Heynonnymouse

Fantastic vid of the stormtroopers dancing. Deserves to become an internet hit and hats off to the stormtroopers, given the heat in the hall an amazing feat of endurance

Saturday Good and Bad points Bad points: The silliness with the queues befor opening, already explained I know and handled quite quickly but every time this kind of thing happens at an event (All too often) there are inevitably those who feel justified in leap frogging to promote their position. If we have to be moved its not beyond the ken of man to do so in an organised manner that doesn't result in bad feelings. As someone who arrived just before gates opened at 7 and was in the first 20-30 to find themselves 50-70ish after the reorganisation it is frustrating and casts a pall. The heat - totally unacceptable and a poor reflection on the venue, as was the entry/exit by lift only depending on the time of day. Too many people crammed into a lift, allbeit for only a short time and the refusal of venue staff to allow my wife and I to use the stairs as we could gain entrance to another event. My wife suffers from claustrophobia but this cut no ice, we were told it was only a short journey. Oh, that's allright then, only a short time in hell for my wife in case we felt the overwhelming desire to crash an event with no interest to us. Crew making decisions on the fly - classic example when questioned about the Diana Rigg Photoshoot. My wife showed her ticket number, nice and low, and asked how it was being organised, never having done photo shoot before. We were told things were running a little behind and therefore the shotoshoot wouldn't start until 15/20 mins late, Asked to return at 1330 so there wasn't too much of a crowd and we would be called forward in groups, my wife being in the first. Arrived back at 1320 to find a single queue for everybody with yellow tickets (Presumably everybody) and no priority on numbers so just told to join the end of the long queue. As Diana Rigg was our "Biggie" for the day, on entry we made straight to the Big Guest area only to find it wasn't being used and on going to the general signing area having a high VT, how much organisation would have taken for a crew member to have announced this to the queue before entry Good Points: Everyone we met seemed to be happy to be there and no matter how long the queues to find the time to swap a few friendly words, made for a very pleasant experience Great selection of 10x8s for the guests, shows just the very tip of the iceberg of the thought and prep that obviously went into the day and reflects very highly on the organisers. Good interesting selection of guests, again a credit to the organisers Good selection of dealers Although the bad points took more words (I tried to be constructive) the good points more than made for an excelent overall experience, its just a pity the bad points had to be there as some could have been easily addressed.

Its not just the number of guests, in my case 6 of the so far announced, but the number of autos. Take Diana Rigg for example, I'm a huge Bond fan and would like my Bond book signed, the wife is an Avengers fan so a well signed book about them goes into the pot, although not a huge Bond fan, wife loves OHMSS and has had DVD signed by George, then there's a 10x8 for the wall and a photo shoot for the wife. Then there's John Hurt and don't get me started on what will happen if both Sean Bean and Ian Holm agree to attend. Show some mercy Showmasters and stop doing this, I'd kind of hoped to be able to afford a holiday next year

Holy S**t..... This is going to be an expensive visit but wow!!!!!

Hi I'm Ken 50 something coming with wife Jan, 50ish both from Essex. Believe it or not, told my mother about the con and she said "Get me a ticket, I love John". (Having seen his one man show in Manchester) So Angela will be there at her very first Con but as for her age, it's more than my life's worth, she's still got a mean right hook

One quick question, I think the only one I think hasn't been asked about autographs. Will the photoshoot pictures be returned signed or will they be ready to take through the autograph session and count as the free signature. I only ask because at other events either system has been in place. (And one disaster where they came back after the autographs). Thanks