UNITED KINGDOM thread

[Soil]

TK Max in Bradford is very good for toys

Gets a few McFarlane figs in from time to time

[atriot_vl]

nvr seen good deals or toys round in london's tk maxx :( when i was there.

yik-yep i was planning to get the kingdom come figs. but havent seen em yet. when do they come out? or are they already out?
saw the wonderwoman line which was pretty nice.... but i dont think i like WW that much to have 5 of her :p
still undecided over the design of the new gundams.
i wanna get a verde buster model from the GSD series. did u get the lightning edition of the strike freedom.... that one is really great.
your friends a lucky man. there was some eva SOC for arnd 30 quid here. i think the gunbuster one is arnd 60 quid

[atriot_vl]

Slowed down completely these last few months. Ebay prices have hiked for some reason and it's real hard to get a deal on there these days. Postage increases is making it difficult to get overseas deals going on here too.
Everything I have is still in boxes until I can get time to make somewhere for it to go. I'm not as enthusiastic about my stuff as I was this time 12 months ago though. I'll take a long hard think about what I'm keeping and what goes when I get it all out eventually. I still pick up the odd Spawn fig as and when I come across them, and I am keen to complete my Puppet Masters but other than that there's not much I want. Looking forward to Mezco's AoTLD2 getting released and the odd CC grabs my attention but I am starting to wonder how much longer I'll collect for.

So how's Malaysia then fella? Hotter than here I'm guessing? ;)
yea. i feel the same. the need for completing the collection has somehow died down.
now thinking of how to get rid of some of the stuff here as the interests in McF stuff has been steadily declining here.
the only spawn fig i picked up was the nightmare spawn. the rest of the lines jus doesnt really interest me :(

hahaha. hotter than there is an understatement. burning here.
was in cambodia last week. it's ven worse there. scorching hot!

[yikhaichan]

nvr seen good deals or toys round in london's tk maxx :( when i was there.

yik-yep i was planning to get the kingdom come figs. but havent seen em yet. when do they come out? or are they already out?
saw the wonderwoman line which was pretty nice.... but i dont think i like WW that much to have 5 of her :p
still undecided over the design of the new gundams.
i wanna get a verde buster model from the GSD series. did u get the lightning edition of the strike freedom.... that one is really great.
your friends a lucky man. there was some eva SOC for arnd 30 quid here. i think the gunbuster one is arnd 60 quid

Kingdom Come figures are indeed out again, came out...3-4 weeks ago, I believe.
Yeah, I plan to get at least the Wonder Woman and her in that white jump-suit style outfit, don't come out until December so will have to wait a while.

I just saw the latest trailer for Gundam 00, I think the Exia is OK, very much like Strike but the Kyrios looks cool. May have to get the cheap First-Grades and build it properly (doing that for Wing Gundam Zero Custom HG 1/100 as my first glue/sand/paint model)

I didn't get the lightning edition, but I got the 1/100 MG Strike Freedom, which is equally as cool. I think my first PG will be the Strike Gundam, definately.

So what you doing nowadays, atriot?

[Soil]

Does anywhere in England sell McFarlane Metal Gear Solid figures, prefferably loose?

[yikhaichan]

To be honest, I haven't seen any at retail for a very long time now, Soil. Even checked eBay and there isn't alot of MGS McFarlane there...just the odd one, here and there amoung the konami figure collection and the 12 inch figures...

[Soil]

To be honest, I haven't seen any at retail for a very long time now, Soil. Even checked eBay and there isn't alot of MGS McFarlane there...just the odd one, here and there amoung the konami figure collection and the 12 inch figures...


Ive been searching for a hell of a long time now with no results

I dont want the new Konami one and the 12" are way out of my price range

Im always checking ebay and once i was close to Liquid Snake from MGS1 loose, he was £5 in total i think

But i got sniped lol, nope thats just not funny :(

[Soil]

And just wondering if anyone purchased anything from the Argos catalogue sale?

I was gonna pick up a few WWE figs for £5 but i was too late

All out of stock

[Graham]

haven't been spending much at all lately......last haul was my venom bust. once i find a new job though, i'll be doing a lot of catching up.....

as a result i'm starting to sell bits and pieces off.....starting with marvel vs capcom 2....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marvel-vs-Capcom-2-XBox-Game-Rare_W0QQitemZ110150584318QQihZ001QQcategoryZ27186QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

traded a few titles in at game today as well.....got £57 to spend there now.....

[Soil]

haven't been spending much at all lately......last haul was my venom bust. once i find a new job though, i'll be doing a lot of catching up.....

as a result i'm starting to sell bits and pieces off.....starting with marvel vs capcom 2....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Marvel-vs-Capcom-2-XBox-Game-Rare_W0QQitemZ110150584318QQihZ001QQcategoryZ27186QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

traded a few titles in at game today as well.....got £57 to spend there now.....

So these bits and pieces.....what do you have in line?

[Graham]

So these bits and pieces.....what do you have in line?

general stuff.....like the game.....if nothing comes up within a few weeks, i may sell my PSP.....as for figures, i haven't thought too much about that yet.

[Aqua34_Purple52]

bump

[kadio]

ok this is for all marvel figurinen collectors prepare to be amazed this is galactus and yes its real ok here it goes.


http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z22/BLUEYESWHITDRAGON/galcomp1.jpg

[Soil]

Heys guys just giving you a heads up

TK MAX has just got in some Gentle Giant Star Wars statues and busts, all half of their original price

The had a Darth Vader bust for £30
An animation statue of a sith for £40
And Luke Skywalker on a Tuantan(?) from Empire Strikes Back for £80

Plus another 12" Koto Darth Vader for £30

If i was to buy them all it would total at £150

[Graham]

just saw the simpsons movie......it was most excellent.....

[Soil]

just saw the simpsons movie......it was most excellent.....

I think i might wait for the DVD

Cinemas are too expensive plus taxi fares

[alien_dragon]

Have any of you guys been to forbidden planet in london or croyden, they're amazing stores for you kind of collectors!

[Soil]

Have any of you guys been to forbidden planet in london or croyden, they're amazing stores for you kind of collectors!

Me and Grahams just been discussing this in the Dr Who thread

Ive only been to the one in Leeds

But its one hell of a shop

[alien_dragon]

Me and Grahams just been discussing this in the Dr Who thread

Ive only been to the one in Leeds

But its one hell of a shop


Is the one in leeds a super or mega store? in london they have 2 floors one dedicated to comics, and the other to figures I could spend ages in there

[Soil]

Is the one in leeds a super or mega store? in london they have 2 floors one dedicated to comics, and the other to figures I could spend ages in there

Erm...just a store, its not huge but it isnt small

And its only one floor

Half of the room is comics and graphic novels and the other is figures

[Graham]

the newcastle store is pretty small.......comics, books, dvd's and figures on the ground floor, and gaming (as in warhammer etc), and more books, down stairs. it's pretty cramped. especially when there's a signing.....

[KITCH]

Just recently saw the new series of Spawn figures. They look **** cool! That spawn the Maurader guy is massive. I was gonna pick a couple up but did'nt have the cash on me at the time. Might have to pick them up online or somthing. Ebay?!

:D

[Daywalker UK]

Not many of them appearing on the bay and they're pretty expensive when they do :(

[darkling21]

Hi,

Soil referred me to this thread, and I am hoping someone might be able to help me out. I am trying to collect the popco, or cards inc whichever the companies name is now versions of the new Harry Potter figures. My son wants all of them, and from what I understand they are only available in the UK and then some parts of Europe. Is there anyone that might be able to pick them up, and then mail them to the states. I can pay through Paypal for them if it helps any.

[Daywalker UK]

I could possibly help you out atcost+shipping. You're currently looking at around $45 all in for 3 figures delivered via airmail to the States.

[darkling21]

Thanks for your help Daywalker UK

[Daywalker UK]

No problem fella, i'm always glad to help where I can. There are plenty of top blokes on here who have done the same for me in the past so it's nice to pay it forward :)

[darkling21]

Agreed, I have tried to help out as much as I can, and I am thankful that there are others trying to do the same.

[Graham]

Just keeping this thread alive.....

[Soil]

This thread is pretty much dead

[alien_dragon]

I recently went to TK max and I found the odd mcfarlane figure!

[atriot_vl]

how are mcf toys selling over there at this moment.

the hype kinda died down over at malaysia except for the odd figure and female figs. :(

[Graham]

how are mcf toys selling over there at this moment.

the hype kinda died down over at malaysia except for the odd figure and female figs. :(

Haven't really been paying much attention.....although, from what I have seen, The Simpsons stuff has probably been the better seller of recent months. Everything else has seemed to hang around, but the Simpsons Movie stuff seemed to go pretty quick....

[Soil]

I stand corrected

Ive been buyig Star Wars model kits from TK Max, looking for the Millenium Falcon now

And Alien Dragon i have bought 2 10th Anniversary Spawn figures from TK Max (Spawn and Ripclaw) and in Bradford they had a few McF Conan figures too

Just remembered they had the Ultima Online figs too, minus the Ancient Wyrm

[yikhaichan]

Haha, TK Max has some odd figures, I found a Palisades series 2 Invader Zim for £5 amoungst the Superman Returns and X-Men 2006 figures a while back. Haven't revisited, queues are atrocious at my local one, theres not enough staff against the bargain hunters.

This thread was worth a bump, good to hear from UK boardies.

I'm with Graham on this, I haven't paid attention to much mcf toys for a while. I did buy 24 Jack Bauer and a few of the LOST figures from series one but thats it. I still see alot of the Simpsons Movie figures but thats because they're now being sold in places like GAME.

My tastes have changed over the past year, I'm buying less and less DC Direct and more anime-related PVC statues and trading figures. I'm still interested in Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid figures, the MGS 20th anniversary sculpts from Medicom look nice while I'm currently against paying £10 a piece for the NECA RE figures, though really need their Tyrant.

And still getting the Marvel Figurine collection...have to pick up the Galactus this weekend.

[Soil]

Hey Yik You mean Galactus is out next week?

Will i still be able to pick him up at WH Smiths?

Have you found any Metal Gear Soild figures anywhere? i found a Fortune MOC but she was priced £15 and i didnt wanna pay that

[knightjar]

TK Max is strange I always feel kind of dirty looking through their shelves. But sometimes you luck out. There were a couple of the Falcon kits at the Hounslow branch the other week.

Good to see you guys still about BTW

[Soil]

You guys are making it feel like a gathering every few months lol

TK Max is great, how much was the Falcon going for Knightjar?

[knightjar]

Can't remember exactly. I think around £20 - 25. Just enough that I couldn't justify adding it to the stack of unbuilt kits in my shed. They had the Tyderium and the Droid Fighters too. There were also some Star Wars Attacktix, including the Wampa for £6, which I did get. And a couple of Zoids.

[Soil]

Can't remember exactly. I think around £20 - 25. Just enough that I couldn't justify adding it to the stack of unbuilt kits in my shed. They had the Tyderium and the Droid Fighters too. There were also some Star Wars Attacktix, including the Wampa for £6, which I did get. And a couple of Zoids.

Whoa i dont like the price of that

I picked up the Death Star for £7 and it came with a movie print ( down from £28) and i got an X-Wing to go with it too, im looking for a TIE fighter now and an Imperial Shuttle

My bro picked up that Wampa attacktix too, they also had 2 starter packs and the Star Wars/Transformers double pack too

[Daywalker UK]

It's alive... ALIVE!!!

Lack of any real shops here means I'm limited to purchasing from ebay or play.com
Ebay sucks at the moment so pretty much everyhting i get is from Play. They do seem to have increased their variation of stock quyite a bit over the last 12 months so it's not usually hard to find mainstream stuff on there. Prices are pretty good too, especially with their everlasting sales.
Twisted Xmas is only £8.99 each on there at the moment.

[atriot_vl]

most of the mcf stuff has been pegwarming in Malaysia. (where i am at anyways). it's pretty sad. the only one that was really sought after was Nightmare Spawn. and most of the female figs quite generally fly off shelves.

i aint getting much into the mcf stuff these days either. nothing interesting to me. looking for a kratos though.

have been regularly getting revoltechs. those little muggers are awesome!

[atriot_vl]

Haha, TK Max has some odd figures, I found a Palisades series 2 Invader Zim for £5 amoungst the Superman Returns and X-Men 2006 figures a while back. Haven't revisited, queues are atrocious at my local one, theres not enough staff against the bargain hunters.

This thread was worth a bump, good to hear from UK boardies.

I'm with Graham on this, I haven't paid attention to much mcf toys for a while. I did buy 24 Jack Bauer and a few of the LOST figures from series one but thats it. I still see alot of the Simpsons Movie figures but thats because they're now being sold in places like GAME.

My tastes have changed over the past year, I'm buying less and less DC Direct and more anime-related PVC statues and trading figures. I'm still interested in Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid figures, the MGS 20th anniversary sculpts from Medicom look nice while I'm currently against paying £10 a piece for the NECA RE figures, though really need their Tyrant.

And still getting the Marvel Figurine collection...have to pick up the Galactus this weekend.
:eek: Gahlaktusss...i wants. i miss those things. :( is it a super size figure or regular one?

i have seen the actual tyrant fig. i think it has one of the worst paint jobs i have ever seen. and the licker too. what a waste. they are such cool characters and deserve better. do u have those Re figs by the old company?

[atriot_vl]

It's alive... ALIVE!!!

Lack of any real shops here means I'm limited to purchasing from ebay or play.com
Ebay sucks at the moment so pretty much everyhting i get is from Play. They do seem to have increased their variation of stock quyite a bit over the last 12 months so it's not usually hard to find mainstream stuff on there. Prices are pretty good too, especially with their everlasting sales.
Twisted Xmas is only £8.99 each on there at the moment.
glad to see u r still around!

hows the new (errmm...old) place.
must be pretty settled by now eh?

[Daywalker UK]

Totally settled mate. Feels like we've been here for years (just over 1 year now).
How are you keeping old bean?

[atriot_vl]

cool. glad u liked the place man. i would be a disaster otherwise.

no toy shops round there i am geussing? :p

i'm alright. part of the rat race now. it's pretty sad.
how's your backtracking going? bought all the stuff you wanted?

[yikhaichan]

@ Soil: Galactus is out now according to some people on action-figure.com and ebay. Its a hefty piece of lead at £18.99 RRP. WHSmith might sell it like they have the other specials lately, I get mine from a comic shop so not 100% sure.
Don't see any MGS figures anymore but try ebay, theres a 99p Fortune ending in 3 hours time...

I know what you mean, knightjar, TK Max is literally a dumping ground.

Play.com is great, I've used them for Star Wars Animated Maquettes, looking forward to their Christmas Sale already, hahaha.

@ atriot, I agree, paint jobs for the latest RE series are quite disappointing which is why I'm so reluctant to part money for them. I still have the Palisades figures on display, still need Alexia and Tyrant to complete them off which is why I want the NECA one so badly. Still eating up the Revoltechs? I've been wanting to get the Fate/Stay Saber one for ages but the new Revoltech FRAULEIN sound intriguing with Evangelion characters...

[Daywalker UK]

cool. glad u liked the place man. i would be a disaster otherwise.

no toy shops round there i am geussing? :p

i'm alright. part of the rat race now. it's pretty sad.
how's your backtracking going? bought all the stuff you wanted?

I'm pretty much complete on Spawn now. Just a couple of lesser 'wants' and I'll stop with the Big guy I think.
In fact, my list of wants has seriously decreased recently, not a heck of a lot i am after at all. Good luck with that whole rat-race thing, I see sheep and chickens in my garden and that makes me happy :)

[Soil]

Yeah i saw Galactus in WHSmiths today so he is out

But when i saw the price tag i said nono, i cant afford that, and he isnt much bigger than the average figures

[atriot_vl]

@ atriot, I agree, paint jobs for the latest RE series are quite disappointing which is why I'm so reluctant to part money for them. I still have the Palisades figures on display, still need Alexia and Tyrant to complete them off which is why I want the NECA one so badly. Still eating up the Revoltechs? I've been wanting to get the Fate/Stay Saber one for ages but the new Revoltech FRAULEIN sound intriguing with Evangelion characters...

yea. the paintjobs horrible. i think ppl will be buying the figs on the strength of their licensing by itself. did u see bonedust's repaint of em:
http://chaoscustoms.blogspot.com/2007/11/licker-repaint.html

yea. u would get hooked on the fraulein line. they look great for a almost micromen articulated female figure. and they have long term plans in store for this line. lets hope we get to see more female in this line... that hopefull doesnt turn out like Revy (black lagoon). I would love to get one of the babe from Gurrenn Laggann.
play-asia is having a sale on the Saber revoltechs. have a look.

[atriot_vl]

I'm pretty much complete on Spawn now. Just a couple of lesser 'wants' and I'll stop with the Big guy I think.
In fact, my list of wants has seriously decreased recently, not a heck of a lot i am after at all. Good luck with that whole rat-race thing, I see sheep and chickens in my garden and that makes me happy :)
you're a lucky man. i hate this rat race. :(
mcf doesnt produce stuff i am interested in much anymore. i had high hopes for the egyptian line but was pretty dissapointed...i was expecting something more in the line of warhammer's tomb kings army
http://uk.games-workshop.com/tombkings/wallpapers/
http://uk.games-workshop.com/tombkings/artwork/

[Soil]

Happy Birthday Yikhaichan

Hope you have a good day

[alien_dragon]

It's alive... ALIVE!!!

Lack of any real shops here means I'm limited to purchasing from ebay or play.com
Ebay sucks at the moment so pretty much everyhting i get is from Play. They do seem to have increased their variation of stock quyite a bit over the last 12 months so it's not usually hard to find mainstream stuff on there. Prices are pretty good too, especially with their everlasting sales.
Twisted Xmas is only £8.99 each on there at the moment.

In TK max I saw a flinstones mcf toy, lol i cant remember the other i found, i keep hoping a dragon will come up

I'm having a big problem looking for mcf figures, they're dotted around england normally faraway im just trying mail order from whoblackpool.com, I the closet to me is a small shop in brighton! which is amazing pricing 6" figures at £8 each. I recently saw a mandy spawn for £40.

[Graham]

CLEAR!!!

*shocks thread*

CLEAR!!!

*shocks again*

There's a feint sign of life there.....

[UKGaz]

Bruce Campbell is at the Midlands Collectormania in a couple of weeks, needless to say I shall attend :D

[Daywalker UK]

Cool.. always wanted to meet 'the chin'.

[KITCH]

Aloah Everyone! :D

[thejikas]

*humps everyone in thread*

*pants for air*

[Daywalker UK]

Bump for the new UK members of late.

[lollerskates]

hello *waves* I'm in the UK

I buy my stuff from FP and play.com mostly. In glasgow I go to FP, A1 Comics and G-Force - they're all decent price-wise depending what you're looking.

Can't believe you can get stuff in TK Max - my mum's favourite shop! :D

[Soil]

Hey guys thread revival time

Im looking for some risers like in the pioc below but i cant find em anywhere, the best place i have to look near me is Wilkinsons but i cant find any

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/cjf28/leadfigures001.jpg


Where can i look?

[Graham]

A quick google search turned up these.....

http://www.displaysense.co.uk/display-lifts-tiered-stands-and-stepped-displays/page-2

Tempted to pick some up myself......could be useful for the Halo figs.....

[Soil]

A quick google search turned up these.....

http://www.displaysense.co.uk/display-lifts-tiered-stands-and-stepped-displays/page-2

Tempted to pick some up myself......could be useful for the Halo figs.....

Is there not any at retail though?

[Phoenix Blaze]

That collection has a Deadpool. I haven't been able to find that issue yet. It upsets me:( So does the fact that the Gears of War toys aren't out here yet. I called FP and asked, they said maybe call back on tuesday or wednesday. I don't know if that means they'll be out around then, or if maybe they get their deliveries then and they're not always sure what they're getting.

I hope it's the first one. But that's still like 4 days away!