I need to tell someone. No one else is listening to me or cares. I am really sad about the fires in Australia. I am really upset about all the animals that died. There are animals there that are not anywhere else. My husband has family that live there about an hour from one of the fires. They are safe. But sad news for lost of homes, lives, and whole environments. On the news and on facebook and so on, everyone I know is saying there is a lack of interest in what is going on. I know it is hard to know how to feel with such a HUGE lost of animal life like millions. Hard to relate to. I don't know maybe people who care more if they showed more single things like a family that survived or animals on the mend? I just know people care more than what my friends and so on on facebook say. What do you all think? Or is this not the right thing to post here?
Ten Forward Lounge - Miscellaneous General Chat & Welcome Thread
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Welcome to our fellow German members @MrPicard and @StarTrekToyHunter........
We are from Erlangen (Kilana2), Deggendorf (@rhubarbodendron) and Grünberg (@StefanM)........
There are also people from Leipzig and Stuttgart around if I'm not mistaken.
We are from Erlangen (Kilana2), Deggendorf (@rhubarbodendron) and Grünberg (@StefanM)........
There are also people from Leipzig and Stuttgart around if I'm not mistaken.
that's great, you also collect figures or what is your focus in the star trek universe
welcome 
LOL should I ask Bonzie to rename MISC to German Lounge? 
LOL should I ask Bonzie to rename MISC to German Lounge? 
I have figures like Scotty from the original series I had many more but local kids .. were like wow so they got my little dolls -- but Scotty is the last one that is left.
I have pictures from a while ago.. of the others... i am sure they are since destroyed and played well with.. my only hope is that these kids become star trek kids like I was. but I have really studied my writing skills and boosted my abilities there from writing so much in the forums and in simulation groups playing characters that I would write for. There is a thread in this.. part of the forum all about the toys and then putting them in situations with other toys .. it is fun. -- Welcome to the TrekBBS forum.. all things trek. @StarTrekToyHunter happy stay --
I'm not really a Trek collector but I am tempted to copy some of those adorable Trek-themed knitting and crotcheting projects: https://www.uberdentraum.com/patterns-theme-star-trek/ (the Spock pillow and the mittens)
Oooooooh! I'm not one much for color-work but I'd try for these!
Hello, you're reading the 27th post and I got here, because it's refreshingly civil, reminding me of an era, where the internet wasn't overrun by hockey moms, Counter-Strike kids, and countless cat images. Of course, the true reason is Mrs Ryan appeared on my Twitter feed last week in a black costume, showing legs: "What is she trying to tell ... ?"
I don't collect toys or models, but follow concept artists, LEGO builders and VfX news. I don't have any uniform or badge; nor have been to any convention, but that might change, as we have a convention center just 20 minutes away.
At the moment, I try my hands on introductory programming and find it perpexingly boring.
I don't collect toys or models, but follow concept artists, LEGO builders and VfX news. I don't have any uniform or badge; nor have been to any convention, but that might change, as we have a convention center just 20 minutes away.
At the moment, I try my hands on introductory programming and find it perpexingly boring.
Hi @Doctor Tiki! I've only ever been to one convention myself, and I wasn't there for the atmosphere, I was there for a certain actor. (I generally fail when it comes to being a Trekkie - for one thing, I seem to have utterly wrong priorities.) So I guess what I'm saying is that it isn't a requirement to go to conventions on a regular basis.
Oh and btw I love LEGO as well.
I've only ever been to one convention myself, and I wasn't there for the atmosphere, I was there for a certain actor. (I generally fail when it comes to being a Trekkie - for one thing, I seem to have utterly wrong priorities.) So I guess what I'm saying is that it isn't a requirement to go to conventions on a regular basis. Oh and btw I love LEGO as well.
Yes, make it so.
about once every year (or lately every 2 years) there is a mini-con in Deggendorf. Those are always cool =) There's one guest, sometimes 2, and 30-100 fans. Everyone has a chance to chat a bit with the guests (there is a supper buffet after the con) and everyone gets their photo taken and can get an autograph. It's great fun because in such a small group the guests tend to let their hair down and be a lot less official than they usually are. Most bring their SO or kids.
You'll find the new guests announced at the website of fkm events (the site will be in maintenance mode for the next weeks but the cons usually are shortly before or after the big ones, so that the guests have only one trip for both cons)
You'll find the new guests announced at the website of fkm events (the site will be in maintenance mode for the next weeks but the cons usually are shortly before or after the big ones, so that the guests have only one trip for both cons)
Are you referring to the "An evening with..." thingies? If so, I think I've heard of them being quite nice indeed.
yes, those are the ones. I had a chat with the event manager yesterday and he said that for the immediate future there won't be any such evenings. The guests have become too expensive 
That's likely why event companies economize by pooling them all into the Westfalenhallen and other regional hubs in Europe on one weekend.
The guests have become too expensive
yes, those are the ones. I had a chat with the event manager yesterday and he said that for the immediate future there won't be any such evenings. The guests have become too expensive
Aww, shucks.
I'm not surprised tho - it's all about the big expensive conventions nowadays, I guess.
indeed. But I very much dislike cons that are on an industrial level. The only bit that I really enjoy is the little stalls of the supporting actors. They take time for their fans and often offer interesting insights in the movie business. Mark Allen Shepherd (better known as Morn) for example told us once that when he auditioned for a part in DS9 he had no car and since there was no public transport early enough for the auditions, he took the last bus and stayed in Hollywood all night. A highly risky enterprise (pardon the pun), as the area was - and I believe still is - infamous for its street crime after dark.
Those are aspects of life as an actor that we fans usually don't get to learn of.
Those are aspects of life as an actor that we fans usually don't get to learn of.
I'm not much of a convention fan myself, I've only ever been to one, and that was a special occasion, just for one actor, no one else. I hate crowds and well, the panels end up on Youtube anyways or someone live-tweets them so I never miss anything that's happening... I only like one actor in the entire Trek franchise and I know so much about him that whatever he says is almost never really anything new (to me), it's always the same kinds of questions/answers... no need to spend hundreds of Euros to go there since all I would do would be to sit in my hotel room and then wait for his panel, go there, go back to hotel room because OH NO, CROWDS. I'd probably try to force myself to go and look for some merch at some point, yes, but that would be all. I'm too much of a loner to enjoy the whole convention stuff.
(Probably massively unpopular opinion, all of this. lol)
