LFCC will be at Earl's Court next weekend (11-13 July). Hoping to get there on the Saturday

They certainly have some great guests booked in.

Showmasters always bang on about how each event will be the biggest and best yet, but this one does look to be huge. Carrie Fisher was a great last minute announcement.

Still, doubt I'll top meeting Gillian Anderson at 2012's LFCC!

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Still, doubt I'll top meeting Gillian Anderson at 2012's LFCC!

Good call. That was a great guest

Planning on going on Saturday

Got an early bird ticket for the Saturday

Considering buying a Sunday ticket on the door, so many guests I'd love to meet!

so glad I was not at this show, people queuing for 4-7 hours outside, total shambles.

People were still queuing at 4pm to get in.

Well I stood in line from 10-12 and saw it was at least another 2 hours to get in, went to the pub for an hour and walked back past the queue and where I had been must have had at least another 90 minutes to go! I went home to enjoy the sunshine and a BBQ. There were 2 young lads in the queue attending their first show, they didn't stay either. Hardly any staff outside and people standing in the hot sun. A shambles.

This was my second show, after Newcastle in March. Learnt from the wait at that one the value of an early bird ticket and entry was smooth for me this time, but with the same queuing issues I have to wonder why they don't just make it an advanced ticket only event to save on the mass disappointment - surely Showmasters know how popular the London one is just from empirical evidence! I got in about 9:20 and got autograph tickets straight away but still had 474 for Summer Glau. By the end of the day she had no tickets left but was still only up to <570, so I can't see how those who queued up for hours and finally got in, even had a chance to see her. Stan Lee's queue was apparently off the charts.

I had a GREAT day though! Got what I went for (minus Pedro Pascal and Natalie Dormer's last minute cancellations ) and met up with some friends who I won't be able to see that often/easily after moving in June. Plus a load of card swag of course



Tyler Mane was probably my favourite meeting, and Juliet Landau was a nice chat too! Ended up talking about Justice League for a while despite me knowing her mostly from my Buffy/Angel fan days.

Some fun inscriptions:
Summer: No power in the verse can stop me
Tyler: Run like hell boy!

It was the busiest LFCC I've been to in recent years. Showmasters are stating that there was 40-50% increase in attendance for the Saturday.

I had a standard entry ticket for Saturday. Longer queue than usual to get it but once it started moving it was ok, but it was when you got into the venue that it was so jam packed. There was nowhere to go and it was just got gridlocked. It was very hot due to the weather and everybody packed in the main room. Not sure how the dealers/sellers got on as I found it difficult to get to any of the stalls to have a good look, plus due to it being so hot and packed I just wanted to get of the main hall.

Due to the queues only decided to get one autograph which was Michael Madsen. Got ticket 375 and it finally got to 400 around around 3:30ish. There was no more than 5 people in the queue. Mr Madsen didn't have much to say, perhaps he was hot and bothered like the rest of u, but at least he didn't torture me!

I mainly went for the comic writers/artist which was in separate building. That was a lot more peaceful and to got see everyone I wanted to see.

I left about 4ish and there was still a massive queue of people waiting to get in. The poor people had no chance of seeing or doing anything at that time.

Will probably avoid the Saturday next year if it's at the same venue.

I was there at stupid o'clock on the Sunday after hearing about the utter fiasco that was Saturday. Not impressed with a lot of the organisers actions during the show and on their own forums afterward where they are very gung-ho about deleting the accurate feedback that doesn't cast them in a good light. Lots of fans got shafted this weekend due to poor organisation and I feel truly sorry for those who spent their time and money to not even get in, or missed out on the people they wanted to meet.

I feel fortunate to sat I met some good guests. I found Michael Madsen fantastic. For Potato Head, apparently he was still jet-lagged on Saturday having one had 1hrs sleep the night before.

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For Potato Head, apparently he was still jet-lagged on Saturday having one had 1hrs sleep the night before.

Cheers that would explain a lot. I don't expect the temperature helped