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Re: BUGs 938/432-12/JW-3 is over
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Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:55:49 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
> A good turnout today at my place for BUGS 938/432-12/JW-3 (this representing
> the new numbering scheme in which the IP address of the host's computer is
> multiplied by the time of the commencement of meeting measured in seconds
> since 1 Jan 1970 Greenwich Mean Time, with the postcode used to calculate a
> checksum after application of a Soundex Code -- see many earlier threads for
> the history of this simple yet effective numbering scheme).
Yes indeed! :) - Hahaha classic!
> Present were: me (Kerry, as host!), Mel Brown, Peter and Ben Parsons, Gary
> and Callum Quinlan, Michael and David Dallaston, Mark Harrison, Ken Wilson,
> David Drew and Tara Anderson. Tara having forgotten her street directory
> might have spent the morning randomly driving around Brisbane except that
> the BUGS were emitting a lot of Lego pheromones which guided Tara at some
> primitive instinctive level to us. "I love the smell of ABS in the morning",
> she said. A late scratching was Tim Hungover Gould, who had better make a
> special effort to attend the next meeting as penance.
Great to see everyone again :) Shame on you Mr Tim! I already know what
it's like to turn up to a meet with the previous night of drinking :P Talk
about being on another planet!
> The morning kicked off with admiring the sets and MOCs brought along. The
> theme of Mostly Medieval attracted a number of castles (somewhat
> predictably), including a particularly elaborate MOC by Tara. The sets
> ranged from the 1980s through to the contemporary sets like King Leo's.
> Despite the general consensus that the early castles are generally superior,
> it seems many of us succumbed to the allure of the 1/2 price sale of King
> Leo's a while back.
Very cute!
> Gary and Callum contributed a particularly imaginative medieval fairground
> ride, a fine piece of Technics, cunningly disguised behind castle walls with
> rampant dragons, and a Tudor-walled ticket office. They had originally built
> it for the previous meeting's "mechanical" theme but couldn't make the
> meeting, so did a refit for medieval conditions!
Rather interestingly cool!
> Mel finally revealed her major project (hinted at during our previous
> meeting at Mark's). Such was the secrecy that it came swathed in a sheet and
> it was not unveiled until a sufficient crowd was in attendance.
Hahaha :P That's right, not to mention it was not quite completed either.
> It is a 3 story luxury apartment complex, based on a photo of first prize in >a charity lottery. The building was primarily white, with black door/window >frames, featuring many detailed features, such as its extensive balconies and
> gardens.
Pictures will be provided in the next posting!
> The top floor was done with interior detail, featuring an excellent
> kitchen, bedroom, bathroom etc. Although Mel says it is not yet complete (a
> lot of roof still to go), it was a most elaborate piece, with many minifigs
> gracing it with their daily activities.
Also not finished at the time... still a lot to do and also possibly
eventually change the colour of the walls.
One of the minifigs dressed in a Ned
> Kelly helmet was in the process of mugging two innocent victims on the side
> path. Well, we think it was a mugging; the victims' hands were raised in
> fear, but as Ned appeared to be armed with a banana, they may have been
> overreacting. Monty Python fans will be of course be fully conversant with
> the risks posed by assailants wielding a banana (or other forms of fresh
> fruit). For the ignorant, please see the artice on "self defence against
> fruits" at http://perso.infonie.fr/edwood/monty_python_sketch.htm
Ok, so Ned wasn't meant to be part of the piece, you can thank my son for
that one :P Hahha yes! The banana bandit thingy was amusing forsure!
> David Drew has now got two strikes against him for failing to bring any Lego
> with him to our Brisbane meetings. We are starting to wonder if he really
> has any Lego at all; perhaps he is a spy in deep cover! Sensing our doubts,
> he attempted to divert suspicion by making a large Shop@Home order (more
> below).
No comments :p (considering I too, in the past have fallen into this cat).
> Although history would generally not associate pirates per se with the
> medieval period, nonetheless there was a strong pirate sub-theme in
> evidence, fuelled largely by the recent discounting of 6291 Armada Flagship.
> Both Michael Dallaston and I decided that the Flagship would be much
> improved by buying a 2nd one in order to incorporate an extra centre
> section, two large square sails, and a much enlarged sterncastle. However,
> we took a different approach to the random red/yellow pieces in this set,
> Michael electing to build the sterncastle with these colours to provide a
> context for these colours, while I eliminated them going for the all
> blue-and-white theme. Gary, the Man Who Time Forgot, claims to have been
> completely unaware of the discounted 6291s, despite the myriad of messages
> on .loc.au on the subject. Meanwhile Ben and Callum got stuck into staging a
> pirate war with the various pirate ships in attendance (I had a home fleet
> of 3 to defend against the marauding intruders).
LOL!
> Peter and others came perilously close to the Dark Side, as they lovingly
> fingered the beautiful smooth blue triangular tiles on my "Insignia della
> Infanta" asking "what set are these from?". Let it be recorded that on
> hearing that they came from the Megablocks Blue Thunder, Peter beat a hasty
> retreat from the contaminated ship!
Ahem! I will definately not EVER purchase a Megablocks set, it should be
our policy to neither mention or show one at any of our meets :P hahaha -
Highly illegal to cheat and use those particular pieces amongst the much
higher level of the glorious Lego Brick! *Tsk Tsk*
> So the morning passed most pleasantly. After lunch, we had our traditional
> trading period with the usual frenzy of buying, selling, and trading. Tara
> took pity on Gary The Man Who Time Forgot, and traded him one of her
> discounted 6291s. Peter had a large selection of space sets for sale, and
> also his new line of hand-made wooden bases (with raised edges) made in
> multiples of the 32x32 baseplate, ranging from the 1/2 base to the 2x3 base.
> Speaking as a happy customer of Peter's wooden boards, they are very useful
> for building and transporting larger models built over multiple baseplates,
> or for when the baseplate is one of the flimsier variety.
Yes, I had a marvelous time! And peter's wooden boards are useful for
Puzzles too, including Lego Puzzles :P
> Then we moved into serious discussions about our joint Shop @ Home order, so
> out came my laptop and away we went. The entire process took about two
> hours! Although many people had come with a clear idea of what they wanted
> to order, the process took a lot of time as everyone wanted to see each item
> ordered (and those not ordered!) in full detail with zoomed-out photos and a
> lot of analysis on the value-for-money, etc. Once again Lego pheromones came
> into effect, and people found themselves purchasing items not on their
> original lists! Indeed, as the person at the keyboard, it was hard to keep
> track of the all the "one for me", "I'll take two", "me too" and figure out
> the final quantity. Mel, meanwhile, was doing a sterling job tracking the
> details of each person's order, for working out the individual costs. With 9
> of us buying, the $90 shipping was a mere $10 each, so there was a strong
> temptation to make the most of the low shipping costs by ordering with
> enthusiasm. Incidentally, the most popular single item was the Lego pen (7
> ordered), followed by Castle Arches (6 ordered but all by me!). We ordered
> from many parts of the catalogue, but I think the most popular section (by
> item count) was probably the bulk parts, but by dollar value I think the
> most popular section was probably the trains. We all enjoyed our in-house
> shopping expedition, and it looks like it may be a regular feature of future
> meetings.
I think it was closer to three hours? The experience was amusing and total
fun! Definately have to do this again (If all that is expected goes well
with our first order). As I mentioned, it was like having a Lego
party-plan! Our Mothers can keep their Tupperware, we'll take the Lego thanks!
> Peter may have avoided the Dark Side, but Ma Vie En Rose is threatening to
> engulf me. I ordered two more watches from Shop@Home, one of which turned
> out to be called the Belville Pink Watch. Fortunately I bought it as a gift,
> but I will have to be careful of the pheromones when handling it!
Very sexy!
> Speaking of future meetings, Gary Quinlan is offering to host our next BUGS
> meeting, tentatively scheduled for 2 December with a Christmas theme. So
> pencil it into your diary, and watch this space for Gary's official
> announcement! David Drew will be amazing us all with his fabulous all-white
> Christmas-themed Technics/robotics MOC built from all those Space Shuttles
> he owns, while Tim Gould will be presenting a Star Wars sleigh pulled by a
> team of red-faced Darth Mauls.
LOL!
> Play well!
Yes, even into the early wee hours of 4 am+ in the morning.
> Kerry
>
> --
> ============
> Kerry Raymond
> kerry@dstc.edu.au
> Proud to be LUGNET Member 599
> www.lugnet.com/people/members/?m=599
Many thanks to Kerry for a brilliant day and her Kitty's for putting up with
a bunch of plastic mad strangers! And also for all her much appreciated
efforts and support with the Lego S@H! Without her it may not have been as
successful as it was.
Mel!
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