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Re: Sydney Lego Fan gathering report
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 27 May 2004 03:36:15 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin wrote:
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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.
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I had the same dream !
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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.
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You predicted such an event in my dream !
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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.
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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 the thorough examination of the Belville Royal Wedding Coach that
was undertaken over lunch. ‘Our Mary’, now ‘Their Mary’ gave her hands in
marriage to the princely Belville figure, and in true love gave his hands back,
since her hands did not match her forearms anyway, this may simply have been a
fashion statement. Is this another colour change ? A case of bley flesh not
matching the old flesh, or did the blueblood transfusion need a bit more time
to take ? It was duly noted that the two figures had been sharing the same
polybag before the box seals were broken ! We can only speculate at what time
the gold dress/skirt had been removed.
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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!).
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Hobbyco might be a possible recruiting ground, I just can’t believe the number
of grown adults that spend their weekends gazing at childrens toys.
Ha ! People think ALFs are odd.
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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.
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Let’s see a ‘singing budgie’ sculpture in Lego as a possible AUS exclusive.
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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).
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I believe Dr.Mahathir Mohamad was offering to host a June meeting ?
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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!
PS Don’t forget to enter TGBSLILA
Competition. There is free Lego to be won!
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Like he said.
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