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I'm pro-camping for the same reasons others have said. I preferred the 2017 system where you camped, and pressed an ipad for a time slot. it kept the vendors out, and also limited the potential success of line cutters. In 2016, there was in ipad press, but "sorry try again tomorrow" was an option, which was terrible. That said, I still got the Funko stuff I wanted this year since 95% of stuff was shared and honestly the last couple of years the releases have had fewer appealing pieces to me.
How does camping keep the vendors out? If anything, it makes the vendors more able to get things since they have earlier access to the exhibit hall than attendees, and if the booth has a policy of not allowing exhibitors then they can just switch out the badge with an attendee badge. With the lottery, they can specifically exclude vendors if they wish. (It still won't do anything if the vendor also has an attendee badge, but at least then everyone's on equal footing.)
did you read the part where i explained the ipad process?
Even with the Ipad process.... the Vendor will get first dips pressing the "Button"..ie still will go to the Vendor first?
Yep...and I didn't see how that's a detriment to vendors.
Because vendors have early access to the floor, not to the Sails Pavilion where the lotteries were all held.2017, they finally had it down and perfected. Sails was locked down but for the very specific and narrow entrance that was filed in orderly. Super smooth and fair. They finally locked down the back and other entrances and narrowed the pathway into sails and had lots of security keeping it all in order.They still run it this way now, just far less people funneling in as there are very few things that draw in the morning these days. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
Thanks for the detailed explanation. I didn't realize it was in Sails Pavilion. From what I am getting based on the description, it sounds like this system neither benefits nor deters vendors (at least not any more than the online lottery does) but benefits people who are interested in camping without necessarily giving vendors an extra advantage.
should i split this thread ? LOLI can name the other thread something like like, 'Lines & how they work' or 'how lines have evolved'. i'm open to suggestions.or we can leave it alone since the funko portal is over. the drawback for this would be the inability to find this conversation later on.