u/Khalmuck

Of course my last few swap envelopes never arrived so I have a few more to go (USPS)

Missing:

RSA:19

CZE: 8,12,14, 20

CAN: 9

BIH: 14

BRA:10

USA:15

TUR: 4

NED:3

SWE: 1

ESP: 18

IRQ:18

GHA: 5

PAN:17

FWC:13

Dupes for Trade:

FWC: 1,4,8,10

MEX: 6,7,14,18

RSA: 7,8,10,12, 18

CZE: 6,15

CAN: 14,17,18

BIH: 3,8,13,20

QAT: 8,12,19

SUI: 3,6

BRA:1,5,7,11,14

HAI: 4,13,15,18

SCO: 1,10,12,15

USA: 12

PAR:4,8,9,16

AUS: 12,14,17

TUR: 3,7,10,12

GER: 6,8,9,14

CUW: 18

CIV: 16

ECU: 1,2,7,12,15

NED: 6,7

JPN: 4,8,10,15,17,18

SWE: 6, 8,16,18

TUN:1,3,4,14,15,20

BEL: 12,17,18

EGY: 4,7-9,11,13,17

IRN: 1,3,6,15

NZL: 2,14

ESP: 5,6,8,9,14,15,17,19

CPV: 6,10,15,16

KSA:9-11

URU: 3,6,15,18,19

FRA:2,6,10,13,15,18

SEN: 2,5,8,9,16

IRQ:1,3,9,12,15,20

NOR: 12,17

ARG: 2,3,6,12,13,20

ALG: 4,13,20

AUT: 3,13

JOR: 4,8,9,16

POR: 2,3,7,17,19

COD: 4,16

UZB: 5,6,15-17

ENG:4,12,14,19

CRO:2,3,8,12,14,20

GHA: 2,7,8,10,17,19

PAN:2,8-11,18,20

History: Have seen MGK three times at three different venues, this made four. Have seen 200+ bands live so have experienced all kinds of concert craziness but today was one of the most poorly run events I've ever experienced.

1hr+ to get in because so few security lanes were open and they created a choke point with the t-shirt booth feet away from security. Watched multiple people go in without being scanned. Tshirts ran out which makes no sense when they had counts on preorder and weren't selling them. 30+ min wait for toilets. Every vendor we went to had run out of water and the public refill stations ran out. Finally got water after waiting in two separate lines.

Shout out to all the out of staters we met in line from NJ/WI/IN. Sorry, we usually handle stuff better in the CLE.

Summary: Took three hours total to get in, go to the bathroom, and get water (while sorta being able to see Wiz perform while in lines). MGK went on for ~40 min before heavy rain and wind stopped things. This should be hosted at a proper permanent venue equipped to deal with this volume of people.

A few weeks ago saw a post about closures/construction at Barbados (not Royal). I called and they assured me these were "online inaccuracies". To be clear (a) the whole main building in front of the main pool is under construction (b) Spices is closed (c) the main pool and hot tub is close (d)if you enjoy Mariners/Dino or the Sky Bar it will be accompanied by construction noises.

There does not appear to be any construction on the Royal side which is connected and easy to access.

So I recently broke out my 90s-00 substantial collection and got it all cased up and lit. Everything looks great and I've been filling in some gaps and upgrading some much nicer versions of characters I'm really into (Cantina/Jabba mostly).

Last weekend I picked up the Geonosis playset and I have a ton of the Jedi from the fight, clones, Genosians, etc along with some vehicles. I have the Haslab LAAT inbound when it drops later this year and am thinking about pulling together a large display which includes the arena, vehicles, and the fight following the Clone Army swooping in.

My question to the community is, how have you handled these larger displays? If I put something together permanent I really want it under acrylic or something similar because the dusting would be insane. Am I realistically looking at building something custom myself or do you have any products you've used or advice in general?

MTFBWY