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Just returned from my first Guildex in Telford.
Quite a size but oddly small in many ways. The bevy of supporting small traders were a welcome sight but I was surprised by the following:
1. Hardly any 7mm buildings kits apart from Invertrain and NMB.
2. Many traders did not offer to sell either a catalogue or even a list of products.
3. One trader had been lucky enough to be featured in MRJ but did not have either a photocopies of the feature or could recall when it was featured in MRJ
4. The Wild Swan stand did not possess a database/index of MRJ articles.
As a relative born-again British modular, I can only compare the experience with my other interest. I do not dare criticise the business acumen of small manufacturers but I wonder how many of them manage to stay in business (or don't) without these basic requirements of a trader.
However the most powerful impression of Guildex was the incredibly friendly atmosphere, thank you the GOG.
Quite a size but oddly small in many ways. The bevy of supporting small traders were a welcome sight but I was surprised by the following:
1. Hardly any 7mm buildings kits apart from Invertrain and NMB.
2. Many traders did not offer to sell either a catalogue or even a list of products.
3. One trader had been lucky enough to be featured in MRJ but did not have either a photocopies of the feature or could recall when it was featured in MRJ
4. The Wild Swan stand did not possess a database/index of MRJ articles.
As a relative born-again British modular, I can only compare the experience with my other interest. I do not dare criticise the business acumen of small manufacturers but I wonder how many of them manage to stay in business (or don't) without these basic requirements of a trader.
However the most powerful impression of Guildex was the incredibly friendly atmosphere, thank you the GOG.