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No real lows - I thought it was a great event. Highs all round. We got around to all the guests we wanted to and had a great day on Friday. In some ways wish I had attended on Sat and Sun as well but I was worried about the volume of people and the heat. I would say, though of course nothing will change, that the venue has extortionate prices for food and drink....! I am all for everybody making some money but £2.50 for a can of drink.... Also, is it me or is the number of stalls diminishing? I am sure the gap between them is getting wider? Also, could probably do with a bit more variety on the stalls? Where was Arrow DVDs this year? I thought that was cool last year! Shame...! All good though, well done SM!

I am going big...what about Tim Curry? Or Gillian Anderson...? Or Kane Hodder?

Wow. Staying late pays dividends then.....!

People will always pick up on the negatives. It is a complicated event and some elements are outside Showmasters control. In the round, I think they do a really good job. The guy marshalling the Paige Turco queue on Friday was really good. She was late arriving but he kept everybody informed, calm and in good spirits, fanning us down with some paper and offering us mints. Top bloke!

I was there with my 12 year old son yesterday but opted out for today and tomorrow. If I had been there today, meeting DD would have been top priority. No feedback from anyone yet but did everyone have a good time meeting David? I would also be interested to know whether he got to any VQs, or whether he just saw Diamonds? Hope anyone who went today had a good one!

Just wondered what people thought about any movies (or other TV shows etc) they are aware of which are on VHS but didn't ever get officially transferred over to DVD or Blu-Ray. I was looking through my collection and realised I have a few including The Keep (1983) and Tube Mice (1980s cartoon). Has anybody got any suggestions on good movies or shows which are on VHS but not on DVD?

Yeah Matt the Arrow DVD stall was awesome! I got Maniac Cop and the Burning. Horror collection coming on well!

QS might well tell me off because this is not strictly on topic but I am hoping LFCC will go back to two events a year again (Spring and Summer?)? It would be great to have a couple of cons in London next year, rather than a full year of waiting for the next one!!!!

Terence Stamp turned up, so for me it was magnificent just on that basis. A few organisational issues but I don't think you can ever completely resolve them with an event as complicated as this, where there are so many variables and things that can go wrong. At the end of the day, the guests make the event for me and if there is someone there you really like, you get to meet them and they turn out to genuinely appreciate your interest, then it all feels very worthwhile. It has been a great LFCC! Well done SM! Roll on next year!

I reckon, with everything, including travel, entry, DPs, autos, photos, stalls, around about £1,200. Worth it though. Had a great time and got some great items / memories.

Shelly - do you mean they ran out of the prints that were supposed to come with the DP? If so, I am not surprised because when I collected mine on Friday, along with the mugs etc, they didn't punch the dogtag like they normally do. After walking away with my son, we both noticed this and thought that some people could take the opportunity to collect prints mugs etc more than once.

Yes, Terence was great at the auto desk and with the photos. He was surprised when I gave him a DVD cover for The Collector to sign, as I think most people were going for Superman! Very pleased to answer a couple of questions I had for him and seemed to really appreciate my interest in his work. Regarding the photo, I have had better ones. Not Terence's fault but yeah I was tired and a bit overwhelmed at meeting what is one of my three favourite actors of all time. By the way, maybe its me but was the Terence photo a really close up shot. When I say that, I mean more close up than normal!? Maybe that was avoid people trying to kneel before Zod!!!

A bit annoyed there is a dealer at the front of the queue with nearly 50 items before us diamonds. doesnt seem fair?

Really great day, thanks SM. I was in the general entry queue at 7am, so was ok getting low VQs. I was amazed that Veronica Cartwright didn't need a VQ and was just an open queue! She was top of my list! The only thing I experienced was that some of the guests were a little late (E.g. Christopher Lloyd signing after 11am, Tom Skerritt also didn't start signing till after 12pm!). Despite having 4 diamonds and an early start in the queue, I didn't get my first auto until just after 10am, so I started to worry a little.....but it all came together in the end. After a few years attending these events, I still cannot believe how SM manage to put together the logistics where there are so many variables, and keep us all (mostly) happy! By the way, the stalls are decent this year. Liked the Arrow DVDs stall selling old horror B movies. Good to see!! Roll on tomorrow!

Thanks all for your comments, which are helpful. Yes, my plan is to get the autos on Friday, when it is quieter. Got quite a few talks and photos on Saturday, so won't have quite so much time then anyway. Hopefully see some of you there. My 10 yo son will be wearing his BTTF cap and red jacket, so keep an eye out for us!!!

From my experience, if you can get there between 7.30am and 8am to queue, you generally do ok on any day of the con. Saturday is busiest, so if there is someone very popular you want to meet on that day, your commitment from 6.30am - 7am might be needed. To be honest, its not just about how long before the event you queue up for, if you can stay until the event closes as well, you stand a very good chance of getting quite a lot done. From 3pm onwards on most days it starts to thin out a bit.

I like Yorkshire Tea

As we are now getting close to the event, I just wondered if I could ask someone in the know (Raylenth, QS?) about the principles for Diamond Passes. First experience with DPs this year. I am attending only on Friday and Saturday (moving house on Monday, so Sunday is a no go). I have DPs for Tom Skerritt and Terence Stamp. My 10 year old son has DPs for Tom Wilson and Christopher Lloyd. I bought all the DPs ages ago (as far back as January / February in some cases) to make sure I got low numbers. I just wanted some guidance as to whether I should in theory get low enough numbers not to have a problem with getting the autos on the two days I am there. My feeling is that I should be ok but I suppose I wanted some reassurance that I wont have major problems? I will be collecting them tomorrow so can post the DP numbers here after..... I also wanted to ask how stringent SM are with making sure the DPs are given out in the correct number order? I bought Tom Skerrit and Christopher Lloyd pretty much the day they were released, so if I am not in the first 25 - 50, I will be shocked! Also, as I am attending with my 10 year old son, I am assuming it is ok for us to be in the queue together for eachother's DPs. I think I emailed Chantelle at the shop about this back in January and she was fine with it because he is under 12 but I am asking again anyway!? I have brought extra tickets for talks etc, so that we can both attend together. Not sure what the protocol has been in the past with others attending with kids and whether they have any experiences to share? Thanks guys - I know you have always got some helpful advice ready and waiting!!

Wish Jack the best of luck. Cancellations happen. The guests are only human and issues do come up. Disappointing for everyone when it happens but not much anyone can do. We can only hope that Jack comes back in future. It is unlikely that all 3 villains will be back together, which is a shame, but this stuff happens. Just thinking about the Back to the Future guests in 2015, where Tom Wilson was missed but the rest of the main cast were there. Well....Tom will be at LFCC this year, so SM got him eventually!!! SM deal with the refunds well from my experience over the last few years and are very fair. I am sure all the refunds and other issues will be sorted quickly, as they always are.

Swissangel - No, I would be too scared to kneel during the photoshoot!

Just wondering whether anyone with a Terence Stamp Diamond Pass has worked out what they are going to get signed yet? Quite unique (but not unheard of) to get a DP with 2 x autos instead of the standard 1 x auto, so interested to hear how people are going to use them? For my DP, I am bringing my own 8 x 10 from Superman II for the first auto and also my DVD cover for The Collector for the second.

Nor do I but at the same time I appreciate that he might not like signing a book he didn't write. I suppose I can try though. Havent made my mind up yet anyway. Lugging a book around all day probably isn't the wisest of choices in some ways...

Alien - the original, the best and my all time favourite movie.

Very tempted to get an auto. I could get TCM DVD signed but a little bit predictable.... I am wondering whether Tobe would sign the hardback Funhouse book I have got? Written by Dean Koontz but it was Hooper's film before it was novelised. Is that an odd item to get him to sign though??? Thoughts anyone...?