Vape Blast Texas

[Smokachino]

Not a problem! I can't believe they don't have anything on the bottles either.
And they had impossibly tiny business cards. The only reason I remembered them was because they had that gas mask setup.
Well, that and I have three bottles of liquid from them.

That gas mask setup was crazy! Anyway, Galactic is a wholesaler only, so that's why there's not more info on the bottles. Super nice folks, and I talked to them a while before they left on Sunday (they gifted me with about 6 more bottles of the Apricot Cobbler!) I did get one of their regular business cards, and the little card is one they include with orders. They're fairly new, so I think they were there to get their name out there. Hope they do well because that Apricot Cobbler is pretty tasty!

 

[Recycled Roadkill]

After I knew what I was looking for, I did find their normal sized business card. It didn't have the logo that was on the bottle.

Hopefully their exceptional flavors will get picked up by a vendor that will do internet sales or someone local. Normally I wouldn't bother.

I thought there was a good balance between juice vendors and those that sell gear. I really didn't expect it would have as many exhibitors as there were.

It would have been nice to have some more space inside as it was a bit tight with the people that came but again, I had a fantastic time while I was there.

 

[Unfettered]

One of only a handful of pics I snapped was of that setup! haha (It was almost pointless to take pics in that room, since it was like photographing through a dense fog. )

I didn't notice until I looked at the pics afterward that I ended up with a surprise bonus in this one.

 

[DigitalVI]

I must say, I had a great time.



Dan

 

[Unfettered]

I was a tad disappointed with the lack of hardware, myself, tbh. I was hoping to catch of glimpse of the next new thing. There were quite a few wholesalers also, which is useless to the average vaper.
Regardless. it did afford the opportunity to try a lot of things that one would normally have to spend money just to sample. I discovered that I really didn't like ANY of the high end juices I've been curious about for so long. (Suicide Bunny and Standard, to name a couple. Mediocre and tasteless, imo.)

I ended up with a ton of free juice, including a 30 ml bottle of Five Pawns.

Hopefully they will have a bigger venue next year, as that would be my biggest complaint about this one. A little cooperation from mother nature would have been nice, too. There was tons of outside space that couldn't be utilized because of the rain. But that's just dumb luck.

I've heard tell of a few people who got ripped off as well (sold clones that were deemed authentic, etc.) The offenders have been named on the facebook page so one can steer clear of them from now on, though. I hope people will, as that will be the absolute best way to put the kibosh on that kind of behavior.

Regardless, I had an absolute blast and can't wait for next year!

 

[Unfettered]

Dan, I got a pic with him, too, but it is a horrible pic of me so I refuse to post it.

 

[Smokachino]

Dan, I got a pic with him, too, but it is a horrible pic of me so I refuse to post it.

Well, at least you got one . . . I met him in the main room and it was WAY too foggy in there to get a decent shot

 

[Unfettered]

Welp, brace yourselves. Apparently a local news station did a story on Vape Blast and who did they pick to interview? An 11 year old girl who was at the convention and said she would probably take up vaping....

Local business owners are already rallying to make sure all vape shops have 18+ signs on the door and to call out those who are selling to underage kids. Also, they're talking about barring anyone younger than 18 from attending next year (which they probably should have done this year.....)

Just wanted to give you all a heads up.

I seriously hate the media.

 

[LuxyBlue]

Welp, brace yourselves. Apparently a local news station did a story on Vape Blast and who did they pick to interview? An 11 year old girl who was at the convention and said she would probably take up vaping....

Local business owners are already rallying to make sure all vape shops have 18+ signs on the door and to call out those who are selling to underage kids. Also, they're talking about barring anyone younger than 18 from attending next year (which they probably should have done this year.....)

Just wanted to give you all a heads up.

I seriously hate the media.

I saw that on Fox. Terrible story. And the dad buying for his teenage daughter, awful for all of us IMO.

 

[Recycled Roadkill]

The media HAD to have an agenda to do something like and an ignore the positive areas of the event. That's really sad.

 

[Smokachino]

Welp, brace yourselves. Apparently a local news station did a story on Vape Blast and who did they pick to interview? An 11 year old girl who was at the convention and said she would probably take up vaping....

Local business owners are already rallying to make sure all vape shops have 18+ signs on the door and to call out those who are selling to underage kids. Also, they're talking about barring anyone younger than 18 from attending next year (which they probably should have done this year.....)

Just wanted to give you all a heads up.

I seriously hate the media.

WHAAAAAAT??????? &*^%# media I can just see it . . . "Now when I say so just look into the camera and tell the nice people how YOU want to vape the watermelon Jolly Rancher flavor, too {vigorously nodding head}". Idiots.

 

[erazzz]

Welp, brace yourselves. Apparently a local news station did a story on Vape Blast and who did they pick to interview? An 11 year old girl who was at the convention and said she would probably take up vaping....

Local business owners are already rallying to make sure all vape shops have 18+ signs on the door and to call out those who are selling to underage kids. Also, they're talking about barring anyone younger than 18 from attending next year (which they probably should have done this year.....)

Just wanted to give you all a heads up.

I seriously hate the media.

That is pretty low of the media. It is just a kid. A kid they have now plastered all over TV and made her look like a "victim" over something she probably didn't mean. If I was her parent I'd be livid.

 

[Unfettered]

Here it is, if you want to have a look.

Debate on health effects of e-cigs heats up as teen use grows - Dallas News | myFOXdfw.com

 

[Smokachino]

Here it is, if you want to have a look.

Debate on health effects of e-cigs heats up as teen use grows - Dallas News | myFOXdfw.com

Wow! I didn't realize I'd been on TV As for the kid, I blame the parents for bringing her. Hopefully they'll ban anyone under 18 at the next one.