Bargain!

[Starkers]

So there I am in FOPP, about to go and buy Destiny of the Daleks for £5...when I spot the Sontaran box set Bred for War on the shelf above, cost...


£8!

Anyway I know the 2 Doctors is a bit shite, and the invasion of Time somewhat dissapointing, but Invasion is still entertaining, The Time Warrior is extremely good and I don't think I've ever seen the Sontaran experiement (or if I have I was a small child at the time).

I love FOPP!!

 

[Winterwind]

Damned nice prices indeed. The only serial I don't have from that set is The Two Doctors.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Ok i will ask...Whats FOPP?

 

[wamdue]

good question, what is FOPP, guess we could google it

 

[Starkers]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fopp_(retailer)

Cut price music/DVD/book store I thought they used to be everywhere till they went into administration. HMV bought the only 8 that made a profit and thankfully that includes the Nottingham store

 

[wamdue]

never heard of them

 

[Lonemagpie]

There are still FOPPs?

I've heard of them - there used to be one in Stirling - but thought they all went out of business circa 1995...

 

[Lonemagpie]

Ok i will ask...Whats FOPP?

Er, they were Glasgow-based...

ETA- still are, according to their website, on Union Street and Byres Road

 

[Haggis and tatties]

^^^Wait a minute i think i know what this shop was, it just sold DVD and music, i think i remember it just down a few shop fronts from gamestation in Union street.......Oh well there you are, cant say i was ever in it though.......And to think i worked in Glasgow Central station from 1996 till 2001 as well which is right behind were Fopp was...

I don't really go into the town much now anyway, a crap bus service and Glasgow council hatred for the motorist has seen me sticking to the much better and motorist friendly East Kilbride for many years now.

 

[Starkers]

Nope they were running till a couple of years ago, like I say HMV bought the few succesful shops. This means in Nottingham now there are 3 HMVs and one Fopp, which is owned by HMV! Pretty much the only other place you can buy DVDs from is Tesco!

 

[Kelso]

I know the 2 Doctors is a bit shite

Wrong.

 

[Starkers]

Sorry, I should have said very shite

 

[Cutter John]

I prefer the term 'crap' myself.

 

[Kelso]

Sorry, I should have said very shite

Very wrong.

 

[HappyDayRiot]

We had not one but two Fopps in Cardiff. It was far and away the best DVD/CD shop ever. Then after barely 6 months of living there, they went into administration and vanished. I got the entire Depeche Mode discography and Doctor Who series 1 from there for barely £40 combined. I think we wore black the day it died.

 

[jamestyler]

BIGGER BARGAIN!

I went by today - I'd completely forgot about this thread and went in to see how much their nuBSG was. The answer... ridiculously overpriced.

Though I saw a crapload of classis Who DVD's for £3. I thought I'd get one or two, then noticed the Bred for War box set was also £3.

I came home with that, the Runaway Bride (trying to hook in my GF) and Black Books series 1 for £12. Awesome, awesome day.

 

[Kelso]

What is Bred for War?

 

[OmahaStar]

What is Bred for War?

Though I haven't actually seen it (It's not in Region 1), it's a box set of all the Sontaran stories from the classic series. I don't think the Tennant or SJA Sontaran stories are included.

 

[jamestyler]

you're right, it's all classics - which is great as I haven't seen anything classic in Glasgow up until now that was £15-£28.

It contains...
- The Time Warrior (Jon Pertwee)
- The Sontarran Experiment (Tom Baker)
- The Invasion of Time (Tom Baker)
- The Two Doctors (Colin Baker & Patrick Troughton)

I haven't seen the Sontarran Experiment (well, I don't remember it anyway) and not a Pertwee fan - but if the Fopp in Glasgow has £3 a disc, and £3 for the box set... I may as well get the whole lot!

I just checked and it's going for £15.99 on Play (or £8.99 on their new and used trade thing - which I've never used myself).

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/5267098/Doctor-Who-Bred-For-War/Product.html

Smug mode engaged.

 

[Starkers]

Well mine's still a bargain...just less of a bargain

Even if you're not a Pertwee fan, The Time Warrior is very good. Sarah Jane's first adventure, Linx is a great villain...and it has Dot Cotten in it!