After suffering through long lines, sore feet, and inscrutable hotel lotteries, you deserve a little recognition.
welcome to the con rangers!
Convention merit badges are a way to reward yourself for the little (and big!) aspects of the convention-going experience. You deserve a badge for spending all day in line, or remembering to hydrate, or even actually buying a comic!
“[The Con Rangers] combine my comprehensive knowledge of con life and my inherent need to receive token recognition for my narrow, specialized knowledge into one niche product.”
-Will Romine, Bleeding Cool
Who are the con Rangers?
We had been tossing around the idea of convention merit badges for years, and at San Diego Comic-Con in 2016, we finally decided to make it happen. There were six designs, we only manufactured 50 of each badge, and they arrived Friday night of the con—but despite all that we rapidly sold out of our limited stock, and so the Con Rangers were born.
Many years later we're now a team of four rangers, working hard to bring you more merit badges, sashes, and scavenger hunts this year and the years to come.
“These are always one of our favorite items on the show floor, as they pay tribute to not just our favorite convention, but also to all of the little victories along the way.”
-Kerry Dixon, SDCC Unofficial Blog