Holodoc Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 You'll find my photos from the event in the follwoing albums: Brickheadz Eventees Munich Legoland The highlights are: And I love this sequence: More will follow soon. Quote
Skalldyr Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 Beautiful pictures Holodoc! (I also love the rat spitting sequence ) It was such an amazing event once again! I will post a few pics too now. Quote
WhiteFang Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 Lovely pictures! Look like you guys are having an awesome smashing great time! Quote
elleana Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 2 hours ago, WhiteFang said: Lovely pictures! Look like you guys are having an awesome smashing great time! Sadly, it is now in the past tense. I have some nice pictures (particularly of the gummy contest) and I will post them in here soon. Quote
Jim Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 It's clear that Aaron is disqualified in the simultaneous spitting sequence Nice pics!! Quote
LegoFjotten Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 I'm soooo jealous... wish I could have been there with you all! After tough negotiations with my wife, "we" decided to go a teddy-bear convention in Münster that weekend instead... Oh well, next year! Quote
L@go Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 I echo LegoFjotten's sentiment - I tried pretty much everything to be able to go, but it wasn't possible to find anybody to replace me at work. And on top of that, I caught a nasty cold and actually stayed home from work on Saturday... so in that respect, I'm kind of glad I wasn't going, because then I probably would have stayed home because of the health issue... which would have been very, very annoying. Next year indeed! If you can just avoid my work weeks, please ;) Quote
Calanon Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Jim said: It's clear that Aaron is disqualified in the simultaneous spitting sequence I have my title for a reason. Quote
Skalldyr Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 Just now, Calanon said: I have my title for a reason. Hahaha I did not see that one! Quote
Jim Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 10 hours ago, Calanon said: I have my title for a reason. 10 hours ago, Skalldyr said: Hahaha I did not see that one! Missed it too Quote
elleana Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 My photos can be found here. Some of my favourite (mostly of jelly rat spitting): Quote
CopMike Posted May 4, 2017 Posted May 4, 2017 Great pics ! Thanks for a great event together, I really had a good time and it´s always a pleasure to meet other members! Quote
MiloNelsiano Posted May 4, 2017 Posted May 4, 2017 I had a great time, and it was really nice to meet you all. I really wish it had worked out a little better and that I was able to spend more time with you all, but the good news is my wife has already asked twice when we're going to Billund next year, so it's already looking like there's a good chance I'll see you next year! Quote
Holodoc Posted May 8, 2017 Author Posted May 8, 2017 Thank you for your replies so far. For those who haven't been to the party, I do a pictorial review of the event. Wednesday: Come together. Socialising and getting together. Welcoming especially those who haven't been to any event before. For the first time: SNOW - and therefore a longer journey for the most of us as expected! Thursday: LEGOLAND! Weather conditions were bad (see above), but almost optimal for the Battle Scene of Hoth and not-so-optimal for other scenes. But who needs good weather when the only thing of interest are the 4 AFOL temples (which are all inside): - Fabrik (my total time spent: 2 hours) - The special offers tent (2 hours) Digging for extra special parts (that could easily be bought on bricklink for just pennies) like the new 2x2 curved tiles in gold and dark red for >100 minutes? Yep - we're AFOL's, aren't we? - The big shop (1,5 hours) Wohoo, they had the new minifigure series 17 there! Wtf? 3,99€??? This is insane!!! -> bought 7 of them. - The Dino grill (1 hour) You need to refill somehow, somewhere... Afterwards: Self made dinner. For example Currywurst! Afterwards all contestants presented their MOCs. The rules were: Build a Brickhead from your country. Can you guess who is who? All entries sorted by their number of votes: Bricktect built 2 versions (Mickey and Elvis) but obviously chose the wrong one to compete. (but hey, I'm not complaining... ) Winner Skalldyr picking his prize. You find all the entries (bigger photos) and their descriptions here. Friday: Still bad weather, so the planned trip to the historical center of Günzburg fell through. Instead: Late breakfast und spare time. Or sorting (the bricks for this year's event set - the center of Günzburg/Architecture style) In the afternoon: Work! Started with a quiz. 26 questions from easy to hard to impossible to know (but still interesting ) Other contests: Guess, how many 2x4 bricks put next to each other are 1m long. Or estimate the amount of 2x4 bricks that weigh 125g heavy. Mmmh. Easy, you say? Well, ask the eventees... Followed by building the event set: Afterwards: Bowling in the Legoland village. 8 lanes with nice LEGO decoration. Who won by the way? It must have been MstrOfPpts, right? Dinner in Gasthof Linde. Typical bavarian restaurant and almost our regular's dinner location. We have been there for four times now! The evening was filled with talks and contests again. For example these: Look at the model to the right for 30 sec and then build it from the image in your mind. Finally the group shot: From left to right: Bfenz, Calanon, Dfenz, Ace, Kitty, Vaionaut, JanetvanD's daughter, Cwetqo, RC 1136, Elena, Jim, Cecilie, Chubays, Aredhel, Copmike, Manuel (Aredhel's husband with newest EB member Emilia :wub:), Amfenz, LasseD, Bricktect, MstrOfPpts, Elleana and Skalldyr. In front: Holodoc and Peppermint_M Then: Talks, for example: How to get rid of that darn keyring from Kiss-kiss-tuxedo-Batman? By the way: The candle trick is working! Saturday: Munich! We travelled by train and had a nice walk through the city, including a lot of side trips to all sorts of shops. Oh, Minifig series 17 again! Or you find something like this: The route passed famous landmarks like the Frauenkirche, Marienplatz, Hofbräuhaus, Hofgarten and so on. Unlike 4 years ago the owners of outside restaurants were still in bad weather mode, so we didn't have the opportunity to sit somewhere outside at the Hofgarten. Instead we went for the Olympic shopping mall and afterwards headed back to the center walking through the beautiful park area around the Olympic Center (built for the 72's Olympics). What could have been a better place for the annual rat spitting contest? Started in deep night in a backyard on a parking lot in Günzburg 2009, this time we were olympic for the first time (you can clearly see it from the photos) in the open public! (Not many supporters though besides the eventees...) The instructor Copmike. Vaionaut and RC 1136 can't believe what they see. Preparations and a first attempt from Skalldyr: Last year's winner MstrOfPpts: And this year's winner - which was me, so I don't have photos of that, but you can see one in the post above. Advice: Yellow is the winning colour! The supporters: Lunch/dinner we had in the Agustiner Biergarten. Ellena trying his first "Brotzeit": Back in Günzburg: Building and sorting for the last time: Sunday: Going back home. Of course: Beautiful weather! It could have been so nice... So if you like what you have seen and want to part of the fun - sign up next year to the 2018's event #14 in Billund! Quote
L@go Posted May 8, 2017 Posted May 8, 2017 2 hours ago, Holodoc said: sign up next year to the 2018's event #14 in Billund! Tell me where to sign up! Tell me where to sign up! Tell me where to sign up! Quote
Capparezza Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 So much fun that I have missed out! Hope you all had a wonderful time in Germany. Quote
MstrOfPppts Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 Ahhh, finaly did some sleeping. Leaving the event early to travel to Paris for another few days was quite tiring. The event was awesome - as they always are! Was nice to meet some new people and surely see you next time! Thanks everybody for attending and providing us with these lovely pictures. As for the bowling - I believe Dfenz was destroying us in the first round, I did quite good in the second though :) And now for the rat spitting - one of the reasons to attend an event! This years location is even topping the one from Windsor, which was just at the parking lot in front of LEGOLAND. The more people, the better :D Maybe we should really think about adding some new disciplines as we already talked about some ideas. Oh, and by the way, I think it's clear from elleana's last picture that Holodoc should be disqualified for crossing too ... Quote
Skalldyr Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 Wow Holodoc! This was the perfect review of such an awesome event. I had some good laughs seeing all the fun again. I am already looking forward to next year in Billund Quote
Aredhel Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 15 hours ago, L@go said: Tell me where to sign up! Tell me where to sign up! Tell me where to sign up! Yeah exactly ;) Thank you from the Aredhel family, too. I guess Manuel enjoyed too though the weather was crappy - guess with better weather it would have been much more fun for him ;) see you all next year in Billund :) Quote
Peppermint_M Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 Already ready for next year! ( hush bank balance, hush) Thanks for all the organising and now the photos Quote
Holodoc Posted May 11, 2017 Author Posted May 11, 2017 On 09.05.2017 at 0:35 AM, L@go said: Tell me where to sign up! Tell me where to sign up! Tell me where to sign up! You can sign up in this subforum LEGO Events and User Groups in about 7 months from now... Quote
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