This was NO carnival. It has been a Sci-fi convention at the museum of Technik in the ancient town of Speyer. So everything there could be a false impression.
And pardon my French, but I think you take it all too serious. Mobitog is fun in the first place. And
deepop will judge this competition and is the only one who can and will decide what's within the theme and just ignore what's outside.
Cheap or not. Your Royale wouldn't fit in my eyes, but maybe it's the winner in deepop's. It's in the eye of the beholder and even more of the judge.