[Did you see any forum celebrities?]

Did spot TT but then he is not called Too Tall for being an extra as a hobbit.

 

One person that makes a Showmasters convention for myself and my con buddies, isn't on the forums (not that i know about) is the (we believe) head security guard. A middle aged guy, not the tallest, shaved head (possibly bald but i wouldn't say that to his face) and one look from him puts you in your place, but that said i have overheard a couple of issues he has sorted out and common sense and reasonable win out. So that's out main SM person we like to see each time, then run away as he is one scary dude .

TT definitely not a ironic nick name.

[How much did you spend?]

If you add hotels and parking I didn't get much change out of 800 quid and then you can add on 150 at the Stamford Bridge megastore.

 

But I did come out with money because I didn't bother shopping like I normally do.

[Thoughts about show after our debrief & how to move forward]

I thought it was a brilliant show but ticket only is a great idea.

[Did you see any forum celebrities?]

I think we really need to consider the fact that there's more that 1 king Richard because he was everywhere.

[Is Milo Ventimiglia the politest man in the world?]

 

I have bit of a man crush on him after this weekend.

It's more than fine to have a bromance on him, Infact if you don't your probably ill xD

I'm sure he'd be a kind and generous lover.

[Who was that person thread]

Yeah that was dani :)

 

 

She is an alternative model.

I've followed her on fb for ages. Gorgeous girl.

Snap, she's lovely. Reminds me of the girl from 2 broke girls.

[A positive review from a disabled attendee]

SM are great with disabled guests, my son's registered disabled and the crew are brilliant.

[Remember SM is a business and has to cover costs.]

Up entry to 20 quid and have a limit on sales. Do the event over a full 3 or 4 days like the 2 similar sized cons in Us and Canada cons.

I'd up it further to 50 quid and give a free 15 pound autograph similar to what they did at Autographica/Boxingmania at Birmingham.

[Dealers getting multiple autos]

Are you sure it wasnt SM staff? We had a girl in front of us in Milo Ventimiglia line getting prepaid autographs done.

[Is Milo Ventimiglia the politest man in the world?]

Milo was brilliant, I've met loads of guests at previous cons and he was by far the politest man I've ever met. When I got to the front of his line he held out his hand and said "Hello, my names Milo what's your name"? I introduced myself and my son and said "it's funny we decided on the name Nathan watching Heroes". Milo laughed and said "That's so funny because there was not going to be a character called Nathan and it was only the day before the first shoot they changed the name of the part to Nathan from Harrison" and in the early scripts he was still called Harrison.

[Did you see any forum celebrities?]

I did see DavidB on Friday night, was to shy to ask for a autograph.

[Thoroughly Enjoyed!]

More people should post about the good time they had rather than the cry babies who mostly didn't have tickets!

[Who was that person thread]

Did anyone see Tricia Helfer or possible the girl cosplaying as her? She was in a red dress and looked fantastic, I still don't know if it was her or not!

[Remember SM is a business and has to cover costs.]

 

 

There's 2 ways of doing this high prices and fewer attendees or reasonable prices and big crowds. I personally would have rather pay more and have a bit more room and shorter queues.

SM is a business that had no regard for health & safety on Saturday.

They also have a duty of health and safety to the guest remember. They are guests not slaves and you can't expect them to work non stop for 10 hours.

[Do you think prepay tickets for autographs like the photo shoots would]

It depends, I would only say so for the headline guests

Oh yea I mean Stan Lee, Jenna Coleman, Carrie Fisher etc

[Do you think prepay tickets for autographs like the photo shoots would]

When guest are at the next level of busy do you think selling autograph tickets with time slots would be a good idea?

[Did you see any forum celebrities?]

Now I'm upset I missed you

[My Tuppence Worth]

Nail on the head mate, best review I've read of the weekend. The only thing you missed was Carries dog was the coolest "person" at the con.

[Amazing weekend for me!]

Glad you had a good time lads. The people that prebooked seemed to hopefully that'll be a lesson to a lot of people.

[Did you see any forum celebrities?]

I saw King James outside and Too Tall over by Kenny Baker.

[Remember SM is a business and has to cover costs.]

It was poor organisation on everyone's part really but look at some of the posts recently. Extra Stan Lee sessions, the complicated entry post and asking for more crew for LFCC post. It wasn't great but it's wasn't Gaza or Hillsborough either. It was a popular event in London it was always going to be chaos. I am surprised there was no police there, you've got to think at Stamford bridge around the corner there would be police there. It might have kept a little order and stopped the queue jumps at least.

[Remember SM is a business and has to cover costs.]

I thought Stan Lee was very cheap. When you look at there has been guests at Autographica that have been 3 figures. It was 45 and let loads of people get a autograph or 90 and let half as many. You've got to remember Stan's in his 90s and it seems the pace goto Jenna Coleman who is in her 20s. I think the number of people he saw should be commended but it was always going to be first come first serve. You do read a lot about people worrying about safety and crowds etc but then in the same breath they'll work a guy in his 90s 12 hours a day with no breaks in high temperatures.

[Remember SM is a business and has to cover costs.]

There's 2 ways of doing this high prices and fewer attendees or reasonable prices and big crowds. I personally would have rather pay more and have a bit more room and shorter queues.

[Tips from the coach.]

100% agree. Everyone's looking for someone to blame.

[Maybe limit the Earlybird tickets in the future?]

I'd say pay on the day were the factor. They knew in advance about the ticketed attendees and the 3000 tickets they sold on the day would have made it more comfortable inside.