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Originally Posted by chemgear
Not in terms of sheer numbers but way better exhibitors.
With all due respect to them, I would be happy to get rid of the Humane Society/animal rescue, armed forces, girl guides, bow valley college, local car dealerships (seriously, wtf?), and many others. At least we finally got rid of financial institutions and banks showing up now I think.
I'd much rather have things like Lucasfilm, Hasbro, IDW, Marvel, Dark Horse, AMC, XBOX, or Nintendo instead. Hell, it would be awesome to get the massive Sideshow Collectibles booth that goes to the major conventions. Way better panels throughout would be great too.
That'll all just take time - I hope.
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Ah. I see. Well, the Expo works with what it has, not it's dream slate. The vendors you want to see there are invited every year, but it's not really fiscally feasible for them to come. Trotting a vendor booth/wares/staff across the border (esp into a weaker dollar) is generally a cash-losing proposition. So they very rarely bother.
I would imagine that even Fan Expo Toronto (Canada's biggest comic expo style show) has trouble attracting those vendors, so Calgary has a long, long way to go before it will.