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Post by grahamthomson on Jun 5, 2008 19:08:58 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 5, 2008 19:25:25 GMT
Excellent!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 5, 2008 19:28:55 GMT
Huzzah.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2008 20:04:54 GMT
I knew they were going to do something with him but not to that extent... I was well pleased and he deserves the recognition for starting it all! It get's better though... www.bbc.co.uk/englandYup, it was the main featured story for ENGLAND!! Go Sven!! |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 5, 2008 20:12:35 GMT
It even managed to dwarf a story about the British Shin kicking champion. Now that's good going!
Andy
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Post by grahamthomson on Jun 5, 2008 20:17:14 GMT
Oh my! I hope there won't be any shin kicking at AA!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 5, 2008 20:18:39 GMT
I'm very protective of my shins due to the running and all so if there was I'd pick a champion to kick in my stead.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 5, 2008 20:20:21 GMT
I stand ready, my lord.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 5, 2008 20:22:15 GMT
After the shin-kicking you might not!
Andy
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Post by grahamthomson on Jun 5, 2008 20:28:54 GMT
I hope Nelson Shin doesn't cancel his personal appearance at AA with all this talk of shin kicking!
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Post by Nigel on Jun 6, 2008 17:32:47 GMT
All hail the Svenator!
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Post by t4e on Jun 7, 2008 3:47:13 GMT
Great article. The guy who wrote the article has his own music show on BBC Birmingham and is a huge Transformers fan.
I met him at Memo last year and we've kept in touch ever since. I told him about AA-08 a while back and said he should come along, then he called me Monday night asking for contact details for the organisers of AA as he thought he could get some coverage on BBC's site so I gave him Sven's number and the rest is history.
I had an email from him yesterday and he said it's caused a bit of a stir his end and reckons there's a chance that Radio will want to be there as well. The local BBC radio did a piece on Memorbillia last summer so AA would fall into the catagory of stories they like to cover.
Cheers
Jon
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2008 16:10:48 GMT
With coverage like that I bet AA this year will be the biggest yet and is likely to get bigger in subsequent years. I doubt it will ever be as big as Botcon but it looks set to make the second-place seat it very own.
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Post by t4e on Jun 8, 2008 2:10:14 GMT
Agreed! I vividly remember the very first Auto Assembly in Oct 2000. It was only the 2nd convention I'd been to (DeceptiCon was the first). There was about 30-40 people there. Maz & Sven were the only 2 selling TF's and it was a chance for me to watch a load of TF episodes I'd never seen before.
Oh how it's grown since then!!
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Post by grahamthomson on Jun 8, 2008 8:19:39 GMT
I vividly remember my first Auto Assembly in 200 as well!
I bid an insane amount of money for TFUK 130 complete with its free gift Data Scan in the charity auction!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 8, 2008 22:23:28 GMT
I vividly remember my first Auto Assembly in 200 as well! 200 eh? You are looking remarkably well preserved for your age! And isn't having a convention several centuries before the toyline is imagined just a little bit dangerous to causality?! Andy |
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Post by grahamthomson on Jun 9, 2008 9:11:16 GMT
Back then, this was all fields and Transformers were made of die-cast.
And thank you for the compliment, I am well preserved for my age. It's the regular soaking in alcohol that does it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2008 12:57:52 GMT
Ah... Die cast construction... it's a lost art!
*hides*
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