Space: the final frontier

Last weekend I displayed at a LEGO exhibition with the Brickish Association (my LUG) for the first time ever. It was a space-themed event in Leicester which was supposed to celebrate the somethingieth anniversary of Comrade Gagarin's boldly going [...] but with the joint purpose of advertising LEGO's new City Space range.

So anyway, I mentioned a display:

There we are, micro moonbaseketeers. Alright, so it was a hastily planned display - somewhat chaotic and certainly not my finest building hour but it went ok in the end.

The best bit, however, about this event was all the free stuff I got! A free LEGO t-shirt for exhibitors and a free (if not completely above board) rummage in some parts bins that TLG brought along resulting in some interesting new parts to add to my collection. As well as the inevitable joys of LEGO I got to spend some time among fellow members of the Brickish Association and being there for a whole weekend allowed me to get to know people more than before - now I feel like a proper member and will definitely try to exhibit at the Great Western LEGO show in October if possible!