December's Theme: British Sci-fi Invasion

 

British Sci-fi Invasion

It has been decided that December’s open spot in the calendar will be something a little different – British Sci-fi.  The original topic brought to the Group was the world of Gerry Anderson.  Anderson was an English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist, who is known for his futuristic television programs, especially his 1960s productions filmed with "Supermarionation" (marionette puppets containing electric moving parts). He’s responsible for movies, and shows like Supercar, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, the Mysterons, UFO, Space:1999, and Joe 90. Then the idea was agreed to make it all of British Sci-fi. This would allow additional subjects like Dr. Who, Red Dwarf, The Quatermass Experiment, and Blake's 7. There are still many kits from these shows available today... maybe even in your stash. Find it and start building.

 

Minutes from the May 16, 2025 Meeting

 

Minutes from the May 16^th Meeting

 

Members Attendance: 28, Guests: 4, Models:30

 

Old Business-

·         Meeting brought to order at 7:40p

·         Vice President Kevin K. sat in for President Tom G.

·         Tonight was 2Q Contest, plus Parts Box Night

·         Reports from the 2 Group Outreach Meet-ups. Manhattan was a light response, Brooklyn was  an overwhelming success.

·         Announcement inviting all to the ZOOM meeting – Every Tues., except 3^rd week.

·         Report was given re: Miniature Figure Collectors of America show in Philadelphia – positive.

 

New Business-

• ·         Dec. build topic will be British Sci-fi. See separate notice.

• ·         Picnic Nite will replace the BBQ – Subs, salads etc… Feel free to bring snacks - $15 pp

• ·         The Membership unanimously voting Mike Isenberg into the membership! Welcome aboard!
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•  ·         Raffle: congrats to the 10 winners

·         Members Show and Tell

·         Next meeting – June 20^th

Meeting adjourned at 9:00p

 

 

BPMS In-Person Meeting: May 16, 2025

ACTIVITIES DIRECTING

By Bobby Pokorny

Welcome to MAY! The year sure is flying by, isn’t it? Our first two group builds of the year are already in the books and this month we have our second quarterly contest.

CONTEST NIGHT 2Q25: By the model counts each month everyone has been pretty busy getting models done. So now we have our quarterly contest so that members can accumulate more votes for the annual awards in December. Feel free to bring back models that you haven’t placed in competition previously.

PARTS BOX NIGHT: We all have parts boxes. If you like, please bring yours to share with the group in case there’s something someone else has been looking for… Or you can bring extra parts to toss into the club’s communal parts box. That thing is like a treasure trove!

LONG LIVE THE KING: Reminder! You have one month to prepare for the LONG LIVE THE KING Theme Contest. 

Interested in sponsoring an upcoming theme contest? Please let Bobby know!

Meeting Date: 

May 16. 2025

Members start showing up by 5PM to set up.

Feel free to come early!

May Bulletin by Kevin K in PDF Format

MEETING UPDATE: 

An update for this Friday's Meeting.

Former BPMS VP Ed Hernandez is selling off some of his collection.

Tom Knoll will be bringing in an impressive stack to sell for him.Everything is $5! You might want to bring some extra cash in case something you've been looking for shows up!