Minifigs take over the World Conference

We did not travel to Hong Kong alone. On our first night here we discovered that our suitcases had been invaded! From out of our kit emerged a band of minifigs, looking uncannily like the official UK delegation.

Our miniature friends have joined us on our journeys through the World Conference and we now share their experiences.

Bright and breezy, and ready for anything, they enjoyed posing with the official Conference logo, featuring a phoenix - a symbol of high virtue and grace in East Asia.

Naughtily, unlike the lifesize delegation, they had not read all the papers in advance of the Conference so they had some catching up to do.

They quickly realised that not everyone at the Conference spoke minifigish so they got to grips with the simultaneous interpretation kit.

With important business underway, we tried to contain the minifigs, but, when we weren't looking, it seems they took control of our electronic voting device. Good job we'd briefed them well!

They were keen to share their Conference highlights with their minifig friends back home so snapped away, capturing as much as they could on camera.

Some of you may even have spied the odd tweet.

In order to pack as much into the Conference as possible, the minifigs had long days, often going to bed at 2am, then rising for delegation meetings at 7am. Only on the odd occasion did their heads touch their pillows.

And coffee became a Conference essential.

But sleep deprivation did not get the better of them and they threw themselves into the Conference spirit. 

One of the most special moments was when they heard that another UK minifig had gained a new title - a role model for all of the world's Guiding minifigs.

As the Conference drew to a close, the minifigs went on their way reinvigorated, taking with them tokens of friendship from around the world and memories of an intense but amazing experience.