whip_pie Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 i think its great getting all the stormtroopers etc - it means i can fill my posters ...but can we please have a fairly large guest? never been to one of these before but seen the past guests and there has been some really good ones! would be great if we could get.... Mike Edmonds Caroline Blakiston Gary Kurtz Stuart Freeborn (prob to old) Kay Freeborn Peter Burroughs Michael Carter Andrew Secombe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FON Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Wasn't Peter at the last one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whip_pie Posted August 26, 2006 Author Share Posted August 26, 2006 Wasn't Peter at the last one i dont know, have never been to one before, all i am saying is that it needs a BIG guest rather than 100 stormtroopers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FON Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 (edited) But its not that kind of show, its full of extras and guests you won't find at big shows Edited August 26, 2006 by FON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DavidB Posted August 26, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 26, 2006 Yeah it is a smaller more quiet event aimed at the more specific/completist Star Wars collector. To be honest if they were to get a bigger SW guest they'd go to one of the other events I'd imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flinty Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 i reckon pennington is pretty big most of the others do the circuit so you can pick them up elsewhere this event is mostly first time signers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverlady Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 A couple of Empire Day's ago, Mike Edmonds was a guest and he was lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_c00per Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 Pennington is a BIG announcement as he is one of the most wanted signers in a long time and this is his first ever public signing. It could also be the only one he does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FON Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 Got to agree with Lee, Pennington is a big guest fon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounty Hunter Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 Yes, Peter was at the last Empire Day as a surprise guest. Michael Pennington is BIG in a sense, but like stated before, Empire Day is mostly about those 'obscure small part' guest stars. For the big stars, you'll probaby have to look into attending one of the Collectormania shows or London Film & Comic Con. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzic Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 We like Empire Day for its "smaller SW characters"... and don't want to change it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whip_pie Posted August 27, 2006 Author Share Posted August 27, 2006 but in the past there has been prowse / baker / davis / bulloch would be nice to put one of them in the mix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FON Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 you can get most of them at most other shows, what I found great about the last empire day was that the guests were amazed that we wanted to met them. Some had some great stories to tell from when they worked on starwars, plus as it was most of them 1st show you could tell most were excited about it all Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverlady Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 but in the past there has been prowse / baker / davis / bulloch would be nice to put one of them in the mix Why, if they've already been at other SM shows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarnorJax Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Pennington is a BIG announcement as he is one of the most wanted signers in a long time and this is his first ever public signing. It could also be the only one he does im pretty sure this isnt penningtons first sigining as I already have him and I only get autos in person. but as I have been doing this for 15 or so years I cant remember where he attended. one I would love is Stuart and Kay Freeborn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FON Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I did request Stuart and Kay when I spoke to Jason at the last empire day, I'm sure he has made every effort to get them , maybe next time Fon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounty Hunter Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Pennington is a BIG announcement as he is one of the most wanted signers in a long time and this is his first ever public signing. It could also be the only one he does im pretty sure this isnt penningtons first sigining as I already have him and I only get autos in person. but as I have been doing this for 15 or so years I cant remember where he attended. one I would love is Stuart and Kay Freeborn. You could be right, of course, but I've been doing it for the same amount of years and have no record of Mr Pennington ever attending a show, either in Europe or in the US. I did do a private signing with Mr Pennington in May 2003 through a friend in London. But a show? I do not believe so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WaterBoy Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 "Some one BIG!" Jabba the Hutt? Come on, someone must have been thinking of him? Sure, he has not had many roles recently, but considering that he was in three of the films (and was mentioned in a fourth) he would make a great guest. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 I think the current trend is to get newer guests that maybe havnt attended a proper convention before. Most collectors already have the BIG guests' autos. So, considering the majority target base and in the name of variety this show if for guests you maybe havnt met before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGreen Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Someone big ! What about Mike Kingma Sorry, couldn't resist it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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