Fantasy Anime Comics Toys Space

Infobox Convention
name = Fantasy Anime Comics Toys Science-fiction


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status = Active
genre = Multi-genre
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location = Ghent
country = Belgium
first = 1993
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organizer = Con-Fuse bvba
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website = http://www.facts-convention.com/

F.A.C.T.S. is an acronym for "Fantasy Anime Comics Toys Space", a Belgian science fiction, fantasy, comics, and anime convention, and the biggest of its sort in the Benelux.

Launched in 1993 in Ghent, it has grown over the years and now welcomes over 8,000 visitors at each edition. Since 1998 the F.A.C.T.S. convention is held in the I.C.C. in Ghent, Belgium. The convention currently covers almost 7,000 sq. m.

Convention features

* Merchandise sold by a variety of dealers, most West-European, but also some from the U.S.A.
* Competitions including card games, consoles, model kits, and cosplay
* Demonstrations on make-up artistry, model kit building, etc.
* Large screen projections, mostly of recent anime titles
* Presence of [http://www.teekay-421.be TeeKay-421] , the Belgian Star Wars Fanclub, since 1997 with free arcades and pinballs since 2005.
* Props, vehicle replicas and set pieces such as the ones made by the [http://www.troopers.be Belgian Costume Division VZW] : AT-AT 1/3 scale, life-size snowspeeder, Jabba the Hutt palace set, Outrider ship interior, droids, Alien lair and much much more.
* The possibility to meet comic artists from the likes of Adam Hughes, Allison Sohn, Joe Jusko, Mike Deodato Jr., George Pérez, Romano, and Cam Kennedy
* The possibility to meet actors from the likes of Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Englund, Ernie Hudson, Lance Henriksen, Michael Ironside, Anthony Daniels, John Terry, David Carradine, John Rhys-Davies, Ray Park, Don S. Davis, Corin Nemec, Jeremy Bulloch, Dirk Benedict, and Matthew Wood.
* The largest gathering of cosplayers in the Benelux.

External links

* [http://www.facts-convention.com F.A.C.T.S.]
* [http://www.icc-gent.com ICC]
* [http://www.rebelscum.com/euroscum/facts.asp review of FACTS 2004 @ Rebelscum]