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Those things aren't being marketed as just "extras", though - they're being marketed as an integral part of the Gold pass package (eg. "Exclusive Gold Pass Goody Bag"). As such, they fall way short. I'm pretty sure that limiting the autograph vouchers to only work with £10 guests means that a lot of these vouchers go unclaimed (just like they were for us) - which is smart from a business point of view, but not so nice for the people paying for the gold pass.

They're already selling individual tickets for the diamond pass talks - how much extra effort is it truly to include one of those tickets with the diamond pass if you want the talk as well?

My favorite guest of the show - such a lovely, kind person!

As a first-time LFCC attendee, but someone who attends about 10 comic book shows in the US every year (including the 2 largest ones over there), I figured I'd post up what I liked & disliked about this years show. The good: - Thursday pickup was fairly easy - would have been nice to have been queuing inside due to the rain, but in general it was pretty smooth. - The guestlist was terrific - we made the trip to the UK primary because of Cumberbatch and Hannigan, but I was blown away by the depth of the guestlist in general; loads of people I've never seen at shows in the US and a great representation from both the current hot TV shows & movies and the old favorites. Very nice job on that, Showmasters! - Every crew member I spoke to in red & blue shirts were friendly & helpful - didn't have a single bad experience during the show. - Whilst the photo opp areas got fairly crowded, we never had a problem finding the area we were supposed to be in and the crew did a good job sorting out the lines for the photo opps we attended. The bad: - The Gold Pass was a complete waste of money. The "goodie bag" was terrible. The autograph vouchers were useless (because all the guests I wanted autographs from charged more than £10). Same thing with the prop photo voucher - my daughter wanted to use that for a shot with the Tardis, but couldn't because that shot cost £10. Either get rid of those useless vouchers (and decrease the price of the Gold Pass accordingly) or have them count towards higher-priced autographs & photo opps. The #1 reason people buy the gold pass is for the early admittance - with the location of the Gold Pass entry on the opposite side from the celebrities, the screw-up with GA being let in early on Saturday and the second screw-up with crew members not handing out VQ tickets till exactly 9 am, it positively boggles the mind that Showmasters can think they actually provided the value the Gold Pass was supposed to give. - This has been mentioned several times in this thread already, but it's silly that there's no map showing where the celebrities are actually located. Yes, there are a lot of celebrities - and, yes, they get switched around from day to day. It's still not a valid excuse, though - I go to comic book shows with hundreds of creators present and those shows have no problem displaying huge maps that show where people are located. It's 2017 - please get this sorted out already. - The Thursday pick-up for diamond passes should have included everything that was part of the Diamond pass package. We had 2 DP's for Cumberbatch and when we tried to pick up our prints Saturday morning, we were told that they were none left. That's just not acceptable - we paid for those prints, they should have been there. - Was it just us or was Mark Williams very unfriendly? My daughter's a huge Harry Potter fan and was really excited to meet him - she went up there by himself, and he didn't even look up or say hello, just signed a photo and handed it to her. She was pretty disappointed. In general, though, we had a very good time at the show - I managed to get my 30+ comic books signed, the wife & daughter did all their photo opps & talks, and we got a chance to meet a bunch of celebrities that we just never see in the US. One last suggestion: please consider making the talk an optional part of the Diamond Pass. I have no interest in going to talks or panels, and didn't do so for any of the Diamond passes I had, which meant that that seat could have been sold to someone who actually wanted to be there instead.

We (me, my wife + our daughter) spent about £1000 on diamond passes, photo opps, and entry tickets. Then another £2500 or so on just autographs. Expensive, but fun :)

Thank you!

My daughter is Diamond #150 for Cumberbatch Saturday - I'm Diamond #394. Seeing that his photo shoot starts at 9:45, when should we go over to the photo area (we're doing separate photos)?

Same for me - really wasn't that bad. One thing I'm curious about, though, is whether the blue bag that was handed to me as I picked up the gold pass is the one that's supposed to contain "items like mugs, keyrings, posters and exclusive movie memorabilia" because if it was, I have to say it was a bit of a disappointment.

The "Superman Paid" on the Main stage is the paid talk - the photo opp is the one marked as "Superman Group" in Photo B.

Do they announce how large the batches are normally? I realize that the crews are pros are this, but If there are 28 batches of 100 people each for BC on saturday, with 3 1/2 hours total allocated to photos, that's something like 4 seconds pr photo. Seems like you wouldn't even be able to move people in & out in that time!

Fantastic!

Ouch - wife is devastated about this one

Ah, doh! - so this schedule is only for photo ops and talks?

Am I missing something or is Benedict Cumberbatch only autographing for a grand total of 40 minutes on Saturday? Is that even enough time to get through the Saturday diamond pass holders?

Grant Gustin!

First time at the LFCC - doing this show with my wife & daughter, so the list is a mixture of stuff that we all like! Benedict Cumberbatch - Diamond pass Alyson Hannigan - Diamond pass Mike Colter - photo & auto Christopher Judge - photo & auto Richard Dean Anderson - photo & auto David Morrissey - auto Marc Blucas - auto Finn Jones - auto Gemma Whelan - auto Conleth Hill - auto Kevin Smith - auto (he shows up in the US all the time, but never does signings - a bit strange I have to fly to London just to get an autograph :) Alexis Denisof - auto Julian Glover - auto Pilou Asbaek - auto Sacha Dhawan - auto Jessica Henwick - auto Wai Ching Ho - auto Tom Pelphrey - auto Mark Sheppard - auto

I've met RDA at several shows in the US over the years - he truly is one of the kindest, nicest celebs I've ever had the pleasure of interacting with. The very first time I met him, I had him sign a comic book for my wife (who's a huge Stargate SG-1 fan) and he accidentally misspelled her name. When he realized his mistake, he insisted on writing her a separate note apologizing for his mixup and promising her that he would make it up to her at a future event. Such a class act!

I read through the FAQ, but couldn't find an answer to this question - if you have a Diamond pass for a specific guest and have more than 5 items you want signed, can you go through the line when your number is called and then return another time to go through the line again to get more items signed?

Great - thanks again for all the information, you people really are a friendly bunch :)

When will I know what the number is? When I pick up the diamond pass? And are diamond passes badges or wristbands (or a combination)?

If you have a Diamond Pass, how many extra autographs can you purchase when you go up to get the single autograph that's included with the pass?

After reading all the replies in thread, I decided to save us some potential hassle and bought a 2nd diamond pass for BC - I'm assuming it won't be a problem for my daughter & I to be standing in line together now :)

Thank you for the answers!

Thank you for all the clarifications! My biggest concern is that I really don't want my underage daughter to be by herself during this show - I can't imagine I'm the first parent that's been in this situation for this particular show.

I live in the US, but my wife came across the LFCC website, saw the guestlist, and immediately insisted that we take a little vacation in London this year. I go to a lot of comic book shows over here, but it seems like this show is a bit different, so I have some questions I’m hoping you guys can help answer ... There’ll be 3 of us going to the show - myself, my wife and our 12-year old daughter. As our daughter is a huge fan of Benedict Cumberbatch, I bought his Diamond Pass for her. Normally, for US shows, when you buy a photo opp ticket other family members are allowed to be in the same photo. But … looking at the photo opp page on the LFCC website, it seems like that isn’t the case over here. Is that really true? My wife can’t join my daughter when she’s having a photo taken with Cumberbatch? What about in regards to autographs? When my daughter goes to get her photo signed, I have some comic books I’d like to get signed as well - I’m assuming it’s ok for me to stand in line with my daughter so we can go up together? I’ve been reading up on the VQ system - let’s say all 3 of us wants to meet a celebrity to have some items signed. Do we really need 3 different VQ tickets to do so, or can we simply get one ticket and stay together when it’s time to queue? Lastly - the Diamond pass will get my daughter into Cumberbatch’s talk session. If I buy extra talk tickets for my wife & I, will we be able to sit with our daughter? Thank you :) Michael