[79] TK-23592 (Nairy) Troop Log - (Social Media Consent)

After an awesome speech about the Swedish Garrison and what we do in the 501st, we got to take a lot of pictures with kids (big and small), and the con had arranged a photo booth, where I popped in popped off a quick action pose in the middle of my troop, looked good!

It was an honor to do my first troop together with @TheSwede in his first troop with his new Din Djarin costume! Looking sharp! :jc_doublethumbup:

Tried to take a selfie with @TheSwede but he never took off his helmet, it's like he is a mandalorian or something! :laugh1: (he may have taken it off ONCE but we don't talk about that)

**TKSpartan[Staff]** · October 17, 2022

Congratulations on your 1st of many Troops !! :th_AnimatedBravoSmiley:

**Chemi[Staff]** · October 17, 2022

Congratulations Jonatan!!! :jc_doublethumbup:

**TheSwede[TK]** · October 17, 2022

6 hours ago, Nairy said:

It was an honor to do my first troop together with @TheSwede i

Right back at ya :salute:

**revlimiter[Staff]** · October 17, 2022

Heeeyyyyy!!!! Congrats on the first troop! Both you and @TheSwede are looking fantastic!

**Doggydoc[Staff]** · October 17, 2022

Congrats on your first troop Jonatan. Looks like you had fun. Hopefully many more to come.

**Nairy[Staff]** · November 5, 2022

2. 2022-11-04, Comic Con 2022, Stockholm (Hero)

3. 2022-11-05, Comic Con 2022, Stockholm (Hero)

Troop number 2 and 3 at Comic Con Stockholm 2022.

Will update this post with images as I receive them

Me in the middle with the winner of LEGO Masters Sweden 2022

I'm far right, together with my fellow troopers, and our little gem, the coolest girl ever, Sigrid (the small one)

After assisting my friend Anton Grandert's signing session. I'm photo bombing in the background!

Me far right

A nice close up at the signing

After one of the parades (I'm the Hero in the middle behind C1-10P)

Me on the left

Watching

**Nairy[Staff]** · November 6, 2022

4. 2022-11-06, Comic Con 2022, Stockholm (Hero)

Me next to the Sandy!

Me in the middle

A nice picture of us patroling the floors (be in front of the Sandy)

Me on the right and @LEGOeatPokemon on the left!

Me on the left

Comic Con has been awesome! My feet hurt! Many hours of walking and images and high fives and fist bumps and marches and good fun!

**Nairy[Staff]** · December 3, 2022

5. 2022-12-03, Nördarnas Julmarknad (The Nerds' Christmas Market) (Hero)

I took part in a Christmas market troop where I did some "Lucia" walks** together with @Coil in his Din Djarin armor! We were really appreciated here by the staff and we handed out many gingerbread cookies and took pictures with people (you know, the usual )

I also had the opportunity to take some pro shot action photos which I will post as soon as I get them!

** Something we do here in Sweden, called Luciatåg which directly translated means Lucia train, Google it if you're curious

A little video from the event:

**Nairy[Staff]** · December 16, 2022

6. 2022-12-15, Musikhjälpen Göteborg 2022 (The Music Help) (Hero)

Day 1 for me!

Pretty much the event of the year! A full week of celebrity hosts in a studio that broadcasts all hours of the day, to collect money for charity. There is a new theme for the charity every year and this year the theme is to collect money for children that gets their childhood robbed by ongoing wars.

SG is out here in the cold, between -5 during the day and -12 degrees Celsius at night! Double undersuits and socks and gloves are needed to say the least! We stroll around on the square where the event is held and dance with people, hug people, take photos and of course help to collect money for the charity!

We the TK's have unfortunately opted for no TD as the risk of getting it stolen are not worth wearing it! There are a lot of drunk people in the evenings that are unpredictable! Warm gloves is also something we've had to add since there is a risk of frostbite!

I must say that I don't have many photos and mostly videos since the event is live on Swedish national television, but I've included some photos and screen grabs from yesterday's event! (2022-12-15)

Mixed videos from yesterday's event and today's event that I'll post about at the end of the day!

https://imgur.com/a/wEC8Fyf

**Nairy[Staff]** · December 16, 2022

7. 2022-12-16, Musikhjälpen Göteborg 2022 (The Music Help) (Hero)

Day 2 for me!

Still going strong! Raised a lot of money today, over $2000! We're fighting the cold and we have many frozen troopers but we are out 2 hours at a time a couple times a day! Today we have our CO with us as a few of our troopers are invited into the studio to talk about the Legion and what we do!

Here are some videos from yesterday's and today's event!

https://imgur.com/a/wEC8Fyf

Now some images!

Met a colleague who of course wanted a picture!

**Nairy[Staff]** · December 18, 2022

8. 2022-12-17, Musikhjälpen Göteborg 2022 (The Music Help) (Hero)

Day 3 for me!

**Nairy[Staff]** · December 18, 2022

9. 2022-12-18, Musikhjälpen Göteborg 2022 (The Music Help) (Hero)

The last day! We have as of right now reached $7000, and will keep on collecting until the end of the year! It has been an amazing couple of days in the cold with lots and lots of dancing!

A little girl donated her whole piggy bank! It almost broke me! :wub:

**revlimiter[Staff]** · December 18, 2022

Her whole piggy bank? I don't know what I would have even done on the receiving end of that. That's some magic right there. :wub: Thanks for sharing and trooping! :salute:

**Nairy[Staff]** · December 18, 2022

40 minutes ago, revlimiter said:

Her whole piggy bank? I don't know what I would have even done on the receiving end of that. That's some magic right there. Thanks for sharing and trooping!

I teared up instantly! She wanted to give her money to the charity somehow, and she had planned on giving some here and some there (different initiatives for the same cause) but she loved us so much that she put her whole heavy bag of coins in my hand! (weighing more than a standard issue resin cast E-11) What a beautiful soul, wanting to help other children that don't have the ability to be children because of ongoing wars! Man I love trooping! :wub: Some other time a little boy came up to one of us and started talking and grabbed his hand and started pointing at things, wanting to show everything he liked and kept talking - then we see the mother starting to cry - and when someone asked her if everything was OK, she said yes and that she cried happy tears because this little boy had been silent for 3 months ever since his father had passed away This is why we do it!

Edited December 18, 2022 by Nairy

**BAZINGA[TK]** · December 18, 2022

4 minutes ago, Nairy said:

I teared up instantly! She wanted to give her money to the charity somehow, and she had planned on giving some here and some there (different initiatives for the same cause) but she loved us so much that she put her whole heavy bag of coins in my hand! (weighing more than a standard issue resin cast E-11) What a beautiful soul, wanting to help other children that don't have the ability to be children because of ongoing wars! Man I love trooping! Some other time a little boy came up to one of us and started talking and grabbed his hand and started pointing at things, wanting to show everything he liked and kept talking - then we see the mother starting to cry - and when someone asked her if everything was OK, she said yes and that she cried happy tears because this little boy had been silent for 3 months ever since his father had passed away This is why we do it!

Now there is something in my eye too.... Bart

**Nairy[Staff]** · January 14, 2023

10. 2023-01-14, Örebro Universitetssjukhus (Örebro University Hospital) (Hero)

Troop number 10! The long awaited first milestone! The second completed milestone in this troop was my first visit to a hospital! We plundered the Christmas tree and danced out Christmas together with children who has been freed from cancer (and other diseases) so it was an amazing event with a lot of happiness!

**TikiTechie[TK]** · January 14, 2023

3 hours ago, Nairy said:

Troop number 10! The long awaited first milestone!

Congrats! I hope to make it to #10 this year as well.

**Nairy[Staff]** · January 14, 2023

58 minutes ago, TikiTechie said:

Congrats! I hope to make it to #10 this year as well.

Thank you Jim! I'm sure you will!! :jc_doublethumbup:

**Nairy[Staff]** · February 10, 2023

11. 2023-02-10, The Sounds of Space with Anton Grandert (Hero)

Troop number 11!

Anton Grandert (concept artist for Lucasfilm) messaged me yesterday and wanted some TKs for a concert called "The Sounds of Space", where he was both playing the trombone on some songs and conducted others, and also had a little showcase of his work on Obi-Wan, The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett!

With short notice I got @Coil to join in and it made for a very fun troop!

We started by patrolling the queues and asking if they had seen any rebels around here, which they of course "hadn't"! :laugh1: When the concert began, we got to stand on stage for The Mandalorian main theme, Imperial March and the Star Wars main theme. At first I thought that I got heat stroke but it was just the orchestra that played the themes so good it gave me a serious case of shivering and goose bumps! There were both young school kids playing in the orchestra as well as senior citizens! Such a powerful experience!

Before the Mandalorian Main Theme started we stood on stage and were looking for Din Djarin and the Grogulorian, but Grogu did a jedi mind trick on us so we looked the other way.

It was a huge success and Anton was very happy!

On stage while the orchestra played the Imperial March! The conductor was in Darth Vader costume.

I'll add more images as I get them, as per usual in my threads!

In the image above, you can see that I have adjusted my frown paint at the ends to match Han Solo's helmet!

Yesterday I received my new white leather binder pouch from Darman's Props on Etsy, thank you @revlimiter for the tip! It is a great pouch! Even fits my phone, so I can now take selfies while on troop!

(posting Adam's image for reference of how it looks, as I haven't gotten any images from Anton yet)

I also did my first troop with a pair of TM bubble lenses (borrowed from another SG TK) that are much darker than my RS bubble lenses! It worked out totally fine! They had a lot more distortion than the RS bubble lenses but it didn't make me at all nauseous, as there was a perfect spot to look through straight forward! Woop woop! On to the next one! :dancing-trooper: