It was my great pleasure to to be able to get to Leicester on Sunday and meet two really lovely people. Andy and Ann gave me a very warm welcome and it was great to put faces to names whilst purchasing essential supplies. The show itself was focused on the Space theme with some impressive displays of MOC's and collaborative builds that I will try and share the pictures of.
Minifigforlife were doing a great job of flying the flag for Brickarms and the number of people buying our favourite accessory was very pleasing to see. It seems to be a great lure to attract people back into the hobby, whether that is children that had previously dismissed lego in favor of computer games and find that adding more realistic accessories opens up new possibilities, or AFOL's like myself who needed that extra little spark to come out of my dark ages.
The minifig display was also a great visual representation of a timeline that made me more than a little conscious of my age as I recognised the whole range.
Once again I would like to thank Andy and Ann for being so welcoming and I look forward to seeing them in the future. What I would also say is that any UK members of this forum that have the opportunity to attend an event like this should do so... not only is it better to see the creations up close and personal, but it is hugely rewarding to actually meet the people (plus I could do with some reinforcements when it comes to discussing customisation with ardent purists ;-))
Jasbrick
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