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Old Nov 18th, 2004, 11:47 PM
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MINI Cabrio Launch Party in Melbourne

The MINI Cabrio Launch was held at Federation Square last night (it's open to the public this Fri, Sat and Sun).

Lots of acrobatic thrills and spills, slot cars racing and a game of skill in lobbing happy sacks into some small cans to win MINI merchandise. Unfortunately by the time I tried my luck some one else had made off with most of the best prizes (see photo below of KGB).
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Old Nov 18th, 2004, 11:57 PM
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I'm going in at lunchtime.

What did KGB win?
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Old Nov 19th, 2004, 12:02 AM
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I see that man everywhere. Last time, I saw him at DMG test driving a M3 or 1 series.

Maybe he's looking to upgrade his MCS?

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Old Nov 19th, 2004, 12:03 AM
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I think he won a MINI MP3 player and a stock MINI MCS exhaust
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Old Nov 19th, 2004, 12:04 AM
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hehehe, I'll get someone to distract them while I unbolt the exhaust.
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Old Nov 19th, 2004, 01:13 AM
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just got back, after OWNING the hackysack

total expenditure $8

total prizes: Stainless steel mug, keyring, and pen set.
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Good Work,

You have a favourible return on your $8 investment.

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Yeah, yeah, that's good...

$1.00 dollar invested last night, first throw RADIO, third throw Caligraphy set (fountain per and ball point)...all with nice little MINI logos on them....

But hey, I did run away to join the circus when i was little.
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Old Nov 19th, 2004, 01:55 AM
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Micky,

If there was s standard MCS exhaust there I wouldn't have left until I won it for you
(probabaly $1-$2 more..heheh).

By the way the radio I "won" probably sounds good in Germany where you can actually plug it into a socket to recharge it....
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Old Nov 19th, 2004, 01:57 AM
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Terry,

Great shots (except of the bald bloke with the 'toys"), the movement in the acrobatic shots is sensational. Buy hey I did try to stand stilll...there goes the anomonomomity.

That's enough excitement for one lunchtime.
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Quote: Originally Posted by MickyD
just got back, after OWNING the hackysack

total expenditure $8

total prizes: Stainless steel mug, keyring, and pen set.

ba$tard, all I could manage was a plastic pen
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Yeah, yeah, that's good...

$1.00 dollar invested last night, first throw RADIO, third throw Caligraphy set (fountain per and ball point)...all with nice little MINI logos on them....

But hey, I did run away to join the circus when i was little.

ba$tard, all I could manage was a plastic pen .........but I did like the contrast stictching on trhe cabrio.........
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Iam going to pop into the city now to check it out before it ends.

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I dont like Carnys!!

"Small hands, smell like cabbage"

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I thought the cabrio was pretty cool, and all the acrobats dancing and jumping all over the car was cool as well.

Tell you what though, if I come out of my house and find any bloody kids jumping all over my MINI and doing flips and the like...... it's time for the ol' whooping stick to come out.

Funniest thing while I was there, one the promotions guys (who I can only imagine is from a marketing company) was playing around and stepped on top of one of the very exy MINI models on the ground in the hacky-sack challenge area... he smashed it to smitherines..

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