European Classic-Castle meet: 20th/21st/22nd of june 2008

Discussion and planning of large-scale Castle Themed displays and events
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OK, back home after a really disastrous traintrip yesterday (I got stuck with three drunk 60 year old Swedes.. it was kind of a weird experience I can tell you!). As of now I am quite busy and can't put up all my pics, but here's a little teaser at least ;)

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To make a long story short I had a great time and I think the others did as well. I'll get back to you later with more complete accounts.
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Sweet Picture! I'm getting a great mental picture of you all sitting there building, elbowing the kiddies out of the way. :) Glad it was a good experience.

I am intrigued by your train experience with the three drunks. I've had some "interesting" train experiences here in the US myself.

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As Jonas said the weekend in Denmark was a success (apart from his train trip). At our hotel we built, exchanged techniques and cool know-its, showed off MOCs and sets alike, basically a lot of Lego activities :)

Of course we went to our Mecca (Legoland Billund, where it all began), and not only had a great day in the park (with sunny weather all day), we also looted the pick-a-brick shops and Lego Market, and I think we're all very satisfied with what we managed to get a hold of.

I found it very cool meeting some more CC members and being able to place a face to the avatar (in my head, people always look like their avatar until proven otherwise, most of you people look like Lego figs to me!)

Of course when we were just on our way to the Legoland exit, we ran into a big bin of brightly coloured basic bricks, surrounded by baseplates (and little kids)... How could we resist? More pictures of that coming up as soon as Maedhros has uploaded them ;)
JoshWedin wrote:I'm getting a great mental picture of you all sitting there building, elbowing the kiddies out of the way. :)
That's pretty much how it went yeah. They kept taking all the good parts!
Between plotting to kill you all and chasing balls of yarn, I also build [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/30639040@N02/albums]MOCs[/url]

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OK, here are some more pics. Mostly a lot of weirdness really, I'll get back to you with some more pics of the park itself when I get access to the computer for more than an hour at the time!

Here we are, after the PickABrick, waiting for the LEGO Market to open. (and what do you do if you have half an hour to kill and a bag full of LEGO, why you start sorting and building of course!)

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Back at home contemplating the haul of today:

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And more of the bins of basic bricks...

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And the big question...

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Probably the most ambitious MOC ever built there:

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The elder kiddos in action!

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I think that's all for now. Like Seb said it was really nice to see some true human beings behind the usernames, not to mention actually getting to meet fellow AFOLs and build together. That was a first for me... and I want more ;)

(Oh yea, you have to wait for the pics to go public, it was much faster for me this way)
JoshWedin wrote:I am intrigued by your train experience with the three drunks. I've had some "interesting" train experiences here in the US myself.
Well, having a 60 year old trying to sleep in my knee was disgusting rather than intriguing but I guess that's another story :P
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Maedhros wrote:That was a first for me... and I want more ;)
We would love to have you at BrickCon. How much is a ticket from "The dark forests of Sweden to Seattle, WA, USA? ;-)

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That's so cool guys. Where's Yankı eh?
Well,Yankı was having a surgery my friend hehe :). I wish I could make it. There will always be the next time, right guys?
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Wow, looks like you guys had a blast! It must have been great to finaly meet eachother in the flesh.

Good on you guys! :D
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Maedhros wrote:That was a first for me... and I want more ;)
We would love to have you at BrickCon. How much is a ticket from "The dark forests of Sweden to Seattle, WA, USA? ;-)
That would be some $ 1700 :shock: (according to a quick search of the Web) Then again, I really have to see the US some day... and doing it while there is a Con going on is of course a good idea, however that's for some time when I have more money than now ;)
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And here's Mahjqa's gallery showing our Legoland trip :)
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Looks like you guys had fun. Can you tell me who everyone is in this picture. I think Aliencat is on the far right but that's all I know.
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Man I wish I'd been there! Hope you guys had fun. Looks like you sure did!
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castlebuilder100 wrote:Looks like you guys had fun. Can you tell me who everyone is in this picture. I think Aliencat is on the far right but that's all I know.
They are Mahjqa, DNL, Maedhros, Aliencat, going left to right.

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Aliencat wrote:And here's Mahjqa's gallery showing our Legoland trip :)
Haha, this pic cracked me up. I look rather sinister there, don't I? :P
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castlebuilder100 wrote:Looks like you guys had fun. Can you tell me who everyone is in this picture. I think Aliencat is on the far right but that's all I know.
Megablocks right! Coolest guy in the picture 8-)
Between plotting to kill you all and chasing balls of yarn, I also build [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/30639040@N02/albums]MOCs[/url]

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Hey, I was there too. At least I kid myself that way :D

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Hehe, sorry for the lame photoshop. I'm kinda in a hurry. And my picture didn't have the pants, so Seb, I've cloned yours. No hard feelings.
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