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I'm excited about LFACC as always, but to hear there are three amazing guests still to be announced is both thrilling, and scary to my bank balance. With all the talk about these guests being legendary, it has crossed my mind that one or more from the stellar Pulp Fiction cast might be a possibility as it celebrates it's 25th anniversary this year. How amazing would that be! Most of the Pulp Fiction cast have crossed over with other fan friendly films and tv series. A bit of wishful thinking. :-)

Isn't this the same chap who played Celestine Tavernier in the early days of EastEnders?

Not to worry. Thanks for the reply, appreciated.

I'm always curious about these things. I love how the event is spread over the different floors making it more comfortable, and with it's vast size, it's sometimes hard to fathom how busy it is as an attendee. I had a busy photo/signing schedule over 3 days, so this time did not see much else outside of these areas, and barely touched dealer tables. Has it been posted already? If so, sorry for a repeat post. Had top weekend though.

With the con this week, will there be any more announcements? With Gethin cancelled I am down to two guests, and a weekend ticket. Lesson learned for future. One day is enough.

If the early Thursday pickup goes ahead again, could it please be possible to pickup the prints/mugs, etc early also?

My rule of thumb for buying autographs is to see if the dealers are UACC or AFTAL registered dealers. Those that are, will quite rightly promote their name with this fact. Celebrity Ink I believe, are registered dealers with both UACC and AFTAL. If I see dealers who do not share their company name or info, I walk on by.

Met all four on Friday and had a great time with them all. Four fun, friendly people. David in particular was brilliant. He spotted my Killing Joke (band) t-shirt before I even got to his table, and we had a great chat about the band as he roadied for them in the States years back, and knows them well. Four great characters in life - all very different as well. Made my day meeting them, and then getting the group photo at the end of Sunday.

Under these circumstances would there be any issue with me giving my TWD commentary ticket to a friend? I am too old to be running around like that, so would rather sacrifice the commentary.

Hi, I have a clash last thing Sunday, and would be grateful for any advice as to how to resolve it. I have TWD Cast Commentary on Main Stage from 17:00 to 18:00 but also have - Sons of Anarchy Group Photo in Car Area from `17:05 to 17:50 and Louise Jameson Photo in Photo D at 17:45 It's hardly worth trying to get from Car Area to Main Stage and potentially having to leave within minutes for Photo D. Thanks for any help with this.

With Carrere and Pelphrey cancelling I treated myself to a Dormer diamond.

I don't mind admitting, I've gone mad this year, and really gone for it. Rare for me to do this many photos, but am starting to enjoy them more in recent years. Pretty sure I can achieve most of it, but will need some planning/juggling when the schedules come out. Photo Ops - Emily Kinney Photo Op Fri Batch A Alica Witt Photo Op Fri Batch A Tia Carrere Photo Op Fri Batch A Sacha Dhawan Photo Op Fri Batch A Jessica Henwick Photo Op Fri Finn Jones Photo Op Sat [D] John Cleese Photo Op Sat [D] Conleth Hill Photo Op Sat [D] Wai Ching Ho Photo Op Sat Tom Pelphrey Photo Op Sat Louise Jameson Photo Op Sun Wil Wheaton Photo Op Sun [D] Steven Yeun Photo Op Sun [D} Sons of Anarchy Group Photo Op Sun Nicola Bryant Photo Op Sun Talks - Wil Wheaton Talk Sat [D] Iron Fist Talk Sat [D] TWD Commentary Sun Autographs - Ideally would like to nail as many as possible on the Friday to make Sat and Sun more relaxing. David Labrava Fri Tommy Flanagan Fri Kristen Renton Fri Mark Boone Junior Fri Finn Jones [D] Fri plus extra autograph Jessica Henwick Fri x2 Steven Yeun [D] Fri Joe Dinicol Fri Tom Pelphrey Fri Sacha Dhawan Fri Alicia Witt Fri Emily Kinney Fri x2 John Cleese [D] Sat Conleth Hill [D] Sat Mark Sheppard Sat Wai Ching Ho Sat Rusty Goffe Sat x3 Tia Carrere Sat x2 Michelle Harrison Sat Carol Cleveland Sat Wil Wheaton [D] Sun John Carroll Lynch Sun Pilou Asbaek Sun David Bradley Sun Louise Jameson Sun As more money raised over next two weeks would like to add - Natalie Dormer (may sacrifice some graffs for this) Mark Sheppard - 2nd autograph (may sacrifice some graffs for this) Bex Taylor-Klaus Andrew Robinson Sarah Douglas Mike Colter Pammy Tobe Hooper Michael Madsen

Looking forward to this as I have never been to a live commentary before. It will be a nice way to finish off the third day of the weekend.

What a shame. Too much censorship in the outside world as it is. Have begrudgingly edited my post as I believe in freedom, and dislike petty censorship.

A little late saying hello, but hello to all. I'm Nigel, a middle aged geek in his second half century, but with diverse interests. First cons were 1978/79 Doctor Who Panopticon weekends. After that it was not until a Watford collector's event in 1999 meeting Colin Baker, Jason Carter and others that I discovered I really wanted to collect autographs, and quite liked con life. Have attended many other cons I cannot mention as we are not grown up enough to talk about their existence, and started getting into the Showmasters events with a Sportsmania at MK, before LFACC in 2015, last year, and this year CFACC, Collectormania, and now looking forward to what promises to be an awesome LFACC at the end of next month. I cannot wait. I also get to go full circle next weekend with a small Watford event that has Colin Baker as a guest - I blame him for getting me started on autographs and cons 18 years ago. I will be officially broke again after LFACC, and go into hibernation for the rest of the year.

It had to be a diamond - Lord Varys is one of my favourite characters in GOT thanks to his brilliant performances.

Nice guy. Met him at LFACC last year, and he signed a Space 1999 photo for me. Definitely worth meeting if you have not had the chance.

I have a busy LFACC this year, but he really was my number one guest. Such a shame, but I wish him well with his work, and look forward to a future opportunity. I echo previous comments about the SoA group photo. Someone like Rossi or Flanagan would be an excellent replacement. Rossi in particular as he also played a major villain in Luke Cage, and of course, Mike Colter, Luke Cage himself is already listed as a guest. We will see what happens.

As per an early post,it too me 40 minutes to get my passes also. It was extra stress for the sales staff as well as wasted time. LFACC nailed this last year. Collection booth/table in the entrance queue holding area. I thought that worked really well, enabling diamonds to be collected before entrance. This could work at the NEC as the holding area is huge also. Not only did it add extra people at the sales desk after entrance time, but it meant those with diamond passes missed out on low number vq tickets for other guests unless they had friends or family with them.

Ten years since I visited the NEC for an event of any kind. I had a wonderful time today. Could only manage the one day, but loved the convenience of getting off the train, and just being there. Brilliant. I also found the layout, photo op/talk management to be excellent, with wonderful and friendly volunteers everywhere. Also, a nod to the quality of the photos the guests had - nice to see lustre, and good paper stock. The programme was also nice, and not just ad after ad. Only slight critique relates to issuing the diamond passes. Could there not have been an area in the main holding hall similar to at LFACC last year? It allowed passes to be sorted out before entry. It took 40 minutes to get passes today, and resulted in long queues at the sales desk early on. Not the end of the world, but just a suggestion. Thank you for a top event, and before I left, had to have a cuddle with Groot.

He turned me into a newt. Thank you so much Showmasters. I am so excited for this convention.

Thank you - awesome guest.

Would love to see some more Saturday guests not from Doctor Who or Star Wars.

Thank you for the heads up. I will remember to be Secret Squirrel when mentioning any other event/organiser in future.

My worst was in 2012. The third person I was after (Sarah Shahi) from the main signing area was for my friend, but I was not familiar with her, and got caught out by the moved tables and lack of signs. This nice young lady setup with her stills, but only the two guests I had just met and my friend's guest had name signs up, so I assumed this was my friend's guest. Instead of getting my target, when the picture was signed, I realised it was not who I was expecting, and was in fact Pascale Hutton. Not someone I was aware of, but after getting home discovered she is a Canadian actress who has appeared in a few films I have seen, and some tv shows. I am more amused by this than embarrassed, and had a good laugh. A bonus autograph I was not planning. She was really nice,and I did eventually get the right person for my friend. :-)