I had no idea what was in store for us at the MCM Expo. I didn’t even know what it stood for until we walked deep into the ExCEL convention centre and were standing at the entrance – it apparently stood for the Movie Comic Media Expo. Emphasis is on comic. And that was the main crowd that seemed to be attracted to the expo. We were there mainly for the Anime Village, but there was also Live Wrestling, Chillerfest (horror genre area), gaming areas, and mainly a lot of stalls selling figurines, posters, memorabilia and the such. Oh and of course there were some stars for photo and authograph seekers including Michael York (Austin Powers), Jennifer Rhodes (Grams from Charmed), Bruce Boxleitner (Babylon 5), and Andy Serkis (Gollum!)

Overall we were pretty hard pressed to find anything that held our interest for very long. The highlight was probably the Cosplay (Costume Play) competition (see picture of the contestants to the right) which was … er, downright entertaining. The lengths people go to for the costumes were quite amazing – and mind you these people actually walked around the entire expo in these costumes!

Live Wrestling	Daleks