How much did you spend at AA?

[Deleted]

Did you go over your intended budget? Did you feel that you didn't spend enough? And what was the most expensive item you brought?

I went there giving myself a budget of £180 but wound up spending just over £200. The most I spent on anything was £50 for Kiss Players Convoy.

[The Doctor]

I picked up an impressive haul for my budget, but relatively inexpensively too. It was all exceedingly cheap, even the couple of bits of art. Easily the least cash I've spent at a TF con. Even so, did go over budget a bit more than I should have, what with needing to eat and all this month. Whoops.

I did have a somewhat tight budget though due to circumstances, which was for the best as frankly I could easily have spent double the cash had I had it available!

-Ralph

[panderson]

Due to home issues only had 100 to hand including lunch and travel cash, bbut psudo cahs from exchanging megs (see haul thread) gave me an extra 30 to play with
Generally happy with what I got for the cash

[Nigel]

I got some good prices on the things I got; this was probably the least I've spent at a Transformers convention. But, then, you have a different attitude towards buying when you're at an event selling.

[Deleted]

I took £80 initially... and spent about £300!

[kayevcee]

I had to go back to the cashpoint around lunchtime, which was a bad sign as I got £200 out the previous day and Ralph gave me another £33 for our digs. Let's see now...

The three Universe deluxes were £35 (thanks Nigel!)
Omega Supreme was £72 (thanks T4e!)
Firebolt was £9
The complete Computron that wasn't was £45 (Spacebridge, I'd like a word)
Micromaster Cannon Transport was £10
4 Micromasters were £4
3 items off the junk table were £3
Complete '86 Scourge was £25 (thanks guy-up-the-back!)
Stalker with missile was £3
Crosshairs was £3
Kabaya Getaway was free (thanks random dude with the awesome beard!)
Japanese Spy Shot 6 was free (thanks Graham!)
and eHobby Black Ironhide was £35 (thanks Xybertoys!)
Lunch was £5.20.

That comes to... nearly dead-on £250. Whenever I had change it went into the float for the fanzine table, so slap another tenner or so into that. Blimey.

-Nick

[Bogatan]

Train £38.50
Bus pass £3.00
food and drink £4.00
Art £130.00
Comics uk £10.00
Comics US £16.00
Loose toys £6.00
Movie TC £7.50
Raffle tickets £2.00
2nd bus pass £8.50
Lanyard £1.50
Hub £2.00
So £229 for the full day. Not bad.

Andy

[The Doctor]

Aug 6, 2008 12:36:32 GMT kayevcee said:

That comes to... nearly dead-on £250.

-Nick

Subtract £3 for Crosshairs for recall I gave ye the funds for that mighty find.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

Speaking of costs I would like to thank Andy Turnbull for kindness paid to me in various ways throughout the weekend, that nature of which will remain private but the thanks shall be public.

-Ralph

[Deleted]

My shopping list was as follows:

G1 Inferno reissue - £20
G1 Prowl reissue - £20 (both thanks to T4e)
Kiss Players Convoy x Melissa - £50 (from the stall next to T4e's)
Set of 3 minature G1 conehead Decepticon jets - £20
Original art of Soundwave by Staz - £10
Autographed photo of Dan Gilvezan - £10
Six IDW comics signed by Geoff Senior - £5
Beast Wars The Ascending TPB signed by Simon Furman - £5
All 6 issues of DW's G1 comic series 1 - £10 (don't lynch me, please!)
All 6 issues of DW's G1 comic series 2 - £10 (as above!)
Old Botcon Beast Wars comic - £5
Cybertronian Times signed by all of the guests - £5
Lanyard - £1
3 Keyrings - £2 each
The Hub's Robot War Fanzine - £2
6 pints of beer - £2.85 each
2 wall posters - £2 each

[kayevcee]

How could you, Zudo? I thought I knew you, you monster.



Quite right, Ralph. I was just thinking of what I picked up over the day. £247.

-Nick

[Deleted]

Nick, I assume you are referring to the set of Dreamwave doormats I purchased at AA.

[Gav]

To be fair, i owe the DW comics for getting me back into TF. Not that they were fantastic or anything, but they rekindled that old love i had for them back when i was young.

To this day, i have the DW Decepticon montage poster in my spare room.

[Deleted]

I have now got almost every DW comic published (I'm only missing G1 series 3 and the latter end of the Armada / Energon comics). I haven't got round to reading them yet but there's no hurry if what everyone says about them is true.