Doncaster again, back at the Races! Doncaster Racecourse, Sunday 8th March. Well it was a nice sunny start to the morning and the going was good to firm at set-up time, but as the day progressed the wind and the rain and the snow lashed down and the going became soft as the punters went upstairs for their lunches.
Were'nt we glad that we were indoors. Well we were as trade was good, especially in the fairy department and the witch department which can be seen on the website at www.timewasshop.co.uk/Fairies.htm and also www.timewasshop.co.uk/Witches.htm sounds more like Grace Brothers. Downstairs in the lingerie department, I mean the toy department there was a nice run on Clix. Clix is a gaming system that brings together Aliens & Predators with Batman, Superman and Co. These can be seen at www.timewasshop.co.uk/Clix.htm
All in all not a bad day, some folks had one, but at Time Was we had another great day at the Races. Just as well the bookies were shut!!
Monday, 9 March 2009
Sunday, 22 February 2009
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.
Friday, 20 February 2009
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
Sunday, 15 February 2009
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.
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.
Sunday, 8 February 2009
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.
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.
Sunday, 1 February 2009
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.
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Happy New Year
Happy New Year from Time Was... and www.timewasshop.co.uk, let's hope for a successful and prosperous new year, despite what the banks might do to us!!
It hasn't been without a lot of effort on our part since Christmas, and despite being handed free colds as a Christmas gift by our Grandson, we managed to do four, yes four, toyfairs in the last five days. So we have decided to take New Years Day off, isn't that kind of us.
We started at Donnington and although it was fairly busy we only managed to break even, but better things were at Huntingdon and surprisingly at Morely in Leeds, where after a miserable few hours we were rescued by a last minute flurry at the end.
But the best was at Doncaster Racecourse on New Years Eve where Mike Bishop had organised an excellent show, despite it being a 'normal' working day he got a lot of punters through the door and they did buy a fair amount from us. Though overall in the four shows we can still see an inclination on the side of the punters to watch their money rather than spend it on something that they don't 100% want, whereas before the credit crunch they would have bought it regardless.
It hasn't been without a lot of effort on our part since Christmas, and despite being handed free colds as a Christmas gift by our Grandson, we managed to do four, yes four, toyfairs in the last five days. So we have decided to take New Years Day off, isn't that kind of us.
We started at Donnington and although it was fairly busy we only managed to break even, but better things were at Huntingdon and surprisingly at Morely in Leeds, where after a miserable few hours we were rescued by a last minute flurry at the end.
But the best was at Doncaster Racecourse on New Years Eve where Mike Bishop had organised an excellent show, despite it being a 'normal' working day he got a lot of punters through the door and they did buy a fair amount from us. Though overall in the four shows we can still see an inclination on the side of the punters to watch their money rather than spend it on something that they don't 100% want, whereas before the credit crunch they would have bought it regardless.
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