VEI in the UK

hellboydce · Post by **hellboydce** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:12 am

i may have missed this discussion, or there may not be anyone else on this site from the UK but does VEI have a distribution problems over here, as i couldn't get hold of the HC's of XO and Harbinger anywhere and that included Amazon uk and probably the biggest mail order company of genre and comics related stuff, Forbidden Planet, and no one over here knows anything about the Archer and Armstrong coming out, the only reason i found out about XO and HB was a member of this site mentioned them on another site i frequent and i was able to track down copies through Ebay from someone in the states and that is what i will probably have to do with A & A, but VEI are missing out on a hell of a lot of revenue by not getting them into the LCS over here, or at least making them available to amazon uk or Forbidden Planet

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:43 am

So far I have got mine through ebay (through a board member in at least one case, memory is fuzzy though).

The original problem was due to the legal issues re: the distribution. There was supposed to be the means to order them specifically. It took around 6 months for my LCS to be able to order the Harbinger book, by which time I had sourced a copy elsewhere. I don't think it is an LCS problem, but something amiss with distribution arrangements.

Welcome to the board from a fellow Brit, by the way.

hellboydce · Post by **hellboydce** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:11 am

leonmallett wrote:
Welcome to the board from a fellow Brit, by the way.

i thank thee

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:27 am

I wonder why Amazon UK wouldn't have them available ???

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:36 am

Dude, we are retailers in the Uk and we get them all when they ship albeit a bit later than we would like.
Drop us a line.

Draco

P.s also check the royal Valiant fans thread for nonsense on a british scale, but beware most of it really is nonsense.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:47 am

hellboydce wrote:
leonmallett wrote:
Welcome to the board from a fellow Brit, by the way.
i thank thee

Stay awhile, we hope.

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:49 am

Royal VALIANT Fans Assemble!

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:51 am

...over a cup of tea, of course. As demonstrated by Batman, a closet anglophile if ever there were.

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:21 am

leonmallett wrote:...over a cup of tea, of course. As demonstrated by Batman, a closet anglophile if ever there were.

Hellz yeah. Cup of tea FTW.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:49 am

Drift wrote:
leonmallett wrote:...over a cup of tea, of course. As demonstrated by Batman, a closet anglophile if ever there were.
Hellz yeah. Cup of tea FTW.

...and more cupz for da big winz!

One can never drink too much tea. Well, at least I aim to test that theory every damn day.

hellboydce · Post by **hellboydce** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:07 pm

Draco wrote:Dude, we are retailers in the Uk and we get them all when they ship albeit a bit later than we would like.
Drop us a line.

Draco

P.s also check the royal Valiant fans thread for nonsense on a british scale, but beware most of it really is nonsense.

and where would i find this thread my good man

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:32 pm

hellboydce wrote:
Draco wrote:Dude, we are retailers in the Uk and we get them all when they ship albeit a bit later than we would like.
Drop us a line.

Draco

P.s also check the royal Valiant fans thread for nonsense on a british scale, but beware most of it really is nonsense.
and where would i find this thread my good man

Here ya go.

viewtopic.php?t=21469

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:25 pm

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:38 pm

The Royals need their own section. I could read the same page of posts for hours and still have no idea what was going on.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:48 pm

TKWill wrote:The Royals need their own section. I could read the same page of posts for hours and still have no idea what was going on.

I'm sure they feel the same about the way we post at times.......

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:51 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
TKWill wrote:The Royals need their own section. I could read the same page of posts for hours and still have no idea what was going on.
I'm sure they feel the same about the way we post at times.......

I've got no problem with it. I love reading it. I just want there to be a concentration.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:17 pm

TKWill wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
TKWill wrote:The Royals need their own section. I could read the same page of posts for hours and still have no idea what was going on.
I'm sure they feel the same about the way we post at times.......
I've got no problem with it. I love reading it. I just want there to be a concentration.

Like in a camp?

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:21 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
TKWill wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
TKWill wrote:The Royals need their own section. I could read the same page of posts for hours and still have no idea what was going on.
I'm sure they feel the same about the way we post at times.......
I've got no problem with it. I love reading it. I just want there to be a concentration.
Like in a camp?

Did I just receive a Hobo'ing?

What a day it is for me.

I meant more like the BBC when I was growing up. I loved watching Benny Hill, Flying Circus, Red Dwarf, and Are You Being Served?

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:46 pm

TKWill wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
TKWill wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
TKWill wrote:The Royals need their own section. I could read the same page of posts for hours and still have no idea what was going on.
I'm sure they feel the same about the way we post at times.......
I've got no problem with it. I love reading it. I just want there to be a concentration.
Like in a camp?
Did I just receive a Hobo'ing?

What a day it is for me.

I meant more like the BBC when I was growing up. I loved watching Benny Hill, Flying Circus, Red Dwarf, and Are You Being Served?

british comedy is class i.e the office

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:50 pm

TKWill wrote: I meant more like the BBC when I was growing up. I loved watching Benny Hill, Flying Circus, Red Dwarf, and Are You Being Served?

Love Red Dwarf.

I have all of the seasons on DVD. It's a shame that British TV seasons are so short though. 6 or 8 episodes a year just doesn't cut it.

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:53 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
TKWill wrote: I meant more like the BBC when I was growing up. I loved watching Benny Hill, Flying Circus, Red Dwarf, and Are You Being Served?
Love Red Dwarf.

I have all of the seasons on DVD. It's a shame that British TV seasons are so short though. 6 or 8 episodes a year just doesn't cut it.

true there was suppose to be a red dwarf movie but sadly it will probably never be made

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:56 pm

robb77 wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
TKWill wrote: I meant more like the BBC when I was growing up. I loved watching Benny Hill, Flying Circus, Red Dwarf, and Are You Being Served?
Love Red Dwarf.

I have all of the seasons on DVD. It's a shame that British TV seasons are so short though. 6 or 8 episodes a year just doesn't cut it.
true there was suppose to be a red dwarf movie but sadly it will probably never be made

Yeah, if they're not going to be able to make a movie I wish they would at least make direct to DVD episodes or something.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:22 pm

Blackadder.

-slym (also liked "The Young Ones")

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:05 am

slym2none wrote:Blackadder.

-slym (also liked "The Young Ones")

Good choices both, slym. The final series of Blackadder (...Goes Forth) probably had the most poignant ending to any comedy I have watched, and amongst the most poignant of any TV series I have seen.

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:10 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:
TKWill wrote: I meant more like the BBC when I was growing up. I loved watching Benny Hill, Flying Circus, Red Dwarf, and Are You Being Served?
Love Red Dwarf.

I have all of the seasons on DVD. It's a shame that British TV seasons are so short though. 6 or 8 episodes a year just doesn't cut it.

It is a cunning ploy when it comes to showing re-runs.

Get a bunch of seasons together and show all 52 episodes on a one a week basis.

By the time the next year rolls in you will have forgotten most of the early stuff and it is funny again.

Unless you are a POS channel like channel 4, Sky 1 or Paramount Comedy UK in which case, grab a bunch of shows like Friends, Scrubs and the Simpsons, run 4 back to back episodes per day 3 times a day and by the time next month rolls around you will be so sick and tired of the same *SQUEE* you will never want to watch a sitcom again.