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Started by dufresne , Jun 18 2004 03:58 PM

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Poll: With "A" listers like TNG crew at £20, how much would u pay for Prowse & Co ? (42 member(s) have cast votes)

With "A" listers like TNG crew at £20, how much would u pay for Prowse & Co ?

  1. 5 quid each (12 votes [32.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 32.43%

  2. 10 quid each (16 votes [43.24%])

    Percentage of vote: 43.24%

  3. 15 quid each (1 votes [2.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.70%

  4. 20 quid each (1 votes [2.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.70%

  5. Any 2 for 25 quid (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. Any 4 for 50 quid (1 votes [2.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.70%

  7. Any 10 for 100 quid (3 votes [8.11%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.11%

  8. Any 20 for 170 quid (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  9. All 30 for 250 quid (1 votes [2.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.70%

  10. All 30 for 300 quid (2 votes [5.41%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.41%

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#21 surfy_sah

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Posted 26 June 2004 - 10:38 AM

can we get a response from SM on this question of SW autos please?!

(just bumping the thread back up in the hope of it getting noticed by official people...)


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Posted 26 June 2004 - 11:05 AM

ditto.

with no disrespect, most of these guys are a dime a dozen.

Hamill, Fisher, Oz, Billy Dee, Earl Jones and -ahem!- Harrison Ford being the obvious exceptions.

paying £15 for the 'honour' of having 'Fat Imperial Guard Number 7' (who could forget his performance!?) sign my shiny new SW DVD is rather insulting.
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Posted 28 June 2004 - 07:23 PM

porkfat, on Jun 26 2004, 12:05 PM, said:

ditto.

with no disrespect, most of these guys are a dime a dozen.

Hamill, Fisher, Oz, Billy Dee, Earl Jones and -ahem!- Harrison Ford being the obvious exceptions.

paying £15 for the 'honour' of having 'Fat Imperial Guard Number 7' (who could forget his performance!?) sign my shiny new SW DVD is rather insulting.
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Posted 03 July 2004 - 03:11 PM

VOTE OZ !!
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Posted 10 July 2004 - 05:24 PM

bump
Wanted : Kris Kristofferson, Anna Paquin, Victor Garber, Adam Baldwin, Michael Ironside, Tanya Roberts.

Lost guests - especially John Terry, Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn.

LOTR Guests - especially Bernard Hill, Sala Baker, Ian Holm, Hugo Weaving and Peter Jackson.

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Posted 10 July 2004 - 07:11 PM

I must admit, id pay about £10-15 per guest as long as we get 2 signatures, pay for one get one free, like some other cons do, that way you can get a 10x8 signed and then say an action figure?

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Posted 10 July 2004 - 08:10 PM

good point.
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Posted 10 July 2004 - 09:56 PM

Yep , good point

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 02:43 PM

I think £15 for 2 sigs is great!!!!  :rolleyes:  :D

I like to get individual sigs and I have a few items with more than one sig one!


BUT
I wouldn't want 2 sigs off everyone so  :lol:  :lol:

MAYBE
it could be an option SM (but I don't even think you have read this topic?!?! HELLO???  :D  )
cause I'm sure some people don't have £15 for 30 SW guests (thats like £400 :D !!!) but that a few people such as myself would like 2 sigs off a few of the guests


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Posted 12 July 2004 - 09:30 AM

martine, on Jun 22 2004, 04:47 PM, said:

and now the 30 star wars peeps, i think they will be 15. they def. would be if there where only six star wars guests at c6 so what's the difference?
Yeah, but it would be six MAJOR guests as opposed to 30 FILLERS !!

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Edited by dufresne, 12 July 2004 - 09:31 AM.

Wanted : Kris Kristofferson, Anna Paquin, Victor Garber, Adam Baldwin, Michael Ironside, Tanya Roberts.

Lost guests - especially John Terry, Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn.

LOTR Guests - especially Bernard Hill, Sala Baker, Ian Holm, Hugo Weaving and Peter Jackson.

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Posted 21 July 2004 - 08:34 PM

any news on prices????????


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Posted 22 July 2004 - 07:59 AM

the pic of billy dee w. was placed among the 'normal 30 guests' and not between the star wars reunion. he does count as the star wars reunion thing right? and does not take the place of another guest i hope?
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Posted 24 July 2004 - 12:36 PM

I actually dont mind paying £15 for a signature, but I really think that if you want a second personal item signed it should be cheeper. As i personally like to get a signed photograph (that they supply) and a signed personal item by all the guests that are from a specific show. This time i want my nemesis film cells signed by Brent Spiner and Michael Dorn, I already got Marina to sign it at another show for under £15, and not because it was a second item, she was signing all personal items for cheeper (not sure if its appropriate to be mentioning actual prices here - but if u were there then u know)

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Posted 25 July 2004 - 10:49 AM

I feel that showmasters are NOT about the guests or the fans

BUT they are about making money. You can bet your high horses that the star wars guests will be at least £15 each, When they should be no more than £5 each.

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Posted 25 July 2004 - 11:10 AM

:lol: ur not saying that people actually run a business to make money are u?

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Posted 25 July 2004 - 11:51 AM

Bon jovi, on Jul 25 2004, 10:49 AM, said:

HOW ABOUT YOU ANSWER THE QUESTIONS SHOWMASTERS
Maybe they havent got an answer for you yet! Looking at other threads they do try and answer everyones questions, but if they havent got an answer than they havent got an answer!   :headscratch:

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Posted 25 July 2004 - 02:08 PM

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never

Thats news to me  :o  :P
I know I know, it is a common misconception that convention/show organisers are mega-rich and can get all the guests they want and offer autographs for £1 or even free and make massive losses on the shows, and yet still keep running the shows every 6 months!  :rolleyes:
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Posted 25 July 2004 - 02:17 PM

I've been told by a few people who work in the MK centre that showmasters give away 100's of FREE signed pictures.  So it sounds like they make lots of money out of us, enough so that can give away free signed pictures.
Maybe showmasters can get there mums to answer our questions? Or maybe they will just ban me for telling the truth.

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Posted 25 July 2004 - 02:27 PM

Well ok, if I had the choice of getting a free signed pic ... or paying to meet the person, talk to them, and having the memory of actually getting my name signed and my items and being able to get a picture with them etc etc ... I know what I'd want, a random signed picture wouldn't mean much to me anyway ... in the end, no-one is forcing anyone to pay for autographs are they? I don't particularly like spending much on the autographs cuz I can't afford it anyway. And I'm pretty sure Showmasters aren't the only company to come up with this "paying for an autograph" idea u know  :rolleyes:
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Posted 25 July 2004 - 04:46 PM

Hey I have been reading your thread with interest and well I have been going to conventions and signings now for over 13 Years! Yes, I do remember when Dave Prowse used to charge only £5 for a photo.

But what you have to understand is photographic reproduction has gone up for 10 x 8's because of the demand for them.  If you go to www.moviemarket.co.uk which is the UK's biggest seller of celebrity photographs you will see that they charge £3.99 for a photo.

On top of that, their are copyright fees which have to be paid to the owner of the images.

Then there are the actors expenses such as Hotels, Food & Transportation etc. and after that you have the actors wages for doing the show, which more often than not goes to the actors charity!

All things you probally have not taken into consideration!

Also their prices at the show are just the same as they would be at any other show that they appear at, with one difference, with Collectormania you do not have to pay £10 to get in!

So lets stop bashing Show Masters, because they do a good job, bring a wide selection of guests for us to see and at the end of the day they are not forcing you to buy the autographs!

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