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citizenjohn
Title: President, MEPA FanForce, NYC
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May '01
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Date Posted:
12/22/06 9:48am
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New York Invasion
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Well not realy an invasion, more like a visit. I will be visiting your city in late March.
As The NYC FF & The London FF are twin chapters, it would nice to meet up during my visit.
So anyone up for a meet?
John
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SithLordDarthRichie
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Date Posted:
12/22/06 12:53pm
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I'm sure we can arrange something.
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Lord-Tice
Title: FF-UK: London CR
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Date Posted:
12/22/06 2:04pm
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RE: New York Invasion
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Yep, a meet will definitely be on order for your visit, John 
And if anyone has any suggestions for John and/or the meet, please feel free to post....a pub lunch is a must though! 
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Kiz-Joa_Janall
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Date Posted:
12/24/06 3:52am
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Ooh Tice, I couldn't have put it better myself. 
Twill be good meeting you CitizenJohn.
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jamierichards
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Date Posted:
12/24/06 10:10am
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and it's my birthday at the end of march...
36!
shocking.
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citizenjohn
Title: President, MEPA FanForce, NYC
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Date Posted:
12/24/06 10:39pm
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RE: New York Invasion
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Wow another Aries  . Im actualy flying out on my 32nd birthday so this is a bday gift to myself. And Koren yes it will be nice to meet everyone
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timbolton
Title: Assistant CR
FF-UK: North
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Mar '03
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Date Posted:
12/25/06 12:33am
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RE: New York Invasion
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Hey John! Sorry I had't posted this yet, I was going to post a thread in between Christmas and New Year, once I was settled down with writing a lot of FF-UK work 
I WILL come down to London for this as I told John chatting to him via PM, the only problem for me will be that I come down the Saturday before and I will have to leave the Monday evening (probably early but I'll check train times) - so I'll only see you for a short time pal 
But I am 100% certain I will meet up with John, been too long since I saw any of FF New York City. Hope FF-UK London can have something good on for him.
Anything you are particularly interested in doing John? Touristy stuff or maybe like when Nat came down - see some SW sites (Elstree studios etc?).
Any Londoners up for a meet on Sat / Sun with me btw? Probs better the Sunday since I'll travel down on the Sat (or Friday if it's possible). Then I can spend some time wandering the capital
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LAJ_FETT
Title: Tech Admin, CollectingCCG/TCG/Boardgames
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May '02
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Date Posted:
12/27/06 6:40am
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RE: New York Invasion
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If you're limited for time I'd skip Elstree. When I went you couldn't go in (they don't do tours) and you could just barely see the 'George Lucas Soundstage' sign through a chain-link fence that had stuff piled against it. It really wasn't worth the train trip and walk on a real hot day. The rest of the main road was a mix of charity shops and other small stores. There was a shopping area with a WH Smiths but that wasn't worth the trip.
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jamierichards
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Date Posted:
12/27/06 1:02pm
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as the resident elstree studios geek-i mean,expert-lordtice is the man to ask regarding all things elstree.
i've never been and would very much like to go... but maybe by car.
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Lord-Tice
Title: FF-UK: London CR
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Date Posted:
1/3/07 2:31am
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RE: New York Invasion
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Sadly Elstree isn't as good as it used to be a few years ago. Now with Big Brother being filmed there more often then not, all the gates have been heavily covered up where as before you could see right through into the studios.
However, maybe this would be a good opportunity to visit Whippendell Woods in Watford, which is where they filmed the Naboo forest scenes in Episode I: Whippendell Tree
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jamierichards
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Date Posted:
1/3/07 3:23am
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ooh,good call lordtice!
although,god knows what it's like getting there by train?
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chrisfree
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Date Posted:
1/3/07 8:09am
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Lord-Tice posted:
Whippendell Woods in Watford Whippendell Tree
Wow. This close?! What have I missed?! 
It does look nice. Perhaps I could make that my next walk. Might be cheaper than a £15 day return and looks photogenic enough for me.
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LAJ_FETT
Title: Tech Admin, CollectingCCG/TCG/Boardgames
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Date Posted:
1/3/07 8:25am
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RE: New York Invasion
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Actually you can get there by Tube - Watford is on the Metropolitan Line, though it looks like a long trip. (Look way to the left end of the Metropolitan Line on a Tube map). You can see a map of the area here.
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chrisfree
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Date Posted:
1/3/07 8:48am
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Thanks for the map!
Lol, is that a boundary line between Three Rivers and Watford? We used to go to the Three Rivers for walks... about 10 years ago. 
Memories. Now I really want to go.
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jamierichards
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Date Posted:
1/3/07 9:07am
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now all we need is for someone to find the spot where they did the filming.
obi-wan being chased by the stap,etc...
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Lord-Tice
Title: FF-UK: London CR
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Date Posted:
1/3/07 2:35pm
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RE: New York Invasion
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I did a quick google search this morning to see if there are any location hunting nerds out there who have done a write up for Whippendell. I found one which explains where Jar Jar jumped into the lake to swim to Otoh Gunga, the only problem is they couldn't remember if you need to take the left or right path at the car park entrance
I'm hoping to find a better one though, but I'm liking the idea of going to Whippendell very muchy!
If you have any tips for us though Chris, please feel free to indulge us
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