Initial reception and attendance was good, and year two estimates put expected attendance at upwards of 750,000, in comparison to the groups main Madame Tussaud's attraction, which was then the most popular tourist attraction in Great Britain, drawing 2.7 million visitors a year.
Tussards attempted to address this by polling visitors on who should be added to the exhibition, stating that the artists with the most votes will be made into figures and shown in a designated area [REF].