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Re: G2's Victorian 'LegoOz' gathering review (unofficial)
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:17:58 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Pete White writes:
> 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..)
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> Are you and Ben fielding a Fabuland contingent in BrikWars ?
Hmm...The idea has merit...
> > And then the trading begun......
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> > 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".
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> Someone should think up the ten commandments of Lego collecting.
1) thou shalt not appear disbelieving when someone can tell from memory what
set a part comes from ;)
> > 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).
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> Has Michael taken the glove off, preparing for the Jackson fives return ?
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> Do you think your stage could cope with my Belville scale girl band, the Evil
> Belles ?
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> > 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....
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> Briktorians, be very afraid !
Fear...The royal brik-torian regiment and 8th Briktorian light horse don't
know the meaning of the word...Oops, yes we do...It's related to mandy and
almost any object in close vicinity to lego ;)
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> parts-out-pete
Benjamin Whytcross
[Trying to work out why Lance corporal Bluebottle keeps getting deaded.
Maybe it has something to do with his close resemblance to Timmy.]
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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