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Temporary Pokemon Centre in London

Post by Buta » 05 Aug 2019, 17:03

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Just thought I'd share the news about a temporary Pokemon Centre being set up in Westfield Shepherd's Bush shopping centre, considering there's likely to be Pokemon fans here. Should be there from 18th October to 15th November. More info is here.



Think you'll visit? What do you hope to find? Image If I get to visit, I hope to find some Bulbasaur merch!
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Post by toshioa » 06 Aug 2019, 08:13

Awesome! Thank you for sharing this [mention=81149]Buta[/mention] :) I'd definitely be keen to pay a visit once it's up and running. It's about time the UK had something different!! :)
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Post by Buta » 06 Aug 2019, 11:57

toshioa wrote:Awesome! Thank you for sharing this [mention=81149]Buta[/mention] :) I'd definitely be keen to pay a visit once it's up and running. It's about time the UK had something different!! :)

You're all welcome! It's marvellous news, and saves so many of us a trip broad to visit one. :)
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Post by lolin » 06 Aug 2019, 14:33

now you guys just need a pokemoncenter.eu or whatever for shipped orders : D

i order from pokemoncenter.com several times throughout the year and was thinking of ordering sw/sh off of them for the keychain...
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Post by Buta » 07 Aug 2019, 13:48

Yeah it's a shame we don't have a more UK friendly online store. Import charges make it so not worth the trouble for me personally.
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Post by toshioa » 27 Aug 2019, 12:07

Buta wrote:Yeah it's a shame we don't have a more UK friendly online store. Import charges make it so not worth the trouble for me personally.

Agreed :( I've been using Buyee recently and whilst I am able to buy the product(s) relatively inexpensively, the shipping costs are usually more than what I paid for the item in the first place! I'm sure we will eventually get dedicated stores in the UK as the demand for them continues to grow :)
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Post by toshioa » 28 Aug 2019, 10:12

Naughty Kitty wrote:That's pretty adorable :)

I'm probably going to give it a visit :D haha
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Post by toshioa » 28 Aug 2019, 10:53

Don't wanna miss out on that sweet sweet Pokemon merch ;)
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Post by toshioa » 29 Aug 2019, 10:12

We definitely could do with more of these though and not just in London; I'm sure there is more than enough demand for it all over the UK!
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Post by H03nn89 » 07 Sep 2019, 20:55

I’m going at some point!

Top priority!

And I agree, I don’t see why they just don’t make it permanent. I mean you can’t tell me they won’t make a ton of money from this store.

Plus think of all the online merch revenue they’d make too, for people ordering online

I tend to use Pokevault and Goods Republic for mine. Both are really good- and not been hit once yet with import charges

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Post by H03nn89 » 08 Sep 2019, 09:40

Huh...sigh...

We will see...fingers crossed they’ll stay

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Post by toshioa » 08 Sep 2019, 20:11

H03nn89 wrote:I’m going at some point!

Top priority!

And I agree, I don’t see why they just don’t make it permanent. I mean you can’t tell me they won’t make a ton of money from this store.

Plus think of all the online merch revenue they’d make too, for people ordering online

I tend to use Pokevault and Goods Republic for mine. Both are really good- and not been hit once yet with import charges

I've not used either of these before but will take a look - thanks for the tip! :D I'm tired of paying customs charges - they don't even make sense! 1 out of 10 parcels from Japan will have a random custom charge slapped on it! It would make sense if it was consistent but I've had them slapped randomly on all manner of items at all sorts of costs. Most of my stuff comes through without any additional charges but yeah... customs can do one :lol:
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Post by H03nn89 » 08 Sep 2019, 20:30

Yeah it is really weird how they do it!

I mean, some items from eBay have come through custom free, then others not...strange as hell.

But yeah, give them a go. I haven't had any custom problems with these two sites. I mean I have used Pokevault a lot lately for the trainer campaign that came out recently. Pokevault is the place to go if you want latest releases.

Goodsrepublic is more like a second hand shop, a bit like eBay, but the goods that I have ordered off there have all been like new. :-) If you don't mind waiting, be sure to check them out.

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Post by LikkleMel » 13 Sep 2019, 20:19

AL are doing a Big Geek Meet on the 19th October to visit the Centre :)

https://www.facebook.com/events/438129213451035/ If any of you guys want to join love to do a forum meetup as well :D
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Re: Temporary Pokemon Centre in London

Post by H03nn89 » 13 Sep 2019, 20:38

Sounds cool. Dunno what day I’m going yet- but I’ll post my date on here when I decide

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