The autographing at HMV Oxford St store in London took place today, where I was one of the lucky 300 to have their limited edition pre-order sleeves autographed not only by Hideo Kojima but also by Yoji Shinkawa and Yumi Kikuchi. People had begun to queue at 6.00pm the previous night and by 7.00am in the morning it was 100 people deep. By 8.00am security had to turn people away as the queue exceeded the advertised maximum of 300 people.
Once you dropped your 5 pound for the sleeve it was a matter of grabbing a bite to eat then join the queue once again. Kojima and co all arrived on stage promptly just after midday to a roar from the crowd and although a security guard commented that the signing was to only to run for one hour they saw to it that everybody who had a sleeve received an autograph. A strict rule imposed by security meant that each fan could only have the limited sleeve signed by the trio and a few fans that had art books and MGS cover sleeves left slightly disappointed.The entire event went without a hitch and the majority of fans walked away proud owners of the autographed sleeve.
Pics will follow soon!!