Church Camp and Lego expoAuthor: jawapro
Date: Tue 23/03/2010 05:56 PM
This weekend just gone I was down in almost Hobart for our annual church camp. As mostly always, it was a heap of fun.
This year Emma and Tiani organized a play in place of the normal triva quiz, and kept us entertained.
The photo's not brilliant, but the play was.
In other news - although I was almost in Hobart for the weekend, I was also actually supposed to be IN Hobart. You see, this was also the weekend for the Model Makes and Collectors exhibition. And some of the local Lego fans had decided that we should have a lego display at the exhibit. I had been asked to come down and bring some of my stuff - but as it conflicted with the camp, I couldn’t really do both.
That said, I did manage to get down there for a look around. Lots of model trains and helicopters and other awesome stuff that would have been reason enough to go down - but there was also a nice collection of Lego there. Nothing compared to BrickVention - but still pretty cool.
And I finally got to see the Spirit of Tasmania model in the flesh.. well brick.
After seeing photos of it last year (it’s still my wallpaper at work) and talking to it’s creator (Aaron) at Brickvention, I was very happy to finally see it for myself.
I took Turkeybeard down with me as his camera leaves mine in the dust. He got some nice photos - I’ve just left them on the other laptop - doh!
The Spirit has been improved since the photos from Brickvention 2 years ago too! The front now opens.
Some of Aaron’s custom UFOs and train models.
Francis’s light-up ferry (not as large as the Spirit but still very impressive).
Some more ships and things.
Forgotten this guys name, but he brought the obligatory Star Wars collection.
And this table had a number of classic sets on it - including this one which I also own. Very awesome holiday house and caravan. Not quite as faded as mine either, although it is missing some trees. I think this set was Brent’s but I’m not sure.
By the sounds of it, the Tassie Lego community may get off the ground again and form an actual club. There’s talk of an all lego event sometime later in the year. Look forward to the developments…
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