Toys for big boys

babo9

Heard this being advertised quite a bit on the radio, going to be in Cork this year.
http://www.toys4bigboys.ie/

Anyone planning on going or know if it's any good?

max 73

was at one in dublin a couple of years ago and it was complete crap, dont waste your money........its TACKY

Milly33

Ive heard mixed reports about the shows too some say they are good some not..The tickets arent too badly priced they have them discounted on the facebook page..Im going with himself but only if we can manage a few free tickets...

Better not be a load of woman in bikinis though, ill have to get him blinkers:D

themonboys

Milly33 wrote: »

Ive heard mixed reports about the shows too some say they are good some not..The tickets arent too badly priced they have them discounted on the facebook page..Im going with himself but only if we can manage a few free tickets...

Better not be a load of woman in bikinis though, ill have to get him blinkers:D

No bikinis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXBUFJMa_iU&feature=related

digme

themonboys wrote: »

No bikinis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXBUFJMa_iU&feature=related

who's the blonde in that video?

bladebrew

i was at it years ago in dublin, but i dont remember if it was good or not,
the idiots keep playing an ad on red fm that says "on this weekend at the arc arena" so there could be a lot of confused people down there this weekend, according to the website its not on till the 19-21st

Milly33

digme wrote: »

who's the blonde in that video?

I was going to say it was me but feck it they look like their starving...Really would they do it for you youd be afriad youd snap them..

corkcomp

max 73 wrote: »

was at one in dublin a couple of years ago and it was complete crap, dont waste your money........its TACKY

+1 .. I was happy to have went once but not worth it IMO

curly from cork

went once in dublin, enjoyed the day out. would nt go to the trouble and expense of dublin again but id def go for a look when its on the door step

Gstore.ie (Tony)

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that we are attending the show this year so be sure to check us out at stall C2 for some special offers. We are also giving away a couple of free passes to some lucky customers between now and next Wednesday.

I checked out the linup before we confirmed attendance and it looks very promising. Hope to see some fellow boardsies there.

Regards
Tony

SouthernBelle

I was going to get tickets for my husband & 12 year old son. So would I be wasting my time then? (It's more for my son - would have loved to bring him to Top Gear Live in Dublin but finances won't let me).

jimmynokia

dont seem to be anything exciting there this year
was looking to see the knightrider car dont seem to be there but the dolorion is

Owen

My car is also on display there too.

ABajaninCork

We're thinking of going there ourselves...

The general concensus seems to be that it might be a waste of time. Is that right?

mountain

I went to the Star Wars thingy down in the arc,
I have seen better Parish Halls,

so, based on that, I will be staying well clear of toys for big boys...

ScrubsfanChris

I'm getting €2.50 tickets, I might go along for that price

mirec

how can I get 2.5euro tickets ???

ScrubsfanChris

mirec wrote: »

how can I get 2.5euro tickets ???

Students Union in CIT, free bus back and all.

max 73

my mates band "SPACECAKE" are playing there.......excellent indie type band, worth going for these guys alone!

corcaigh07

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Students Union in CIT, free bus back and all.

could you help out fellow boardies?

Milly33

Gstore.ie (Tony) wrote: »

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that we are attending the show this year so be sure to check us out at stall C2 for some special offers. We are also giving away a couple of free passes to some lucky customers between now and next Wednesday.

I checked out the linup before we confirmed attendance and it looks very promising. Hope to see some fellow boardsies there.

Regards
Tony

Uhhh was it ye that had those perfume refills for your handbag (toys for boys me arse tis for woman) I spotted them on some site and i cant rem which one it was.

Gstore.ie (Tony)

Milly33 wrote: »

Uhhh was it ye that had those perfume refills for your handbag (toys for boys me arse tis for woman) I spotted them on some site and i cant rem which one it was.

That is ONE of our many products. Don't forget to check out the pamper zone, sounds like you'd love it

Milly33

Gstore.ie (Tony) wrote: »

That is ONE of our many products. Don't forget to check out the pamper zone, sounds like you'd love it

Uhh yeah, for the life of me I couldnt rem where I saw them and had planned t get a few for presents if I give you a wink do i get a discount

Gstore.ie (Tony)

Milly33 wrote: »

Uhh yeah, for the life of me I couldnt rem where I saw them and had planned t get a few for presents if I give you a wink do i get a discount

Absolutely but only if there's an actual wink . I'll make sure we have some of them there for you. If i am not at the stall itself ask one of the girls to get me and I will take care of you.

corkcomp

i've just agreed to go to this on Friday:eek: A friend got a load of free tickets so not bad, wouldnt pay again after last time though

Barr

Whats the regular price for the tickets. It would be great if anyone point me in the direction of getting a cheap ticket ?:)

Milly33

Gstore.ie (Tony) wrote: »

Absolutely but only if there's an actual wink . I'll make sure we have some of them there for you. If i am not at the stall itself ask one of the girls to get me and I will take care of you.

Ill be winking like mad..Hoping to get some perfume bottles and the robot crum cleaner perfect man gift

Owen

I'm going down tonight to drop off my car, about to fall asleep, so they'd better phone me sooner than later. Will post when I get to have a sneaky look around and tell you what its like.

Owen

Just back, it's not bad. There'll be loads of parking anyway, that's for sure. Kearys have a BMW/MINI/Motorrad display at the entrance, there's some cool custom live airbrush painting being done, a rock climbing wall, Modified Motors Magazine have a 4 seat race game setup with proper car seats, steering wheels, pedals - should prove to be a huge hit, some good tool stands, Kartworld have a stand, Autoglym, there's a savage off road vehicles stand, and then there's the weird stuff which doesn't fit the 'toys for big boys' theme.

Stuff like Cadburys having a spots vs stripes stand which takes up a lot of the arena, the Rochestown Park Hotel having a stand too, and there's a massage place with a stand. Doesn't seem to fit the image the name of the even conjures up IMHO.

mik_da_man

I was going to have a stand for the Focus ST club but notice was a bit too late for the guys.
We will be there next year hopefully

Owen

That'd be pretty sweet Mik! My MINI's at the Modified Motors Stand for the weekend.

mik_da_man

Yeah - I'm heading up home this weekend too so didn't really suit too.
Should be good next yr

Milly33

Well we went down there for a luck tonight and mm i dunno it is ok more like the a cheaper cork summer show, they have lots of the same stalls around the place..Liked watching the cars drifting alright jes that takes some talent..

Yes and do visit the G Store twas great thanks again Tony picked up a few presents for Christmas for the girls...I shall spread the word

Redisle

Anyone else go to this today? Thinking about going tomorrow but Im hearing mostly bad things about it.. plus they are charging 4quid for parking and 15quid in.. not exactly cheap if the show is no good.. Also heard they are charging extra for certain things inside the venue?

Popped in this evening and was very disappointed. There's a few nice cars and bikes on display and a tank hidden in the corner but nothing else of interest really.

Knifey Spoony

Not a chance I am going anywhere near this. Was going to go today, but sounds like a right scam. €15 to get in and you still have to pay to use simulators and stuff in there, forget it.

Saw this about it as well about it:

http://www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/~peoplesr/forums/showthread.php?t=187535

bladebrew

im just back from it, i dont know what to make of it really, €15 is a bit steep to get in, the simulators, wall of death, passenger in a car drifting all cost extra, parking is €3,
some nice cars (including paintdocs mini:)) a few motorbikes, most of it is stalls selling stuff, but the things they are selling as pointed out by milly33 are very similar, if you are looking for a radio control helicopter definetly go, nearly every stall had them for some reason,

some people may see it differently to me but a lot will be wondering where their €15 went!

Hogzy

I know 3 different sets of people who went to this and they ALL said it was an absolute waste of money.

Despite paying €15 in anything half decent in there is extra.
Pints are €5.
Selection of Cars is rubbish.
There is a large majority of stalls there just selling stuff.
There was a charge for parking.


Absolutely disgraceful. Im delighted i didnt go down but by the sounds of things the organisers deserve to crash and burn.

lukin

Haven't read all the posts on here but I concur with those who said it was crap. I went on Friday and (€12 entry for €3 for parking!) I arrived at 6 and had seen everything by 7. The stands were rubbish.Total disgrace.
The only thing that was good were the scantily dressed young ones sitting on some of the cars.

Milly33

I was lucky and managed to get in there for free which is really the reason I went, I thought the tickets were cheaper would have felt really ripped off if I had spent what €30 for two of us.. This is coming for a ladies point of view...The cars are total pants the only well to me cus I like the classic was the General Lee...They could have done so much more, why stick the everyday cars you see. Their are plenty of good cars out there, even available in Cork.. They could have put in like the DeLorean, the Trams Am, More Generals loadsa them. Even if they had a few high performance cars on display but they didnt..I liked the drifting had to say that was good...But the stalls nething to do with what they portray it as..The AutoGlm was about the only thing that was good have some good deals so they do and well I have to say Tony in Gstore

Hogzy

^^^huh?

overmantle

They'll have to change things if they want to make a success of this. Won'y survive in the present climate otherwise.

gbee

corkcomp wrote: »

i've just agreed to go to this on Friday:eek: A friend got a load of free tickets so not bad, wouldnt pay again after last time though

You might be getting this mixed up with another 'event' in Castlemartyr and The Show Grounds.

gbee

lukin wrote: »

€3 for parking!) .

This is a total joke. Met this at the last show there too ~ on top of a poor show for me that last time [I've not gone to the toys show] the extra cost of parking just felt like a sting and I won't go to anyghing there now, it's just rip off

cian_s_obrien

Went there for my birthday yesterday, biggest waste of time. Load of shíte!

corkcomp

gbee wrote: »

You might be getting this mixed up with another 'event' in Castlemartyr and The Show Grounds.

not sure what event you mean, but your wrong sorry

gbee

corkcomp wrote: »

not sure what event you mean, but your wrong sorry

Toys for Big Boys are in Cork this weekend for the first time, so you could not have seen them previously [here].

Gstore.ie (Tony)

Hi all,

Just wanted to give my feedback from a retailers perspective. Firstly I would like to thank all of you that dropped by our stall the majority of the people I met there seemed to be nice people to deal with. This was our first show and it was a massive learning curve and good to meet the other retailers. It was good to see peoples reaction to some of our products something which the website doesn't allow. I think it also helped to get the name out there a bit and I genuinely believe we had the majority of unique products there and the widest variety albeit some tack but the toilet golf was loved by a lot of people.

I was furious when I discovered that they were charging for parking on top of the 15 admission price this still leaves a sour taste in my mouth. For a family it is a very expensive day so they are reluctant to make impulse purchases and also the stalls are very expensive and because of this it made the retailers job very difficult, maybe I was expecting too much from this weekend. I am still on the fence about this weekend and I will have a very long think about returning to this show.

At the end of the day I got to meet a lot of new potential customers so it wasn't all bad. I must say the people that I worked with from the show were some of the nicest people and really do a good job but I think their management needs to take a look at the economy before pricing these shows in future.

Thanks again to all that dropped by.

Rgds
Tony

P.S. The recliner was won by someone from Kilkenny going to have a lot of fun arranging the logistics of this.

corkcomp

gbee wrote: »

Toys for Big Boys are in Cork this weekend for the first time, so you could not have seen them previously [here].

just to clarify - it was in Dublin