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newnumber6

Fan Expo 2012

Aug 26, 2012 21:33

Not a lot of pictures today, but there are some. Mix of reasons for this, one was a lack of costumes that really appealed to me (there were a lot of fine costumes, but many either seemed to be stuff I had no idea what they were, or old standbys I'd seen and photographed a couple times before already, probably by the same people), another was ( Read more... )

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locker_monster August 27 2012, 02:18:26 UTC

Well, you went, and that's the important part. :-)

It's nice to see that John Rhys-Davies only charged $30 for his autograph. I would have thought he charged more. $40 for Alan's is on par; I've paid similarly for the cast members I have met. Maybe they all sat down one day and agreed to charge the same price.

I agree about signage. Some cons do it well, others not so much. The expo here posts prices and schedules on the booth above and behind the guest, so that's nice, but line-ups are always dodgy.

I agree that "having fun" at the con is kind of impossible. There's so many people and there's too many things to see. You have fun after the fact, once you've had time to absorb it all.

newnumber6 August 30 2012, 18:41:35 UTC

Yeah, I had a feeling he wouldn't be TOO expensive, just because he's rarely a lead. His photo op was only $30 too, but I didn't have time to wait around for any of those.

liabrown August 28 2012, 05:36:26 UTC

Aw, too bad, but I understand. In the future you don't need to worry about bothering me, though! And thank you :) The green screen photo turned out pretty funny, because the green parts of my costume were invisible and made me look like a ghost.

As always, Fan Expo managed to fix some problems and make new ones. The lines were a real pain at times, although in different places. And at one point we were outside the building, trying to leave, and literally could not move.

newnumber6 August 30 2012, 18:38:59 UTC

Wow, that seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I mean, a line to get in where you can't move, that's one thing, but to get OUT?

I didn't have any problems though, except for a small one in figuring out the actual ROUTE to get out.

Yeah, I saw the ghostly picture, was kind of cool, really, (although it might have been cooler if you could make parts of your head semi-transparent too... but then, the only way to do that would be green stripes of paint which wouldn't fit with the rest of the character)

(And I know I don't NEED to worry, but I probably will anyway!)

liabrown August 31 2012, 06:04:07 UTC

Oh definitely, somebody could have been crushed or trampled in that crowd. Nobody was moving but more people kept piling on behind us.

Yeah, I don't think I'd be up for painting my head :> Green fabric could have done it, but I don't have more of the green fabric unfortunately....it's ridiculously difficult to find spandex in most colours.