Monday, August 14, 2006

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So I figured we needed a central location to be able to come to if we wanted to know who was coming to which distribution of the apollo candy bars... that way we know who to look for when we get there. When I went to Comic Con a few weeks ago, it was difficult to remember who was going to show up because I had only heard people say on the various message boards they would be attending... but trying to search the messages boards for TLEC for one single post is a difficult process. So I've made this on central location where others can find out who is going to which apollo distribution and all that jazz.

EDIT: If someone wants to be the contact person for a location that way others can contact you specifically then email me your email address and ill add you as the contact for that location.



Second EDIT:
For the following locations you must RSVP in order to attend (Thanks so much for Dennis for all this info):

Sept 20 - San Francisco - http://abclocal.go.com/promotions/kgo/kgo_acuraTech06/splash.html


To get VIP access to the event answer the survey questions as followed (Thanks Dennis for this info too):
* I checkout blogs & podcasts every week. Yes
* Having the latest technology as soon as it comes out is very important to me. Yes
* I prefer to spend most of my time at home. No
* Friends look to me for the latest trends, styles & recommendations. Yes
* I prefer the pace of city life to the suburbs. Yes



NEW EDIT:
Apollo has officially canceled the two santa monica events on the 5th and 19th due to "unforseen circumstances". However, there will still be the final event on the 16th at the Viceroy Hotel.






Date: Wednesday, September 20th, 2006.

Location: San Francisco, Ca at the American Restaurant inside the Hotel Vitale

Address: 8 Mission Street, San Francisco, Ca 94150

Time: 5:00PM-9:00PM

Attendees:
NoIQ (Monte)
Tiredcynic (Stacey)
JoAnn
Randy +1-5



Lost Apollo Bars are still available in the UK.

Go to www.apollocandy.com , get the code for the day by clicking on UK distribution. Then go to one of the stores on the list! (http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/WhereWeAre.shtml)

103 Comments:

Blogger Dazzedelf said...

I'll be at the Washington DC distribution on September 7th.

9:29 AM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

I will be at the one in Philly on Sept. 9th...

10:01 AM  
Blogger Kylelane said...

I'll be at DC on the 7th.

10:35 AM  
Blogger BadgerKyle said...

I'll be at the one in Chicago on the 12th.

12:27 PM  
Blogger Weezknight said...

I'm planning on coming to the Philly location on September 9th, however the arrival of my first little Hansoid may change those plans.

1:14 PM  
Blogger Lauren said...

I'm going to try to get to DC on the 7th.

1:16 PM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

you all have been added!

1:19 PM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

DRTBK27 is Casey if you want to put her name next to it...Thanks

TLEC follower since the begining

2:15 PM  
Blogger NiteSea said...

Put me down as a maybe for DC on the 7th--thanks!

4:32 PM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

they've been updated again.

5:15 PM  
Blogger biotronx said...

i'll be at the santa monica one!

7:37 PM  
Blogger Archaic Dome said...

So, I'll be at either NYC or Philly. Have to ask the daddy-to-be.

7:37 PM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

updated for you two!

8:46 PM  
Blogger jengod said...

I'm going to try to get to the L.A. distribution, but I have a wedding that morning in Santa Cruz. Depends how I feel when I get off the plane. Hope I can make it tho!

10:43 PM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

updated with marcus and jen

11:00 PM  
Blogger lisa said...

My husband Mike...and my one-year-old twins!...will come with me to Santa Monica, although Mike thinks I'm nuts.

8:00 AM  
Blogger CattyGirl said...

Maybe going to Philly. Not sure who will be with me yet. Hopefully me + 3.

8:05 AM  
Blogger DeDJeZTeR said...

I am def going to be at the New York one since I wasted my time in Times Square yesterday for 7 hours. NYC apollo for me

8:12 AM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

updated with you added

8:23 AM  
Blogger Twinkle said...

Cool idea, Tapdawg.

OT- I've been wondering about the puzzles. Can you confirm if puzzle #3 about the numbers is supposed to play into TLE? I thought I heard that somewhere at ComicCon time. It seems like it's been released and is for sale on a few places now.

12:24 PM  
Blogger MissMegs said...

OK, so I guess it's obvious enough, but my name's Megan should you want to add it. See you in Santa Monica!

1:14 PM  
Blogger chussin said...

I'll be at Philly on the 9th. Smith& W has a nice bar, so it's easy to hang out. Interesting. (Chris)

1:25 PM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

Added you guys,

twinkle, I'll go to the borders next to me tomorrow and check and see if its out... if it is I'll put it together and let you know ASAP... might have #29 on the back!

10:57 PM  
Blogger LHorse007 said...

I will definitely be going to the DC location unless for some strange reason work keeps me occupied from 5 till 10, which extremely rarely happens

8:57 AM  
Blogger NoIQ said...

I'll be at the San Francisco distribution.

Monte

9:00 AM  
Blogger wendyzski said...

I'll be at the Chicago one, though I am supposed to work till 5:30 - am hoping to nick out early. I work fairly nearby.

10:09 AM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

Updated with the new additions!

1:20 PM  
Blogger stacey said...

Hey tapdawg --

Count me in for the SF fun...anyone in the Bay Area want to meet to carpool [or take public transit] together?

-- stacey [aka "tiredcynic"]

11:19 PM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

added you stacey

9:22 AM  
Blogger Thrasher76 said...

Tapdawg - If you do put my email out use this one - ThrasherC@libertytravel.com it is the one I use most because I play mainly at work...I know there is somethign wrong with that statment....

1:35 PM  
Blogger Olerica said...

I'll be in Minneapolis... either date... and perhaps both...

3:53 PM  
Blogger Amused2bHere said...

Yikes! I was going to try for the NYC distr. on the 6th, but now I can't go at all because the date is changed! Neither one of the new dates works for me. Well, they may yet change again, so there is hope.

11:31 PM  
Blogger eyesonthf said...

Put me down for all 3 in Santa Monica... (Wes)

1:48 PM  
Blogger Dennis said...

Please put me down for the Lexington, KY date on Sept 8th.

2:25 PM  
Blogger FYSB said...

Hi Tapdawg...
Put me down for the Dallas event.
Fastenyourseatbelts

2:33 PM  
Blogger Totengraber said...

I'm in Dallas, I'll be there on the 6th, if it happens.

4:34 PM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

ill put you guys on

6:38 PM  
Blogger biotronx said...

hey, i'm for sure gonna go to the first santa monica one and if it seems like there's a reason to go to the others, i'll go to the rest there.

1:46 AM  
Blogger iceman said...

I will be at the seattle distribution on Aug 24th, but won't be able to make it there until 5ish, hopefully they are still around

9:10 AM  
Blogger DeDJeZTeR said...

Tapdawg and others,

I will be going to the Central Park locale on Aug. 24th as well as the Aug 27th if I can make it. I think anyone going to the new york ones should meet up at 72 street Westside. It is closer to the summer stage from that side. (I BELIEVE)

10:38 AM  
Blogger FYSB said...

Hey Tapdawg...I'm happy to be the contact person for Dallas if no one else volunteers.

11:43 AM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

you've all been added on

1:52 PM  
Blogger vud said...

I live in Minneapolis and called and sent a follow up e-mail to a woman in the marketing department at the local ABC affiliate regarding the Minnesota State Fair Apollo Bar distribution. Here was her reply..

"i just talked to the marketing director and we are getting a very limited supply of those candy bars sometime on thursday and we will be distributing them at the state fair at the 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS building on thursday and friday. thank you for your inquiry and i hope this answers your questions."

My wife will be spending the day there Thursday with 2 friends and will call me if/when she gets one. I may go myself later that day.

3:10 PM  
Blogger LadyoftheFlies said...

I will try to go to the ESPN event tomorrow and will be for sure in Central Park on Thursday.
Thank you so much for doing this, tapdawg!

4:33 PM  
Blogger BarbaraJay said...

Looks like my daughter Becca and I will be at the Washington DC event on September 7th.

Do you have any idea why the current location says "Acura"?

Thanks for putting this together, Tapdawg.

9:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Indianapolis give-away is in conjunction with our local ABC affiliate. They will be screening a couple of the new programs and also giving away the Apollo bars. I believe it starts at 8 pm.

7:54 AM  
Blogger Raechel said...

i'll be at the D.C. one on September 7th.

9:03 AM  
Anonymous Saxinthehall said...

I'll be going to the Tysons Corner one on the 25th.

Hopefully it's at the mall and they are giving the bars out in the morning. I'll try to keep everybody updated on what's going on.

11:46 AM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

updated with all the new info... thanks for specific location info guys!

12:09 PM  
Blogger congested said...

I live in NYC so put me down for the NY dates as a "possible" atendee.

12:15 PM  
Blogger SgtPepper said...

Throw me down for the MN State Fair one tomorrow...WOOHOO!

5:18 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm the Angler Fish. I'll be at central park tomorrow.

7:45 PM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

you've all been added

8:17 PM  
Blogger beachgrrl said...

I will be at the SM Pier on Tuesday and maybe at the Viceroy on Sat 16th. Thanks

8:44 PM  
Anonymous Dman176 said...

I'll be at the Central Park Summerstage event today (possibly with a few other people). I'm almost positive I'll be at the Times Square event on Sept. 6th as well. As for the NYC 1/2 Marathon event, I'm not sure yet how that's gonna work out. So, I guess put me down for "possibly" on that one.

12:11 AM  
Blogger Princechuck said...

I'll be in chicago!

9:20 AM  
Anonymous Hurleyrules said...

Ill be going to chicago too see ya's there.

2:54 PM  
Blogger NiteSea said...

Well I finally decided this evening that I'll be going to the Tyson's giveaway tomorrow... Planning on getting there around when it starts at 11. I heard someone will have a TLEC sign, so I will be on the lookout!

3:01 PM  
Blogger ~min. said...

I'll be hitting the Chicago one as well.

4:06 PM  
Anonymous ClownX said...

I can go to the one at the D.C. ESPN Zone. Put down ClownX

4:50 PM  
Anonymous Angler Fish said...

Angler Fish here.

Not only was it raining on the Central Park giveaway, but they kept the distribution to the end. Sorry to everyone who stuck around, but I bolted at 6:30 after that security guard got a bit cheeky.

Fun meeting some of you, though.

5:09 PM  
Blogger MiTYH said...

I should be attending the 9/9 phili one, i HOPE

ill have to check

6:29 PM  
Anonymous Sammy said...

Hopefully I'll be at the September 12th one in Chicago!

OW OW!

6:29 PM  
Blogger Olerica said...

Tap -
I am not able to attend the Minneapolis State Fair event tomorrow. Hopefully Sgt. Pepper can still go though.
Have fun!
Olerica

7:15 PM  
Blogger Slappy said...

I'll be at the Cooper-Young Festival in Memphis on the 16th.

7:23 PM  
Blogger UnseenPresence said...

Hey tapdawg!

Put me down for -every- Los Angeles drop. I will be there, wearing one of my faces, for each one.

8:33 PM  
Blogger vud said...

Anyone trying for the Minnesota State Fair on Friday should show up early for a live broadcast of 5 Eyewitness News. They air at 11, 4, 5, 6 & 6:30 (not 10). I went Thursday at 3:40 and asked the stage crew guy and got one. The 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m shows are the most likely to have them.

8:43 PM  
Blogger Randy said...

add me to the san francisco list, I am trying to bring a group of friends with me, so 1-5 more people

9:27 PM  
Blogger lisa said...

Add me to Santa Monica, 8/29 please! See ya there. Is anyone planning a meeting place?

9:43 PM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

everyone up to Lisa has been updated!

10:08 PM  
Blogger biotronx said...

hey tapdawg, you can go ahead and add me to all the santa monica and los angeles area dates. Thanks

11:31 PM  
Blogger linklane said...

I plan on going to the Indianapolis event.

5:01 AM  
Blogger u18a12 said...

My wife and I will be at the Sept 7th, Washington DC event. Should be there around 5:30 or 6pm.

Are we required to register for a VIP pass on the abc event site to get the Apollo bars??

6:25 AM  
Blogger korijane said...

tapdawg - I'm here in NYC and after getting the shaft on Wednesday and then skipping last night because of the rain - I'm heading to the Jersey shore for a little vacation. But I'll be back at work (right near the Times Square Acura launch location) on the 6th and I've got my VIP pass. I hope the whole apollo bar thing is still cool after 2 weeks. (OK - it might have never been cool - but I still want my candy bar!)

7:26 AM  
Blogger linklane said...

I just talked to ABC station in Indianapolis. I spoke to an assist in programming. The station is doing a red-carpet event at the West Park location tonight previewing a couple of this falls shows.

I pressed about giveaways and got them to talk about the Apollo bars.

I pointed out that other marketing events in NYC and Seattle have not gone well and I stressed it would important for Indianapolis to "shine" above the others.

The assistant said they had the giveways including the Apollo bars and they were prepared.

I asked when they giveways would be handed out (asked twice actually) and both times the responses where they doing it before the showing of the fall shows.

The two preview shows will start at 8:20pm and will run 42-minutes each (no commercials), run back-to-back. There will be a survey given (probably audience response stuff).

8:36 AM  
Anonymous LuvnELO said...

I made my reservation for Chicago last night, but I check Apollo.com today, and now it's off the list... again!!! ARG! So, please put me down for Chicago, for now, I guess...

11:56 AM  
Blogger SgtPepper said...

At the MN event, (I went on 8/24 so you can take me off your list), they give out the Apollo bars during the newscasts. I missed these so I just asked every ABC-shirted peron there and eventually got 3 so....thats cool...

1:47 PM  
Blogger AdelphiaDella said...

I will be attending Philadelphia Distribution on 9/9- I have the VIP pass that admits 2- so, if someone wants to tag along as my +1?

Dee

5:50 PM  
Blogger bjlost said...

I plan to attend the Dallas event on September 6.

bjlost

6:23 PM  
Anonymous Sammy said...

I won't be able to attended the september 12th event at chicago, cause I'm not 21 yet

6:58 PM  
Blogger lostapheliac said...

Just came from the Indianapolis event and a fellow ARG player was collecting empty wrappers from the "clueless" (who just think it's candy) so they could be used in teh ARG instead of trashed. Maybe those signing up for an event location could nominate someone (or several someones) to do this for each location.

7:23 PM  
Anonymous LuvnELO said...

...O.K. I meant Apollocandy.com; but still... WHERE'S THE CHICAGO DATE GO?!?

11:34 PM  
Blogger Josh said...

I should be at the Harrisburg one.. only thing stopping me might be my g/f..

1:19 AM  
Blogger Acts4Food said...

If its in LA Im going to try and make it....

12:32 PM  
Blogger bman_numero_uno said...

I will definitely be at the Harrisburg one (Phil)

1:39 PM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

you've all been added!

2:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

c

10:39 PM  
Anonymous dmkim said...

put me down for chicago on sept. 12th. hopefully i'll actually make it. do i need to print out the vip screen? thanks.

10:45 PM  
Blogger Meatball said...

I'll be at the Dallas one on the sixth. I wonder if I'll get to meet the ever posting Ms. O.

10:09 AM  
Blogger mofolss said...

Just a friendly fyi tapD. the lex event is @ 1930 and is an ABC red carpet fall preview. entry is free.
stop over @ thenumbers and check out
this thread. http://tinyurl.com/mgv5y.

12:47 PM  
Blogger aslanscubs said...

Just thought I'd let you know that there's supposed to be a distribution of Apollo bars at Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA on 9/2/06 at 10 AM.

6:34 AM  
Blogger congested said...

You can put me down as definite for the Sept. 6th event. I have already RSVP'd. Thanks!

10:09 AM  
Anonymous Cande said...

I got to your blog from thelostexperienceclues.blogspot.com
I live in Argentina. They definitely won´t be giving Apollo Bars down here :p
So i was wondering if there was any chance for me to get one...
Because all the comments i´ve read are from people who are going to the "giveaways", so i don´t know where to post..
Well, thank you very much in advance,
hope to hear from you (or anyone^^) soon,
cande

p.s. I don´t have a blog, so please, please, if you´d like to answer post on my fotolog, in any picture. Thaaannnks =)

7:21 PM  
Blogger NightmareMommie said...

Andrew, you can add me to the list of attendees for the 16th. I will be there...

And, don't forget my Apollo Bar!

1:38 PM  
Blogger tapdawg said...

you've all been added and cande your best bet is to get yourself added to the apollo candy list thats going on on TLEC website.

10:13 AM  
Blogger TiltaWhirlGirl said...

Your website doesn't say how exactly to rsvp so I'm going to hope that it means that you comment, so, hope this counts. I will be going to the Memphis Cooper-Young event on the 16th.

7:23 AM  
Blogger NightmareMommie said...

I'm assuming that the "VIP Status" means you went to the website and got the VIP ticket after taking their little survey...if that's the case, then I have one...just to let you know...

Also, are we meeting up at a certain place on the 16th in L.A?

11:27 AM  
Blogger Patrick said...

I'll be at the chicago date, I just went online and printed a vip pass, what do I have to do now?

9:35 AM  
Blogger Keith Soljacich said...

I'll be there in Chicago tonight!

1:38 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

IS THE CHICAGO EVENT STILL ON?

Sorry for the caps, but I REALLY need to know.

5:05 PM  
Anonymous LuvnELO said...

Any luck there, Keith?

6:19 PM  
Blogger Slappy said...

The Memphis bars are there today at the corner of Cooper and Young at the CW 30 TV tent. Dude gave me a sealed case of 100!

11:43 AM  
Blogger RyaNDrumZ said...

Hey all, Can't wait for tonight in Santa Monica. Can't wait to see ya guys there. I will be getting there around 5:30 PM.

1:59 PM  

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