Great things DO happen in this hobby

[_Lee_]

Guys,

I just wanted to give a shout out to Mark Kennedy(AKA Darth Stanley) for acutally purchasing a Palitoy solid belly tauntaun for me whilst he was in a toy shop in Blackpool last week.He sent me a PM saying he had bought it knowing i was after one,and only charged me what he paid plus postage.I was surprised because i hadnt seen one for ages,and wasnt especting Mark to do this,and it really proves that there is a lot of good in the hobby,and that we can look after one another.When i received the ugly son of a bitch it will be right in place next to my split belly.

Thanks again Mark-you are a gentleman

Lee

 

[Tank1252]

Great stuff. Good to hear a story of the good guys.

 

[aussiejames]

Yep Mark is a champ. And thankfully I've seen, heard & witnessed first hand a few great stories in our hobby recently

 

[spoons]

Mark is indeed a top man :mrgreen: and congrats on the new taun taun, make sure you post some pics

 

[PGowdy]

Nice story.
On that subject, does anyone know of any vintage, toy shops in the UK. Been trying to find one through google with no luck.
Where's this one in Blackpool, are there others?

 

[saber]

Very kind of Mark to do that.

a Christmas come early for Lee then :mrgreen:

 

[Capetown]

Mark has helped me various times in the past too and even offered to loan me money to get my holy grail. Really one of the hobby's great guys.

 

[DarthStanley]

Nice story.
On that subject, does anyone know of any vintage, toy shops in the UK. Been trying to find one through google with no luck.
Where's this one in Blackpool, are there others?

Pete,its on Bond Street just round the corner from the pleasure beach.It's called I Collectables & run by a nice guy called Ian Lilley.
http://www.icollectables.co.uk/acatalog/index.html

He has a lot of modern stuff(POTF2) & gets the odd bit of vintage in now & again.He also sells toybiz lord of the rings figures & has a few vintage WWF MOC figures.

When i was talking to him last week,he said he might not be there much longer as he's been struggling financially which is a shame.Now that Blackpool have been promoted to the premier league,hopefully things might pick up for him!

Cheers for the kind comments guys! 8)

 

[PGowdy]

Cheers. I will check it out.

 

[Capetown]

Mark, he doesn't happen to have another Palitoy SB Taun Taun, does he? :roll:

 

[DarthStanley]

Mark, he doesn't happen to have another Palitoy SB Taun Taun, does he? :roll:

Sorry mate he doesn't,the one i got for Lee wouldn't have passed your C8 or above condition criteria.

He had a ROTJ Taun Taun as well but the box was a bit beat up so i passed on that.

 

[burnsy]

Got to agree, Mark is a stand up fella.

Fair play to you mate, you're an asset to the community.

 

[Josh]

Yup. He really is a great guy!
Every now and then I get a pm with a link to something Dengar related. Even if it is something I have already, it is great someone out there is keeping an eye out for me.
So thanks from me Mark too

 

[jimmymindtricks]

Yep Mark is a champ. And thankfully I've seen, heard & witnessed first hand a few great stories in our hobby recently

x 2

 

[plantman]

Me too, i get the odd PM with helpful information or a link, top guy

Andy

 

[weasel]

Fair play to Mark!

 

[shrek]

im new here but its good to hear that things like that are happening on this forum gives me the confidence to ask questions no matter how dumb they mite seem