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Typically in these event, rare items will be sold by the private sellers at the market. Make sure you have a trained eye to determine if the items are reseal/fake, not saying they will be but best be careful. The price may likely be higher than those found elsewhere. Use the ebay app as a source, they should be the same/ under what they sell on ebay.

Items from the Publishers/Developers are mostly given away for free for promotional purposes, these include lanyards, posters, carry bags, etc.

There will be official stores selling items specific to the expo, such as limited run Posters and will not cost you a great deal.

The best thing about the expo are guests that turn up for the signing events, find out prior who is going to be there and get something they did to be signed. That is one of best things about these.

When you visit stands, don't be afraid to ask if they have any freebie or promotional items to give away. 50% chance they will give you something. Towards the end they will be rushing to get of everything anyway.

There are also normally panels, try to book those if you can.

Advice on going, take a bottle of water and some snacks if you can. It will get hot there and you will be surprised how many stands give out free water/drinks for this exact reason.

The food will horrendously expensive so take your own snacks and buy a small amount there if possible.

There should be plenty of Cosplay going on, stop a few and take a picture with them. Trust me they will love it and it's an easy way understand the culture there.

Hope that helps.