic shop spent 20 minutes explaining to me why my DBZ jacket was technically a 'bootleg' because the stitching on the shoulder emblem was off by exactly 3 threads, I get it now. He literally pulled out a magnifying glass from his backpack to show me the difference. I stood there feeling like I was in some weird anime court listening to evidence. Changed my whole view on these stories because that kind of obsessive energy is real and it's out there. Your mileage may vary, but I bet that color wheel had been in his bag for at least a year waiting for that moment.

alicer533d agoMost Upvoted

That's still just one guy with a magnifying glass, not a systemic issue at every con booth.

brooke_taylor443d ago

Gotta agree with @nina_hall48 here, that magnifying glass thing is wild but totally believable. I had a dude at a comic book store once try to tell me my original 1990s X-Men trading cards were fake because the hologram on the back had a "slightly off-center foil edge" and he pulled out a jeweler's loupe to prove it. Spent thirty minutes explaining how the OG print run had a specific kerning on the copyright text that mine didn't match, but it was just a different series from the same year. These guys have their whole kits packed and ready like they're going to a crime scene, not a convention.