17.10.05 at 12:12 hrs

Weekly Report No 259, CW 41

Thursday, 08:00 in the morning. The last parts for our booth are loaded into the truck.

Still Thursday but a few hours later: The booth is growing. Maybe we should have gone for 4 meters instead of 5 meters in height ;-)

... Later again on Thursday: Done; the booth is set up.

A cinema will show our DVDs; we have our shop, the CarSystem and the stage for our action games.

The other half of the impressive booth area ( 36 meters wide und 6.4 meters deep) is reserved for our model builders and technicians.

Friday, early morning: A few minutes after the fair had opened, the first visitors arrive at our booth.

"'Fair fairy' Nina fulfills 'nearly' all whishes in our shop....

... while the kid's eyes

are focussed

on the CarSystem.

During the day we alternately entertained our visitors

with the history of the Miniatur Wunderland (Freddy is seen above) and...

... action games for kids.

Somehow, we should have known it beforehand: Holger (as a fun fair modeller) was a superb substitute for Uli who couldn't participate this year.

Uli had an excellent excuse, though: His best friend got married the same weekend.

Kids had high priorities over this weekend since they are the future of our hobby. Gaston gave hands-on clinics in scenicking.

The older ones had the opportunity...

to closely watch our model builders and also stress their nerves with questions...

During the weekend, several projects, like a "Halloween-Train",

a maze, our TV-tower, and others were worked on.

We'll have separate reports covering them...

Sunday evening - tear down!

A looong weekend lies behind us and the last case waits to be loaded. Next year, we want a booth in the ground floor again ;-)