Preparing for Blackpool Magic Convention is always one of the busiest times of the year for us. The work that goes into getting the stand designed and the products ready is immense. Although we release products throughout the year, it is typical that we will try to release a few at the convention to give the attendees something new to look forward to.
After the Christmas rush is over, the preparation normally gets into full swing, but being performers as well, we have found, strangely, over the past four years or so, that January and February can be our busiest times for performing. Last year, we had three trips – including a week in Kuwait before the convention and this year we had 6 days in China, but the client requested changes to be made to the costumes and the performance, so this too took up a lot of preparation time, so all this tends to build to a frantic frenzy and many really long days on the days leading up to it, so we usually arrive tired and leave exhausted, but it is always fun to meet everyone and get to know more of you better. This year was exponentially more busy, as we created a new brand, new website, new newspaper , new iPhone and Android apps as well as all the new products all to be launched at the Blackpool Magic Convention!
Charlotte has written written a diary of the convention from our perspective, to give you guys an insight in what is it like for a dealer at Blackpool, and this will be on line over the next few days and I have created this short video, again from the dealers perspective, of what goes into creating our stand at Blackpool! Enjoy!