PlushieCon

For those in a hurry: registration here.

PlushieCon will be at Czequestria again, for you to enjoy the convention of plushies – and your MLP-related plushie(s) can take part!

Why should only bronies have a convention? PlushieCon is the convention of the plushies – a unique chance to see ever so many plushies gathered together!  We may not reach the size of GalaCon PlushieCon, obviously – but a smaller one is a nice thing, too, and pretty cozy; and still you can see the whole range of all the different characters, sizes, both handmade and industrial-made.

On this page…

• General legal information
• Registration
• Numbers attached to the plushies (by their owners)
• Hand-in
• PlushieCon event itself
• Hand-out

General legal information

Contributing plushies for PlushieCon always is at the owner’s own risk. Although all precautions are taken and both Czequestria and PlushieCon assure each owner of treating his plushies with the utmost care, any liability is excluded, save for cases of gross negligence or culpable behavior by Czequestria, PlushieCon, or any of their volunteer members.

Registration

Each plushie needs to be registered in our system – just for it to be known to us so it can’t get lost. This registration will of course be available at Czequestria, but to keep the time you have to spend with the registration process as short as only possible, we strongly recommend online registration. If you’re not sure how many plushies you’re going to bring, better register more than less! If you bring less plushies than you registered (or none at all), that won’t be a problem! On the opposite, registering only on the spot will consume valuable convention time.

You will need the last three numbers from your Czequestria Ticket ID (czequestria2400XXX) during the registration! You can find it on your ticket.

Plushies just bought at Czequestria can (and need to, registration is mandatory for each plushie to become a part of PlushieCon) only be registered on the spot. But if there is a registration of at least one other plushie (maybe even a fictional one!), newly bought plushies can be just added to this registration – which will accelerate things quite a lot.

Before you can choose the number of plushies and enter their data, we’ll ask for your ticket number – just because for us to be able to assign the plushies to their rightful owner. We won’t ask you for any other personal data.

When finished, you get a two-pages PDF file that we recommend to print out (if you have that option). On the first page are numbers necessary for getting your plushies back from PlushieCon, the second page contains a “sheet with 10 ready-for-use-numbered wristbands” which you use for labeling your plushies before handing them in to PlushieCon (details in the next step).

Numbers attached to the plushies (by their owners)

Before we can take your plushies, they need to have their number attached to them. Every owner is assigned a unique “Plushie Group Number” (PGNR), and each of his plushies (how many and exactly which ones we see in your registration) gets this very number.

No plushie hand-in without the number on the plushie! Owners must attach their PGNR to their plushies on their own. It’s entirely possible to do this in advance of Czequestria, still at home – this will save you valuable time during the convention. Simply cut the strip of paper with PNGR from page printed in previous step (end of registration) and attach it to the plushie as a wristband.

Please note: This does not apply if you’re a member of the PlushieCon Club (PCC) and therefore have your own personal PGNR number which doesn’t consist of just numbers but also includes one letter. These PlushieCon Club numbers can be attached to the plushie in any way you want, we just have to be able to read it. So, as a PCC member, you can continue to use your number badges, wristbands, or whatever, of course, just as we promised.

Please make sure that the identification wristband is secured on the plushie – so it won’t fall off the plushie accidentally.

Some plushies have accessories like hats, plushie pets (e.g. Pinkie could have Gummy with her), and so on. To make sure you get back everything that belongs to your plushies, we have to ask you to attach your PGNR number to all those parts, too. That counts for all things that somehow belong to a certain plushie but aren’t permanently connected with the plushie – like accessories, plushie pets, detachable wings, a pillow for huge plushies, and so on – you get the idea.

Plushies just bought on the spot, of course, can’t get a number in advance. For registrations made during the Con (newly bought plushies or only just decided to participate), we’ll have the already known wristbands with a self-adhesive spot (provided by Czequestria). You may get them at our hand-in desk, write your PGNR on it and attach them to your plushie on the spot, but just as before, it needs to be done by the owner.

Hand-in

Hand-in takes place in the Small Hall, opens on Saturday after Opening Ceremony and will remain open until 18:00 the same day (with a brak according to the program schedule).

For those who still need to register their plushies, we may have a terminal available there – or you just use your mobile device. To answer any questions and offer help if needed, a team member of PlushieCon will be there.

Once you have your numbers ready and your plushies labeled, hand-in will be rather quick for you even with a greater amount of plushies. For hand-in, we check each plushie if the PGNR is attached if there are any damages or dirt stains; we have a tick box scale where we just mark the condition the plushie is in when we get it – and that’s it, now your plushie will take part at PlushieCon in the evening!

Depending on how many and which kind and sizes of plushies we get and how much space is left, Team PlushieCon needs to reserve the right to close hand-in early.

PlushieCon event itself

… will take place in Small Hall on Saturday from 20:00 until 22:00.

You may take your photos and videos of all the gathered plushies as you want. Re-arranging plushies into different constellations is possible, but only by members of Team PlushieCon – please don’t touch the plushies on your own, just ask us, and we’ll re-arrange the plushies the way you want to see them.

Also, obviously, no food or open drinks are allowed nearby the plushies – we don’t want to take any risk of a plushie getting stained.

Hand-out

… will be at the same place as hand-in on Sunday from 12:30 until 17:30.

Everyone must come to the hand-out and pick up own plushies, which will be handed over to the owners against the control numbers from the first page of the PDF file created during registration (either printed or displayed on the display of a mobile device)

Plushies that are not picked up in time will go to the Lost&Found of Czequestria and may be shipped to the owner at his expense.

And now: let’s get to the registration and let’s have another great Czequestria, with a PlushieCon!