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DALEKS VERSUS A
STORMTROOPER? When we arrived at the centre it was already pretty packed out. The fact that this con is held in a shopping mall really doesn’t do it any favours and it suffered from the same problems as last time I attended. Because the show is spread out among the normal retail shops there is always a LOT of congestion and it took forever to get past the crowds to get from one place to another. I suppose it helps to attract more people though as there were a lot of casual passers by browsing the stalls and stuff. We bumped in to some people who we had spent most of celebration Europe with so it was nice to catch up with them a bit, as we hadn’t seen them since.
Overall it was a good day, we got some good deals on collectibles and added some more autographs to our collections. One thing show masters could improve with their conventions in the UK is to maybe add in just one or two special events like celebrity talks or something, not much but I just feel that t is a bit lacking somehow. Next stop London Film and Comic Con in July. PHOTO GALLERY
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It
was that time of year again this weekend as Collectormania 13 was
held in Milton Keynes. The convention was held over the 3 days of
the holiday weekend and Jamie (a.k.a. Jaask) and me attended on
Sunday, which is usually the best day to catch all the guests. I
have to say that I was quite disappointed that there were a lot of
cancellations announced before the show this year including Patrick
Stewart, Michael Rosenbaum and Robert McNeill. This year I booked a
coach to get to Milton Keynes and it was only about two hours out
from London so getting there as not a problem and I met up with
Jamie en-route.
The
stalls were pretty much the same as usual, there are only really a
few people who do these cons and they are always there. As always
lots of Artwork and autographs stalls took up a majority of the
floor with a few big stalls selling all the Gentle Giant, Sideshow
and Master Replicas stuff. I got a nice bargain n three MR Mini
helmets and picked up some figures I have been missing for a while
and Jamie found a Transformers bust he needed at half retail price
so we were both pretty happy. A fair few people were dressed up this
year and we saw some pretty impressive costumes, four guys dressed
up as the Ghostbusters attracted a lot of attention and the Dorset
Troopers were there too raising money for great almond street
children’s hospital.
The
main celebrity there was John Barrowman (Torchwood, Dr. Who) and
tickets sold out to see him within an hour of them going on sale so
we missed out on getting to meet him. Other stars who attended
included James Marsters (Buffy), Natalia Tena (Harry Potter), Lea
Tompson (back to he future) and Connor Trinneer (Enterprise). This
was he third convention I had been to where Dave Prowse had appeared
and although I did meet him at Celebration Europe, I never got his
autograph both me and Jamie took the opportunity this time. I’m glad
I did because I think he was a bit stressed at CE but he was a lot
nicer this time; there wasn’t a queue so we had time for a chat and
a photo. Sitting right next to Dave was Anthony Forrest so we took
the chance to go and have a chat with him too, really nice guy but
what else would you expect from a Trooper. Jamie also went to get
Mark Ryan's autograph, voice of bumblebee in Transformers, as he is
a big fan.
