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Orbital Sciences Director Gonzo, YJ 3 years ago.
Toy soldier day London Namco invasion 10th anniversary 5/3/2016
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Soldiers!
Arcades, don’t we love them? Don’t they, at least somewhat, embody what it is to be a Toy Soldier? A place where we can lose ourselves in the fun of a video game or two be it either with friends or alone. And then, don’t we also enjoy the idea of all our fun paying off in the form of exchanging our hard won tickets for fabulous prizes?
If only it were that simple eh? I’m sure many of you, like me, have enjoyed this fantasy about arcades, looked in at the prizes and decided what we’d like, spent all day and all our hard earned cash building up as many tickets as possible only to find, to your horror, that all your well earned tickets get you are a few lollipops or maybe a mug if you’re lucky. Hardly the dancing life size robot you had your eye on.
Well, not anymore!
I have a mission for as many of you who can make it as possible.
Together we will obtain a prize worth talking about, we shall pool our resources!
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For too long we have sat looking in wonder at the top prizes, for too long we have not had enough money, time or patience to dedicate to obtaining these top prizes. Together, as an army, this will no longer be the case.
Now, I must stress, contrary to our usual message of fun, this is a serious mission, with a serious goal: get a decent prize!
We will be playing these games and winning tickets for a serious reason, this is an important mission guys. Let us remember that.Some fellow soldiers and I scouted out the Namco arcade in London a few days ago; we blended in well with the local civilians.
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We sampled many games to come to the best conclusions of what are the easiest to get tickets from.
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Unfortunately some couldn’t understand the “no fun, this is serious!” rule, however we pressed on.
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We finally came to some good conclusions about what to aim for, however due to security reasons you will receive further instruction upon arrival.
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So, what do you need to know:
Date & time
Saturday 5th of March 2016
12:00 hoursLocation of meet point
Jubilee Gardens (the green next to the London eye)You must bring:
Around £10 for arcade games (more or less is of course fine, most games cost £1 or £2 to play)
Uniform
Serious attitude, remember this is a serious mission!
Cookies or similar for tactical re-fuellingRegister:
Evelfa
Robin
Silent
LtSophie
The DoctorDoth’Rah
Dutch
Sean
Gonzo
Mike Mcnanner
Sir-Hamster
Spymaster General Danov ValravnAfter our mission is complete we shall retreat to a nearby watering hole for much needed refreshments, de briefing and more tactical refuelling and our task shall be complete… For this year at least.
And remember, our army needs YOU to collect these tickets so we can all win a fab prize!
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I shall be there.
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I would be up for this, but I will have to look into hostel for the night or something.
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I have to figure out overnight arrangements as well, since I would rather like to spend the honest to turniping March 4th down with some other Toy Soldiers too.
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I’ll be there for round two – well, I mean, of course I will.
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I shall be there.
LtSophie and I have flights and hotel booked, we will be staying in Camden, but by jove we’re going to make it.
Additionally, if anyone is in town Friday and feels like a stroll around Camden with us and Gonzo, let me know.
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Count me in!
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Wild horses couldn’t keep me away.
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I’ll be there!
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You can definitely count me in for this!
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Looking at getting a hotel for the night in London, anybody think or know of somewhere both cheap and easy to get to? As at the moment on my budget it’s looking like London City Travelodge at £47 a night, can anybody do better than that? Cheers
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Looks like my transport is a go, I have a work meeting on March 4th in Whitehall.
Now to sort out where to stay overnight…..
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@Spymaster General Danov Valravn said:
Looks like my transport is a go, I have a work meeting on March 4th in Whitehall.Now to sort out where to stay overnight…..
Ooh that’s great Danov! Can’t wait to see you there :)
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Hey everyone.
I’m planning something as a nice thing for everyone on the day.
but I’m going to need to know about numbers to do it right :)
(its about free things)
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Sounds fun – I mean serious. Booked a flight and hotel. I’ll be there!
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@sebastian said:
Sounds fun – I mean serious. Booked a flight and hotel. I’ll be there!That’s fantastic! Can’t wait to see you there!
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I’ll be there. Might get there a little late since I have no sense of direction and get lost easily but I’ll definitely be going :)
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To all attending Toy Soldiers who are in London on Toy Soldier Day!!!
The T.S.O.S.D. Invasion of the Science Museum, featuring Cosmonauts is currently being planned!
Do you want to learn something about space, specifically the crazy shit the Russians went trough?Come join us!
Suggested date and time:
Friday March 4th, 13:00, Science Museum
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I’ll be looking to do a brunch club on the Saturday Morning for those who want a tour of Whitehall from a real life Civil Servant. Marvel at the statues! Gasp at the architecture! Be amazed by the market just around the corner from BIS and its actually reasonably priced food.
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@Orbital Sciences Director Gonzo said:
To all attending Toy Soldiers who are in London on Toy Soldier Day!!!The T.S.O.S.D. Invasion of the Science Museum, featuring Cosmonauts is currently being planned!
Do you want to learn something about space, specifically the crazy shit the Russians went trough?Come join us!
[Will edit this post and add topic in TSOSD forums this weekend with more information]If I can get the money for the exhibition, count me in! :P Would this be on the same day, or another day around that weekend?
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@Mike Mcnanner said:
@Orbital Sciences Director Gonzo said:
To all attending Toy Soldiers who are in London on Toy Soldier Day!!!The T.S.O.S.D. Invasion of the Science Museum, featuring Cosmonauts is currently being planned!
Do you want to learn something about space, specifically the crazy shit the Russians went trough?Come join us!
[Will edit this post and add topic in TSOSD forums this weekend with more information]If I can get the money for the exhibition, count me in! :P Would this be on the same day, or another day around that weekend?
That would be on the Friday March 4th.
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So, hey guys! Yesterday I made it back to Germany just fine at 22:30 local time and it’s one of the few times living virtually next door to an airport paid out.
I really enjoyed hanging out with you guys, meeting some familiar faces after so many years and seeing some new faces as well. Despite the overall seriousness of the whole event I had a lot of fun! I’ll be sure to come around more often. London Expo or maybe sooner. If one or two of our Londoners might even take Matthias and me in for a weekend, a short trip to London is pretty much any time a definite no-brainer. We also thought about going to London to do all the touristy stuff we didn’t get around to doing the last times we were there, so we might get that to work as well and maybe see a couple of you there. I’d love it!
All in all, we did really well at Namco and we can be proud of the seriously earned, well-deserved spoils. Cheers!
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@sebastian said:
So, hey guys! Yesterday I made it back to Germany just fine at 22:30 local time and it’s one of the few times living virtually next door to an airport paid out.I really enjoyed hanging out with you guys, meeting some familiar faces after so many years and seeing some new faces as well. Despite the overall seriousness of the whole event I had a lot of fun! I’ll be sure to come around more often. London Expo or maybe sooner. If one or two of our Londoners might even take Matthias and me in for a weekend, a short trip to London is pretty much any time a definite no-brainer. We also thought about going to London to do all the touristy stuff we didn’t get around to doing the last times we were there, so we might get that to work as well and maybe see a couple of you there. I’d love it!
All in all, we did really well at Namco and we can be proud of the seriously earned, well-deserved spoils. Cheers!
It was utterly brilliant seeing you again, and I’m glad you’ll be dragging your brother along next time as well!
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I’m sure this happy fuzzy post-invasion buzz will be with me for a while. It was good to seeing everyone again, and to meet a few new faces :D
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