[Ad- gifted experience] Earlier this year, Robin and Kai (along with Dann and I) went to MCM Comic Con in London, very much enjoying seeing everything there is to see for another year. In October, Amelia had a day off of school and Kai wanted to go at the weekend when he was off school so we went one day with Amelia and one day with Kai, who both have very different preferences at events like this!
Amelia’s day was first on a Friday; a day full of shopping. We were extremely lucky, as we were invited, and got to go in half an hour before early access to start our day. It wasn’t crowded at all. Amelia very much likes Pokemon (as do I) and one of the cool things that is set up at each of the MCM Comic Con London events is the various rally events. These are sort of ways to promote independent artists and encourage people to visit a bunch of stands that they might not have stopped at. One of the big ones that we participate in is the God Pack Card Rally, which is all around getting a bunch of artist made Pokemon cards. These aren’t official, and instead are extremely unique and fun. When you have collected them all, if they’ve still got God Packs left, you also get a god pack. Amelia, Dann and I raced around stopping at the stands, picking up new artists cards that they have made for this con and collecting the various ones needed for the pack.
Amelia also got some fun items for her friends; blind boxes, key chains of various media she and her friends enjoy, some slime from Crazy Aaron, who was actually at Comic Con! I was really surprised to see Crazy Aaron – Amelia watches his Youtube challenges, and he signed some of his new butter slime which we all liked. We ate lunch there, as we always do, with Amelia grabbing some loaded fries, Dann some bao buns, and me some noodles and broth from an Asian inspired place. As the day was primarily met with shopping, we had a fantastic time and come home with a big haul. There are a lot of independent stands at MCM Comic Con London, which is great, and we stayed away from drop shipped items and scalpers generally! There were some freebies along the way as well, like Clickeez being shown off, and quite a few Hello Kitty things as well.
For Kai’s day, we went on the Sunday, which isn’t as crowded as Saturday. Once again, we were lucky enough to get to go in early! Kai does a little bit of shopping, mainly checking out the more geek hobby stands, and then plays a bunch of video games. He picked up some light weight metal dice for DnD, ate a huge burger for lunch (Dann went for tacos, I went for bao buns today), and then we played lots of games really. Kai liked the new remaster of Rayman, which was shown there, along with a bunch of different indie games that he played through in one of the halls. MCM Comic Con London doesn’t have as many different games as it once did, but the selection did feel slightly bigger this year! Dann and I also played through a bunch of the games to, following Kai’s lead.
MCM Comic Con London is a large celebration of gaming culture and geek culture, with a lot of people dressing up, a lot of niche hobbies represented, and tons of people gathering with common interests! It’s great to have had individual days, as our teens have very different hobbies. Now, onto the next one!
You can check out our other Days Out to see what else we’ve been up too!