Fullmetal Alchemist Cosplay  

It is kind of like Ren Fair, in a way. Basically they're anime and video game conventions. The main attractions are the dealer's room, with various vendors, and the guest panels. Voice actors, artists and designers usually come and hold discussion panels. And one of the biggest pastimes for those of us who attend is cosplay, which is basically 'costume play'. It's a tradition that started in Japan, where guests dress up as characters from their favorite series. It's a pretty big deal at this point, with masquerade balls and awards for costume construction and accuracy.

The Arizona Cosplay Association meets about once a month. Members get together and share ideas for costumes, seewing and crafting tips, wig care tips, and help each other out with putting costumes together. I'm not a member, the meeting place is a three hour drive for me, but I know a lot of folks who are. I cosplay when I go to conventions, and I usually go to two or three a year. They're open for anyone, but there's a cover fee for the weekend. I love going because I can get hard to find merchandise directly from the dealers instead of having to import it from Japan.

It's tons of fun. Especially in groups when everyone stays in character. You should take your kids! I have a friend who has three children, ages 2 - 7, and she dresses them up, too! They do whole family cosplays! :D

emarie,I see a lot of Naruto,too.But I don't know what FMA is,and I also want to dress myself as my favorite characters.And I hope that there would be one day your family will go all out for the cool cosplay.Have fun!

Oh yes, there's plenty of FMA cosplayers here in the US! :D It's very popular right now. uh, all the places around here carry tons of FMA stuff. I pick up my trading cards at the local Wal*Mart, actually. That stinks that your area doesn't have anything! :/

Thank you! I can't wait to get it!

I buy all of his FMA cards online through ebay. You can get a good deal on there. Six or so months ago Target, carried the cards but they were around $4 a pack. Now they don't carry then at all. I found a distributor through ebay and I got him two starter decks and 5 packs of the cards (all brand new, sealed) for $12 with shipping. Even if I could find the cards around here, I wouldn't buy them any other way.

Wow, that is a good deal! I do a lot of my anime shopping on Ebay, too. I mean, almost all my cosplay stuff comes from there! I did get my two started decks (the Lust deck and the Roy deck) at a con, but they were only 13$ a piece, so it wasn't bad. And Wal*mart has the cards for 1.99 a booster pack. I may look into ebay for them, though.

*ouch*
Too expensive, as here the price of the cards get doubled.. and Im still paying off my litle sister´s Yugioh addiction.... 8-0

Is the card game any good, or are they just trading cards?

Thank you! I was thrilled at the quality and the price. Ebay is awesome for wigs.

Oh awesome! Are you on cosplay.com at all? I'd love to see pictures when you cosplay!

Yeh, I joined cosplay.com with the name of Envy_lover xD When I'll do some photoes, I'll let you know ><

Great, thank you! I'll be posting pics on my own account there once everything's completed!

I finished it :Q__