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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 31, 2010 17:05:15 GMT
Just for Nick.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 31, 2010 18:58:45 GMT
Will Nick find local language Transformers comics? If so, Turn and Burn need them!
-Ralph
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Post by kayevcee on Sept 1, 2010 7:12:30 GMT
I have found Arabic Spider-man comics in the supermarket. They look like the old Euro TF catalogues- with English and Arabic in the same balloon, presumably with an abridged version of the original dialogue.
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 1, 2010 11:18:52 GMT
Gasp! If you find any region-specific comics, let us know! I'm aware of The Big Ten but nowt else.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 1, 2010 17:55:30 GMT
I have found Arabic Spider-man comics in the supermarket. They look like the old Euro TF catalogues- with English and Arabic in the same balloon, presumably with an abridged version of the original dialogue. They can be the Rosetta stone by which you learn to read Arabic!!! Martin |
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Post by kayevcee on Sept 2, 2010 14:41:06 GMT
After a long phone conversation with the taxi driver's brother who spoke English and after him hanging up, calling the store to find out where it was, then calling his brother (our driver) back with directions we were off to Toys'r'us! Apparently the only source of genuine toys of any description in the whole of Jeddah.
First impressions were good- the store was clean, brightly lit and packed to the rafters with stock. I think the reason for that was that we (me an an American TMNT fan called Phil) were pretty much the only people there apart from the staff. The electronics department was really small and the toy shelves ran a lot higher than in the UK. They had random toy lines I'd never seen before, like whole end-caps full of Planet 51 toys and Powerpuff Girls figures & playsets. So what about the TF selection?
It was shit.
An entire shelf of Ratchet arm blasters from the first film at 10 quid each, a load of Burning Fallens at 30 quid each with considerable dust buildup, and a load of the Minicons 10 packs from Home Bargains at 17 quid each. Round the corner I found 3 Animated Blackarachnias at 13 quid each, some Robot Heroes (mostly Inferno vs Tigatron) for something mad like 12 quid and a whole bunch of the novelty crap from the first film like the carabiners.
I bought the Mini-cons. I felt I had to.
Not one set of Lego anywhere. A whole aisle of Best-lock though.
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 2, 2010 17:47:09 GMT
How terribly disappointing.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 5, 2010 8:38:17 GMT
Parallel Universe Phil will not be happy.
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Post by Hero on Sept 5, 2010 14:12:10 GMT
Is your pal Phil on any of the TMNT Forums? He could also start a Saudi Sightings thread  £12 for the Tigatron VS Inferno RH set is silly. £13 for the Blackarachnia is pretty good tho. ===KEN |
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Post by kayevcee on Sept 5, 2010 19:39:30 GMT
I'll ask him.
Is Animated BA worth something now? I remember stores couldn't shift her about 18 months ago.
-Nick
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Post by blueshift on Sept 5, 2010 19:41:11 GMT
I'll ask him. Is Animated BA worth something now? I remember stores couldn't shift her about 18 months ago. -Nick I dont think she was in a particularly well-stocked wave, but I've never seen one go for over a tenner. |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 5, 2010 19:41:51 GMT
I recall it shelfwarming mightily.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 5, 2010 19:50:07 GMT
But it is now off the shelf, prices tend to go wonky when that happens. Even Universe galvatron is climbing in price a little. Admittedly the classics all seem to do that.
I'm not sure about Animated though. Quick ebay look shows they go for about £10 as Blueshift suggested.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 18, 2010 22:01:31 GMT
Nick tried to distract me with pictures of culture today, but what caught my eye was his hitherto secret picture of the KO Star Saber he found and neglected to mention to us!
THUS DO I CALL HIM OUT!
SHOW UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 18, 2010 23:05:05 GMT
Did he not bring enough home for everyone?
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 18, 2010 23:14:01 GMT
He had some poor 'I had no money' excuse.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 18, 2010 23:21:22 GMT
He's off the Christmas Card list....
(well he was anyway cos Phil doesn't send Christmas cards cso they're too painful to write)
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