Birmingham NEW Comic Con / Memorabilia Expo March 2014

On 22nd-23rd March was the Birmingham NEC Comic Con / Memorabilia Expo weekend and I actually bought the early entry ticket in advance this time. I do recommend the early entry ticket as it is much easier to get to stalls and generally walk around the show, rather than being crushed and shoved and trampled.

However, pre-booking does not mean no waiting line to get in. There was an extensive waiting line but, to the credit of the staff, I did get to the front of the queue within around 20 minutes; so it is still much, much better than the usual 40 minute wait to get your ticket.

Once my ticket was scanned and my wrist stamped, I did just waltz straight into the Expo room which was very refreshing. Overall I would say pre-booking tickets is the way to go with these events; waiting queues were shorter and faster and getting through the door was no trouble at all.

Inside were the usual stalls and I have to say the selection there this year was amazing! I had to actually restrain myself from spending any more than I did (I actually spent ~£80).

This year we see that the Vinyl POP! figures are extremely popular, ranging from around £10-£15, depending on which stall you bought from.

I actually ended buying four of these because I LOVE the Vinyl POP! figures!

Also, over at Gundam Mad's stall (manned by G-Man from the Gundam Nation forum) we saw Studio Ghibli model kits. Apparently, rather rare they priced from around £25-£60 but they do look amazing.

I actually ended up buying the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Möwe model kit because I just couldn't resist such a wonderful looking model kit. This kit will be the subject of my next video.

Of course, Darth Vader and his Imperials / Sith were out in force, delighting and terrorising the fans of the day; along with an AT-AT. They looked fantastic; as per usual.

Now, the best part of the day for me, the movie/TV guests. I had the immense pleasure of meeting and chatting with James Cosmo, most notably playing Lord Commander Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones, and getting his signature and a picture with him. I managed to catch him at a quiet time and had a small chat with him and I have to say, despite his scary demeanour in such programmes as Game of Thrones and Castle, he is a wonderfully lovely person and a true gent!

So overall, it was a fantastic day. I was there for around 3 hours and got to look at everything a few times over and in the end I came away with some epic loot.

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Birmingham MCM Memorabilia Show

Well, as you may have known, it was the MCM Memorabilia Show at the NEC in Birmingham last month and I have to say...it was epic!
This time around it was stretched across two rooms, rather than the usual one, but the stalls weren't just more spread out, there were actually enough stalls to fill the two rooms. The stalls had some amazing stuff on too! Lots of unusual items and hard-to-find trinkets; of course though, there were the usual boat-loads of Star Wars and other big franchise toys / collectables but overall a great mix between scifi and anime collections there this yeah.

I got a few photos from the expo, sorry that a couple of blurry, had to move fast:

I had to get a few pics in with the really good costumers!

Couldn't get one with Darth Vader as everyone was crowding him even though they were just looking. Let this be a lesson, if you aren't taking pictures / having a picture taken, have some courtesy and move out the way so others can!

This was my final loots! I have, since then, began a collection of figurines and such; which can be viewed on my Facebook (link at the bottom of the page).

That is, by the way, the new MG Duel Gundam which came out this year. I will do a review of this one once I come around to doing it. At the moment I am still building the RX-78-2 OYW Gundam; which I have nearly finished and will review once I have.

Well there wasn't too much to say, just to show, this time. The expo was awesome! I cannot wait until the next one, which is in November for Birmingham. You really had to be there to see what it was like and the feel of the whole event. It was electric though and very exciting.

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