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Sign UK – what did you think of it?
Well I found it absolutely top notch, the best for years.
Samples, a good mix of large & small exhibitors, lots of wrapping demos and a wide choice of refreshments.
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Yep I thought It was pretty good I must say, It was a bit smaller than I expected, just purley because of the hype but seemed to have more than what I wanted to find out about which was good, almost too much choice, if not confused by all the brand names and competition.
What I did find wierd was that the manufacturing companies where in the same exhibition as the distributors!! I though thats what the distributors were meant to do, thats what they get their commission for.
Got some good advice, contacts and loads of information, I would defo go again.
Pretty impressed by the huge printers and plotters in that place, must of taken a while to get all that machinery in there :lol1:
joph
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Yeah, Sign UK was good this year. although i’d agree that it was a bit smaller than I expected.
Did any exhibitors stands stand out to anyone design and graphics wise?We produced the graphics for the Perfect Colors booth down there. Now I maybe a bit biased like, but i thought it was one of the best looking stands down there 😀
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Lee,
I thought perfect colours stand looked great!
I did the graphics on the RHG Sign and display stand again this year…now im being biased but i thought these looked better. lol -
RHG stand looked good paul, nice job.
Perfect Colors backed on to HP, and they were full of praise for the repro job on the stand.
I liked the skip feature on the Robert Horne stand, nice touch 😛
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I don’t know about you mate but it always makes me a bit jumpy making graphics for this show!
We do a lot of exhibition graphics work but knowing your work is under the critical eye of hundreds of sign makers means extra care and attention to detail. -
Just got back from the show, it was only OK imo.
Nothing new that bowled me over.
Good to meet up with people again.
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It was good to meet you Martin. You’re taller than I expected!!! 😉
Sorry I couldn’t talk much mate. I’ve now gone stone deaf and can’t hear a thing. Got sick of saying pardon and Yer what? all the time.
My honest opinion was I thought it was dead. Not a patch on last year and I think there will be a few disappointed exhibitors this year. One sales rep told me that you can only wrap a car if you use a liquid laminator. Put me right off as I don’t like being lied to or bullshited.
Overall….very poor. The atmosphere amongst the signboards gang was great and Rob was a class guy with a star sense of humour.
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evening everybody mixed reviews of the show 😕
just got in and my wife has gave me the day off and booked me on the train from newcastle at 06.19 so ime on my way (well it is my birthday)
i found the show last year a great way to get all my brochures and prices etc up to date and see the latest ideas so i am looking forward to it
is there a meet planned at the bar on thursday
my train back is not till 7 oclock (drink1)Derek
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I went yesterday (Tuesday) and found it quiet and pretty poor to be honest. Last year seemed far busier with more exhibitors on show, nothing new this year.
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I think due to some of the big players not showing was the reason why everything looked a little sparse. The Hybrid stand looked the muts nuts though. It’s the first time I’ve seen the Huge JV5 on show and I was impressed and surprised by the size of the thing. I WANT ONE!!!!! :baby: :baby: :baby: :baby: :nagnag: :nagnag: :nagnag:
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Here’s the JV5 320s. MASSIVE!!!! 😮
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well I am about to go back for the last day… I have a very heavy head
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There was a sign show!!!!!! (?)
I wondered what all the commotion was outside the bar. 😀
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sorry for missing the meet this year guys n gals, doesn’t sound like i’m missing much of a show though, shame really after all the effort it can sometimes take to organise time off, hotels, etc.
well done to Rob too.
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There doesn’t seem to be many posts from our Scottish colleagues today.
I wonder why that could be? *rofl*
Things are a bit quiet from Cornwall too. 😀
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Hi,
Have to admit that I was not overly impressed.. I gave it a miss last year because it was so poor the year before, I was impressed with the Free Car parking and Bacon Butty supplied by Roland 😀
They must have spent a small fortune..
I think they should make it bi annual.. just my opinion
CheersIan
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I thought it was too far of a stretch of the legs.
And the Atlantic was so cold!
I’m exhausted, and I still have to swim back home.
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I’m hanging around the airport waiting on a flight…….enjoyed the show and great to meet new people and everyone from last year. The sign show was good too! 😀
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well I am on a train and waiting to leave birmingham .. just met john g waiting for train and chris is heading to airport… rob missed thee connecting train and is in a bar so I hear.. andrew b is heading out to italy after managing to get the early edinburgh connection… omg mad it here.. good time was had and nezt will be easy to beat. hope you all enjoyed it as I did.thanks to rob
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quote John Childs:There was a sign show!!!!!! (?)I wondered what all the commotion was outside the bar. 😀
lol!! what a laugh, had a great time and I put it all down to the company I had the pleasure in spending time with! Thanks Rob hon for all the organizing xxx
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we are also back had a great time spending time with friends old and new, a big thanks to Rob for organizing it, I think the show it’s self was quieter, a few big names missing.
thanks all for making it a pleasure not a chore 😀
Lynn
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It was a pleasure meeting you too Lynn.
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quote John Childs:There doesn’t seem to be many posts from our Scottish colleagues today.I wonder why that could be? *rofl*
😀 I’m here …………… AND I’M STILL ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I survived!!!!! :dance2:
Well, I thought the show itself was OK, a few good things were of interest to us. It was definitely quieter than last year or the year before that but as for the usual entertainment ………….. well let’s just say that at 4am it was ‘the same old faces’ that were still there making the most of it. :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
A good laugh and some bizarre entertainment 🙄oh and thanks for the ‘nice taxi’ Rob! 😉
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So when’re we gonna then see some photies then 😀
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don’t think any were taken Phill 😀 😀 due to litigation 😀
Lynn
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:lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: yeah too much incriminating evidence on some of them I reckon! :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
I have a few pics from early on in the evening when we were still all behaving………. but the camera was put to bed before 11pm! 😉
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I have to say that I enjoy the Sign Uk experience………..
The stands can only display what they have……….in 12 months there have been few quantum leaps in singmaking…………so the Mimaki JV3 is now a JV33…….the Soljet looks sleeker and has updated firmware……..not really something to get overly excited about.
……….However interesting as it is to see the latest kit ,( even is it is only last years updated! ) we go to meet friends old and new, make contacts with suppliers that normally you email or speak to on the phone, talk to people who know the real story behind products and what it is like to deal with the suppliers when things go wrong……….only so much gets posted on the internet 😀 the real stories come out after a few beers.
Even if next year the show was identical to this years we would still make the trip……..you can easily work out how much it cost you to take two days off work, a couple of flights, a stay in the Hilton, lots of beer etc…………but what you cannot quantify is the value of the contacts and friendships you make face to face so whatever you think of ‘the Show’ I believe that it is actually not that important.
John
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quote John Thomson:but what you cannot quantify is the value of the contacts and friendships you make face to face so whatever you think of ‘the Show’ I believe that it is actually not that important.
Well said.
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I agree. Every year many people moan about how bad the show was, and it makes me wonder what they expect. You can’t have revolutionary kit being invented every year.
Anyways, it was super duper seeing everyone again, plus a few new faces I hadn’t met before.
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Thanks you guy’s and Gal’s for making me and my wife Anne feel so welcome on this show get together, I do hope you all got back safe and sound.
I was well impressed with the show ( Mind Blow ) loads to save up for and many new contacts also to keep on file.
Looking forward now to next year show only 362 Day’s to go 😉
AGAIN A BIG THANKS :thumbup2:
Paul 😀 😀
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well i am back now… it was a good show for us and we have made progress. I had a good look at some of the offerings and made notes on new items, including wooden dibond from robert horne, estate agent computer displays for fairlight, saw the new cutters from keencut and drytac.
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im back, not long in…..had an absolute blast, a big thank you to everyone for being there and making it a brilliant time, and i hardly touched a drop :lol1: 😉
nik
photos will be posted tomorrow 😀
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Well with it being my first year I thought it was excellent.
The best bit was putting names to faces and I pretty much recognised everyone, (except for myself, as Im much better looking than in my photo) but after I was introduced it all clicked into place.
it was really good, enjoyed every minute of it and will probably go for the 3 days next year.
I have been in 1 hour, had a 40 minute wait on a platform at Plymouth and got home at 10pm thanks to a friend who lives in the next town driving me back home.All in all a brilliant 2 days, absolutely great to meet you all in fact it should be done more often maybe, (meets that is) not sign shows.
All I need to do now is save about 3 quarters of a million quid to buy all the stuff I wanted
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just got home 10 minutes ago, ive had three days of booze on the trott and im again rather pickled with the drink tonight started again lunchtime today.. ill post more tomorrow…
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Hi everyone got back around 11 last night.
was great to meet everybody at the bar.all looking bright eyed and focused on the rest of the show 😉thought i recognised a few people on my wanders.
I even said hello to Karl who told me he was neil and walked away with a puzzleed looki am suffering from carrier bag rope finger syndrome todayit was that heavy I nearly bought a man bag in birmingham on the way home. :
hope john gregson got home i saw him at the train station and he had been there that long he was going to start selling the big issue.
i thought it was a great show
Derek
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quote John Thomson:but what you cannot quantify is the value of the contacts and friendships you make face to face so whatever you think of ‘the Show’ I believe that it is actually not that important.
John
It is a very good point John, I met a couple of suppliers I been dealing with for a time.
I think I always go to these shows expecting some innovative mind blowing new products that don’t exist..hmm.
I think someone like ‘Screwfix’ or supplier of tools would do well at the show, never seem to see anything like that, which would be good.I find it a bit of a shame the sign industry is so driven by the digital side.
To have some traditional things there would have been nice, ie someone selling ‘OneShot’ paint and sable brushes.
In fact I think this is the first year I have never seen a stand with brushes.Just a sign of the times I guess all comes down to good old ‘supply and demand’
Still worth the trip to meet people of the boards alone though, and looking forward to staying up next year 😉
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Hi everyone!
The show was OK,smaller than previously, as has been said, but still lots of stuff to take my interest. The best by far was meeting up with everyone, Geoff and I had a fab time, and I could not have put it better than John. The time out & the cost were negligible compared to the rewards of meeting up with friends off the boards, and seeing them in the flesh.
Cheers everyone, it was great!Lorraine
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well done every body you all managed to miss me.
as john T said you get a better response from the suppliers at the show and able to sort more stuff out.
surprised spandex was missing but they are putting on there own mini shows.all in all worth the trip.
chris
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I even said hello to Karl who told me he was neil and walked away with a puzzleed look
Well I’m defo no Neil mate. I shook alot of peoples hands at the show. My wife kept asking who that was. I just kept answering "I dunno!"
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quote Chris Wool:well done every body you all managed to miss me.
as john T said you get a better response from the suppliers at the show and able to sort more stuff out.
surprised spandex was missing but they are putting on there own mini shows.all in all worth the trip.
chris
Where were you hiding Chris? Was looking forward to meeting you. 🙁
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I’M ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀
Well I’m now back in the land of living…… ahh good old irn bru to bring you round :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
The show was quiet good but the company as usual made it worth while….. but not worth the money 😉 haha only joking.. you lot never made it worth while :lol1: :lol1:
Was good to see alot of old faces and meet a few of the new ones that I hadn’t met yet
Anyway back to work and catch up with some orders 😮
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quote Derek Heron:hope john gregson got home i saw him at the train station and he had been there that long he was going to start selling the big issue.
i thought it was a great show
Derek
I just missed you then… i was there moments before.. oh well never mind
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Eventually got home after 1 am 🙁 going through all the literature and freebies now. Went to early mass this morning to repent! The priest wanted a tenner! 😀 😀
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quote Harry Cleary:Eventually got home after 1 am 🙁 going through all the literature and freebies now. Went to early mass this morning to repent! The priest wanted a tenner! 😀 😀
haha did you have any tenners left 😉
And dave if you must know I bought FHM so 😛
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quote John Wilson:quote Harry Cleary:Eventually got home after 1 am 🙁 going through all the literature and freebies now. Went to early mass this morning to repent! The priest wanted a tenner! 😀 😀
haha did you have any tenners left 😉
And dave if you must know I bought FHM so 😛
And a copy of Readers Wifes. (yes mate, that was me breathing heavily behind you! 😛 )
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quote Harry Cleary:Went to early mass this morning to repent! The priest wanted a tenner! 😀 😀
:lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: Holy Sh!t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Was it one hymn or two?
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quote Steve Underhill:Well with it being my first year I thought it was excellent.
The best bit was putting names to faces and I pretty much recognised everyone, (except for myself, as Im much better looking than in my photo) but after I was introduced it all clicked into place.
it was really good, enjoyed every minute of it and will probably go for the 3 days next year.
I have been in 1 hour, had a 40 minute wait on a platform at Plymouth and got home at 10pm thanks to a friend who lives in the next town driving me back home.All in all a brilliant 2 days, absolutely great to meet you all in fact it should be done more often maybe, (meets that is) not sign shows.
All I need to do now is save about 3 quarters of a million quid to buy all the stuff I wanted
just how i felt when i first went, i was gonna try to just come up for the day on wed’s, but what with blowing near £800 on a weeks holiday with the kids, i knew it would be unlikely. was a real gut wrencher to admit to myself a couple of weeks back that i couldn’t go, I certainly sat at home and here in the workshop ‘missing’ what i did and who i met last year, was an absolute blast. still next year is only 363 days away 😮
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Hi All,
Really enjoyed the show, bit of an eye opener but a bit disappointed there was only 1 stand with something to do with screen printing – its a dying game.Impressed with all the large format printers, especially with the quality they can churn out. Got all the info I needed on sublimation printing which was one of the reasons I attended and picked up a few contacts for sign materials too.
Atmosphere at the hotel was great and it was fantastic meeting up with all the faces off the boards. Meal was good and nearly free – say no more – Steve and Cheryl. :lol1:
Got back home at about 10.45 – knackered after spending about 4 hrs at Birmingham train station, that will teach me to buy cheap rail tickets :lol1: They wanted an extra £55 to change to an earlier train. I should have just paid it as I probably spent that much on tea’s coffees and lemonades – couldn’t face a pint. 😳
Derek, it wasn’t the big issue I was selling – I got £10 each for the Spiderman and guitars and £8 for the ratatouillei mugs.
Made some new friends and a good time was had by all 😀
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quote John Wilson:haha did you have any tenners left 😉
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I had plenty, I got all mine back because I gave advice on how to stop fake tan fisheyeing on silicone! 😀
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quote John Gregson:Derek, it wasn’t the big issue I was selling – I got £10 each for the Spiderman and guitars and £8 for the ratatouillei mugs.
really? omg i cant beleive that
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Nor me 😉
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Only kidding – there wasn’t any Spiderman/guitars left as Steve had pinched them all. :lol1:
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quote Hugh Potter:Awas a real gut wrencher to admit to myself a couple of weeks back that i couldn’t go, I certainly sat at home and here in the workshop ‘missing’ what i did and who i met last year, was an absolute blast. still next year is only 363 days away 😮
you were certainly missed this year Hugh! 🙁
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aw, thanks Marcella!
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quote Marcella:quote Hugh Potter:Awas a real gut wrencher to admit to myself a couple of weeks back that i couldn’t go, I certainly sat at home and here in the workshop ‘missing’ what i did and who i met last year, was an absolute blast. still next year is only 363 days away 😮
you were certainly missed this year Hugh! 🙁
I didn’t realize you were not there 😉
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quote John Wilson:quote Marcella:quote Hugh Potter:Awas a real gut wrencher to admit to myself a couple of weeks back that i couldn’t go, I certainly sat at home and here in the workshop ‘missing’ what i did and who i met last year, was an absolute blast. still next year is only 363 days away 😮
you were certainly missed this year Hugh! 🙁
I didn’t realize you were not there 😉
thanks gorgeous, missed you too!
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it was nice to get to meet some of you for the first time too, Steve, John G, Derek, Paul and Graeme. ……….. think I’d met all the others before. 😀
As Derek said, it’s strange to see the faces with arms and legs etc attached and moving! :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:Hugh – next year!
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defiantly next year Hugh you were missed, Derek we must still have been there when you were cause Marcella and John left before us, would like to have met you, still theres always next year 😀
Lynn
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quote Hugh Potter:quote John Wilson:quote Marcella:quote Hugh Potter:Awas a real gut wrencher to admit to myself a couple of weeks back that i couldn’t go, I certainly sat at home and here in the workshop ‘missing’ what i did and who i met last year, was an absolute blast. still next year is only 363 days away 😮
you were certainly missed this year Hugh! 🙁
I didn’t realize you were not there 😉
thanks gorgeous, missed you too!
A number didn’t turn up… or i just somehow didn’t bump into them
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I was there on Thursday and apart from Peter and Lyne I didn’t get chance to speak to anyone. I did see Rob but he was deep in conversation and I didn’t want to but in.
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Alan I heard you was there, but didn’t see ya.
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