Curse you shops!
It was my Dad's birthday today, so him, Mum, Me and Scinfaxi went to Great Yarmouth... Yarmouth has cool shops...
We got there about lunchtime so before we did anything else, we had lunch! Mum got a bit stroppy with one of the staff - no clue why - but other than that it was nice.
After that we started walking along toward the shops. In one of the first shops we went to, Scinfaxi got stuck looking at a die-cast model of a B-2 Stealth Bomber, and was um-ing an ah-ing over whether or not to get it. At the end of the day, a die-cast model like that for £5.99 is a bargain, so he got it (with a bit of encouragement, mind!)
I've got to admit though, I was surprised to find such a bargain in that shop! Iirc, last time I went in there they were selling NER Zoids for an extortionate price! They had added about 6 or 7 pounds to the RRP! Seriously! They were more expensive than Hamley's toys and Hamley's is renowned for being expensive! At that point Zoids were starting to die out so it was completely uncalled for when just up the road Woolworths were selling the same exact kits for RRP plus they were doing buy one get one free! Ah well, never mind!
Next shop we went into was one called The Outer Limits. It was one of those kinds of shops that stocks a load of sci-fi stuff which is cool. I ended up getting a Advents Children Cloud figure.
I was only going to get just the Cloud one, but then I saw Sephiroth too and know how much Scinfaxi likes Sephiroth, so I got him too. Really I wanted Kadaj but Play Arts don't seem to have made one T_T
(And before anyone asks, yes that is a small gold RC Dalek... his name's Derek! More on that later! Oh, and just in case anybody's wondering about the Ash tray, I'm not the one that smokes and neither is Scinfaxi! I have bad blood circulation, so it's not a good idea... Well, it ain't a good idea to smoke anyway ^_^')
Anyway, after that we went in a few more shops. Scinfaxi got a fluffy stuffed kitten for his Mum, and we spent a good while just staring in awe at all the swords and daggers on sale at Martyns! We only came to our senses when Mum phoned telling me that her and Dad were about to turn around and go back to the car, so we hastened up a bit!
Next we found a clothing shop and this really cool jacket, which was actually a bit out of my budget, so I shouldn't have got it, but I've been eying up that particular design every time I went to Camden Market but the Market never had it in my size, and this shop did! Who am I to throw away a chance like that huh?
After that we visited a bookstall, then went on to Woolworths, which is where I picked up Derek the Dalek. The running joke with Derek is that, Scinfaxi does voice acting for a audio show known as Scratchwood. It's an online thing which revolves around a station known as Scratchwood that still runs steam trains. It's just a fun hobby thing, but it also incorporates a lot of Doctor Who, Torchwood and War of the Worlds. It even had a Life on Mars related episode. The Security guard of Scratchwood station is a gold Dalek named Derek, who's catchphrase is "YOU RA-CIST BAS-TARD!" whenever anybody makes a comparision between him and a Pepper shaker!
Anyway, me and Scin have always said we should get an RC Gold Dalek and rewire it to say Derek's catchphrase. Rewiring may be a little tricky for us, but it's still a fun toy! We've been driving the pets crazy with him, and taken videos of the results, which I will post when I've done editing them ^-^
Oh, and I've finally relented and bought a copy of Kingdom Hearts 2 for the PS2 *Glares at Riverfox237*Your fault!! I also blame Scinfaxi because he was the one who shoved it under my nose!
Anyway, having decide we should leave before we get up to our eyeballs in debt, we started back to the car. We fully expected my parents to be back there, tapping their watches and asking where we had got to! Oddly enough, there was no-one at the car when we got there, and Mum was just as shocked as we were that we'd got there first! Somewhere along the line we'd overtaken them and nobody knew about it!
All in all, a good day out ^-^
~Shiar~
We got there about lunchtime so before we did anything else, we had lunch! Mum got a bit stroppy with one of the staff - no clue why - but other than that it was nice.
After that we started walking along toward the shops. In one of the first shops we went to, Scinfaxi got stuck looking at a die-cast model of a B-2 Stealth Bomber, and was um-ing an ah-ing over whether or not to get it. At the end of the day, a die-cast model like that for £5.99 is a bargain, so he got it (with a bit of encouragement, mind!)
I've got to admit though, I was surprised to find such a bargain in that shop! Iirc, last time I went in there they were selling NER Zoids for an extortionate price! They had added about 6 or 7 pounds to the RRP! Seriously! They were more expensive than Hamley's toys and Hamley's is renowned for being expensive! At that point Zoids were starting to die out so it was completely uncalled for when just up the road Woolworths were selling the same exact kits for RRP plus they were doing buy one get one free! Ah well, never mind!
Next shop we went into was one called The Outer Limits. It was one of those kinds of shops that stocks a load of sci-fi stuff which is cool. I ended up getting a Advents Children Cloud figure.
I was only going to get just the Cloud one, but then I saw Sephiroth too and know how much Scinfaxi likes Sephiroth, so I got him too. Really I wanted Kadaj but Play Arts don't seem to have made one T_T
(And before anyone asks, yes that is a small gold RC Dalek... his name's Derek! More on that later! Oh, and just in case anybody's wondering about the Ash tray, I'm not the one that smokes and neither is Scinfaxi! I have bad blood circulation, so it's not a good idea... Well, it ain't a good idea to smoke anyway ^_^')
Anyway, after that we went in a few more shops. Scinfaxi got a fluffy stuffed kitten for his Mum, and we spent a good while just staring in awe at all the swords and daggers on sale at Martyns! We only came to our senses when Mum phoned telling me that her and Dad were about to turn around and go back to the car, so we hastened up a bit!
Next we found a clothing shop and this really cool jacket, which was actually a bit out of my budget, so I shouldn't have got it, but I've been eying up that particular design every time I went to Camden Market but the Market never had it in my size, and this shop did! Who am I to throw away a chance like that huh?
After that we visited a bookstall, then went on to Woolworths, which is where I picked up Derek the Dalek. The running joke with Derek is that, Scinfaxi does voice acting for a audio show known as Scratchwood. It's an online thing which revolves around a station known as Scratchwood that still runs steam trains. It's just a fun hobby thing, but it also incorporates a lot of Doctor Who, Torchwood and War of the Worlds. It even had a Life on Mars related episode. The Security guard of Scratchwood station is a gold Dalek named Derek, who's catchphrase is "YOU RA-CIST BAS-TARD!" whenever anybody makes a comparision between him and a Pepper shaker!
Anyway, me and Scin have always said we should get an RC Gold Dalek and rewire it to say Derek's catchphrase. Rewiring may be a little tricky for us, but it's still a fun toy! We've been driving the pets crazy with him, and taken videos of the results, which I will post when I've done editing them ^-^
Oh, and I've finally relented and bought a copy of Kingdom Hearts 2 for the PS2 *Glares at Riverfox237*Your fault!! I also blame Scinfaxi because he was the one who shoved it under my nose!
Anyway, having decide we should leave before we get up to our eyeballs in debt, we started back to the car. We fully expected my parents to be back there, tapping their watches and asking where we had got to! Oddly enough, there was no-one at the car when we got there, and Mum was just as shocked as we were that we'd got there first! Somewhere along the line we'd overtaken them and nobody knew about it!
All in all, a good day out ^-^
~Shiar~