[Alienweirdo]

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Originally Posted by Tarquinius

You know what is really funny.....I took a trip over to London in the Spring of 2009. I was somewhere between the Tottenham Court tube and Covent Garden tube and I found a gigantic comic book store, like two stories. I'm sure you guys might know what it is if you are familar.

Anyway, I went in and I saw MU figures and that was the first time ever I was exposed to them and when I came back to the states I started collecting.

But I totally don't doubt the fact that there is a diminished stock over there because I do only remember seeing like a handful whereas over here...there are pegs upon pegs.

That would be Forbidden Planet

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Originally Posted by cellardoor

Don't get me started on the gigantic battles scaled toys. Factor in delivery charges and a UK collector stands practically no chance of getting one of these. I fluked out getting Galactus and still herald it as the luckiest purchase I have.
The distribution sounds a little better in the south-east but i'm in the south-west, where little plastic men are still thought of as cursed artifacts.
I never thought i'd be sad to see Woolworth's go but now that you mention it I am!

I forgot about the Gigantic battles. That's another problem, these Target, Toys R Us and Wal-Mart exclusives never see the light of day over here. Not just Marvel toys, but all of them across the board. I know we have Asda instead of Wal-Mart, and of course we have Toys R Us but for some reason they never stock the exclusives (aside from the occasional IM2 and XO:W ones, if you're lucky enough to find them).
I still haven't got Galactus, I'm hoping I can wait until I see the Darker version for a reasonable price but I'm worried I never will and might miss out on him completely.