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TamiyaCon 2004

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TamiyaCon 2004
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 9:20 PM
I will be at S. California this year to attend the TamiyaCon.

Will anyone else be there?

Has anyone gone before and how was the experience like?
Thanks
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 9:23 PM
i would love to go, but i'm on the wrong coast!!!!

And no,i never been to one!

Make sure you take alot of pictures to share with the less fortunate ones!!
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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 10:23 PM
Sounds great. Do they give sneak peaks and sell kits on the spot? Sounds like a blast, unfortunately I can't make it.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 8, 2004 3:26 AM
I'd like to go but I'll need to find someone that looks like to take my place in Iraq, any takers?

You get an all expenses paid vacation to a beach with no water, lots of sandflys and a hord of other fun events.

C-mon I know somebody wants to go?
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 8, 2004 6:49 AM
QUOTE: I'd like to go but I'll need to find someone that looks like to take my place in Iraq, any takers?

You get an all expenses paid vacation to a beach with no water, lots of sandflys and a hord of other fun events.


You forgot to mention...

All the diorama sand you could ever want!
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Posted by M1abramsRules on Thursday, January 8, 2004 12:10 PM
a nice leisurely restful vacation to the ME??? I'll go, but I think I don't quite look like you. let's see, I'm probably 10 years younger, a 1/2 foot shorter, and no, I won't go into weight!!!Wink [;)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 8, 2004 2:12 PM
Did I forget to mention yummy MRE's? mmmmmmmmmmgood?
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Posted by mark956 on Thursday, January 8, 2004 4:16 PM
That would be cool to go, but it's out of the operating budget range.
mark956
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 9, 2004 4:52 AM
I wish theyd bring that thing over to this coast for a change. I realize its at their office building, but cmon, not everyone can get to CA on a whim...spread the fun Tamiya!!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 9, 2004 10:12 PM
Hey hou, I'm going I live about 45 minutes away. Unfortunately it will be my first show, and I'm just as curious as to what goes on as you!! Are you entering the competition?? I'm going to try and finish up my Tamiya Acura NSX, and Mercedes CLK GTR. Hopefully they'll be done on time!!
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  • From: West of the rock and east of the hard place!
Posted by murph on Saturday, January 10, 2004 1:06 PM
A member of our club attended TamiyaCon 2003. He didn't say much about the event other than that in his opinion the best model didn't win. It was his impression that the model that won was one that caught the eye of the chairman of the company.

Lots of entrants were there. The quality of some of the entries was apparently not very good.

Lots of Tamiya offerings such as new kits introduced but no incentives to purchase. It was more expensive to buy the kit there than it was here.

He enjoyed the weather and it was a novel experience but he wouldn't go back.

Retired and living the dream!

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 10, 2004 10:02 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by kik36

Hey hou, I'm going I live about 45 minutes away. Unfortunately it will be my first show, and I'm just as curious as to what goes on as you!! Are you entering the competition?? I'm going to try and finish up my Tamiya Acura NSX, and Mercedes CLK GTR. Hopefully they'll be done on time!!


I'm not joining the competition. I'm only getting a "sneak peak", so I'll know what I need to do to win the Model Master next year.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 12, 2004 7:54 PM
Would love to go but live in Ontario, Canada. A little too far. I hear they have 1:1 scales of some of the models they release.
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Posted by benzdoc on Friday, February 6, 2004 10:16 AM
I would really love to go. Just moved to CA a couple of years ago, and it's been on the list of things to do. I probably won't be entering anything, I'm just not up to snuff yet.

If what was said about winning entries being based on the "boss's" opinion, that is a dissapointment!

Overall, for us that aren't far away, it sounds like it could be a good experience.
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  • From: West of the rock and east of the hard place!
Posted by murph on Friday, February 6, 2004 10:42 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by benzdoc

I would really love to go. Just moved to CA a couple of years ago, and it's been on the list of things to do. I probably won't be entering anything, I'm just not up to snuff yet.

If what was said about winning entries being based on the "boss's" opinion, that is a dissapointment!

Overall, for us that aren't far away, it sounds like it could be a good experience.


Randy is very objective and I've known him for a while. I've no reason to doubt his observations on this. For what it's worth...

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:17 PM
I would like to go but it conflicts with the annual IPMS Seattle Spring show.
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