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the KC NAME show
What a disappointment. Our local spring show was cancelled so the
national show could be held this fall. I'm not sure what the point was, this wasn't any larger than we usually get. And, it was downtown at the Crown Plaza, alongside the quilt show, the KC Royal parade, Octoberfest, and some kind of kid's carnival. I'm amazed we found parking. Looked like there was about 25 vendors, some with lovely things, but much of what I saw was 1/2 or 1/4 scale. Doesn't anyone do 1:12 any more? The vendor hall and exhibit didn't open to the public until after noon. That's ok, I can understand paid attendees getting first crack at it. But then there was a $5 entrance fee! Surprised me as there was no mention of that on their web page or flyers. Grumble grumble. The exhibit was another disappointment. The theme of the show was pets, and there were some cute pet shop window displays, and several tables with roomboxes. The quality of the roomboxes ranged from ok to awful. I really didn't see anything that took my breath away, and only one I'd want to take home with me -- a harvest scene done inside a ceramic pumpkin napkin holder. There were a few rooms I remembered from the last show. Overall, it was one of the least inspiring mini shows I've ever seen. I hope the rest of the country hasn't gotten this bad. Almost makes me want to give up the hobby. Dawn |
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Dawn wrote:
What a disappointment. Our local spring show was cancelled so the national show could be held this fall. I'm not sure what the point was, this wasn't any larger than we usually get. And, it was downtown at the Crown Plaza, alongside the quilt show, the KC Royal parade, Octoberfest, and some kind of kid's carnival. I'm amazed we found parking. Looked like there was about 25 vendors, some with lovely things, but much of what I saw was 1/2 or 1/4 scale. Doesn't anyone do 1:12 any more? The vendor hall and exhibit didn't open to the public until after noon. That's ok, I can understand paid attendees getting first crack at it. But then there was a $5 entrance fee! Surprised me as there was no mention of that on their web page or flyers. Grumble grumble. The exhibit was another disappointment. The theme of the show was pets, and there were some cute pet shop window displays, and several tables with roomboxes. The quality of the roomboxes ranged from ok to awful. I really didn't see anything that took my breath away, and only one I'd want to take home with me -- a harvest scene done inside a ceramic pumpkin napkin holder. There were a few rooms I remembered from the last show. Overall, it was one of the least inspiring mini shows I've ever seen. I hope the rest of the country hasn't gotten this bad. Almost makes me want to give up the hobby. Dawn Sorry you had such a disappointing show. At the NAME National Houseparty here in Anaheim in June there wa free admission to the exhibits, but as always a charge for non-attendee admission to the salesroom (which was open on Saturday and Sunday afternoons). Anybody with one of the flyers that were available at libraries and mini shops, or with one of the newspaper announcements, etc. got a small discount. I don't know that anything is really going down hill. It may just be a personal level of satiation - after all, just how much really new can there be? And if it's too new and different, we'd probably complain about that too! We're going up to the "Good Sam" show in San Jose next week. Will let you all know what our experience is. - Herb |
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Herb wrote:
Sorry you had such a disappointing show. At the NAME National Houseparty here in Anaheim in June there wa free admission to the exhibits, but as always a charge for non-attendee admission to the salesroom Maybe I'm just losing it in my old age, but I can't recall ever being charged admission before. We're going up to the "Good Sam" show in San Jose next week. Will let you all know what our experience is. Hope it's a good one. Maybe we just had an off year here. Will have to see what spring brings. Dawn |
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the KC NAME show - Good Sam in San Jose
Well, we just came back from there, and it was an excellent show. I've
never been before, so can't compare it in context, but was very impressed. It was extremely well organized, with continuing activities for kids, and had a service where people could ask at the main desk if any vendor had some particular type of miniatures, and the request would be announced over the PA. The facilities (Parkside Center in San Jose) were well fitted to the occasion; they set up a food service stand inside the show area, with adequate tables and chairs. It's a charity event; they held a silent auction on Saturday and a major raffle with about 25 high-value donated prizes. It was one of the best and most varied collection of vendors I've seen in a long time. More IGMA members than at any NAME show, and more of the not-quite-so-high-end vendors than at the Tom Bishop or IGMA shows. All the vendors I spoke to said that they had a good return on their investment. A couple said that they had fewer sales but a larger gross - people were buying UP. - Herb |
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the KC NAME show - Good Sam in San Jose
Herb wrote:
It was one of the best and most varied collection of vendors I've seen in a long time. Sounds like it was a good show. Makes me wish we had more than one a year here. Dawn |
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