LugOz 2001-1
Well, it finally happened. On the weekend of Jan 26-28 a whole bunch of AFOLs converged on Sydney’s southern (& western) suburbs. As usual, everyone else covers it better than me, so here’s a link to some of their comments.
You might also want to check out this page by Richard Parsons.
This mammoth event also included a trip to the Lego show at the Powerhouse museum, as well as a treasure hunt on the way back to Melbourne (three guesses what treasure we were hunting).
Firstly, I’d like to (on behalf of the travelling MUGs) thank Peter White & family for putting up with us. But if you decide to visit them for a game of 8-ball, here’s why you’re wasting your time...
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There were many MOCs on display - heres a selection. My favourites were Richard’s boats (unfortunately, I didn’t get a picture of the Valhalla), ‘cos I like BIG, but Kev’s medieval selection came close. Note that my crane is missing, not through modesty, but because the only picture I took turned out really blurry...
The big event of the day was the BrikWars saga, later code-named “Blocker Morant”. Here’s some pictures. No apology for the “MUGgy” bias...
And on the way back, the MUGs did manage to find some treasure. A highlight was the Toy Kingdom in Young, where we found an old london bus. I think this is early 60s, but Ben’ll know exactly! If you look at the underneath shots, you can see the unusual pattern on the bottom of the plate between floors.
At Wagga wagga (I think!) we also came across this huge K’nex dinosaur. I’m not really a K’nex fan, but after seeing this, I may develop a side-interest...
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