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Re: G2's Victorian 'LegoOz' gathering review (unofficial)
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Wed, 25 Apr 2001 23:00:12 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Sue Ann Barber writes:
> 
> 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..)

Are you and Ben fielding a Fabuland contingent in BrikWars ?

> 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".

Someone should think up the ten commandments of Lego collecting.

> 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).

Has Michael taken the glove off, preparing for the Jackson fives return ?

Do you think your stage could cope with my Belville scale girl band, the Evil
Belles ?

> 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....

Briktorians, be very afraid !

parts-out-pete



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  Re: G2's Victorian 'LegoOz' gathering review (unofficial)
 
(...) Hmm...The idea has merit... (...) 1) thou shalt not appear disbelieving when someone can tell from memory what set a part comes from ;) (...) Fear...The royal brik-torian regiment and 8th Briktorian light horse don't know the meaning of the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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  Re: G2's Victorian 'LegoOz' gathering review (unofficial)
 
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 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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