|
|
Post by grahamthomson on Jul 28, 2008 9:40:07 GMT
If you're going to AA and not met any/many of us before, please, please, PLEASE come and say hello! It'll be nice to put faces to names.
There will be a TMUK table which, I imagine, will be manned by the contributors of the "Robot War: A User's Guide" magazine so that can serve as our Debris*.
We're a very friendly bunch. Much nicer, in fact, than the rest of the Internet put together. So come along and introduce yourself!
*Secret Autobot Hideout doncha know.
|
|
Nigel
Thunderjet
Posts: 4,967
|
Post by Nigel on Jul 28, 2008 9:46:57 GMT
Please also come along to my stall and say hello, as I won't get much chance to hang out at the TMUK table.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2008 15:35:20 GMT
I'll definetely pay the Hub table a visit if I can find it.
|
|
|
|
Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 29, 2008 16:10:19 GMT
You will be drawn inexorably towards it. Everyone is......
Andy
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2008 16:31:10 GMT
The Adbot is currently asking the question 'Are you scared of women?'
|
|
kayevcee
Fusilateral Quintro Combiner
The Weather Wizard
Posts: 5,527
|
Post by kayevcee on Jul 29, 2008 18:02:50 GMT
Depends on the woman.
-Nick
|
|
|
|
Post by championofjustice on Jul 29, 2008 18:29:03 GMT
I am not shy at all. I am a Champion of Justice - quite literally - and shyness does not go with the job description.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Jul 29, 2008 18:58:57 GMT
Are you coming to AA?
-Ralph
|
|
|
|
Post by championofjustice on Jul 29, 2008 23:18:20 GMT
Sadly not. It's too out of my way... If it was in London even I'd go, but not the backwaters of the Midlands. Sorry.
|
|
|
|
Post by grahamthomson on Jul 30, 2008 6:47:29 GMT
I'll definetely pay the Hub table a visit if I can find it. Oh, you'll find it easily. It'll be well signposted. (And if it's in the same place as last time, then it's the best spot in the entire hall.) |
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Jul 30, 2008 6:48:26 GMT
I'm sure the people who live there wouldn't describe it as the backwaters!
-Ralph
|
|
|
|
Post by Mark_Stevenson on Jul 30, 2008 8:10:01 GMT
I do and I would, mate  But I love the place, regardless. Mx |
|
Nigel
Thunderjet
Posts: 4,967
|
Post by Nigel on Jul 30, 2008 9:30:44 GMT
Sadly not. It's too out of my way... If it was in London even I'd go, but not the backwaters of the Midlands. Sorry. There's an old joke about London-based Transformers fans and geography. Just when we'd managed to coax a few north of the M25...  |
|
|
|
Post by grahamthomson on Jul 30, 2008 11:23:39 GMT
I wonder what "frontwaters" are like.
|
|
|
|
Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 30, 2008 11:29:47 GMT
Probably full of smug people I'd wager.
Andy
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2008 12:08:04 GMT
Sadly not. It's too out of my way... If it was in London even I'd go, but not the backwaters of the Midlands. Sorry. There's an old joke about London-based Transformers fans and geography. Just when we'd managed to coax a few north of the M25... Think with one or two in the very small *minority* it went beyond the joke. I SERIOUSLY had a few people ask me a couple of years ago when we did a survey for AA if we'd consider relocating to London as they wouldn't attend otherwise and some genuinely said no to attending as it wasn't in London! lol |
|
|
|
Post by grahamthomson on Jul 30, 2008 12:21:40 GMT
I think to host a show actually in proper London would be prohibitively expensive.
|
|
Nigel
Thunderjet
Posts: 4,967
|
Post by Nigel on Jul 30, 2008 13:12:22 GMT
Well, Transforce was in 2000, just about - the two-day one in the halls of residence (near Euston Road, I think).
So, there are Londoners who won't go to a convention in Birmingham... Got any Australians coming this year, Simes?
|
|
kayevcee
Fusilateral Quintro Combiner
The Weather Wizard
Posts: 5,527
|
Post by kayevcee on Jul 30, 2008 13:27:59 GMT
How far is Birmingham from London, anyway? A couple of hours on the train, maybe? From my few visits to London I gather that the public transport is prohibitively expensive- maybe that's a factor.
I still remember the sting from Transforce 2004, where getting the train to James O's house from the airport cost more than the flight from Glasgow O.o
-Nick
|
|
|
|
Post by jameso on Jul 30, 2008 13:40:02 GMT
I am smiting Champion of Justice for making Londoners look bad. There's FIVE people from London from the Hub going in the same car this year!
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2008 13:40:33 GMT
Just over 90 minutes from London Euston to Birmingham New Street by train and if you book tickets in advance or travel on a Saturday / off peak it's not that expensive.
Coaches aren't that bad either and run from Victoria straight to Birmingham Digbeth and I think they're only around £25 tops although I can't remember how long they take - it's been a while!
No-one from Australia this year although we do have groups from Sweden, Germany and Norway if I remember right and a dealer from Singapore! ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by grahamthomson on Jul 30, 2008 13:42:44 GMT
There's FIVE people from London from the Hub going in the same car this year! Yay! |
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Jul 30, 2008 14:32:18 GMT
I am smiting Champion of Justice for making Londoners look bad. There's FIVE people from London from the Hub going in the same car this year! Huzzah! -Ralph |
|
|
|
Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 30, 2008 14:35:19 GMT
I am smiting Champion of Justice for making Londoners look bad. There's FIVE people from London from the Hub going in the same car this year! Well done James. Have some exhaltation! Andy |
|
chrisl
Empty
I still think its the 1990s - when I joined TMUK
Posts: 1,055
|
Post by chrisl on Jul 30, 2008 15:10:40 GMT
Mega Bus means there is no excuse for anyone not to travel from London. The mrs and I pay £2 each return to get from Preston to London (stopping in Birmingham) when visiting family/friends.
|
|
Nigel
Thunderjet
Posts: 4,967
|
Post by Nigel on Jul 30, 2008 15:34:10 GMT
I always use Megabus between Cardiff and London.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2008 15:37:20 GMT
Never used Megabus myself (strange I know, but I've been advised by doctors not to use coaches for long distance travel because I'm prone to blood clots) but it is one of the options we've recommended on the AA website and in the info pack for attendees.
|
|
|
|
Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 30, 2008 15:57:58 GMT
I've only done the coach for a tf thing once and that was to manchester with Ralph. Epic snow on the way down and amazingly funny no-nonsense driver on the way back. Ralph's struggle to use the coach toilet on the journey back being first class entertainment.
There is of course also the stopping off at the legendary Tebay!
Andy
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2008 16:13:34 GMT
I've got to take three buses up to the convention. One from my home village to Leicester, another from Leicester to Birmingham Digbeth and a third from Digbeth to the convention.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Jul 30, 2008 19:54:22 GMT
I've only done the coach for a tf thing once and that was to manchester with Ralph. Epic snow on the way down and amazingly funny no-nonsense driver on the way back. Ralph's struggle to use the coach toilet on the journey back being first class entertainment. There is of course also the stopping off at the legendary Tebay! Andy It will always be Teabag to me. -Ralph |
|
