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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 7724579" data-attributes="member: 3285">I specifically mentioned &quot;a general sense that all of HASCON is there to sell stuff – which most cons are guilty of, it’s just that at this con there’s only one company to blame.&quot;I think it's possible to go to a con and at the same time, feel a little uncomfortable with the tradeoff of it being run by one company. At most conventions, the variety of companies at each booth means that if you don't like one booth or how it's being run, you move on.&nbsp; At HASCON, it was all Hasbro, all the time, and there was only one company at fault if there was a problem (like the Nerf booth pummeling little kids on the opposite side of it).All that said though, one big company having complete control over a con meant for the most part the con ran VERY smoothly.&nbsp; Every single staff member we encountered was pleasant, very accommodating, and great with kids.&nbsp; One of the staff at the food servery ran down several flights of stairs to get the last peanut butter/apple snack (in the entire convention center!) for my son, who can't eat anything else there due to food allergies.My kids are STILL talking about HASCON weeks later.&nbsp; Hasbro definitely knows how to entertain con-going families, which I believe there will even more of as time goes on. I expect we'll see more of this type of con in the future.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="talien, post: 7724579, member: 3285"] I specifically mentioned "a general sense that all of HASCON is there to sell stuff – which most cons are guilty of, it’s just that at this con there’s only one company to blame." I think it's possible to go to a con and at the same time, feel a little uncomfortable with the tradeoff of it being run by one company. At most conventions, the variety of companies at each booth means that if you don't like one booth or how it's being run, you move on. At HASCON, it was all Hasbro, all the time, and there was only one company at fault if there was a problem (like the Nerf booth pummeling little kids on the opposite side of it). All that said though, one big company having complete control over a con meant for the most part the con ran VERY smoothly. Every single staff member we encountered was pleasant, very accommodating, and great with kids. One of the staff at the food servery ran down several flights of stairs to get the last peanut butter/apple snack (in the entire convention center!) for my son, who can't eat anything else there due to food allergies. My kids are STILL talking about HASCON weeks later. Hasbro definitely knows how to entertain con-going families, which I believe there will even more of as time goes on. I expect we'll see more of this type of con in the future. [/QUOTE]

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