Dalek Invasion!!!

The third Dalek Invasion at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton, took place last weekend, 8th & 9th. A two-day event due to the problems last year with folks being unable to get in and the Police having to turn them away, before they got sight of the museum. Two days though meant extra cost for us, hotel for overnight stay and hire of a van so that we had enough stock with us.

Well the van wasn't really needed as both days were a wee bit sparse of people, despite the allure of two Doctors, Colin Baker and Sylvestor McCoy as well as a whole army of Daleks and other characters from Doctor Who, not to mention other Doctors or should we say John Smith's!!! Must be all this timey wimey, wibbly wobbly stuff that the Doctor goes on about as at one time there were two 10th Doctors and a 5th Doctor at our stall.

Trade was shall we say slow and not so good as the previous two years. Still we did at least have a good location such that folks could see us.

There was plenty to do for the young aspiring Time Lords unfortunately not always in the same hall.

Pity but the weekend didn't quite turn out as we hoped. Maybe it was the hot sunny weather that did it. It certainly wasn't the news of the Ashes, was it???

Oh and by the way if you have an overnight stay at a Travel Lodge, for any reason, just don't preorder the breakfast, £4.00+ for a few cornflakes, a little long life milk, one go bar, a tiny bottle of fruit juice and a cup with instant coffee in. You have to provide the water. What a rip-off!! You have been warned!!! Bad mistake the breakfast, really set the scene for the second day at the Museum.

Spalding Toyfair

The tulips may not have been out and about in Spalding but something strange was in the air! A very good turnout of Fairy and Fantasy collectors, though not so many toy collectors!!! We just couldn't keep our fairies from flying off, perhaps we should have clipped their wings, but that would have been cruel.

It was a very good Spalding and the first toyfair since we began where we didn't have any Doctor Who products. They were all tucked up in bed in the warehouse waiting for their big day out next weekend at the Dalek Invasion at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton. Perhaps you might of heard of it by some chance?

It was a pity that none of the big toys went as it seems we can't have it both ways. Last week at Doncaster it was very few fairies but loads of toys and other collectables, this week it was just the opposite. One of these days both we will sell in equal amounts, large hopefully!!

And to top a good day it didn't rain so we didn't get wet packing up unlike recent weeks.

X Men Wolverine

Logan has arrived - be quick get to www.timewasshop.co.uk or Time Was... at the Buttermarket in Newark.

X-Men: Wolverine

X-Men Wolverine

Coming soon X-Men Wolverine figures at only £7.99 each plus postage.

10 cm poseable action figures featuring Logan, Wolverine in various guises from Marvel comic book to film, Deadpool, Cyclops, Iceman and more.

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Doncaster Toyfair

Today the 26th July saw Time Was... back at one of favourite and friendliest fairs at Doncaster Racecourse, hosted by Mike Bishop of Toyman Displays and of course MBToyfairs. It was a very good day as well. We did a very good trade in our new products, Torchwood Wave 2, Terminator Salvation, new fairies and also Wolverine X-Men figures, which are so new that we haven't yet had time to get them on the website!! Some old favourites also did well, Product Enterprise's Eagles and SHADO Mobiles and Supercars. All in all a good day.

Mike got the folks through the door yet again, although this time they were more into the toys than the fantasy items, but they were prepared to part with their hard earned cash.

I didn't quite find any bargains for ourselves though, probably because all the bargains were on our stall, just kidding!!

Still we are gearing up for the Dalek Invasion at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton in a fortnights time. Despite it being a long way from Doncaster the flyers for the Invasion we put out soon went!!!

Ohh and I can't tell you what Mike asked Jackie, but he blushed after getting a suitable response!!

Back to the toyfairs

Bad news all round - Torrential rain, saw aftermath of accident on M69, not many folks, traders or punters at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, Tom Watson lost in the play-off at Turnberry, England can't snaffle out the Aussies at Lords, no more toyfairs at the Ricoh and finally my pen ran out!!! The drama!!!

Despite the downsides we did manage to do a wee bit of trade though I couldn't find that elusive bargain, and it didn't help when another trader mentioned he'd picked up a mint condition Product Enterprise UFO & Interceptor for just a fiver at a car boot, whaaaaaaat don't folks know the value of these things at car boots and why don't I ever see them???? Perhaps not going to car boots may have something to do with it.

Still it's Doncaster next week, then Spalding and then the Big 'un at Yeovilton Fleet Air Arm Museum, the annual Dalek Invasion only this time it's over two days. So we still have fairs to go to despite the loss of the Ricoh. We've already lost Donnington to something called F1, whatever that is??

Oh by the way did I mention we have the new Torchwood figures in stock now? Ianto, Tashiko, Captain John and the Blowfish, but you'll have to hurry they're going fast!

Peterborough Toy Fair

Back at the Cresset Centre in Peterborough for a Toy Fair hosted by Barry Potter. One of Barry's smaller fairs today, July 5th and there seemed to be a smaller turnout of traders and buyers. Could that be because it was nice sunny day?? Well until it chucked it down with rain just at the time of packing up and leaving, typical!! Could it have been because of the Air Show at RAF Waddington not too far away, which would have drawn thousands?? Could it have been due to the Mens Singles Final at Wimbledon?? Though that didn't end until early evening after an epic battle between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick!!

Whatever the reason the toy buyers just weren't at the fair, one sale of a Cybermen collect and build set was all we had on that side. But the fairys were let loose with a force, our Fairy and Fantasy range at Time Was... went down a treat.

So all in all not too bad a day, despite the rains best efforts to soak us.

Oh and congratulations to Roger Federer!!