BrickCon was mostly a joke, Micah – I have family ties out there and could somewhat reasonably combine a trip to see them with the con, but for most folks it’s a bit far – especially to take our big display items (since we’d have to drive 2500 miles with the stuff, or figure out how to pack and take on planes…)
Evan, I think they’ll probably work with us on the price (I believe they did last year, too), but I’m not sure how much. They seem to be able to draw plenty of LUGs and MOCs to the Philly event (unlike Cincy…)
Ben – we’re a bunch of loser dorks whether or not we go to PBF2015… we’re adults who play with toys.