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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
> I just realised that nobody has reported on our last BUGs meeting held
> at Mark Harrison's place on Sunday 23 Sept. So, here's a quick rundown
> ...
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> The theme was "things mechanical" and Mark had laid on a display of
> "super cars through the ages" from his vast Technics collection, showing
> the historical progression of the large Technics car. As always, the
> earlier vehicles were clunkier in appearance but used more general
> parts, whereas the later models were sleeker but used more specialised
> parts.
>
> Aaron brought along an apparently endless selection of fire engines, and
> wore his Fireman's uniform to complement the theme.
>
> There were a number of space and aircraft MOCs with everything that
> opens and shuts, a certain familiarity of colours shows that Star Wars
> sets have found favour with the local MOC builders.
>
> Mel was particularly slack and didn't bring anything along! However, she
> swears she is in the middle of a very large project, hopefully to be
> revealed at our next meeting, assuming we can find a means of
> transporting this megametropolis (being Mel, my money is on a Town
> theme).
Hahahaha :) Funny stuff! I am indeed in the middle of a largish project,
let me call it... 'Project Secret Mel' lol. I dunno about being a
megametropolis though... it's approx the size of 6 baseplates. I'd love to
see some of the ideas people would come up with, in guessing what it may be!
Kerry... I hope you have lots of money :P j/k
> I was almost as slack as Mel, having done virtually no Lego building for
> some weeks. However, I got up very early that morning and build the
> AT-AT from the Dark Side Developers Kit. This is a Microscout-based
> model, that walks back and forward shaking its head as it goes. It was
> the first time I'd built it, and I was impressed at how well it walked.
> Or to put it another way, my attempts at building walking robots have
> been far less successful. I also had my photos of Legoland Windsor with
> its models of European towns and landmarks.
>
> Lunch commenced with a entree of junk food (chips and chocolate
> biscuits), followed by a main course involving hand-to-hand combat with
> a large fresh loaf of bread. And we finished with a dessert of pizza.
> The National Heart Foundation awarded the meal "-100 out of 10", but it
> seems to go down a treat with the BUGS!
Roll on the junk food!
> After lunch, we did the traditional buy-sell-trade session. As always,
> Peter Parsons had space items to tempt us and Aaron seems to have an
> inexhaustible supply of Res-Q sets to pass on. Incidentally, Aaron is
> still in the market for more airtanks for his fireman. He is also still
> hoping someone will buy his Silver Champion (only one careful owner!).
>
> There were rumours of experiments with the first Brisbane Brickwars
> after lunch, but Mel and I escaped at that point, as Mark had revealed
> that there were huge piles of discount Powerpullers at Mr Toys Toyworld
> stores in the CBD, and I had only 1 shopping hour to get myself one. Mel
> decided to come along as it was a rare opportunity for her to shop
> without the assistance of small children. As it turned out, there were a
> number of attractively priced sets at Mr Toys Toyworld, or maybe the
> buying frenzy was upon us. Whatever, we seemed to leave with a lot more
> than we had set out to buy :-)
Attractive prices indeed... hence the reason there are no more of that
particular set on the shelves anymore :P
> Anyhow, to finish up, thanks to Mark once again for his hospitality and
> the tours of his vast Lego den, now rather more organised than at our
> last visit.
*bows down to Mark*, yes thanks a bunch Mark and family and cat whose tail
has been ran over numerous times :P MEEEEEOOOOWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLL!!!
> And finally, anyone else who was there, please mention all the things
> I've doubtless forgotten.
I think you did a great job Kerry!
> Kerry
Mel (who pulls up her slack slacks :P)
> --
> Kerry Raymond, Lady BUG <--- ratbag bug! :P haha
> Lugnet Member #599
> Mindstorms, Technics, Star Wars
> Brisbane, Australia
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| Thanks for the post girls, I have been slack as well. My diorama for the Fireman's stomp is coming along nicely, and I'll have it for the next meet, also to return the cases to the Great Peter. Should get to the comp this evening and upload your (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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