now i know how Metallica felt with the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal performance

this is a joke referring to
[link]but seriously...
2nd Place, baby !!!

with this piece of plastic
[link]it lost to a colorful, 10" cardboard robot, packaged in a cardboard box
[link]i gotta hand it to Cardboard Robot Guy. he had the guts to keep going with the same kind of design after losing to mine last year. Touche'!
"you can win, if you dare!" (dare dare dare...)

EDIT:
it was a great day.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
again, thanks to

for the opportunity to exhibit my works at the convention.
and to

who helped me throughout the event
