Monday 26 July 2010

Thrifty Yorkshire Folks

Time Was... spent the day, Sunday 25th, at Doncaster Racecourse for another toyfair organised by Mike of MB Toyfairs.

In what turned out to be a very good day for us, in these recession hit times, I still say recession as the folks who came through the door were still a wee bit canny with their money. Thrifty to say the least. But despite that some old favourites sold very well, Gerry Anderson, Fantasy Figures and of course Doctor Who.

Pity about the Star Trek items we had. We actually bought more Star Trek than we sold, well ok no sales isn't difficult to beat. But we have a Star Trek event coming up in October in Manchester so they will come in handy.

If you do make it to Doncaster Racecourse for a toy fair or that other thing they do there, I think it's race horses for some strange reason, have a bacon and egg butty, well worth it for an empty stomach. But don't buy one until you've been to our stall as we have plenty of bargains from the world of Sci-Fi & Fantasy.

Monday 19 July 2010

Lincoln Toyfair

Sunday the 18th took Time Was... to Lincoln Toyfair organised by J & J Webb Toyfairs. A slightly overcast day with a steady drizzle not just of rain but customers as well. Surprisingly quite a few regular traders were missing, but more importantly quite a few customers were missing, but then again some of the schools have broken up, maybe some folks had flown off to the sunnier climes of Skegness.

Despite the new range of Doctor Who figures (also available at Time Was... The Buttermarket, Newark, Notts) catching the eye of folks, especially the Eleven Doctor Set, no-one decided to part with their hard-earned cash on them, but instead took a few of the older figures as well as some stalwarts from the world of Star Trek & Captain Scarlet. It was the Corgi models that sold, perhaps because Corgi no longer make them.

The fairy & fantasy figures also had a fair day, but with some of our regular customers missing it was good to see that they still sold ok.

Despite everything we had a fairly decent day, just a few sales shy of a good day and even more sales shy of an excellent day. But onwards and upwards its Doncaster Toyfair on the 25th. Hopefully we'll see you there.