Anyone go to the Arlington, TX show?

a Vertigo Guy · #1 (**permalink**) 02-19-2007, 06:33 AM

My friend who went told me I missed out big time. She doesnt know her frogs at all but she said she saw lotsa stuff there. Even picked me up a Painted Mantella for me B-Day! She is awesome!

Anyone else go?

Cheers,
Chris

zBrinks · #2 (**permalink**) 02-20-2007, 05:34 PM

Yah, advertised as an all-cb show, and there were definately some animals there that wernt (unless some large unnamed vendors have figured out the secrets to mass breeding mantellas and Uroplatus). It was pretty cool, but I was disappointed in the wild caught animals. Ball pythons, ball pythons, ball pythons. I think there were maybe two vendors with bearded dragons, which really suprised me. I almost picked up a pair of satanics and timor monitors, but I resisted. I heard the vendors were charged $400 a table, and the animal prices reflected that. I did pick up a sexed pair of Imis from Mike and Steve at the Repti-Racks table, though.

Overall, it was fun, (I met up with Cindy Dickens, DartfrogFreak, thekidgecko, and a couple other board memebers at an IHOP beforehand). Did anyone else spot the $125 grey-legged vents? :lol:

thekidgecko · #3 (**permalink**) 02-20-2007, 09:31 PM

ZYeah it was pretty fun stuff. Check out my "Spoils of NARBC" thread in the member's frogs and vivariums

PoohMac · #4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2007, 07:25 PM

Well this was my 2nd vending show. It was great seeing everyone. I sold all my darts; I had brearded dragon;geckos;ball pyhtons etc. I had allot of fun. I hope everyone enjoyed it. The next show I'll be it will probably be Bob Clarks and the one in Roundrock TX.

Mike

SAFrogGuy · #5 (**permalink**) 02-22-2007, 11:41 PM

Hey everyone,
I thought the show was great. I will say I was a little mad as a first time vendor paying $400 for my table including $65 for electricity considering that a lot of people just quietly ran extension cords in... so much for being honest

Anyway, it was great to see a lot of you there, and I enjoyed doing the show. We sold about 30 frogs and a TON of cork bark. I agree with what some others said: there were a lot of non-captive bred animals around despite the show being only CB. I know that we only brought animals we've bred or had gotten from trustworthy friends, so it dissapointed me to see a lot of WC frogs at some of the large (mainly) reptile displays (I guess I can't say for sure they were WC, but they sure didn't look healthy).
We were next to Repti-Racks, and between the two of us I think people found lots of good healthy frogs, so overall it was a good show. Hope to see you all soon!