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Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland, New Zealand: Highlights

by Tracey Wong · October 25, 2016

This year’s Armageddon Expo was another great success, with Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds playing host to an array of special guests and exhibits on October 21–24. James and Oliver Phelps, who portrayed Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter films, were in attendance along with hundreds of fans from across the country.

Below is our roundup of the weekend’s festivities. You can also visit our @MuggleNetLive Twitter page for more coverage of the expo!

Venue:

Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 1 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 1 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 2 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 2 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 3 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 3 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 4 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 4 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 5 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 5 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 6 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 6 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 7 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 7 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 8 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 8 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 9 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 9 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 10 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 10 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 11 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 11 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 12 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 12 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 13 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – Exhibit Hall – 13 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Photo Session – 1 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Photo Session – 1 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)

Main Stage Event (October 22):

Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 1 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 1 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 2 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 2 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 3 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 3 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 4 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 4 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 5 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 5 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 6 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 6 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 7 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 7 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 8 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 8 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 9 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 9 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 10 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 10 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 11 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Harry Potter Panel – 11 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)

Q: Which was your favourite #HarryPotter set?@James_Phelps and @OliverPhelps: The Great Hall.#ArmageddonExpo

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 22, 2016

Q: What's your advice to aspiring actors? @OliverPhelps: Just keep going for it. It's that simple, really.#ArmageddonExpo

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 22, 2016

Q: What was it like working with Alan Rickman?@OliverPhelps: Nicest bloke. We could always talk to him about anything. #ArmageddonExpo

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 22, 2016

Q: Is there any #HarryPotter scene that you would want to film again because it was so much fun?
A: The Yule Ball scene.#ArmageddonExpo

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 22, 2016

Autograph Session (October 22):

Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 1 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 1 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 2 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 2 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 3 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 3 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 4 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 4 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 5 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 5 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 6 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 6 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)
Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 7 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)Armageddon Expo 2016 – Auckland – Oct 22 – James and Oliver Phelps Autograph Signing – 7 (Photo credit: Tracey Wong)

Emerald Pass Only Panel (October 23):

We are here at @ArmageddonExpo's Emerald Pass panel with @James_Phelps and @OliverPhelps! #Auckgeddon pic.twitter.com/vflCDygXbi

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 23, 2016

Q: Who was the biggest prankster on set?
A: Us and Rupert Grint.#ArmageddonExpo

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 23, 2016

Q: Did you ever wish you played the other twin?@James_Phelps: I [as Fred Weasley, who dies] do.#ArmageddonExpo

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 23, 2016

.@James_Phelps has not read #CursedChild yet because he is seeing the show in a couple of weeks. 'No spoilers, please!' #ArmageddonExpo

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 23, 2016

A few minutes of Quidditch in the #HarryPotter movies takes about six months to prepare and film. #ArmageddonExpo

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 23, 2016

When they show students working on schoolwork in the #HarryPotter films, it was often their actual homework in real life. #ArmageddonExpo

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 23, 2016

.@James_Phelps's Patronus is an osprey, but he really wants it to be a hedgehog instead. #ArmageddonExpo

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 23, 2016

.@OliverPhelps has not taken the Patronus test yet, but he thinks it will be a sloth. #ArmageddonExpo

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 23, 2016

Hogwarts house sortings: @OliverPhelps is a #Gryffindor and @James_Phelps is a #Hufflepuff. #ArmageddonExpo

— ᴍᴜɢɢʟᴇɴᴇᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ (@MuggleNetLive) October 23, 2016

Check out our past reports from the Armageddon Expo:

  • Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) and Robbie Jarvis (young James Potter)
  • Natalia Tena (Nymphadora Tonks)

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