This is going on this weekend down at the LA convention center. After wading through crowds of cosplayers there are actually some good toy finds to be had as well. I'll be there tomorrow at some point roaming around.
I was downtown last night and saw all the cosplayers... some had very intricate costumes, the funniest was the girl w/ thick black face paint, she looked embarrassed.. but yea, we were thinking of checking out the convention today for a min or 2.. I overheard today is final fantasy day.
It won't take long to see the whole thing and there are a lot of the same items spread over the showroom. I'm glad it was free for me haha.
i was at anime expo last weekend. had a great time. i was a little surprised to see a celga booth there. they even had a oni head for sale. if your into anime figures and gundam builds ax is the place to be.