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[Psychotron]

So, the NTFA-meeting is been and done. Me and Sonja really enjoyed it, and hopefully everyone attended has the same feelings. You guys rock! (Yeah rock, not "sock" )

Because of the many pictures, I'll divide this to two posts. Some of the pictures are taken by Osku, the others by Sonja.

PART I

Lars arrived to Turku terminal Saturday evening at 19:50, and after a small "scenic route" we arrived to our residence at about 21.30.
Lars had slept most of the ship trip (say THAT quickly three times in a row ), so none of us was tired, and we had loads of interesting conversations in- and outside the world of TFs.
There was no real repertuar there, just nice comfy being, having something little to eat and just talking, so let's move on to Sunday.
Everyone agreed that the pics are freely to be shown, so here we go:

We met at Turku Cathedral as agreed. Sonja's (Blackarachnia's) working place, The Pit, was right alongside the church, so we went to see that first, and Sonja told people this and that about archaeology and Turku history.



After that we went eating to a nice new place that's quite near our place, called Pronto. It was a nice surprise: The food was actually quite good, and price/amount of food-comparison was very satisfying. I seem to have forgotten to take those pics along, so we have to wait for Osku's and Inkku's ones.

On our place the first thing was business. Lotsof trading, buying and selling, also bit outside TFs, but mostly the actual items. Especially Osku's stock of extra figures vanished to greedy new owners, me among the others.  I bought BM big Jetstorm, Rattrap and Strika plus BW Sky Shadow.


Lars and Osku looking at some G2 figure, Inkku and Elisa (Midnight Express) checking out other merchandise, Palaste being in the Twilight Zone as usual...






Then it was cartoon time. We watched the More Than Meets The Eye 1-3, with swedish dub and finnish subtitles, and as Elisa alreay pointed out in the other thread, I'll quote Galvatron: "This is bad comedy"... The swedish dub was actually mostly quite ok, except for example that Soundwave sounded really depressed, like Marvin the Paranoid robot from the Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy...


People watching the MTMTE. The expressions of the audience tell it all...



...for example, the cartoon seemed to be a bit too exciting for Sonja...

Some time later we took probably the most hilarious and peculiar quiz about TFs ever, made by Osku "The Tormentor" Jaakkola. ("That's not fair! Sonja, where's my sword??")
The questions were quite ingenious and evil. I bet Inkku's Unicron might have enjoyed them...

Then it was time for another great program number. Osku had brought these weird robots that transformed into letters,



, and everyone had to sit side by side with their opponents, pick a robot that one presumed changed into desired letter, and out of them create a name of a Transformer that was selected in advance. Here go


Sonja vs Elisa



Lars vs Inkku



Me vs Palaste.


The competition was quite hilarious, more pics of it probably later by others. Osku couldn't participate, since he was the referee...

End of part one. A bit more disturbing pictures coming in about fifteen minutes...

[Taggenagger]

Dangit, I should've been there. Count me in next time. I'd like to see more of that evil quiz, care to share?

[Fighbird]

DAMMIT, that looks like a fun meet-up! Next time, I'm SOOOO there.  

It's always nice to get some real faces to the monickers (looks like Psychotron is a little camera shy, eh?   ), and it looks like you guys had real fun. Excellent party game ideas, Osku!

I've decided that I'm going to cut into my graduation funds to pay for a plane ticket to where-ever there'll be a meet-up next time -- provided I don't have to work that day etc. and all the usual excuses.  

Having a 3-room big apartment all to myself, I have plenty of room to host a gettogether here, if someone was interested -- I live fairly close to the local airport, and all are welcome to stay the night etc.

But back to the regular programming: Time to make room for part 2...  

[Psychotron]

PART II

We had loads of interesting conversations (well duh) about cartoons, toys, comics, writers etc., and people read comics here and there, transformed the toys lying all around


Palaste working on RID X-Brawn,



Inkku's puzzle, BM big Jetstorm,



Me happily fiddling with my brand-bought BW Sky Shadow.

Unfortunately Elisa had to leave bit early, so she missed the next one. Hopely she still had a good time.

As the evening grew old, we listened some music, and since Palaste was last time keen in seeing me in my full heavy metalist-outlook, we decided to equip Palaste as a full-blooded metalhead!


Pure f******g Armageddonnnhh...



Cannibal Corpse teared through our speakers, and me and Joona were moshing our brains out!

Path, Bigpete, you would have LOVED this!

Inkku took it all on videotape, and in the morning Joona was sitting in the couch and checking out the performance...


Palaste, dude, you rock!

The next morning I walked Lars to the ship at about 08.24 or something. The rest of the bunch stayed yet for a while, Joona saw finally the TF Movie Teaser, Osku showed me stuff on a cd he had brought and given to me. It contains loads of fan fiction, so I think I have lots of good stuff to read on the cold winter nights.
Then we did a small city tour, checked out couple of stores, bought some comics, Transformers and DVDs/CDs, and after that it was time for goodbyes. For now.

All in all, me and Sonja both really enjoyed the weekend and your company, people. It was great finally to meet Lars and Osku, and to meet Inkku, Palaste and Elisa again.

Here's a group picture of the attendants this time:



I just can't wait for the next time!

[BigPete]

Man, that looks like a blast! I'm actually p****d off for not being able to be there with you guys...

So.... Sweden next time? Or maybe Martin's place? ;)

[Fighbird]

Hey, welcome one -- welcome all!  

And my offer is serious, so remember that, if people start planning something and need a place to crash!

But maybe we should wait 'till people's wallets are filled up again...    Wouldn't mind it being in (the southern part of) Sweden next time, either; would personally love to see as many as possible in one place.

But, erm... do we have to wear metal-outfits? The best I can do is a scale armour... hehe (bad joke...   ).

[Taggenagger]

I want to get my driver's license fixed first, and a car to that. But I'm on it.

[Midnight Express]

I KNEW IT! I look stoned again!  Friggin' flash!

[Leobreaker]

It looks like you guys have a really great time and it would have been fun to be there with you... but I hope I can come next time  

And as bigpete said, it would be great if we could have a meeting in Sweden next time.  

[Groundsplitter]

Some time later we took probably the most hilarious and peculiar quiz about TFs ever, made by Osku "The Tormentor" Jaakkola. ("That's not fair! Sonja, where's my sword??")
The questions were quite ingenious and evil. I bet Inkku's Unicron might have enjoyed them...

Then it was time for another great program number. Osku had brought these weird robots that transformed into letters,

I want to say that Osku's preparations, with the quiz and the transforming letter-robot game (which was actually part of the quiz - the points Sonja, me and Turo acquired for our respective wins were added to the quiz score) did a lot to elevate the meeting to a high level.
If/when we ever arrange a full-scale Nordic Transformers convention, I really hope Osku will be there to arrange some of the activities and competitions.

[Midnight Express]

Some time later we took probably the most hilarious and peculiar quiz about TFs ever, made by Osku "The Tormentor" Jaakkola. ("That's not fair! Sonja, where's my sword??")
The questions were quite ingenious and evil. I bet Inkku's Unicron might have enjoyed them...

Then it was time for another great program number. Osku had brought these weird robots that transformed into letters,

I want to say that Osku's preparations, with the quiz and the transforming letter-robot game (which was actually part of the quiz - the points Sonja, me and Turo acquired for our respective wins were added to the quiz score) did a lot to elevate the meeting to a high level.
If/when we ever arrange a full-scale Nordic Transformers convention, I really hope Osku will be there to arrange some of the activities and competitions.

My favorite was the "Guess Who" game. "Dead: yes and no." "BW Ravage: yes and no."

[predaking]

That looks so awesome, it really pisses me off

I NEED to be in on the next get-together. But Turku is too far away for us for just a visit for a day or two. Perhaps Denmark or Sweden next time? I know Norway makes little sense to most of you...

BUT we can offer Europe's only museum of a near-complete collection of boxed transformers released in Japan, world-class gourmet food and wine, a 100" screen for watching transformers, and a pretty hostess

[BigPete]

Wouldn't mind it being in (the southern part of) Sweden next time, either; would personally love to see as many as possible in one place.

But, erm... do we have to wear metal-outfits? The best I can do is a scale armour... hehe (bad joke...  :;): ).

Yeah, wouldn't mind that either But I'm afraid I don't have the room to let people crash here... We only have a two room apartment.. Maybe we could squeeze in one or two people for the night if they don't mind sleeping on the couch or on the floor. But then again, we have a big balcony ;)

And heck yes we have to wear metal-outfits! ;)

Just remembered that we're supposed to buy new sofas this month... that means one person in each sofa, two on the floor in the livingroom, and one poor schmuck on the balcony ;) So FIVE people can sleep here if necessary ;) Come on down!

[BigPete]

100" screen for watching transformers

ooooh.... Let's watch the Transformers Takara DVD with the Singapore dub on that big screen ;)

[**BRUTICUS**]

sounds like a fun time