Parramatta Collectors fair organiser caught up in scandal

[1AZRAEL1]

Found a flyer in Galaxy bookshop in the city. This was back in 2002. Been attending since about then.

[Starscream77]

A poster on a telegraph pole on the Cumberland Highway

^ this

[crankcase76]

From this site.

[kup]

How did you guys originally find out about the parra fair?

Not the scandal, but the fair itself

I had just gotten into collecting and was looking for some way to complete my G1 Magnus as I was unfamiliar with the ebay parts trade. At this point I had no idea about the local TF community and figured I was likely on my own. While looking for local TF resources online, I came across someone mentioning it.

[5FDP]

I honestly cannot remember where I heard about the fair. Been going since mid-2000's. I think it was through Jamie when I was after a replacement part for my G1 Megs.

[CHILENO20]

So the Parra fair looks like its down for the count huh? Bummer, being a Victorian I'd always wanted to go up and see what's what. Heard a lot of good things about it from you guys and from a friend who used to live in NSW. I'm guessing its early days to think about how it can be restarted huh? The fairs we have in Victoria are crap, in terms of Transformers anyways. Only good thing about them is you can meet up with some fellow Ozformers.

[jazzcomp]

This forum I believe. I informed two other friends to check it out.

[Trent]

Heard about it from here. Used to go to the music fair all the time when I was a teenager but never realized that there was a toy fair too.

[Hursticon]

The 1st time I heard about the Parra Fair was forever ago when Azrael called me one day, saying something along the lines of:

"Hey, you lazy bastard, rather than us going to the Markets next Sunday, did you wanna come with me and Burnie to this fair at Parramatta Town Hall? - We'll have to go by train, so it'll be a 4:00am start - if you can handle it, but it has heaps of stuff!..."

...or something to that nature.


All I know is that it was awesome and for the next 2 or so years he & I made that journey almost every quarterly time, then once I joined up here at OTCA I learnt that it was used as a regular meeting point - I've lost count of how many I've attended now.

...so with that I've got to say, it's really sad to see that it looks like it's come to an end; typically, it's always a few who spoil it for the many.

[The_Damned]

I was just thinking we should try and at least have one meet a year if nothing else eventuates.