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Yes, really lovely guy! I didn't have a crush on him beforehand but I do now!

Who were the guys selling the Viking jewellery? I did pick up a card but it's gone missing between leaving on Sunday and unpacking my loot. If anybody knows, it's appreciated! Thanks! :)

I'm an idiot too, I thought it was a little Rose but it's so obvious now

That Punisher shot is amazing, I got Amber to sign that too! :)

I hope it's working now! This is my Chell from Portal (Friday) and my Last Jedi Rey from Sunday

Thanks, FB didn't work (it's too early in the morning so I probably messed up somewhere lol) so I'll try something else :)

I'm having real trouble posting pics, is there anything I could use that's better than photobucket?

I learned that years ago, bouncing straight into work from a convention just isn't doable, of course it depends on if your employers let you book time off! I work nights now so it's not too bad. Back to work Friday for me this week!

I got an Aliens one sheet signed by Bill Hope, Lance Henriksen and Barbara Coles, all 3 commented on how they had not seen that design yet over the weekend. My husband got his special edition DVD of Near Dark signed by Lance too which came out really beautifully so he was pleased with that. I also got a small Expanse poster signed by Wes Chatham signed (SM PLEASE get him back, he was so nice!) but I really wanted a Roci blueprint or a blu ray signed, sadly neither were available (I think the series is due a physical release soon though) and I found a really cool Punisher 10x8 at one of the dealer stalls which I got Amber Rose Revah to sign (who was also really nice!) i decided a while ago that I wouldn't get 10x8s anymore as I have far too many but I couldn't resist that one! of course I got my DP Jason Momoa print signed too!

The only way to get over the post Con blues is to start planning the next one! :)

We never got to meet him, the VQ number didn't get high enough on Saturday and it was impossible to even get near him to check on Sunday so we gave up. We're disappointed but these things happen and we got everyone else we wanted. I'm sure they'll be other opportunities! :)

I have a question if it's ok to ask? I saw a really beautiful assistance dog over the weekend and I'm curious to know what breed it was? I want to say husky as I have one at home (a 12 year old boy husky) but the face was quite pointy compared to my boy. Obviously I know never to disturb a dog when it's working so I didn't go over to ask. I work in an animal home so my attention is always drawn to dogs. I hope it is ok to ask on here! :)

This happens in DVD shops as well, I worked in one of the big HMVs in London for a few years (now sadly closed) and we always knew when there was a small signing in the area because dealers would descend on the store, buy stacks and stacks of dvds, cds etc from one actor/artist, plus ask for what we have out the back and then demand to be served immediately as "I'm in a hurry" and of course because they were spending loads management would bend over backwards for them. One notable instance was one of the Ghostbusters was doing a small event in Soho (that nobody knew about, we usually get a heads up on these things) and as a consequence of greedy dealers, genuine people were coming in for one DVD to take along and left dissapointed because we didn't have anything. Obviously it's not all dealers, but I guess if a lot of money is involved then morals and consideration for others goes out of the window!

I'm sorry that happened to you, I saw a couple of times in various queues that people were pushing in front of people in wheelchairs or on crutches, especially up in the main autograph pit where Sam Neill and the doctors were. I've been doing Cons for years now and it seems like a small minority of attendees have absolutely no consideration for other people & it has gotten worse as the years go on. My mum is in a wheelchair and if that had happened to her I would have been absolutely livid. I hope those people are suitably ashamed of themselves!

Yeah they were everywhere!

Highs- we had weekend passes and managed to get everyone on our lists bar one, which was great! The photo pits I was in were well organised for the most part, especially Amber Rose & Wes on the Sunday. There was a nice selection of dealers and they were not all rammed in together like previous years which made browsing easier during quiet times. Entrance to the event was smooth and the crew guys were polite and cheerful throughout! The water and fans were a very welcome addition to the venue too! Lows the photo shoot on Sunday morning for Jason was in a really awkward place, it was far too cramped, noisy and the poor crew member could not make herself heard at all! I definitely think you could benefit from having megaphones or signs at the pits stating batch numbers called etc. The people running the doors at the event (and by which I mean Olympia staff, not SM crew) were largely rude and unhelpful. On the Saturday a bin had caught fire in the smoking area and I went to tell the guy on the door and he turned his head away from me, completely ignored me and really did not want to deal with it. Another attendee ended up putting it out with water from her bottle. This is quite bad, I'm actually a fire Marshall at my place of work and know how serious bin fires can be, especially in built up areas. Another concern was the VQ system in really busy autograph queues. The system works, but when it's really busy it's impossible to get close to the sign to even see the vq number. We tried several times to get to Sam Neill over the weekend and it just didn't happen! Largely it was a good event, the Sunday was really chilled providing you didn't need to get into the autograph area, which was mental!

I didn't meet him, but in my Jason Momoa shoot on Sunday morning, just before I was going to step forward a load of really massive guys came into the shoot and Jason broke away to go over to them, say hi etc and I wasn't sure what was going on until I realised one of them was Steven Segal. He stepped forward and the photographer took some photos of him & Jason and then they left. So that was kind of unexpected and cool! :)

We had a high 200 vq number but had to leave early at around half 1-2. We'll try again today but I'm not expecting to be able to get him. At one point we was in the cafe and the queue for him was snaking past and as far as I could tell, that wa just the queue for people waiting for VQs!

Does anybody know what VQ number Sam got up to before close today?

Nice! :)

Wes Chatham-super nice guy! Can we have him back? :)

I think a lot of it comes down to experience and that's fair enough

His agents and people were great, super fast and his queue was the quickest I was in today!

I had a problem with Lance Henriksens queue too. Had a ticket in the 160s, and was waiting for a few hours on a nearby table (my husband has had a recent knee injury and it was too late to sort out an extra help pass so I was watching queues for him too). The crew manning the line said he was only taking up to 150, everyone else should go away. I asked if it was worth sticking around or trying again over the weekend and was told to try again over the weekend. I then spent around 20 minutes checking other queues and when I passed by his queue on the way back, I saw it was now 1-300. I tried to get on the end and was told they were cutting the queue at that point as it was too long and they wanted it to go down a bit before anybody else joined the end. There were lots of people waiting around but nobody actually joining the end of the queue. We had to leave around 5pm so I didn't hang around. I'm not sure why they changed it to 300 if that was the case? I will try again over the weekend but I'm not holding my breath on that one!

I had the same problem, he was listed as being at all 3 days but I couldn't find him at all. I asked at an info desk and was told to ask at his desk to see where he was (I couldn't find it!). I ended up finding out from a friend who wasn't even at the event via Wes' twitter account that he was never meant to be scheduled for Friday in the first place!