I'll try to make his stop in Ontario a short one. Then get him shipped to Paul.

General Kahn wrote:

Cheers for the update guys, looking forward to Tiggy's visit with Clint

Just a little heads up though my Canadian friends

Now this is not intended to rush anything, Tiggy can always have a brief visit and then continue on with his Canadian stay should we run out of time.
Tiggy need to be in the U.K. by the first week of March. This is because it's the Sci-Fi Scarborough 2015 event on the 14th & 15th of March.
This will be Tiggy's opportunity to not only hopefully meet a few TIG members in one go but will also be Tiggy's chance to meet Darth Vader, Bossk, Oola, Teebo and many others so kep this in mind guys

I am not sure about that tiggy hanging out with a few of you blokes all at once, I not sure if he would be the same after that experience lol

Clint, no need to rush my friend, give him the grand tour of Ontario we can always ship him to me after you, I'll take him to the Convention and the beard convention the week after and then ship him back to Paul and then after that we can either send him back her for his U.K. tour or slot Chris in while he's still that side of the pond and then ship him here.

Either way, no rush chief!

No rush to get him here guys. Whenever he gets here is cool with me. All I have to show Tiggy right now is mounds of snow anyway. He'd probably like a beard convention.

Well if that's Okay with you Paul, will ship him here for a brief visit after Clint has shown him around Ontario and then back to you.
He'll hopefully get to meet several of the U.K. TIG guys while here as well, ready for his return

Updated List :

General Kahn
Psybertech
TishomingoSith
ourchickenshack
Ozio
Arohk
Jessvader
Commander Clint
Sci-Fi Scarborough & Beard Convention
Kisstour
Walkie
Chris.75
Section 8
Nico
Chopper

Just waiting for the right moment:  

Chris_J
Josh

Well Tiggy is still in transit.  Hopefully he will be here on the estimated Jan 30th.



He seems to be enjoying the 4069 km trip from Kelowna, British Columbia to Cambridge, Ontario.



He said in an email last night, that there is not much to see in Canada in the winter time, but every once in a while he is able to see some of the spectacular views.




He is also fascinated by our modern winter house building techniques that we have in the Great White North as well.

very nice I must say though I really don't miss that white stuff lol

Tiggy arrived yesterday afternoon. I will get some pictures up soon.

Great News Clint

Can't wait to see his further adventures in Canada!

Friday, Jan 30/15

Dear Diary,

Damn the weather here sucks.  It’s cold (-10˚C), windy and snowing.  The old guy says that they are having an easy winter.  Apparently last year, they had so much snow, the snow banks were over 1.8m (6’) high.  I’m glad I wasn’t here for that.  I had enough of the snow in that Kelowna place, I was at 2 weeks ago.   We went for a walk to the downtown area of this suburb of Cambridge (Hespeler).  The old guy said that they film "some" of the TV show called “Bitten” here on this street.  It’s a show about werewolves.  I'll have to watch it some time, because the blonde girl is “hot”.     She can bite me any day.

We will have to take a walk on a nicer day and see some more of the city.  Now it's time to go get warm and have a little something to drink.













Saturday, Jan. 31/15

Dear Diary,

Well tonight, the old guy says we are going to take in a hockey game.  He just happened to have tickets and they have an OHL (Ontario Hockey League) team near by in Kitchener.  I really didn’t know what to expect, but damn, these hockey players are big, tough and fast…..  The old guy says that these players are only 16 - 20 years old.  But they certainly can play.  At one point during the game, a player was complaining to the referee and thought there should have been a penalty for an infraction on the ice.  The player was furious as he showed the referee his missing teeth and spit a mouth full of blood on the ice, and because they didn’t see the infraction, the referee just sent him back to his bench to be fixed up, before returning to the game.

And the fans.  Beer, cheering & jeering.  They are as crazy as the players.







Sunday, Feb 01/15

Dear Diary,

Today we got up early to travel into a place called Mississauga.  It’s a suburb on the west side of Toronto.  We are going to an Ontario Collectors Con.  Basically a toy show.  The old guy says that there are toy shows almost every weekend in the Southern Ontario region within an hour drive of Cambridge.  There were a few cousins from the Kenner side of the family, but nothing from my immediate family..  They even had these giant life size Kenner figures that walked around and mingled with the crowd.  The old guy says that they belonged to a sub Kenner group called the 501st. There were all kinds of toys here.  It was great, fun morning hanging out with some familiar faces.

Fantastic pictures Clint

The graffiti pic was awesome

All the convention pics were freaking cool too - great assortment of high quality costumes

Thanks man

Very awesome Clint I didn't know the show bitten was filmed there the things you learn.

I love the Snowtrooper from the 501'st what do we do with it...I know lets eat him.

Monday, Feb 02/15

Dear Diary,

Well, I spoke too soon on Friday.  What the f$*&%^* is up with the weather in this country.  It started snowing shortly after we got home from the toy show on Sunday and it didn't stop until Monday morning.  They shut down roads and called it a snow day.  The kids all stay home from school.  Then the sun comes out, and they spend hours shoveling the stuff.  What kind of sh&%* is that?  And now they are calling for more snow all week.   It not much wonder these Canadians drink so much!

I'm enjoying Tiggy's latest adventures Clint. I spent a while looking at the Ontario Collectors Con pics in order to see what goodies were there.

My daughter has just seen your snow pics which has got her excited as we're potentially going to get a heavy fall tonight (which is rare for where I live) and she's hoping to get the day off school.

@ Clint don't forget to include a cleavage shot or two, but not the type Alex would subject us to.

I'm glad you guys are enjoying Tiggy's adventures so far, here in Ontario

Steve, there was a good amount of goodies there. There might be more pictures on line. I find that the shows in Toronto are a little over priced and some of the smaller shows are better price. But as always, there is room for haggling, for the best deals.

http://www.ontariocollectorscon.com

The next big show is May 03/15. http://www.ontariotoyshows.com

Hopefully your daughter gets her wish.

cantina_patron wrote:

@ Clint don't forget to include a cleavage shot or two, but not the type Alex would subject us to.

I haven't forgotten.

cantina_patron wrote:

but not the type Alex would subject us to.

Hey!!! Don't forget who first introduced the concept of the cleavage shot Since my awesome idea, Tiggy has been around more tits than your average politician!

Great updates so far Clint, keep 'em coming

Those pics are great Clint - are you sure you don't live in Oklahoma ?

There's a saying here in Oklahoma - If you don't like the weather , just wait a minute ... it will change

ourchickenshack wrote:

Those pics are great Clint - are you sure you don't live in Oklahoma ?

There's a saying here in Oklahoma - If you don't like the weather , just wait a minute ... it will change

As someone who has lived there and still has property there I can affirm that this is a try statement.  The Bly place where it will snow in the morning, rain midday, turn sunny in the afternoon, and have clear cloudless night all in the same day.  

Bit off topic, but some may have noticed James's garden pics when he had tiggy.  I asked my uncle one time (life long okie) why everything seems to grow so good in Oklahoma and not that great in Texas and he said it was because all of the Texas soil was in Oklahoma due to the wind and texas being nothing but flat prairie land.  

ourchickenshack wrote:

Those pics are great Clint - are you sure you don't live in Oklahoma ?

There's a saying here in Oklahoma - If you don't like the weather , just wait a minute ... it will change

It's the same thing here. It's the Great Lakes that play havoc with our weather here.

Thank you Clint, that was a great read.  

Enjoyed the pics of the toy show, and like Steve I was looking for some vintage as well. Spotted a Slave I, maybe a Canadian version?
The amount of snow on the pics is impressing, not the type of snow we are used to here.

Cheers

the latest pics of Tiggy's adventures are great,

Jesse (sorry for the late reply)
I enjoyed seeing those pics of you guys geocaching and rambling around in those snowshoes, once you find the geocache, and you take the bug thing on to the next cache. I assume you leave something else in the cache, for the next geocacher to find.
Apparently there is a geocache stashed somewhere on the grounds of the Hotel where I work, but I haven't stumbled across it yet.

Clint
looks like Tiggy is having a lot of fun with you too mate, I hope you were far enough back at the game, not to get any blood on poor Tiggy  
loved the pics of around town too, i thought the fifth pic down (under the graffitti one) was a pic of the road,
until I noticed the waterfall in the background
The pics of the toy fair are cool too, you're lucky to be able to go to one of those every weekend if you wish, there are none locally for me except maybe twice a year.
the 501st pics with Tiggy are great too  

chris.75 wrote:

i thought the fifth pic down (under the graffitti one) was a pic of the road,
until I noticed the waterfall in the background

I had totally missed that. Good spot, Chris!