Coundown To JoeLanta and The Great Atlanta Toy Convention: Diorama Bonus!
March 6, 2017 by Rudy PanucciThe PopCult Toybox
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In the above video you can see all of our raw footage of the 2016 diorama room, set to music by Chuck Biel’s Punk Jazz (Chuck gave me permission to use this fantastic music).
Below you will find a rather large photo essay with pictures of almost every entry in the diorama and custom figure contest. Eariler last year we posted a photo essay of Mike Gardner’s Route 66 diorama. You’ll see more of it in the video.
I do need to apologize for an unfortunate omission. The video we shot of Steve Bugg’s enormous Star Wars diorama (seen above right), which was set up in the dealer’s area, glitched and was not usable, so his remarkable display is not properly represented in the video. We have a few photos to lead off this photo essay, but I want to direct your attention to the Wanderlust Atlanta blog, which has more photos of Steve’s masterpiece. If more folks post photos and video of Steve’s work, we’ll link to it.
This is just a bonus to show off the artistry that goes into JoeLanta and The Great Atlanta Toy Convention. There is amazing work on display all over the convention, and in the custom figure contest, which is overseen by my buddy, Dave Matteson.Keep checking PopCult all week for more details on this great toy show.
![If only we could have salvaged the video](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6817.jpg)
![You could just walk around this all day and find something new on each trip](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6813.jpg)
![Detail in every corner](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6812.jpg)
![This was a majectic and giantic diorama](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6811-1.jpg)
![I only got this one fuzzy shot of a cool custom Funko Pop of Abraham from The Walking Dead](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6936a.jpg)
![On the far right, 3rd place Youth diorama winner, Nicki Kossin - Kreo Zombie Slayer](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6934.jpg)
![This one cracked me up](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6932.jpg)
![Mike Dickey - Moon Landing](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6928.jpg)
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![3rd Place Adult Diorama - Cobra Castle - Matthew LeCroy](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6926.jpg)
![3rd Place Vehicle - Camo ATV W/Trailer - Jeff McGarry](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6925.jpg)
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![2nd Place Vehicle - Beverly Hillbillies Olds Model 46 - Wayne Schoenberg. This one stopped us dead in our tracks](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6920.jpg)
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![Cool cstomized packaged The Walking Dead customs](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6917.jpg)
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![Adult figure 1st Place - Mountain Man by Joey Tutor](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6914.jpg)
![Jeff Joslin's 12" Big Jim, headsculpt by Jase Marshall](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6913-1.jpg)
![This B&W George Reeves Superman blew me away](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6912.jpg)
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![2nd place Adult figure, Jimi Hendrix by Randy Sapp](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6910.jpg)
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![Very cool custom by Terry Stair](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6907.jpg)
![All Hail DOB](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6906.jpg)
![Eugene Bullard - Robert Williams 3rd place Adult figure](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6905.jpg)
![Img_6904](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6904.jpg)
![Morgan Brown - SEC Cheer Squad - 2nd Place Youth Diorama](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6903.jpg)
![Brain Tatum's Seaport pier. I brought one of these home with me.](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6902.jpg)
![If you know who did this, please tell us in the comments, it's fantastic!](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6901.jpg)
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![WWI German Trench by Hunter McGarry. First-pplace Adult Diorama winner](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6898.jpg)
![Joey Tutor's first-place Adult Vehicle, M113 Vietnam](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6897.jpg)
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![A very cool two-part sci fi diorama. If you knoow who idid it, please leave a comment](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6895.jpg)
![Cathy Jones incredible Steampunk Butterfly, check the video to see it in action. 2nd Place Adult Diorama winner](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6894.jpg)
![A figure/diorama commemorating Larry Hama's appearance on MASH](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6893.jpg)
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!["tHE bATTLE OF tHE hOTH" BY fERNANDO COTA](http://blogs.wvgazettemail.com/popcult/files/2016/03/Img_6885.jpg)
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