The big news for SLC FanX 2016 was that Buzz Aldrin, THE Buzz Aldrin would be coming. This was unbelievably exciting. He was on the Apollo 11 mission that was the first to land on the moon. Upon gazing at the new horizon, he called it, “Magnificent desolation!” When we posed with him, we brought our American flag, as that seemed highly appropriate. That flag is now very special to us. Even the little one that we also brought is now treasured.

When we met Alex Kingston, the family behind us in line had an infant dressed like River Song. Alex saw her and laughed. She enjoyed the pack and remembered it when we posed with her in the photo the next day. Summer Glau was remarkably gracious about receiving her pack. Grey DeLisle gave us each a hug when she got hers.

An unexpected highlight was being able to meet Stewart Petersen who had been in “Where the Red Fern Grows,” but even more notably for me, “The First Vision.” Next to his booth was Gary Lockwood, who had been in one of the first episodes of Star Trek. He challenged us to solve a puzzle of moving 3 quarters and 2 dimes from being alternated to being grouped, in 5 moves or less, while moving two adjacent coins at a time. It wasn’t until later that we figured it out, but we did solve it.

Jonathon was so awestruck by meeting LeVar Burton, that he had a “Community moment” in which he couldn’t speak, so I explained that to LeVar, who understood and laughed. I had been able to talk to LeVar in his panel and thank him for his work. George Takei was very personable and encouraging, saying that I needed to get up on stage and advertise my tangram packs. He saw our photo and asked to be able to sign it for us.

Tangram Pack

This is a sample of the puzzles included in the tangram pack given out at SLC Comic Con 2016.