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Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
The story goes: I am an idiot.
More specifically, I don't know my own underwear size. So, when I was at WalMart, I stared vacantly at the packages until I saw something that said 14 (my normal pants size) and 34 (my waist size). It was only upon my return home that I realized that 34 dress and 14 underwear means GINORMOUS.
Thus, the story of my comically large underwear. I don't know why that skeleton is guarding them, however.
Meerkats may look like prairie dogs, are really related to the mongoose. These comical creatures are inquisitive and alert at all times, you see them busily digging in the dirt looking for insects, making underground burrows.
These little carnivores live and work together in a group called a gang or a mob, helping each other to care for youngsters or keep a lookout for danger. If trouble is spotted, the lookout alerts the others and they all dash back into the burrows for safety. Fun to watch! :)
The Meerkat (aka: Suricate) is a small species of foraging mammal found inhabiting harsh open conditions in the semi-desert plains in southern Africa.
A member of the Mongoose family, Meerkats differ from Mongoose species in a number of ways with the biggest difference being that Meerkats are incredibly sociable animals, where most Mongooses are not.
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Large Yellow Underwing moth giving Teddy a face/muzzle hug (-;
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We bought this for sister in law as a house warming girl. Her and her husband bought a beautiful home in Sand Canyon.
Marco’s Barrel-on-Wheels is collector’s piece from Warren Stratford’s signature gallery. Warren Stratford is a world-renowned artist, who specializes in comic 3-D modelling and prototyping.
The three-wheel carrier resembles a Tempo version from the early 50s; Tempos were the mainstay in Germany after the war. Marco’s 3-wheel transporter has a large driver’s cabin with a crate of re-usable bottles on top. The front of the van retains the early visual appeal of the Tempo, with a front bonnet that has the same air vents for heat release......
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Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Also in the phony pediment there is too little contrast between the words and the background!!
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In Chinatown in Manhattan on September 2nd, 2018, a building on the north side of Chatham Square, east of Mott Street.
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They have been making fun of us for over a thousand years.
The Abbey of Sant'Antimo was founded around 800, perhaps by Charlemagne himself. Once a very powerful Benedictine monastery, especially in the early 12th century. Later it fell into years of disuse, and only returned to being an active monastery in 1992.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Nothing funny about this1934 Pontiac Woody that appeared at the 2011 Goodguys Midwest Regional Car Show and shown here in downtown KC parking lot that's been decorated by a talented graffiti artist.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
A comically simple transforming toy by today's standards -- he doesn't transform so much as collapse -- he still puts a smile on my face. We had some adventures.
Tom Prankerd has a review of a sample in much better condition.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
Atlantis Submarine Voyage - Now Open!
Take a deep breath and submerge yourself in an underwater adventure.
Take the plunge with this world-first LEGO® submarine ride and immerse yourself in a magical underwater adventure.
Join the LEGO divers on a fun fishy mission that the whole family will enjoy. Venture along a secret passage, hidden in the heart of LEGOLAND®, on a journey to the bottom of the sea and see if you can spot all the amazing creatures and incredible LEGO models in your search for the ancient ruins of the Atlantis.
A world first attraction surfacing at LEGOLAND® Windsor on the 20th May 2011.
A pirate-themed live action show, the first in the park's history. Featuring acrobatics and swashbuckling swordplay - an adventure for the whole family.
The manga background:
Oh My Goddess! (Japanese: ああっ女神さまっ, Hepburn: Aa! Megami-sama), or Ah! My Goddess! in some releases, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kosuke Fujishima. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from September 1988 to April 2014, with its chapters collected in 48 tankōbon volumes. The series falls into the “Fantasy Rom-Com” genre and follows college sophomore Keiichi Morisato and the goddess Belldandy who moves in with him in a Buddhist temple. After Belldandy's sisters Urd and Skuld move in with them, they encounter gods, demons and other supernatural entities as Keiichi develops his relationship with Belldandy.
The Oh My Goddess! universe is fashioned loosely around Celtic/Norse Mythology, even though it play in modern Japan; various names and concepts are recycled for humor. Three worlds exist in the Universe of Oh My Goddess: Heaven (Valhalla), Hell (Niflheim), and Earth. Heaven is the realm of the All Mighty and goddesses, Hell is the realm of Hild and demons, and Earth is the realm of humans. Reality is controlled by an enormous and complex computer system, named Yggdrasil.
Belldandy and her siblings Urd and Skuld are – even though it’s IIRC never mentioned – the three Norns, a group of deities in Norse mythology responsible for shaping the course of human destinies. Belldandy (actually Verthandi – but no Japanese could spell this, so her name was changed…) is the Norn of the Present, while Skuld is the Norn of the Future and Urd the Norn of the Past, what is also subtly reflected in their interests and character.
Each goddess (and also demon) is assigned Class, Category, and Restrictions. Class indicates power and skill in performing pure magic. First Class goddesses are held to a stricter standard regarding the prohibition to lie. There are also three categories: Administration, Commercial (Field), and Special Duty. Limited and Unlimited restrictions indicate boundaries on permitted actions. Goddesses also wear power limiters, usually in the form of jewelry. Goddesses may be penalized for dereliction of duty and may have their license suspended for a time. A goddess using her powers during suspension will have her license permanently revoked. Belldandy is a Goddess First Class, Second Category, Unlimited License. Urd and Skuld are Goddesses Second Class, First Category, Limited License.
The goddesses' purpose is to bring happiness to everyone around them. Toward that end, Heaven has created the Goddess Technical Helpline (also called Goddess Relief Agency), designed to bring happiness to the people of Earth, especially those with great virtue but terrible misfortune. A competing institution named the Earth Assistance Center, also is staffed by goddesses. In most scenarios, a goddess appears before one that the system has deemed worthy and grants him or her one wish. The wish must be approved by the system, after which a contract is created between the human and the goddess and stored on the Yggdrasil system as a file. The wish contract file is protected by a passcode known to the Goddess. As demons work toward the opposite end, the total happiness on Earth must remain in balance. Heaven and Hell strictly abide by an agreement to work through contracts and to prevent bloodshed between them, each god is linked to a demon by a life contract, thus if one of them is killed, the other perishes as well, with their memories of the contract erased to ensure no one knows who is paired with whom.
Character description:
Urd (ウルド, Urudo) is Belldandy's older half-sister and is the second Goddess to appear to Keiichi Morisato. Urd ranks as Goddess second class, management category limited license, similar to her youngest sister Skuld. She is the Norn of the Past and, when the story begins, the Yggdrasil System Administrator and Manager in charge. Though she is much more powerful than her sisters, she has not become a first-class goddess - due to her own decision (probably to retain some freedoms like being able/allowed to lie…). Urd shares a common father with her younger sisters, but has a different mother, the Demon Lord Hild. Because of this, Urd is a hybrid of Goddess and Demon, even though this only becomes apparent and relevant in later manga chapters. Even though Urd is very powerful she has a weakness that she inherited through her demonic lineage: when she hears Austrian polka she fades out and falls unconscious – an Achilles heel that is exploited several times (e.g. by the demon Mara, who has to dance as long as she hears disco music…) to take her out of the way or kidnap her.
Urd fancies herself as a (self-proclaimed!) Goddess of Love, so she comes to Earth to spur Keiichi onward with love potions and well-meaning, but deceitful advice. But as punishment for deserting her post at Yggdrasil and for using her powers on Earth without authorization, The Almighty banishes her from Heaven until further notice. After being allowed to go back, she decides to stay on Earth instead.
Urd appears as a tall and voluptuous woman, probably in her early or mid- twenties, with bronze skin and long, silvery-white (platinum blonde?) hair, both traits which she inherited from her mother, Hild. In the manga, Urd's hair gradually changes from perfectly straight at her introduction, to wavy during and immediately after the Lord of Terror Arc, to becoming intermediately straight but still wavy. Urd's hair initially also sported a notable ahoge, but this is gone by chapter 94, after which Urd's hair further straightens out and remains that way for the rest of the series. She is 5’ 6” (165-170cm) tall, making her taller than most other characters in the series (we are talking about Japanese standards, Belldandy is 5’ 4”), and her measurements are 90-60-91.
Unlike her younger half-sister Belldandy, Urd is very impulsive, self-centered and headstrong. Belldandy describes Urd as being very passionate about everything she does. Urd is a great believer in the idea that the 'End justifies the Means', although, as Belldandy puts it: "...she gets so wrapped up in the means that she forgets what the end was." She once stole Sleipnir to get a cure for a sick Belldandy but spent so much time in the effort to master riding Sleipnir that it took eight days for her to get to the place where the cure was. Another god had fetched the cure six days earlier. Despite such, she usually means well and will do anything to protect her loved ones, and she is very loyal towards them. Because of her being the oldest, she believes it's also her duty to look after Belldandy and Skuld.
Urd's impulsiveness often makes her act first without fully considering the consequences. She is also a constant meddler, seemingly unable to leave well enough alone. She is also quite short tempered for a goddess and is rather easy to irritate and anger. Urd is also notable for her tendency to lie, something a goddess supposedly can't do (or, more accurately, it is something a goddess shouldn't do, being against the rules – it’s one reason for her “Limited License” status). Although she's not a pathological liar, she's more than willing to distort the truth if needed to accomplish an objective. She is also very open (and rather proud) of her sexuality, evidenced by her provocative dress, jibes at the younger Skuld and her slightly comical distress when turned into a child because of energy drainage. Her first appearance to Keiichi Morisato was through a semi-pornographic video (labeled “Sexy Sister”!).
For a goddess, Urd seems to have an amazing tendency to have her plans backfire, usually a result of her impulsive tendency to use raw power to solve a situation and not think about collateral consequences. Given her power levels this tends to cause explosions. Quite often, something will happen to louse up whatever scheme she's currently cooked up. Examples including: drinking one of her own love potions, trying to help Belldandy bake a cake and blowing up the kitchen, trying to help Keiichi build a motorbike and blowing up the garage, trying to dispel a number of computer "bugs" and blowing up the house, and so on.
One of Urd's most defining traits is her mixed Goddess-Demon ancestry. Because of this unique heritage, Urd is occasionally uncertain of her status within her world, as her Goddess and Demon personalities are always in conflict inside her. It was this inner conflict that allowed the Lord of Terror to eventually overcome Urd's will at one point. Deep in her heart, she truly wishes to be recognized as a Goddess and, in her earlier years, often looked up to Belldandy as a role model. This has led Urd to quietly deny her demonic heritage, much to the consternation of her mother, Hild.
The kit and its assembly:
This kit/figure holds a special place because it is a piece of memorabilia from around 25 years ago when I participated as exhibitor and workshop instructor at one of Germany’s biggest anime conventions at that time, the “Animagic”. It was a VERY funny period, meeting nice people and including some personal highlights like meeting the Japanese composer Yoko Kanno in person and attending a concert of her. Once in a lifetime! :-D
I found this figure at one of the merchandize dealers during one of the early conventions, before the doors opened for the public, and being a great Aa megamisama! Fan I was …tempted. The figure was quite simple and affordable (DM 79,-), and when I saw that a foot had broken off, I even negotiated the price down, IIRC to just DM 50;-, what would translate (w/o inflation) to roughly EUR 25,- today - a steal! It was, however, not certain where the figure came from, but it came with a clear blister pack and not in one of the typical pink or blank cardboard boxes in which cheap and shoddy recasts were sold at that time, and the seller also assured me that it was no recast. The internet was also not very common at these days to cross-check, so that research was not easy and had mostly to rely on Japanese magazines and collector catalogues.
However, once bought I never had the real drive to build or better paint that model – mostly because it was/is a “single piece” model without much hardware challenge. That changed a bit when I recently received a unique birthday present: a hand-drawn (commissioned) illustration of the character. That reminded me of the Urd model somewhere in The Stash™, I dug it out and decided it was now time to tackle it!
Concerning the figure I also became curious: what did I have here? Just a cheap recast, or something authentic? This is a real issue with these garage/short-run kits, esp. when you procure them online (totally dubious) or from merchants at fairs and conventions, where you can at least have a look at the parts, the resin and the packaging.
Good news in this case: With some internet legwork it seems as if it really is an original Volks model of Urd! Volks Inc. is a Japan-based corporation that produces garage kits and mecha kits as well as the Dollfie, Super Dollfie and Dollfie Dream lines of dolls. The company's headquarters is in Kyoto, with some 30 shops worldwide. Volks did a whole series of 1:8 scale Oh! My Goddess kits, and this Urd figure is apparently a special give-away model. What makes it odd is that it was not sold in the company’s typical cardboard boxes, but rather in a clear blister box with just a b/w sticker (and maybe a metallized Kodansha license sticker). Thanks to the internet I found references for both figure and boxing, and both look authentic, even though it’s still not certain. But I am inclined to believe that I really have an original Volks kit–these go for EUR 150-200,- these days, if complete and in mint condition. Therefore, despite the long hiatus in the kit pile, a good deal, even 25 years ago! ^^
So, here we are after 25 years. The blister pack is yellowed, the sticker faded, and the figure’s resin also yellowed a bit – but everything is still fine. There is hardly much to tell about this character model from a building perspective, because the figure consists only of a single massive piece – probably because it was just a quickly designed and produced special edition/give-away offering. The only thing I had to do was glue the broken foot back again, and sand away some light mold seams and sprue traces around the shoulders and the feet. To make the figure look a bit livelier and more delicate I added a few hair strands, made from 0.5mm styrene sheet – simply cut out with scissors and glued to the forehead with superglue.
Another addition for later presentation is a home-brew display base for the figure, following my standard design. It consists of a square 4x4” melamine-coated press board base, flanks covered with edge-band. A custom adapter/holder made from soft 1.8mm iron wire that fits into a respective opening drilled into the figure’s right foot holds it in place. Carpet tile material was used underneath to add some ground clearance. The whole thing was painted black with matt acrylic paint from a rattle can for an even and neutral finish that does not distract from the flamboyant character on top of it.
Painting and markings:
Like many garage kits, especially those from the Nineties, this model has been sculpted after a concrete illustration or after OAV/TV screenshots – and this helped a lot in the later/current age of the internet to find authentic painting guide references, because the Volks kit did not come with any instructions (O.K., there is no assembly required at all!) or the typical photoprint of the finished model that is normally part of an original GK boxing.
In this specific guise Urd appears in the OAV series (what, considering her hairdo, too, appears plausible, so I’d date the figure/mold to date from 1994 or 1995) as well as in some off-manga illustrations, maybe cover motifs. Her clothes turned out to be quite colorful: a dark, deep blue dress with kind of tiger-striped lapels and wine-red lining, a wide purple belt or obi, and low ankle boots (on some illu variations Urd wears open sandals). Additionally, there is lots of bare skin with a marked tan/bronze hue, her curly and almost white hair, as well as some pieces of jewelry.
Painting started, after the few hardware steps, with an overall coat with white primer (Vallejo) to check surface quality and create a good basis for the skin. This became first paint layer to be applied, because I’d apply it with rattle cans – due to the relatively small scale of the figure I wanted to add a light shading effect, and this stunt as well as an even paint finish for the skin would hardly be achievable through brush work. Finding proper shades for Urd’s skin was tricky, though, and eventually I procured several Montana Gold rattle cans – primarily material for graffiti artists, but also great for models due to the acrylic paints’ great and fine spray quality, their even finish, and the available color palette with subtle grading that allows to create refined transitions.
I came up with a basic tone called “Make-up”, which is surprisingly close to Urd’s skin tone on official colorized illustrations, and on top of that I added a thin directed layer of “Flesh”.
After that work continued with brushes and primarily with enamel paints. I followed a from-light-to-dark strategy and started with the hair. It was painted in two shades of grey and pure white Revell 374, 371 and 04), wet-in-wet to create contrast and shading. Next came the tiger-striped lapels (Humbrol 7 and 9), the purple belt (a mix of Revell 350 and Humbrol 20 and 47) and her boots and fingerless gloves (both Humbrol 9 and 98). That had to dry thoroughly again and then followed the burgundy red liner (Humbrol 20 and 51) of Urd’s dress and overcoat. Again, this had to dry for while due to the glossy Humbrol enamel’s tendency to remain wet for hours, if not for days… Next came the very dark blue outside of her coat (judging the illustrations it is definitively darker than the dress underneath) with Humbrol 104 and Revell 350 – again painted in a wet-in-wet technique to create shading effects without an airbrush – and finally the blue dress with Revell 350 and Model Master 2012.
Once the figure had received her basic colors it was time for detail work. This included corrections, some thinned black ink to emphasize selected edges and folds, adding some highlights here and there, and painting the – despite its chunkiness – quite delicate jewelry. The latter was, to make things easier, primed with flat black acrylic paint, and on top of that details were painted with metallic lacquer pens in gold and silver, trying to come close to the figure’s canonical appearance on TV and illustrations.
The eyes are decals – at 1:8 it is a real fight to paint them well, and Urd has very special, narrow (almost cat-like) eyes and gaze, not the typical moon eyes of cute anime girls. I procured a couple of generic eye decal sets and eventually found a pair that fitted well in style and size – even though I am a bit uncertain about Urd’s eye color. In some illus it’s apparently green, in others (though probably fan-art) even violet? Judging Urd’s OAV depiction and after some web search her “official” eye color is described as “golden or amber”, though, and as a compromise from the many decal options I had I went for a yellow-ish tone and a narrower almond shape that comes IMHO close to the “original”. Additionally, I chose almost white eyebrows as decals, too.
Urd’s blue facial (the triangle pointing down on her forehead symbolizes the past) markings were also created with decal material (TL Modellbau, taken from a mid-blue sheet), even though they were molded onto the figure’s face to ease painting. But the decal solution made things much less messy, esp. with the additional hair strands in front of Urd’s face. These would make delicate painting quite complicated, if not impossible.
As a final measure then model’s slightly opened mouth was “filled” with thinned brick red enamel paint, to create depth but to avoid a “lipstick look”, which Urd does not have despite her looks and attitude, and what also looks in general goofy on large scale anime figures.
Finally, the figure was sealed with matt acrylic varnish, again from a rattle can, the base was painted black, and then it was completed (and ready for scenic pictures 😉).
Interesting St Columbkilles Church (usually called ‘St Comicals’ for short), the only church in Woolloomooloo. Named after a sixth century Irish monk and built in 1885 for the large Irish Catholic population the suburb once had.
Information sourced at this site. Also has some interesting information on a walk one can undertake.
Albert Einstein bust.
LEGOLAND Windsor a theme park dedicated to children aged 3-12 years old and of course big kid adults.
An inspirational land where the kids are the hero and adults relive their childhood.
The fun never stops and imagination knows no bounds, a family attraction like no other.
Set in 150 acres of beautiful parkland, LEGOLAND Windsor is a unique family theme park with over 55 interactive rides, live shows, building workshops, driving schools and attractions.
It's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park.
Fun Facts about LEGOLAND Windsor
There are 34 LEGO pieces in an average Miniland figure.
The largest model in Miniland is the Canary Wharf Tower which is 5.2 metres tall and took 3 model makers 850 hours to complete using 200,000 LEGO Bricks!
The smallest models are the pigeons in Trafalgar Square which contain 5 LEGO bricks each
So what’s New in 2011
Atlantis Submarine Voyage - Now Open!
Take a deep breath and submerge yourself in an underwater adventure.
Plunge into the depths with this world-first LEGO® submarine ride and immerse yourself in a magical underwater adventure.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
For my Fine Art Project at University I chose to create some personal yet comical images of Lester with funny props and expressions. While these aren't all my images that I submitted for this module, these are my favourite images I took.
Hannah Smith, Canon 70D
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
From watching Buzzards above the moors near Harden Moss to following a heron on the canal with a few comical goats thrown in I didn't have a bad weekend really. The Buzzards seemed to appear out of nowhere as usual, moving fast and flying high they took a bit of tracking. The heron on the other hand took an hour to walk from the other side of the reservoir to a point close to me. it stopped at an awkward angle for me to photograph it without me moving and being seen. It then did a short flight to the canal, I moved and sat on a parapet wall above a deep drop in to a canal lock. The heron skipped over the canal and came so close that I had to lean back as far as I could without actually moving and being seen just to get the bird in the frame. At times I could only get partial shots. It them flew past me, almost brushing me and landed nearby on the towpath. Fortunately on this Saturday evening it was quiet and as it walked along the towpath I shadowed it at a distance, it flew in to the canal and was eventually frightened off by dogs. My arms were killing me I'd been holding the lens and camera in front of me non stop for an hour, fighting the cramp in my left arm. The things we do.
The goats on the wall top were a bit of a distraction as I followed three Buzzards messing around in a field near a farm in the afternoon and I snatched a few shots, the one behind was headbutting the others from behind to make them keep moving, very comical.
In Mancelona, Michigan, on March 29th, 2019, the Mancelona village offices and the Antrim County Township Ambulance Authority on the north side of West State Street (Michigan Highway M-88), east of Monroe Street.
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Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
This little guy is so comical--a bit homely now, but Demoiselles are very beautiful when mature.
Chicks leave the nest and begin to feed soon after hatching. If threatened, they will huddle on the ground in downy balls or attempt to hide under grassy cover. As the chicks become more mobile, the family starts to wander together, but never too far from water.
Demoiselle crane chicks fledge after 55-65 days, which is a very short period for cranes. The birds spend a month or so putting on weight in preparation for their fall migration. Young birds apparently accompany their parents on the fall migration and stay with them through the first winter.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
No matter where you run, you always end up running into yourself.
I really don't like the massive amount of photo shop I used in this :S I don't know how long this will stay up.
Texture used from here
It's comical how much he's been testing/challenging me lately...he's within two feet of the burgers here, not where he was told to lay.
In the end he always does what he's told, after he makes me laugh. He would never cross "that line".
He has real character :-)
It is "his" hot tub, I'm just using it as a table next to the fryer.
Rumor has it I'm going to get the old "soup kettle" up and running again...
Here were an HVAC-plumbing business with its adjacent sealed-up 1924 buildings of very-light-gray wooden siding and comical oriel nonwindows.
Haha those nonwindows, and that plant growing from the bldg, and that large 1662 for the firefighters to see.
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In Lorain, Ohio, on July 8th, 2018, buildings at the northwest corner of Broadway (Ohio State Route 57) and West 17th Street, as viewed from the east side of Elyria Avenue.
"A.L. Hill" and "1924" read the stones at the top.
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Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
From watching Buzzards above the moors near Harden Moss to following a heron on the canal with a few comical goats thrown in I didn't have a bad weekend really. The Buzzards seemed to appear out of nowhere as usual, moving fast and flying high they took a bit of tracking. The heron on the other hand took an hour to walk from the other side of the reservoir to a point close to me. it stopped at an awkward angle for me to photograph it without me moving and being seen. It then did a short flight to the canal, I moved and sat on a parapet wall above a deep drop in to a canal lock. The heron skipped over the canal and came so close that I had to lean back as far as I could without actually moving and being seen just to get the bird in the frame. At times I could only get partial shots. It them flew past me, almost brushing me and landed nearby on the towpath. Fortunately on this Saturday evening it was quiet and as it walked along the towpath I shadowed it at a distance, it flew in to the canal and was eventually frightened off by dogs. My arms were killing me I'd been holding the lens and camera in front of me non stop for an hour, fighting the cramp in my left arm. The things we do.
The goats on the wall top were a bit of a distraction as I followed three Buzzards messing around in a field near a farm in the afternoon and I snatched a few shots, the one behind was headbutting the others from behind to make them keep moving, very comical.
"Ooh ! Comical Place - Hilton Head Island - Georgia at myezplan - Flickr | Places to go in Fort Worth goo.gl/Csqq4l in USA"
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
Young and old alike will be fascinated by the incredible LEGO models throughout the park. From comical camels to fearsome fire-breathing dragons, world landmarks to musical pirates, it's amazing what can be built with LEGO bricks - nearly 55 million of them!
LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience - Take a trip to a galaxy far, far away at the UK’s only indoor LEGO® Star Wars™ Miniland Experience at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Enjoy seven of the most famous scenes from the six live-action Star Wars movies, as well as a scene from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ all made out of 1.5 million LEGO® bricks built in 1:20 scale. Follow the chronological path through the Star Wars timeline and retrace the major events of the beloved Saga featuring 2,000 LEGO® models, authentic sounds and lighting effects in the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars experience. Open March 2012.
Staying in a fully LEGO themed hotel is a truly unforgettable experience you really can't get anywhere else...open your curtains and you're right in the heart of LEGOLAND!
Whether you stay and explore the park or stay on a room only basis, the Resort Hotel promises to be a short break paradise for any LEGO fan!
Be prepared to laugh as excitedly as your children when you enter one of the new LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel’s themed rooms.
We made a short notice booking to Copenhagen, Jayne had the first week in September booked off and we wanted to try and do a city break. Five nights hardly seemed enough but the short flight was ok. We flew over home heading east on a beautiful morning. I love flying over an area that I know and being able to see it from above. We had been warned that Copenhagen was expensive-it was! I hadn’t done any research before we set off but on the flight over, I read that taxis were expensive, so it was best to use the Metro from the airport, it isn’t far in to the city and the Metro was fairly easy to use. However! We should have caught the train, I read this whist we were sat on the Metro it has to be said! The nearest Metro stop, which I was frantically trying to work out, using my phone, travelling in and out of tunnels, turned out to be a 1.5 mile walk from our hotel, the rail station was .5. Never mind we were there to walk-subject to my lately diagnosed arthritic ankle, we just didn’t want to be towing suitcases over cobbled pavements at the same time.
We were staying in the Tivoli Hotel which was described as central, it is near Central Station but you wouldn’t describe it as central to the city. Our room wasn’t ready but we could upgrade for a modest amount plus we realised it would be a good idea to include breakfast in the upgrade deal. A good move as it turned out. Our room overlooked the train lines-all twelve of them!! We could already hear train brakes squealing along with the thump thump of steel wheels rolling over points and joints. It’s true to say that Central Station is a 24/7 operation. The overnight noise didn’t bother Jayne but I could hear it all night.
We dumped our stuff and I loaded up with the backpack and camera and we were straight out there. Copenhagen is a relatively small city but there is a lot to see. We were soon finding out that it has an extensive network of canals and bridges and these are a major feature of life in the city. Pan flat, the cyclist rules, There appeared to be twice as many bikes as residents, with countless thousands propped up everywhere you went. Where ever you looked there was silent conveyor of sit up and beg cycles being ridden in all directions. You soon got used to looking over your shoulder before making a move. The vast majority of bikes are left unlocked and almost no one wears a helmet ( I’m a no helmet man, much to the annoyance of the helmet zealots). Copenhagen is reputedly the happiest place in the world and it certainly came across as friendly and relaxed. It is, though, one of the most expensive cities in the world and two burgers and two small glasses of wine at Nyhavn cost us £50. Comically, there were four people, local to us, shouting out Jayne’s name, they had seen us going past and we had a laugh about the prices, They were sat drinking beer at £8.50 a pint. Despite the expense, the place was packed with people parting with their money. Wages are very high locally, as are the taxes. The high wages and high costs must feed each other in an upward spiral I would have thought.
Unfortunately the cost of entering buildings to go up towers etc. for a higher view of the city was also very expensive (to us). The tower at Christiansborg Palace is free but restricted by the lift system and you don’t get to the top, it does also open later than the others so you have a chance of seeing sunset over the city. Unfortunately the lifts were out of order on one of our best weather days. We did get to go up the day after but it was dull and I wasn’t overly impressed. The spiral tower across in Christiana, The Church of Our Saviour, was far more impressive. We climbed the tower here just after it opened on a stunning morning and the views are fantastic. There will be incredible bottlenecks when it’s busy though on the corkscrew stairs that get progressively narrower towards the top. Some people hog it to take endless selfies at the top and it is extremely tight up there, you can’t move up until they come down.
As usual, we tried to get to some out of the way places, with only five days and mixed weather though we had enough mainstream destinations to see. We had a day of heavy rain so we went back to the rail station which was a good indoor (and free!) destination, and made umbrellas and the rain the focal point of that days photos. The entire Danish navy seemed to be at anchor, we just missed an open day on one ship. Some I could photograph, others were guarded and had restrictions, I got the evil eye from a couple of guards as the spotted the big Canon in my hand. I can’t imagine that they could police the Japanese and stop them from getting their photos and selfies though. I always act very openly with the camera and if people look at me suspiciously I smile and give them the thumbs up. In a rail station I usually ask the police. In Central Station the police were in their station and I never saw one move out, it is covered by extensive CCTV but there were some very unpleasant people, drinking and watching for people being careless with their belongings. We were lucky to be in the station on Sunday as a tourist steam train arrived, it sat at the platform belching smoke and steam for fifteen minutes, it was also coming back in an hour so we had an expensive coffee and waited to see it again. There was big military event outside the Christiansborg Palace on Monday, with a parade through the city that came past just as we were in a good spot to view it. The area was full of soldiers wearing their medals. We haven’t discovered the reason, although someone suggested a passing out parade for new recruits. Maybe the ships were in port for this as well.
Tivoli Gardens is another big draw and we went in, again it was fairly expensive, it had been a stunning day and the biggest problem was contrast, with deep shadows and a bright blue sky. We stayed until dark, it opens late and is very colourful. We went on the world’s highest carousel and got flung around 260 odd feet in the air. Luckily, we also found a bar that served wine at ‘only’ £5.60 a glass so we sat and watched people have fun screaming and shrieking above us.
There are many buildings with copper domes, entire copper roofs, even modern buildings are often clad in either brass or copper to blend in with the ancient buildings around them. Like every city we have visited, tower cranes are in abundance. There is a lot of development going on and unfortunately a lot of it is around buildings that you would want to photograph. We walked 12 to 14 mile every day and took in most of the sights. We didn’t really do any interiors, only towers and the railway station. At the time of writing I haven’t looked at what I’ve got, I have around 3000 shots, some on the G1X which I used when it was raining heavily as it easy to put in a pocket. I have a lot less time for editing these days so it will be a long process I think. To save time I am going to create a list of generic tags that I can copy and paste to each upload – the time saving is enormous – so apologies to anyone who gets a photo of a canal when they wanted a steam train or vice versa.