Early christmas shopping for toys n games - Let us know if you spot a bargain!

Xterminator

I know its early enough, but i usually start looking out for christmas presents about now for children. Just toys, games and childrens stuff really.
We could do a seperate thread for clothing or adults presents?

So have you spotted any toys or games going cheap, that would be a bargain?It doesnt have to be online, so if your passing smiths or a toymaster etc, please posty any bargains yousee.

I bought Colm McCrey for the GBA for just £9.99 on Play.com
I bought Super Bubble Pop also for GBA on cd wow for £12 or was it 12.99 sterling.

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savemejebus

decent idea,

as was mentioned on this board a few weeks ago, Tesco are doing transformer toys at half the rrp in some places

Mercury_Tilt

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RobertFoster

Mercury_Tilt wrote:

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This is Christmas 2005 we're talking about in this thread, right?

SCULLY

Waterstones are doing a great '2 for €16' on kids 2005 annuals -

Eastwind

good idea!!!!
I am looking forward to it!!!
Is there any thing out there?? :rolleyes:

Xterminator

Game Boy Advance SP price drop!

Game.net are selling the console, a game and a kit bag for £69.99 (Choice of Rayman or Splinter Cell)
Thats a good deal!

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Xterminator

Argos are offering 2 bundles, the better value one is €200 with xbox, 3 games and steering wheel for €199.

Gamestop .ie have a couple of bundles. the one that caught my eye was
X-box, 2 controllers, full price game of your choice+ €50 in vouchers for €199

That may be the bundle i go for, unless the new game.net bundle with the crystal xbox is good (out on the 8th according to their website!)

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jimi_t

Got "The Bookpeople" Catalogue in the door today and was having a browse through it when it occured to me that I'd never heard mention of it here. We've been ordering stuff off them two or three times a year for years and they've always been excellent.

www.thebookpeople.ie

An example of their prices is...

Complete Mr Men Gift Box - 46 Books by Roger Hargreaves

A very special gift box containing all 46 wonderful Mr Men friends including the three latest additions to the Mr Men family...

Publishers Price: €133.56
Book Code: MXM

OUR PRICE €40.00
SAVE €93.56
Stock available

The saving on sets of books is unbelievable at times and they cover all genres including Adult Fiction, Cooking etc...

Static

Xterminator wrote:

That may be the bundle i go for, unless the new game.net bundle with the crystal xbox is good (out on the 8th according to their website!)

Crystal X-Box is out again now, I've seen them in Xtravision and in Smith's. Major difference is there's only one controller. Base package is 150 quid, but most places have 'packages' where you can get a specific game cheaper if you buy it with the xbox, etc.

mm2

Hi, I've put up this page in response to this thread:

Automatically Updated List of Latest Toys Bargins at Amazon

All of those items have recently discounted prices.

segadreamcast

Promotional price on Simpsons and Futurama boxsets from the 15th November - around €24 each. Well worth buying for any child 8+ really - http://www.play.com

chatterbox

Anyone know where i can get a Finding Nemo Surfer Talkin' Squirt.
They are for sale on www.play.com but they wont deliver it to Ireland beacuse they class it as a Gadget.

ActingThe Magot

jimi_t wrote:

Got "The Bookpeople" Catalogue in the door today and was having a browse through it when it occured to me that I'd never heard mention of it here. We've been ordering stuff off them two or three times a year for years and they've always been excellent.

www.thebookpeople.ie

An example of their prices is...

Complete Mr Men Gift Box - 46 Books by Roger Hargreaves

A very special gift box containing all 46 wonderful Mr Men friends including the three latest additions to the Mr Men family...

Publishers Price: €133.56
Book Code: MXM

OUR PRICE €40.00
SAVE €93.56
Stock available

The saving on sets of books is unbelievable at times and they cover all genres including Adult Fiction, Cooking etc...

Dear all,
any idea about the typical lead time of delivery from the UK to Dublin with
The Bookpeople,
any experiences of delivery after placing an on-line order would be appreciated.

Bri

NoelRock wrote:

Promotional price on Simpsons and Futurama boxsets from the 15th November - around €24 each. Well worth buying for any child 8+ really - http://www.play.com

Cheaper on Sendit.com I think. Was 20eu each last time I checked. For the bigger kids Family TWO seasons is about 20-25eu for both. :eek:

Psyduck

ActingThe Magot wrote:

Dear all,
any idea about the typical lead time of delivery from the UK to Dublin with
The Bookpeople,
any experiences of delivery after placing an on-line order would be appreciated.

Hi,

Have been using the book people for a few years & delivery is usually 5-7 days

sceptre

Tesco are offering buy one get one half price (full price is €14.99) on games like Monopoly and presumably other Monopoly-like games (didn't notice what others they had but presumably some of the usual board games)

That's assuming that kids play board games any more, though Tesco are hoping that they dio.

buzzinb

the vhi have a new shop online, selling mainly health stuff. they have some kids toys and powerballs (as in www.powerballs.com - pretty cool actually). i got this discount code in an email from them 473AOD that gives 15% off. i bought a powerball and they delivered it in 3 days. there's no delivery fees.

[nicK]

chatterbox wrote:

Anyone know where i can get a Finding Nemo Surfer Talkin' Squirt.
They are for sale on www.play.com but they wont deliver it to Ireland beacuse they class it as a Gadget.

i'm also looking for one of these.. play.com are now out of stock? amazon don't thave them..

anyone see them around? know any site that would ship in time for christmas?

oneweb

Bit early for this eh? Maybe this could be de-stickified?