Laurenafenete

Personally I've, so far, have never gotten or seen anyone getting bad feedback from people on the tube whilst cosplaying. Most people on the tube wont even blink an eye and only occasionally you will get people asking for your picture on the tube. Its always very nice seeing other people on the tube in cosplay and sometimes very useful as if you every get lost trying to get to the convention you can follow someone in cosplay to get there.

I can understand that some people may be annoyed by this on an initial emotional level as they had to pay for it and somebody else has gotten it for free, but in reality what do you expect them to do? They obviously had a surplus of programs, so would you rather they just threw them in a skip? It costs SM time/effort/money to dispose of them, if they just hand them out for free then they are getting rid of them in such a way that at least some people are benefiting from it. There are things that I am annoyed about in the program (mainly the raffle but could also have done with some more relevant info like maps, schedules, price lists and the like but I can see the POV for wanting to keep it vague), but they fact that they were giving them away for free at the end of the Sunday when I had previously paid for one is not one of them. If somebody had already bought a programme it did them absolutely no harm (as for better or worse the raffle was apparently over at this point) for spare programmes to be given out to others, so I do not really understand why people seemed to have such a big problem with this. I think this is quite a standard thing anyway, I have been to previous event of all types where they have done exactly the same thing. True true. Its better for them to be used and read instead of being thrown away. Oh well I'm not really bothered, I bought it because it was a program and not for the ticket. I ended up with two anyways (one I paid for and the other given to me).

I was just a tad annoyed that they started to give out the programs for free at the end of sunday as I bought a program on that day.

Go on more than one day, I went on a sunday find the stall franks Autographs, buy things from that stall. (Damn, I really regret that) Ask more cosplayers for photos Actually make that fez that I was supposed to, still haven't done that Go to some talks Take more water More Paul Mcgann photos

Yeah I still have a Comic con "hangover", thats what I call it. I want to meet Paul Mcgann again. He was so loverly to talk to!

i have learn over the years NEVER put autographs in photo albums or plastic wallets. auto's need to be kept in special wallets that wont degrade the picture or lift the signatures on them. I always and only reccomend anyone go to franks autos for their storage. all my friends i have introduced to cons all go to frank too. Now I'm slightly worried about my photos eek! I dont think I can get to another con for a long time to buy some of these wallets and I cant order online unless its amazon or ebay. not sure if we are aloud to post links on the forum or not but look at http://www.franksautographs.com/ or if this has been edited and the link taken out look up franks autographs on line its easy to find the auto/photo storage is under- autograph starter packs, autograph storage boxes & polyester pockets on the site. I'm currently on the site, however as I've said I cannot order stuff online as I dont own a paypal account or a credit card. (Mainly because I am a tad too young) Thanks for the tip, I think I'm going to do that. When you say "let it dry" do you mean the ink on the photo? Edit: Ignore the question, sorry didn't read the whole thing properly.

i have learn over the years NEVER put autographs in photo albums or plastic wallets. auto's need to be kept in special wallets that wont degrade the picture or lift the signatures on them. I always and only reccomend anyone go to franks autos for their storage. all my friends i have introduced to cons all go to frank too. Now I'm slightly worried about my photos eek! I dont think I can get to another con for a long time to buy some of these wallets and I cant order online unless its amazon or ebay.

Thanks everyone for the tips. Yeah I think I actually bought from that stall. It was the one mostly with the plastic wallets and the 8x10 ones were £1.50? Edit: No I dont think I did buy from that stall. Ooops

No. That's not going to happen. Hi, sorry if this is a stupid question - I've never been to a convention before. Can you confirm that showmasters definitely won't run two conventions on the same weekend? Like a lot of people I'm desperate to go to Sherlocked, but also trying to book time off work/holidays etc. I can see the dates for other events on the forum main page, would I be right in thinking that all of those are safe weekends to book other things for because Sherlocked won't be on the same days? Thanks for your help I wouldn't call them "safe weekends" but yes it would be a tad silly of showmasters to hold two comic cons that they are both running on the same weekend for obvious reasons. However it doesn't mean that other conventions ran by other companies will not clash with the Sherlocked convention (whenever that is), for example Dash con and LFCC.

Does anyone know a place where you could buy autograph holders, preferably somewhere in the UK? I saw a lot of dealers selling them at the con and I did buy one but I would like to buy more. I have tried amazon and ebay but most of the holders are either too small or you have to pay expensive postage.

I would like to say a big thank you all the volunteers who were there at LFCC. Especially the two guys at photo C who helped me navigate to photo D and were generally loverly to talk to. Also to the lady who was handing out the VTs for Colin Baker's autograph who was very helpful.

Damn he's only doing saturday, oh well more time for me to explore on sunday...

Yeah I feel for you. I've got a similar problem, lets just hope that I will have enough money to attend the con.

Ooh how very exciting. Dont worry as long as you plan your journey you should be fine. If you get stuck and you're around earls court station just follow a cosplayer to the con. They will probably know where they are going. Unless its me.

I've never been to a comic con or gone on my own to an event as I am still quite young. However I have been to a Sherlock filming day (or as many call it, setlock) and I have to agree with everyone on here you will never be lonely. I met a lot of people on that day who shared a lot of similar interests as me and we had a great time, even if we did get a bit sunburnt. Just be open to talking to a lot of new people and you will definitely find some cool people to talk to at the con.

Yeah there are changing rooms for cosplayers. Its stated on the official website and mentioned on the forum a couple of times.

Oh my god, wow you are going to have an action packed weekend have fun! Its my first con so I'm keeping it simple I'm currently going to get 2 photoshoots and 2 autographs. Lets see if I can work out where I need to go in just 1 day for everything. *Fingers crossed* They always put a map up and signpost :) Oh thats good :) but still lets hope I wont mess it up, I shouldn't but there you go.

Oh my god, wow you are going to have an action packed weekend have fun! Its my first con so I'm keeping it simple I'm currently going to get 2 photoshoots and 2 autographs. Lets see if I can work out where I need to go in just 1 day for everything. *Fingers crossed*

Ah I wish I could get an oyster card but atlas I'm 15 going onto 16 so there is no point for me, I dont go to London often anyway. It also doesn't help that I'm JUST out of the 1-6 zone of London.

Woo! Got all my Vts and tickets today. Nice surprise after having a chemistry exam. I'm only going on sunday so... Paul McGann- 41 Colin Baker- 77 If some more guests from either doctor who or Sherlock go then this list could change but I doubt it.

Yeah that I what I am planning to do. Hopefully I wont over spend but there is always a chance that I could. Eeek! Thanks :)

I don't usually go to comic con but this is my first one and its after my exams. I don't usually cosplay but I've seen so many other cosplayers so I'm giving it a go. I don't usually meet many famous celebrities but I'm meeting Paul Mcgann and Colin Baker.

As I've never been to LFCC and not familiar with the area surrounding Earls Court 2. I was just wondering whether there are cash machines where you can withdrawal money from near the centre, because I dont really want to have to worry about extra card costs when trying to pay for things if I run out of cash. (Which probably is a big possibility)

That I can definitely agree on

Just adding to the post, when you are at earls court you will need to get out and walk to the exhibition centre as West Brompton is closed. (Just in case you didn't know)