London Comic Con - MCM EXPO 2011

London Comic Con - MCM EXPO website

So, I just moved to the UK for university, and I met some fellow anime lovers. They told me about this Comic Con that is going to be held in London and that I should check it out. I will be attending with them. The event is being held on October 28-30th.
I hope to see some fellow members of the Fakku community. I will be the guy wearing a Hen-tie shirt, unless there are others that have that shirt there. I will also cosplay Hououin Kyouma from Steins;Gate.


I have PMed everyone who has posted in this thread. We can organize a more structured group and meeting plan if there is enough interest.

Ooo sounds like fun, this could be my first cosplay event, so excited =D I was thinking maybe I would make a good Tifa?

Go for it. I'm tempted to go as Hououin Kyouma from Steins;Gate, cause I can buy a labcoat at my University for 20 Pounds.

I just checked out your website, and your artwork is very impressive.

Thank you very much! This event is in my diary now, but need to get a costume somehow >_

If you don't have time to make it, you can always try buying one online. Ebay is usually a good place to start.

Im really considering attending this, but Im not sure if my finances are good enough...

30 pounds for the weekend ticket, 20 pounds for a coach ride to london and back from where I live and then accommodation...

But on the other hand, it sounds really cool...

the curse of a poor student!

If I do end up going, I'll probably just loiter around BBCS2 and check out AH3, or just Arc System Work games in general. I'm sure this October expo will be good, I should probably book my train tickets soon though.

I always go to it, even if I don't enjoy it all that much. I live pretty close to London anyway, usually spend stupid money at the Tokyo Bookstore stand.

I share your pain. But this is something that I'm willing to splurge on. Oh and I forgot to mention earlier that I'm only attending on Saturday. I'll probably just walk around town on Sunday.




Cool sounds good.




This will be my first time going to London Comic Expo. I hope I enjoy it.

I want to go but non of my mates want to go, can we organise a mini group for this?
Nobody buy tickets until a certain date (15th?) please then we all buy the ticket for the same day.

Heres a list of people that said they want to go.
The following people would you be uncomfortable with meeting with Fakku peeps considering what this site is about?
zetsubo666
OyOsama
Holsyion
animester
speedlolita
OP can you maybe incorporate this list if everyone oks it and put it into your first post. (yes im using OP wrong)

I couldn't afford it last time, but I'm living in London now so I don't really have an excuse. I will probably be with friends the whole time though, we'll see.

Wouldn't mind, long as none of you guys have a free hugs sign. ;)

I've already purchased my ticket. I'll be attending on Saturday the 29th. I plan to go out and tour the rest of London on Sunday.

I'll also add/create a mini-group and we can meet up or something, although I will probably hang with my friends for the most part.

Pretty sure I'm going with my girlfriend on the Sunday, might go alone or with a pal on Saturday too though. Might as well. zetsubo666, there's some pretty cool stuff in London. One gem would be the laundromat behind Trocadero that is actually just a Japanese store. They have tons of Japanese manga, videos, CDs and games. Near the Soho car park.

Thanks for the tip. I'll go check it out if I can.

So lolitta doesn't mind and Zetsu will be with a bigger group, but i take it you don't mind, what about the others if they don't reply to the post ill PM them them tmoro.
Also I can show who ever around london, not to anime shops, but to actual london cause i think if your in the city you should enjoy that city's culture, I can show you cool shops and markets/sights (not oxford street). Also if its a rare thing for you to come london, visit south bank its one of the best and iconic places for london.

I typically just head to TokyoToys, used to go to Funland arcade but that's closed, Japan Centre, that dry cleaning place, a few vinyl stores in Soho, Forbidden Planet, Orbital Comics, Chinatown, Casino Arcade in Goodge Street and Game Focus.

game focus? hmmm wheres that on goodge street? I can't recall even getting off on that stop and I used the norther line 3 years stright!

Purchased my train tickets, just need to bother getting the actual venue tickets now for the Saturday :) (29th)

@Holysion: I have no problem meeting people there on the saturday but I'm taking a few friends who are uncomfortable with Hentai sadly. Though thats there choice after all.

I'm mainly there to check out the Arc System Works stuff. Especially to check out BBCS2 though :)

I've never been to one of these before. So what can we do exactly? Still struggling to get enough for my cosplay outfit :(