WEB SITE UPDATE 5th May 2008 – 2008 April event review

April 2008 was another huge set of shows for Armageddon, with our THIRTYTH event since 1995, (wellington) and our second year in Christchurch, this was a make or break set of show for us, proving that we could do Christchurch (which it did) and establishing the Wellington event firmly partnered with Christchurch so that we can share our own guests.
Attendance was up at both shows, with 9,000 attendees in Christchurch and 14,000 in Wellington.
The Saturday of each event was massive, wellington with its nonstop 4 hour queue (although only 20 minute wait thankfully) and Christchurch with a huge turnout rivalling it. Sunday was a little disappointing, not living up to the huge promise of the Saturday, but still being a huge day with lots of fun.
Some of the high and low points of the events were
Wellington
- The Weta Halo warthog
- Richard Taylor making a surprise appearance
- The amazing final round of the Dragonball Z Kamehameha contest, with a three way split and an under 10 year old winning
- Watching people eat Onions in the Sweat and Sour contest, never have so many tears been shed
- Looking into the generous cleavage of C4 star Vicky lee, and then looking into her vacant dead eyes
- The lollies scramble at the end of the event and the mass of kids and fans clawing for chocolate and bubblegum
- Alex the Kid performance during the Pillow fight
- Chris Judge’s ‘you’re a very oddly shaped man’ panel plus the discussion over the faking of the moon landing (Chris your still wrong)
Christchurch
- The incredible amount of people in costume, not for the cosplay, but just attending
- Our first person to vomit in the brain freeze contest
- The animation guests on stage during the Pillow fight and Susan Blakeslee’s echoing laugh
- Lisa Furukawa music concerts and the fans reaction to them
- Fans sitting on the stairs above the wrestling ring, for a better view
- Ques for the Lasertag arena
- The final round of the Kamehameha contest, with FOUR finalists battling it out for 5 minutes, even bigger than wellington and the best yet!
And so much more!
Check out these cool links to photos from the events (please email us here with any videos and photos you have that are not listed below)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtyolechris/sets/72157604669994850/
http://davidstgeorge.blogspot.com/2008/04/armageddon-pulp-expo-wellington-2008.html
http://willu.net/photo_galleries/Arm_2008_Well_Sat/default.html
http://willu.net/photo_galleries/Arm_2008_Well_Sun/default.html
http://willu.net/photo_galleries/Arm_2008_CHCH_Sat/default.html
http://willu.net/photo_galleries/Arm_2008_CHCH_Sun/default.html
http://s154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/darthviathan/Armageddon%2008/
http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb184/captain_boskey/Armageddon%202008/
http://gallery.of.geek.nz/main.php?g2_itemId=14641
http://gallery.of.geek.nz/main.php?g2_itemId=11595
http://nzphotographic.exposuremanager.com/g/armageddon_wellington_2008
http://outpost42.dr-maul.com/cpg147/thumbnails.php?album=169
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judasnz/sets/72157604633628160/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/680559@N25/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/579871@N22/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/674572@N24/
http://s293.photobucket.com/albums/mm63/Crescent_ness/armageddon08/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raenef/tags/christchurcharmageddon/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/579871@N22/pool/
http://ivy.miller.designs.googlepages.com/leia
http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff316/phorcy_s/ChCh%20armageddon/
http://www.pixeload.com/html/index.html

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