[ England ] MCM Expo '08 Thread

Are you coming to the October London Expo?

Yes :D	66.2%	[ 88 ]
No D:	12.8%	[ 17 ]
Maybe...	5.3%	[ 7 ]
I don't live in England~	15.8%	[ 21 ]
Total Votes:			[ 133 ]

[MCM Expo Mascot]

[ Introduction ]

Welcome to the Un-Official Movie Comic Media (MCM) Expo Thread! Here I give you helpful information about the events, and it also gives you a chance to see who else is going! I hope you all find this informative, as there are few Anime Events in England, and this one is one of the biggest.


Straight from the Horse's Mouth
"Imagination meets reality. Experience a world like no other and you are at the MCM Expo.

The MCM Expo is not just another show but an event which is both interactive and fun.

Now considered in many areas to be the Largest gathering of Anime & Manga in the UK!

Bringing together the top Anime and Manga companies in the UK and a further a field, your chance to speak to the companies who bring the UK it's fix of great videos, books and more. Are you interested in Anime/Manga Cosplay? Then take part in the Anime/Manga Cosplay competitions each day with some Great prizes. Also in the 'Anime Village' area are displays, workshops, special guests, something for all Anime & Manga fans."











[ Updates ]




21/1o/o8 : Offical Gaia meet up times announced!
o9/1o/o8 : Offical Gaia events announced!
13/o9/o8 : September expo is over!
25/o5/o8 : May expo is over!
14/o5/o8 : GGT fully organised
21/o2/o8 : Midlands expo date announced
o4/o2/o8 : '08 Thread launch

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[ Announcements ]

When completed this section will contain any important notices about the expo, and possibly the progress everyone is making on their cosplays.

Main Stage Timetable

Offical Gaia Panel

Time: Saturday, 11:00 - 12:00
Location: Main Stage

Offical Gaia Get Together

Time: Sunday, 1:00 - 2:00
Location: Main Stage

Gaia is also giving out gold for anyone wearing Gaia gear at Expo and anyone attending the panel or get together, you will also recieve a limited addition ring for the new MMORPG

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[ MCM Expo Dates ]

The dates and locations for each MCM Expo in 2008.

FluffierDragon

Notice for all who have their GCSE's at the same time as the may expo!

Go to this site:

http://www.modernisationonline.org.uk/comptimetable/

and it will tell you when all your exams are in the summer! So you can see if you've got exams straight after the expo, and you can decide whether to go or not. Like if you have a hard subject the day after the expo it might not be a good idea to go for both days.
(You don't have to listen to it though)

24th & 25th May 2008
London MCM Expo
ExCeL
Royal Victoria Dock
London
E16 1XL
UK

~


13th September 2008
Midlands MCM Expo
The International Centre Telford
St Quentin Gate
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JH

~

25th & 26th Oct October 2008
London MCM Expo
ExCeL
Royal Victoria Dock
London
E16 1XL
UK

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[ Tickets and Prices ]

Please Note! These Prices are based off of the London centre, and could well be different at the Telford Expo.

To order your tickets Please go HERE! May Expo Tickets Now avaliable!

Normal Entry Tickets
SATURDAY: 11am to 6pm
SUNDAY: 11am to 5pm

Adult Ticket: £9
Child Ticket (11 to 14): £4

Fast Track Entry Tickets
SATURDAY: From 9am
SUNDAY: From 10am

All Fast Track Tickets are £12

(Allows entry up to 1 hour before Normal Tickets. available in advance)

Tickets to the MCM Expo can be purchased at the Door each day

*SPECIAL CHILD OFFER
Children 10 years & Under accompanied by a full paying Adult (limited to 2 FREE Children per adult) gain FREE normal entry

**PLEASE NOTE**
Normal tickets are only available at the door!

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[ Star Guests ]

Please Note! These are the guests that will be appearing at all of the conventions. This list will be updated when we know the information, so it'll look pretty blank for a while! sweatdrop



24th & 25th May (London Expo)
Edward James Olmos
Julie Benz
Aaron Douglas
Marsha Thomason
Shawnee Smith



September (Midlands Expo)
To be announced



25th & 26st October (London Expo)
To be announced

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[ The List ]

If any Gaian’s are going to any of the Expo’s, we will stick your name up here ^^ Plus! I will also have a Cosplay option, which basically means that if you are going to be in cosplay it’ll be next to your name, in [ square brackets. ] If you are undecided as of yet, or are going as different cosplays, on different days, just post it in your List Join PM 83

To join the list, just copy and paste this code into a PM. PLEASE pm this to me!

NEW! Codes that have been posted on the actual topic often get ABSORBED by the amount of posting. So I often miss them. Please PM FluffierDragon or MCM Expo Mascot as you will have a better chance of being added! This is also if you need to make any edits to the list! Pretty Simple if you ask me :0

[ My Signup! ]

[b][color=orange]Name:[/color][/b]
[b][color=orange]Expo Dates:[/color][/b]
[b][color=orange]Cosplaying as who and from what:[/color][/b]

[ Current Totals ]
London o5/o8__________ 36
Midlands o9/o8_________10
London 1o/o8__________ 14



Okay, here we go!

24th & 25th May 2008


I Am Mentis
FluffierDragon [Seeing Eye Ninja & Orihime ~ Bleach]
FluffyDragon [Grave of Maria ~ D.Gray-Man & Nell ~ Bleach]
L u c y y y_x [Rukia ~ Bleach & Hanatarou ~ Bleach]
~Silantre~ [Feral Druid ~ World Of Warcraft]
Kevin [Gaian Avatar]
Lieutenant Love [Hidan ~ Naruto]
` C l a i r e y [Gothic Lolita]
Kirara_Yumi [Youji ~ Loveless]
missxcannie [Ema skye ~ Phoenix Wright: Ace attorney]
Muffin Revolution Queen [Tamaki ~ Ouran high school host club & Noel ~ Mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch (pure)]
Jupiter Lightning [Vincent Valentine ~ FFVII]
[Angel of Cruxis] [Freya Crescent ~ Final Fantasy IX ]
The Real Johnny Sniper
NESSiiE [Princess Serenity ~ Sailor Moon]
BananaToffe [pikachu ~ pokemon]
Funkiie__x [Summoner Yuna ~ Final Fantasy X]
Destinys-spirits [Sakura Hime ~ Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles & Garnet ~ FFIX ]
Cheremy LeBeau [Rikku ~ FFX-2]
Madzii x [Diva & Vexen]
SilverEyesWolf [Chisame Hasegawa ~ Mahou Sensei Negima]
Cathy (Chizumiya) [Konoka ~ Negima]
Kaz [Sasuke Uchiha ~ Naruto]
Vanigami
SelfInnocenceLost [Ash ~ pokemon]
Legolas_the_elf [Komugi Nakahara ~ nurse witch komugi]
Emzileh [ Axel ~ Kingdom Hearts 2 & Reno ~ Final Fantasy VII Advent Children/Haruhi Fujioka ~ Ouran high school host club]
Hosagi
` T a p i o c a ` [ Punk Wa Lolita ]
Smallbluething [ Soi Fong ~ Bleach ]
Parodius [ Sasuke ~ Naruto ]
Mint Pixie [ Misa ~ Deathnote ]
Wingd_Dragon [ Gunner Yuna ~ X-2 ]
needmorebeer [ Light Yagami ~ DeathNote ]
Teh R a i n b o w Fish [ yoh asakura ~ shaman king ]


~

13th September 2008


FluffierDragon [ Patty ~ Soul Eater ]
FluffyDragon [ Liz ~ Soul Eater]
L u c y y y_x [Road Camelot ~ D.Gray-Man ]
[Angel of Cruxis] [Pixie Rikku ~ Kingdom Hearts II]
Black_ravens_blood [ Chii ~ Chobits ]
Destinys-Spirits [Hao Asakura ~ Shaman King & Sakura Kinomoto ~ Card Captor Sakura]
Sirluc [Ichigo ~ bleach]
Emzileh [Marluxia ~ Kingdom Hearts / Aerith Gainsborough ~ Final Fantasy VII]
Gyoro and Ururun [Nekozawa Umehito ~ Ouran High School Host Club]
xRazorzEdgex [ Itachi Uchiha ~ Naruto ]


~

25th & 26st October 2008


FluffierDragon [Ball Gown & Orihime ~ Bleach ]
FluffyDragon [Dress coat & Liz ~ Soul Eater]
I Am Mentis
L u c y y y_x [Allen Walker ~ D.Gray-Man & Haruhi Suzumiya ~ Haruhi Suzumiya no Yuuutsu ]
Destinys-Spirits [Sakura Hime ~ Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles ]
Vanigami
Emzileh
Countryside [Misa ~ DeathNote]
shy-shy-butterfly-2k7 [Gin ~ Bleach]
Teh Pit [Pit ~ Super Smash Brothers Brawl]
Adenator
Bethan E.E. Neylan-Francis [Ema Skye ~ AA: Apollo Justice]
gemsaurus [ Yuuta ~ Zombie Loan]
Teh R a i n b o w Fish

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[ Gaia Get Together ]

Basically, it’ll give us gaians a chance to meet other people from Gaiaonline at the convention, and talk about all things Gaia, such as current plots, market place values, quests, battle systems and anything and everything!

The GGT PICNIC(Gaia Get Together)

Time: TBA
Place: The grassy hill by the trees

We will be congregating outside the West Entrance of the ExCel Center, by the trees. For those of you who have not been to the center before, the West Entrance is the entrance that you first see when you get off of the train.

PLEASE NOTE! The GGT will be happening like a Picnic. Please Bring food to eat and bring Blankets to sit on. This is also very dependant on the weather, so if it is raining, we will move to inside the building. This the same if it is very cold.

Activities list

These activities will likely be going on from 2.00pm onwards. (If you have any ideas for games please PM them to FluffierDragon or MCM Expo Mascot)

Wink murder
Hide and Seek
Find that cosplayer
Picnic
Photo shoot
Assassin (Rules on page 6)

Please feel free to give your opinions on a Get Together!

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[ Cosplay Exchange ]

If you need an item for a cosplay you are doing, and cannot find it anywhere, or you are willing to sell an item from an old costume, we can post your items up here for people to buy or sell. Lending is also an option, but you will have to sort that out amongst yourselves biggrin

Basically, if you have a cosplay/wig/accessory you want to sell, or are willing to lend out, your item can be displayed on this post, and people can PM you to buy/borrow the item, and likewise if you have something you need and would like to borrow you can put it there so if someone has one they are willing to lend/sell they can see.
We are doing this mainly because it would be much cheaper to lend something from a friend on here than go out and buy a new one, especially if you're not likely to repeat the cosplay.

If you are looking to Buy or Borrow an item, please fill out the following form, and PM it to MCM Expo Mascot.

Quote:

Cosplay:
Username:
Details of Item Needed:
Buying or Borrowing:
Date of Convention Item is needed for:
Contact details: (PM or Email please)
Anything Else that may be Helpful:

If you are looking to sell or lend an item, please fill out the following form and PM it to MCM Expo Mascot.

Quote:

Username:
Details of Item:
Photo Links: (If any)
Cosplay Item is good for:
Selling or Lending:
Contact details: (PM or Email please)

[ Buying or Borrowing Gaians ]

[ Selling or Lending Gaians ]

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[ Photos ]

(and other media ;3)

Got photos from last year you want to show off? PM them to me, and I will add them up here. <3

I will also use this space for the group photo! Please check back soon!

LouM11's album
Dead Apple's Album
Jupiter Lightning's album
sxc_sammi's album

[ Gaia Group Photo! ]

London Expo May 2008

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[ Non-Expo Events and Meetups ]

Being the sociable people we are there are loads of gatherings going on outside of the Expo in this post is the list of such events going on in the UK this year.

Got a meet up, picnic or party you want to advertise? To be added to the list, fill in this form, PM it to FluffierDragon or the MCM Expo Mascot and I'll add it to the list.

[b][color=orange]Event[/color][/b] :
[b][color=orange]Organiser[/color][/b] :
[b][color=orange]Date[/color][/b] :
[b][color=orange]Location[/color][/b] :
[b][color=orange]Other Info[/color][/b] :

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