1st Up is their tee, sold out on Saturday. By Sunday the con store was taking back order and was almost completely sold out. I swear if they brought left over items from 2023’s con that would have sold out as well.
I don’t want to bore you with going over things I already talked about. But more on “Little Things” that I would say most missed. Like that tank (sorry about the blurry photo) covered in stickers.
The lockers were back and a lot did use them, the selfie monitor was back but I saw very few actually use it. Like the trading cards, they still had plenty before the Closing Ceremony on Sunday. Naturally they were gone by the end of it.
Unsure why MFF printed so many fake $25 MFF bills. I saw someone with a stack of them on Sunday that could have choked a horse.
Less complaints about The Skybridge, the reason why is simple the weather was nice enough to avoid it. A lot certainly did, I even heard a bunch saying they avoided it during the entire convention.
Here is one I bet most haven’t talked about. The percentage of fursuiters were up. For the last 10 years or so most cons usually have around 34% fursuiters. Not this YEAR’S MFF it was up to at least 46% Fursuiters were EVERYWHERE
At their peak registration speed was almost 1900 people an hour. Average line time; 38 minutes
A fact I heard repeatedly
They SOLD OUT there tees by Saturday, and mentioned they already have a HUGE Backorder.
The last time this happened was when MFF set the record for the number of con tees sold with their anime themed con. One number I heard was over 40,000 sold.
A member of the audience didn’t like the previous announced number was 95 cents and slammed a nickel on the stage.
That is MFF for you.
Also when they set boxes on the stage to collect more donations. They raised more than $4000
I think I am not the only 1 who got rattled during the con. When they announced next years date. They repeated this years, they actually did this, and it turns out that the mascots they introduced during the Opening Ceremony, will be a permanent fixture at MFF
As for the CONFIRMED Dates and theme
The Heist is over, and it’s time for our Culprits to celebrate their hard work! Pack your suitcases for Midwest FurFest 2025, Villainous Vacation! Join us December 4th – 7th for a change in latitude with our Guests of Honor: Chervil, Joaquin Baldwin, Kitchiki, and Scurrow!
Editor’s Note
Based upon both social media and what I heard personally. If you plan to go to MFF 2025 make your reservation ASAP. It seems every hotel within a 5 mile radius was SOLD OUT. Also because some waited so long to hear back on the Room Lottery. They did not have a room and could not go.
My last day was mainly a friend trying to convenice another friend to come… at least on the last day. BTW all we know is they stuck to the Dealer’s area. Beyond that we did not hear a word.
Even what we actually did wasn’t really much, the panel on Furry History Preservation was excellent. The host did a good job, despite the main question came from me, Scar and a member of Flayrah.
Fursuit Games – Sunday Edition was great.
Now I have positive proof that the Sunday edition is some 15 mins shorter than the one held on Friday.
The Journalism panel, I am sorry to say it’s host did not seemed well informed. I say that because he insisted the only furry news sites was Dogpatch and Flayrah. Taking away all the hard work and and dozens of others who try and inform all the furries that support the work we do. I want to pacifically mentioned I made a point about my site, Furry Weekly and GFTV, and topped that off by giving him one of my cards.
Even though i missed a panel or 2. We had to hit the Dealers Area when they opened. Main reason it was to damn crowded yesterday
We went through the whole thing twice. Funny, we usually hit both multiple times, but we only went once.
Got some stuff I will talk about later.
But i think the biggest surprise was the price of a few mini partials. My friend got his a few years ago. They paid roughly $2100. But there i saw partials going for $1,000 to $3000 more
Artist Alley seemed to be the best it ever had been. Good quality artists in any style if work you could ever want
Despite taking longer than expected to travel from point A to B with MFF. What can i say, but i enjoyed them. So did my friend, despite coming in 2nd on Friday edition of The Fursuit Games. They are going to try again tomorrow.
Canine meet… great
Game show, Fursuit Games, variety show. All 100% excellent. If your looking for a complaint… It was the crowd. If i hear we had more than 18000 i would not be surprised.
Some panels did run longer than expected.
Overall i did have a good day all topped by an excellent meal from.
Not a plug, but so far, my friend and i ate there 3 times.
Streetpass total so far 28, not bad since no meet was planned.
Did run into a friend by accident. Still no big orange dog. As for my friend and current roommate. They are having the same luck.
Okay it was not unexpected. But why was it that crowded.
It was so bad Artist Alley
That isn’t Reg, that is Artist Alley. In fact, the area around Dealers was so crowded that i could not even snap a photo. Here I expected confusion and not the mad rush of people we got. It was so crowded that many decided to go today.
…and the Sponsors. They had to wait in the Timed Ticket waiting area. Until the crowd had lessened so they could enter.
Even the lobby of the convention center was crowded
First up Reg, they got new equipment this year. Faster laptops and a badge printer that only takes seconds.
Sadly my heart goes out to friends and family of Michael Crisi. Mr. Crisi was suppose to be helping out in reg. Then today host the Greymuzzle panel. Sadly Mr. Crisi better known as Dineegla died before the convention began.
Furry Times 