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Sydney Lego Fan gathering report
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 27 May 2004 00:56:49 GMT
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Careful readers of .loc.au will note that a meeting of Sydney Lego fans was
planned for last Sunday, but that the many significant details have so far gone
unreported. This may have lead to the assumption that the gathering did not
occur. But it did. Really.
Pete White charged me with reporting the gathering by 7pm Sunday night, but I
have failed. I fully attribute this delay in posting to bley.
For the record, the Sydney Fans (often referred to as STUDs) began some time
after noon, gathering in the Lego section of Gra^H^H^HMyers. Kev Hall, James
Howse and Pete White were there when I arrived, with Richard Parsons arriving
soon after, and Dave Low (remember him?) a but later again.
We did a thorough analysis of the Myer Lego offering, a cost/benefit evaluation
of the discounted sets ($19 Jango’s bad, $5 Trolls good, ?$ basketballers
laughable).
After some time we adjourned to the food court, where we broadened our knowledge
of geography (is there a geographical area not represented at a modern day
foodcourt?), and satiated our hunger (some of us chose wisely, others, to judge
by the amount of food left on their plates, chose less well). And gave
(generously?) to Salvo Red Shield collectors.
Then we headed to Hobbyco, vastly expanded since Dave left our shores. The
experience obviously overwhelmed him, because he was seen to purchase a Best
Lock set. Nothing staggering in the cost-benefit analyses there. At least not on
the good side of the cost-benefit. $100 Republic Gunships were not too bad, and
the Best Lock stuff was a bit of a novelty (2x2x2 macaroni!).
Following our departure from Hobbyco, James, Pete and Richard bid us adieu, and
the remaining three continued on to David Jones, where Dave introduced us to
some toys other than Lego and its clones. We checked out the Kylie Minogue dolls
(which looked like Kylie from the right angle and if you squint, but which we
agreed were way too tall for Kylie), avoided Barbie and her boyfriend Bleyne
(as Mattel has insulted all Barbie fans), gazed in awe at the Sylvan family
accessories and marvelled at the magnetic construction toy whose name eludes me.
In amongst our retail adventures, and over lunch we discussed future STUDs
meetings, we have agreed on a June meeting (not conflicting with the Melbourne
meeting) at a venue to be decided, which will feature Space Brikwars (TL5,
500pts IIRC). (Note, I am now officially unavailable on 20/6, if that makes a
difference).
Port Brique will host a meeting in (mid) August, where Ancients will be the
Brikwar of choice: swords & sandals will be the order of the day, and battles
can be won with nothing more than a large wooden animal (or, perhaps, an Ark of
the Covenant). Do battle with my soon to be created Philistine army, who will
overun you with their massed spears and scythed chariots and then ruthlessly
criticise your artworks!
Cheerio
Richie Dulin
PS Don’t forget to enter TGBSLILA
Competition. There is free Lego to be won!
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| (...) I had the same dream ! (...) You predicted such an event in my dream ! (...) A foodcourt is the logical place for the Salivation Army Reserve to be on manoeuvres, but I think they would have been better trawling the waste bins. Don't forget (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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