Mr. Toast Party

Saturday night was the Mr. Toast Party at Japan L.A. This was Dan's first time having a show there. He's been working on this one since the Hello Kitty Three Apples Show last year. I've mostly gone to Cons or event where he has a booth. or a group show he is part of. Think this is my first time going to one of his solo shows/events.

Dan and Japan L.A. went all out with this Party. The Grilled Cheese Truck was outside serving a special in honor of the event: grilled cheese with egg and bacon bits coating the top (real, not the artificial kind of bacon either). YUMMY! Handpainted goodie bags for the first 100 people with the purchase of $5 or more of a Mr. Toast item. Then there is the Party next door with Mr. Toast himself, which I missed...

It was to start at 7pm and I got there around 6:30pm. A long line had already formed by then, which should be an indicator of how popular Mr. Toast has gotten. There had to be about 75 people in front of me with more people arriving and standing in line behind me. If I had gotten there a few minutes later I would have been standing in the alley. The line moved with a good pace to get people into the store. The inside of Japan L.A. isn't very big, so they had to limit the amount of people going inside. Just before I was going in I saw Buffmonster talking with Dan.

The usual Mr. Toast plush stuff was there, necklaces, t-shirts (some I remember seeing at SDCC), prints, original mini-watercolors and a new tote bag. I picked up one of the last watercolors from the Hello Kitty Three Apples Show. This one had Joe he Egg and Tuxedo Sam. He had another one with Tuxedo Sam at the show that I had seen online, but was too late to get it when I went that night. I also picked up the Dance Party print. Got number 2 of 250! Hung out with Dan for a little bit in between his signing/sketching. Even had him do a sketch in my book. He is just great. One of the nicest guys too.

Went next door to get my goodie bag and check out the Party. There were some Mr. Toast, Joe the Egg and Shakey Bacon decorations hanging from the ceiling. Since Mr. Toast seemed to be taking a break from the dancing, I decided to head out and get my grilled cheese. While I was waiting for my grilled cheese order, I bumped into Brandi (Serial Nerd) and Travis outside. They were waiting in line to get into the store, one of the last few people in the line. Would have hung out with them more, if I wasn't rushing myself to the opening of the Patchwork Show at GR2.

Here's a picture of the two items I purchased. Print and small, framed, original watercolor. The other pic is of the handpainted goodie bag. Forgot to take a pic of the contents, which included: a Clem Lemon plush, Joe the Egg plush, 3 Mr. Toast keychains, a Mr. Toast and Joe the Egg Picnic button, 5 Mr. Toast greeting cards, 2 folded books (Mr. Toast and Gags) and some Japan L.A. postcards.