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In lugnet.loc.au, Ross Crawford writes:
> Hi all,
>
> Well we had one of our best turn-outs yet on Sunday, once again at
> Chadstone. Present were (apologies if I miss anyone):
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> Steve, Sue ann, Les, Travis, Colby, Ben, Troy, Matthew, Aaron, David, Simon
> and Tony.
Apology accepted, Captain Nieder...
>
> There were heaps of MOCs - Travis brought his Starcraft MOCs, Tonas brought
> 2 very nice houses and a train, Matthew had a "rocket-powered apartment" and
> a nice mini-mecha, and Paul brought his... well never really found out what
> it was called, but I guess "big blue & yellow space thing" will do... Oh
> yeah, my city crane was there too 8?)
Are we supposed to name our MOCs? Oh. How about 'Sandra'? I've always liked
that name.
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> And, in anticipation of the announced mini-MOC competition, many people also
> brought various less-than-minifig-scale MOCs too, and we were all admiring
> each others mini-MOCs and wondering who was most likely to win, and then
> Aaron showed up with his Formula 1 scene, complete with sponsorship
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/RoscoHead/LegOz/2003-1/f1_1.jpg
A most awesome diorama, even if it did advertise alcoholic beverage :-)
Makes me wonder whether it'd be practical for us to make a 'mini' town layout...
>
> Anyway, before we all voted, there was lots of other stuff to do, like
> trading, trading, lunch, more trading.... hey maybe one day we'll fit some
> brikwars in there too 8?)
>
> So after lunch, we all decided we'd better vote on the mini-MOCs, since
> OzBricks had kindly donated some prizes. And after the designated
> vote-tallier tallied all the votes, well, there was no surprise for first
> place, but here's all the winners together
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/RoscoHead/LegOz/2003-1/winners.jpg
Many thanks to OzBricks for the cool prizes. I've used some of the new
bricks already!
>
> And after all that, we also floated the idea of a Victorian "train thang",
> so hopefully we'll be meeting again soon to do some train stuff 8?)
Did that idea incorporate a monorail layout? I remember mentioning it, but I
can't remember what the general opinion was.
>
> And Ben assured everyone that we definitely will have BrikWars next time...
Isn't that what he said three meetings ago? :-)
Cheers,
Paul
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| (...) Oooops I forgot Martin too, but he was only there a little bit. (...) Sandra it is then. (...) Hmmmm. Interesting idea.... I think ross Neal did one with a 2-wide train going around the perimeter but I cant put my finger on a link... (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.vic.mel)
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| Hi all, Well we had one of our best turn-outs yet on Sunday, once again at Chadstone. Present were (apologies if I miss anyone): Steve, Sue ann, Les, Travis, Colby, Ben, Troy, Matthew, Aaron, David, Simon and Tony. There were heaps of MOCs - Travis (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.vic.mel)
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