and if nothing else, it'll give people something to watch and do(the painting) and then they can play right there, and get familiar with the rules.
that was my thought about it...I've been to that English-only game fair held out on the east coast, and they had a small area off to the side of the convention hall in which people could go and assemble, prime and start getting some color on new minis...
Now, I'm not suggesting sitting off to the side of the display area behind the gaming tables spraying enough primer to get all of the EE people high on fumes (remember kiddos, huffing is BAD), but I think that if someone was sitting there painting some pre-primed minis, the people standing around watching the new player demos can see how easy it is to get the minis painted to a resonable level...
B.
Might even make the Mystic look good...