•04/02/2010 •
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2009 was a busy year for the Melbourne Browncoats! We had heaps of fun running fan booths at Supanova Expo and Armageddon, and our Can’t Stop the Serenity event was a huge success.
And now we’re on a mission to make 2010 just as fun! And this is where you come in.
Melbourne Browncoats has been coordinated by a small but dedicated team of volunteers. This little crew of Browncoats has managed the Browncoat Charity Booth (which raised over $1000 for charity last year), were the backbone of last year’s Can’t Stop the Serenity event and keep this website going. But we need your help.
We want to see the Melbourne Browncoats grow into a vibrant social group (who also do good works when needed). To do this, we are hoping to build a bigger team to help make this vision a reality. We want to expand our geeky social network and help people meet new people so that we can share our interests and generally nerd out with people just like us. We’d love to see Browncoats regularly (rather than just 3 times a year), so we’re hoping to have some help to organise monthly meetups (such as pub nights, dinner, and whatever else folks would enjoy). We’re also hoping to find folks who’d like to help organise our Browncoat Booth and other charity activities. If you’ve got a talent for art, graphic design, web design, event management, promotions, marketing, public relations, merchandising, or social networking, we’d love to give you an outlet to put your skills to the test.
If you’d like to join our crew, we’d love to have you. All you have to do is drop us an email at melbbrowncoats@gmail.com, and we’ll start from there!
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•14/10/2009 •
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We’re got soooo much goodness at our Armageddon Expo Browncoat Booth this weekend. Stop by our booth next to the Main Stage and say hello! Here’s just a sample of what you can buy!
LIMITED EDITIONS
QMX’s Kaylee ‘Shiny’, Mal ‘I Aim to Misbehave’ & Jayne ‘Thrilling Heroics’ Maquettes, plus the QMX’s Serenity Valley Map Limited Edition Lithograph, and Serenity Better Days Comic KNTR/CABC SDCC Exclusive Cover
All three QMX Limited Edition Maquettes Available
T-SHIRTS GALORE!
Available in Men and Womens (“Kaylee” and “Serenity in Flight” available in Womens only)
Shirts Available at the Melbourne Browncoats booth
DVDS
Dr Horrible (Region free), The Guild Season 1 (Region free), The Guild Season 2 (Region free) and limited copies of the Serenity Collectors Edition (Region 1)
POSTERS & PRINTED GOODIES
QMX’s Special Edition Replica Alliance Currency Packs, QMX’s Blue Sun Travel Posters, QMX’s Miranda Map, and Serenity Poster (US Large and Small)
AND MUCH MORE!
Remember, all sales are cash only.
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•13/10/2009 •
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Melbourne’s 4th Can’t Stop the Serenity charity event for Equality Now was a huge success, raising $2,259.98 (USD 1,950.00)!!
It was awesome to see so many great costumes, to watch Dr. Horrible on the big screen, and to see Serenity again with so many supporters.
Just some of the amazing costumes on show
We’d like to say a huge thank you to all of the people who helped make this year’s “Can’t Stop the Serenity” event so fantastic!
Thank you to our amazing volunteers: Jen, Claire, Imogen, Mike, Leish, Phil, Taylor, Sophie, Sara, Julian, Michael, Leanne, Ian and Jack.
We’d also like to thank the CSTS Global Team, the staff at VCA Federation Hall, Village Roadshow, RRR Radio, Empire Online, Quick Flix, Canned Geek, Pop Pulp, Geek Girl, TVAusCast, and everyone who spread the word and came along!
CSTS Melbourne Volunteers
A whole host of photos from this year’s Can’t Stop the Serenity event have been uploaded to the CSTS Global Photo Pool on Flickr. If you took photos, please add them to the Pool and tag them as CSTS Melbourne 2009.
For those of you interested in the financials, click here for more details.
Posted in Can't Stop the Serenity, Charity Activities, Events, Social Gatherings
•03/10/2009 •
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The Browncoat Charity Booth will be back at Armageddon!
Armageddon Expo takes place on 17-18 October 2009 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre
More details are available at armageddonexpo.com
For fans of the Whedonverse, Seth Green (Oz from Buffy/Angel) will be making a visit downunder with the Robot Chicken team. Other guests include cast from Heroes, Stargate SG:1, Stargate: Atlantis, Farscape and Twilight.
Among the many cool things we’ll have for sale a range of shirts from QMX and Jason Palmer Studio shirts, as well as QMX’s Mal and Jayne maquettes, Dr Horrible DVDs, The Guild DVDs (Season 1 and Season 2), and much much more!
So stop by the booth to grab your Whedonverse goodies before they sell out!!
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•31/08/2009 •
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Wow, what a day!! Our fourth Can’t Stop the Serenity event was an overwhelming success! And we had a fantastic time!
131 dedicated Browncoats and Joss Whedon fans packed into the VCA Federation Hall to watch Dr Horrible and Serenity on the big screen, and enjoy a few surprises. There were lots of fantastic costumes, prizes galore, and a great deal of fun was had! We’ll be posting an event recap in a few days, together with lots of photos, so check back here soon.
Now, we know you’re all anxious to hear how much money we raised for Equality Now. We’re waiting on an invoice or two to arrive, and we’ve got a few more events planned in September and October, so we can’t give you the final total that will be donated to Equality Now just yet.
But based on what we know so far, it looks like we’ve raised over $2,300 for Equality Now!!!
Thank you to every single one of you who came along, donated your cashy money to a good cause, and helped us to make our fourth year fantastic!! We are mighty!!
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•29/08/2009 •
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•27/08/2009 •
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Don’t forget to bring some cash on Sunday and stop by our Merchandise table. We’ve got a great selection of items available, with all profits going to Equality Now.
- Limited Edition Kaylee Maquettes – $75 – These are now sold out at QMX, so get yours at CSTS!
- Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog DVD – $25 – Take Dr Horrible, Captain Hammer and Penny home with this Region-free DVD
- Replica Alliance Currency Packs – $15 – Fan Club Exclusive Edition from QMX
- Serenity mini-poster – $5 – Frame for a great memento of Serenity
- Serenity “Still Flying” bag – $5 – Do your bit to reduce plastic bag use with our calico bag
- Browncoat lanyard – $5 – Show your Browncoat colours with this handy lanyard
- Browncoat wristband – $3 – Silicone wristband available in two colours
We’ve also got a very limited number of Can’t Stop the Serenity 2009 embroidered patches and postcard sets available for just $5 each. The postcard sets feature all of the designs submitted for the 2009 Promo Art Competition.
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