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Shoving more things into your cockpit ey Dirge.

I hope you all have a wonderful time. Think about me whenever you see a Galvatron toy.
Take lots of pics and post them here at the Lair.

Travel safely, have a good time.

be safe guys and have fun

dont have too much fun without us............. ya lucky bastards :bonk:

Thanks guys!

Well it's off to AA09 for me, will see some of you there and the rest when I get back! Don't miss me too much! :lol!:

Rumble.

I hope you have a great time there :lol!: !!

One more sleep and im off to AA09 come on bed time!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol!:

who needs sleep ?

it is time

the hens have declared a 2 day cease fire while im at AA

rumble
kup
rodimus
CM
and me will all return to a computer screen near you on monday

until then folks

remember not to trust any hens

:lol!: Have fun guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!

helloooo to all or you

AA is over for another year and what follows is my take on it

sooo me CM and phil arrive at the train station in birmingham and after some poor map reading by phil ( once around birmingham centre in the wrong direction ) we arrived at the hotel where we met kup and rumble ( rumble is the tallest one of the four of us so im in for it in the rpg )

we waited to be granted access to AA only for kup and rumble to tell us they bought ( reserved ) their buys on the friday night

they let us in and it was like walking into tf heaven

the first thing i bought was the convention exclusive comic :roll: followed by a dirge bust

as we wandered around we picked bits and parts for tfs up that i needed then i joined the queue to meet the one and only gregg berger to sign my exclusive comic

then me CM and phil went to check in the lift wouldnt work so i opened a door and found some stairs ( phil was already in the room ) so me and CM did a 6 floor sprint only to discover that we were locked in the fire escape so phil had to get a member of hotel staff to free us so after we dumped our stuff i grabbed my G1 grimlock box and MOSC action master grimlock then went back and joined the queue to meet the one and only gregg berger to sign them

then we wandered around again and i saw it ............ an orange bonecrusher for £3 GBP :affraid: the steal of the weekend up to that point
then i saw a re issue g1 pepsi op prime

i donrt normally do re issues but this is the mutts nuts i will buy it before the weekend is over

i bought a mighty muggs grimlock that CM found for me

we picked up our goody bags that contained a couple of exclusive keyrings with grimlock and cheetor

we then retreated to the hotel room to oogle our prizes

it only took CM half an hour to transform his stalker :lol!:

then it became time to eat so we went up into birmingham centre and had a McDonalds

we retreated back to the hotel room where we came up with four or five funny facts

1 - tf toys without two seperating legs get no love
2 - you really shouldnt use your car to jump start another car 5 yards away from a major roundabout blocking the road
3 - universe inferno is not worth £25 GBP unless youre name is CM
4 - wheeljack ironhide and grimlock are sick b******s for watching megatron kill another bot in the gladiator pits
5 - gregg bergers daughter is
6 - i really should check that the stairs im using isnt the fire escape

time to :sleep:

sunday

we had a quick wander around the tf dealers and picked up some more parts

( i will buy that pepsi prime before the weekend is over )

i got my mighty muggs grimlock and the grimlock postcard and joined the queue to meet the one and only gregg berger ( i see a pattern here )

then kup performed an epic repair on my g1 grimlock box by replaceing the plastic window witout damaging the box

then i got a pic taken with the one and only gregg berger ( he must be getting sick of me )

we had another wander around the dealers and bought yet more stuff ( i will buy that pepsi prime before the weekend is over )

then we decided to have a wander around bimingham centre

after an epic walk that saw us take in the cash machine the bull ring shopping centre pailisides shopping centre and a subway ( thats a butty shop not a train station ) we went back to the convention where i saw simon williams

simon williams is one of the artists that worked on the origanal g1 uk comic so i asked him if he would draw me a grimlock .......... HE DID :affraid:

so after he finished drawing it i joined the queue to meet the one and only gregg berger to ask him to sign it

so i now have an exclusive to me drawing of grimlock by simon williams signed by gregg berger

and i bought that pepsi prime

there is not another one the same in existence .

then it came time to say goodbye to CM phil and kup

we said our goobyes then me and rumble retreated to the convention hall and watched some of the first live action film from 07

we picked holes in it something rotten then me and rumble retreated to the hotel room where we compared notes on the weekend and compared our buys then it became time for me to head on home

pictures to follow when i get them

I wish I was there you guys had so much fun

I too wish I was there

it was EPIC ,

i'll be there for AA 2010

so will i

its unmissable

im resisting the urge to open that pepsi prime

DON'T DO IT!!

Mine is still sealed.

i think that we should make it a yearly event for us all to get together

if this years is anything to go by its a huge fun weekend

and im waiting for CM to reply to my 3rd funny fact

he is going to me

glad you guys had a blast i cant wait for pics did yall meet up with cd?

too busy ranting about 25£ Inferno....

Welcome back to you all,from the detailed description you had a very funny weekend :) .

Dirge,your bust is the Diamond version?
Congrats also for the Grimlock by Williams. :

Glad that you had so many things to do there,now we're waiting for pics :lol!: .

CM is never going to be allowed to forget that inferno is he

especially when they marked the price down on the sunday

the dirge bust is the diamond select one that you see in my sig

im waiting for a certain autobot commander to send me the pics

lol you cons are so dependent on autobots lol

when we ended up locked in the fire escape the mighty megatron and his loyal subject had to wait for the assistance of the autobot commander :lol!:

im surprised that cm didnt throw me down the stairs for that one

i forgot to mention in the main report



the cookie woman

she was just strange im sure kup and rumble will tell you more :suspect:

So having been back from AA09 now for a day or so, I thought I had better post up a short summary until I get a chance to gather my thoughts and go through stuff in detail.

Basically AA09 was:

Fun;

Great;

Interesting;

Expensive;

Awesome;

and Inspiring.

I just also want to say it was a great pleasure to finally be able to meet some of you guys in person having been chatting with (most) of you for over 2 years now.

I am definatley planning on going back so long as nothing comes up. All the pictures I took and a list of the stuff I brought will be added in a future update by the end of the week (I hope).

Rumble.

*Note regarding 'Cookie': She was indeed a strange one, and the first of the stories featuring Kup, Rumble and 'Cookie' will appear soon.

i cant call you squirt any more

and i agree
it was expensive but it was worth it

you guys keep teasing us all about AA with NO PICS!! :bart: