(07-20-2009, 02:20 AM)jrockisjoujou Wrote:

(07-20-2009, 01:51 AM)gakkuhai Wrote:

(07-20-2009, 01:30 AM)glamorousdreamer Wrote: You got a fan signed too? Was this fan some of the merchandise sold at the LIVE?

I am curious too. Are they selling the fans? I have one I got at Anime Expo ...

In Baltimore, before the autograph session, they were only selling fans-$2 and cd's-$20.

What she said I picked up the fan at the Columbia show, which had everything for sale but the t-shirts, IIRC (although they had the shirts back at Sonar). I saw someone walking around with a really neat VAMPS fan that was round and had a much fancier plastic handle, and when I asked her where she got it, she said that a Japanese girl had dropped it and left it on the ground, so she assumed it was Japanese merchandise only.

(07-20-2009, 02:20 AM)jrockisjoujou Wrote: The actual autograph session was pretty organized, amazingly. And there was ample time to buy something to get signed, cuz they only let like 10 ppl through the doors at a time to form a mini line to buy stuff if need be, get it signed, and exit, then the next group of 10 came in.
They gave out little tickets to the first 200 fans in line. They put up a barrier behind that 200th person, and made the other ppl in line stay where they were. It all worked out pretty good. Except a few ppl were missing from the line to go to the bathroom, etc., and got skipped over. So I suggest if you must leave the line do it atleast an hour before your scheduled signing.

Oh, wow, I didn't realize some people missed out because they weren't in line at the right time! Man, I feel sorry for those folks. But I do agree with you - it was definitely very organized. I was really surprised.

Speaking of lines, I mentioned her in another thread, but did any of you see the woman who paid $20 to cut in line? I don't know if she'll be going to other shows, but people might want to keep an eye out for her since she cut waaaay ahead in line at both Sonar and the Otakon panel. She's a very thin, older woman with blonde hair and wears long, bohemian-style dresses. I feel sorry for the people that she cheated out of a spot (both for the autograph and the panel, where she and a guy who I'm guessing is her husband cut to almost the very front of the line).