Toyfair - Peterborough

Basil!!!

Yesterday the 22nd saw Time Was at the Cresset Centre in Peterborough, not the shopping centre but the 'social centre' of Peterborough.



It was a busy affair for about the first hour but then became steady for about the next half-hour and then a trickle for the rest of the time, 3:30 seemed a long way off. However we did OK compared to some of our colleagues, we didn't make a fortune but we didn't lose money which was the main thing.



But I did have the opportunity to see some rare Fawlty Towers cars. These were made by Corgi and were titled after the opening credits of the episodes. Only 24 of each 'title' were produced. They were on sale, four of them, for £1000.00, the most expensive items at the Cresset. By the end of the day they remained unsold, which wasn't a surprise given the trickle of punters.



But at timewasshop.co.uk we have one of the models for a knock-down price of just £75 plus postage, what a saving!!! After all Basil is hitting it with a branch!



Just go to www.timewasshop.co.uk/OtherTV&Film and have a look, and you don't have to go to Barcelona.

World Of Warcraft

Hold The Power Of Azeroth In The Palm Of Your Hand!

Just in and ready for battle, World of Warcraft figures, miniatures and trading cards.

Take a look at www.timewasshop.co.uk/WorldofWarcraft

Double Toy Fair Day!!

First it was Friday the 13th, then it was St. Valentines Day and today, the 15th, it was Double Toy Fair Day!!

We were at Huntingdon for our usual date at the Wood Green Animal Centre, only that Anne was there and I was at the Hammerhead 2009 event at Kelham Hall in Newark.

The toy fair went ok, but then Anne couldn't take too much stock as she was in the Corsa, and that's not like a TARDIS, it is smaller on the inside than the outside!! But overall she did good as they say somewhere.

I was at the Hammerhead event which was organised by COGS, the Chesterfield Open Gaming Society. It was the first time that Time Was was at the event, is that too many times and was'es???? But I was impressed by the way it was organised. There were games galore going on, being played by lads & lasses of all ages, youngest I saw was perhaps 7 and the oldest, well that had to be the Doctor himself, 700 years if not a day too old!!

Yes you read right!! The Doctor accompanied by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and two Daleks were on hand handing out tips to the gamers, both to the good guys and the Daleks to the bad guys!!

And trade wise it was a big success, folks knew what they wanted and fortunately Time Was had it.

So it was a very successful event, well done COGS!! Here's looking forward to 2010.

Toyfair Lincoln

Well yesterday it was back to one of our local toyfairs, just down the road at the Lincolnshire Showground. But this time due to redevelopment work we were in the new building. Didn't quite have the same feel about it as other Lincoln Toyfairs but still the folks came through the door, but unfortunately still are being very careful with their money.

So most missed the new Doctor Who products that we had, Capt Jacks Vortex Manipulator, The Book of Impossible Dreams, 12 inch Remote Control Davros and the Time Squad figures. If you're not sure what they look like then follow these links;

http://www.timewasshop.co.uk/DrWhoToys
http://www.timewasshop.co.uk/Poseables
http://www.timewasshop.co.uk/Daleks

All in all it was only just a break even day for us.

Still it's a double whammy next week, Huntingdon Toyfair and the Hammerhead Convention at Newark.

ToyFair 2009 - The Trade Fair

Yesterday the 31st January, saw us at Excel in the Docklands, London for the annual trade ToyFair. Not as big as usual and for a Saturday it was very quiet, which was good for us as we didn't need to use our elbows to get past people, not so sure it was as good for the exhibitors, but it was the last day of four.

We had a successful day ordering new products to enhace our portfolio. These will soon be on our website http://www.timewasshop.co.uk/ and in our shop Time Was... upstairs in the Buttermarket in Newark, Notts.

Look out for the Crow, Scooby Doo, Gladiators, Jareth and Hoggle to name just a few.

Keep looking at our website for more and more products at terrific prices.