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Re: G2's Victorian 'LegoOz' gathering review (unofficial)
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Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:15:09 GMT
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An accurate and true report George!
The most recent Viclego gathering was a quiet affair with numbers reduced by
the almost non-stop torrential rain. In attendence were the usual crowd of
myself (Sue Ann), Ben, Martin and Ross. Paul was declared AWOL with a
suspected dose of the flu (which I personally related to as I coughed and
hacked my way through the meeting). Newcomer, George, arrived part-way
through the afternoon.
We all had good intentions of playing Brik Wars. Ben had brought troops and
was well prepared. I thought I'd be ready but failed on account of having
just returned from a trip to Perth and spending all morning clearing the
meeting room of half made up sets from the last meeting (I'd been sorting
Lego almost constantly since the last meeting..)
And then the trading begun......
Ben and I usually leave this till last after choosing desired sets early in
the piece, but this time we started early. Furious trading went on for some
time and ended up dominating the meeting. Martin had a interesting
collection he'd acquired for a VERY decent price, Ross took US orders and
George was educated about the phrase "you can never have enough Fabuland" -
which was promptly followed by "you can never have enough mini-figs" and
"You can never have enough baseplates - especially moon ones".
Phase 0.5 (not quite 1 yet) of my Rock Festival was displayed. The main
stage is nearly complete - just a few technical hitches with the colour of
the plates. And we finally found a use for those chains! The need for
"food" sets was reinforced with strong demands for the Rock Festival to have
a Cafe, Burger Bar, Pizza Bar, Wine Bar and Ice Cream parlor. The booked
acts for the Festival include (to date) The Village People, Generic Boy Band
and, possibly, Michael Jackson (Bubbles was spotted running amuck in the
wings).
The meeting wound down somewhere after 6.30pm with most people clutching
their prized traded Lego. Ben left with most of his trades but left behind
the "Ben's Box of Bountiful Bricks" - that is, the sets he'd like to
trade/buy when he has a Lego budget again ;)
In all, not a bad gathering. We're all looking forward to another just
before the June mega-meeting so we can actually play some Brik Wars....
cheers
sue ann
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| (...) Are you and Ben fielding a Fabuland contingent in BrikWars ? (...) Someone should think up the ten commandments of Lego collecting. (...) Has Michael taken the glove off, preparing for the Jackson fives return ? Do you think your stage could (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
| | | Re: G2's Victorain 'LegoOz' gathering review (unofficial)
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| "Sue Ann Barber" <activeim@ihug.com.au> wrote in message news:GCCyH9.1FE@lugnet.com... (...) by (...) I'm majorly bummed about missing this one. It was a nasty flu, too. Second worst one I've ever had. It was probably for the best that I didn't (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| Hello all I was the 'new guy' at this little gathering, and even though I was late (actually I was the last one there), I must admit that I still ended up trading for things that I wanted. I managed to accumulated some more of those lovely green (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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