Yay!

[mysteriousaliways]

I haz a Connor action figure!

Friend of mine at work surprised me today with a (sort of) belated birthday present of a Connor action figure. Absolutely brilliant pressie M, thanks!

Connor is currently standing next to my PC at work with his wee waistcoat and scarf and fingerless gloves and satchel :) *geeks out*

So, naturally, tonight I had to go and order the action figure sets with Ryan and Stephen to keep him company. *headdesk* Ah well, so much for my attempts at a sophisticated professional image at work, when I'll have a battery-powered flashing anomaly, weapon rack, floodlights, giant arachnids and aforementioned Captain Tom Ryan and Stephen Hart figures on my desk. (NOT 'Steve Hart' as it is described on all the websites I've been trawling. Sheesh, Primeval merchandising people, don't you have any proofreaders? The punctuation on the back of the series 2 dvd was bad enough.) Possibly acting out scenes from Sanctuary. But only when everyone else has gone home, which since the Indian contractors stay in the office practically all evening, won't be that often. I'm not keeping them at home though - the kids will nick 'em *g*.

Jeez, I'm a 45-year-old mother of two, buying action figures for herself. This fandom has eaten my brain. (Did I mention that the funeral I was at last week took place in a chapel in the Highlands that actually appeared in a Primeval fic on primeval_itv? See what I mean about it taking over my life?)

Ah well, busy evening - only just had my dinner, at nearly 2am - best get off to bed, since the alarm will be going off in four and a half hours. Why aren't there more hours in the day?

Comments

[bigtitch.livejournal.com]

There, there, sweetie you are perfectly normal. (for the fangirl definition of 'normal' that is.) I have 2 Ryan figures. 1 that stands next to me keyboard with the anomaly and 1 that goes travelling with me because you never know when you're going to need a small SF officer. And yes, I am going to get a Stephen and Cutter one as well.

[mysteriousaliwz.livejournal.com]

*chortle*

I love that you take a Ryan with you in case of emergencies. I'm sure he'd be very resourceful *nods*.

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

Don't panic, it's entirely normal in fangirl land. I must admit whenever I go near a Forbidden planet I keep surepticiously looking out for the figures (particulalrly the flying Rex toy that I'm told exists). I keep telling myself that I absolutely won't buy them for myself. But I have a suspicious feeling that if certain of my RL friends can't think of anything else to get me for my birthday there might be Primeval stuff.

Mostly my obsessive collecting manifests in the magazines and books - when series 2 started and there were a lot of articles in sci-fi and tv magazines, i think i bought every single damn one of them that even looked like it had a Primeval article or interview.

[mysteriousaliwz.livejournal.com]

Oh, the flying Rex does exist *g*:
http://www.character-online.com/products/primeval-action-figures-toys/primeval-flying-rex-character/

*enables* :D

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Nice pressie! I have to shuffle my feet and admit that I bought all the action figures *g*. At the start I had this vaguely public-spirited thought that they were going to be for my eight-year-old nephew. Except now they're not. Ahem *bg*. Of course they're purely for research purposes so I can learn anatomy and bend them into different positions *eg*.

[fredbassett]

Take a look at this, guys,

I reckon we need a show like this for Denial.

If SGA can do it, so can we!!!!

http://pollitt.livejournal.com/423413.html

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! I think we need to experiment with our purchases *g*. Any budding photographers or film directors out there? :o)

[fredbassett]

I adored the Blooper reel bit!

We need to get some photos then work out the captions! We can do it!!!!

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Considering how the caption competition has caught on, that shouldn't be a hardship *g*.

[mysteriousaliwz.livejournal.com]

*snorfles*

Oh, that is fabulous!

And I did not just contemplate climbing all the way up to the top of the hill opposite our house just so that I could find some horsetail ferns as a suitable prehistoric backdrop ...

[fredbassett]

We've got horsetail ferns in our back lane, but I haven't got any figures. BUGGER!!

Climb that hill, woman, take those photos!!!

If we need dinosaurs, I heartily recommend the new Play People sets. I bought one for a friends 6 years old last week. The T Rex is awesome.

[mysteriousaliwz.livejournal.com]

Lol, I must be mad *g*

I have to get my hands on them first. I think they might have tried delivering them to the wrong house - there was a delivery van next door this morning, and when I looked on the tracking website for the parcel it was logged as on a delivery round today. Bugger, they're always doing that - that's what comes of living at an address that hasn't got a number in it, next to four other houses with remarkably similar addresses ...
*pouts*
I want my Captain Ryan, dammit!

I love how my LJ has turned into a place for reccing toy dinosaurs for dubious purposes *g*

[fredbassett]

Sod it, I want a Captain Ryan too!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope yours arrives soon!!

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

OMG! That was funny and yet WRONG in so many ways! Although i can so see why you feel the need for something similar in Primeval denial land.

And there so needs to be dinosaurs to scale as well. Just for added authenticity, and not for menacing our heroes with sharp teeth and claws so that they are in need of rescuing and hugs and comfort... and I've thought about this a worrying amount in the last minute, haven't I?

[fredbassett]

The new Play People dinos are great, but Play People are a lot smaller, so we'd have to do clever things with camera angles and distances to go it right, but if Peter Jackson can do it in LOTR, so can we .........................

[mysteriousaliwz.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, they're very educational.
*nods*

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

Nearly bought one of the figures during an impromtu trip to Collectormania on Sunday. But didn't, a) because I'd ran out of money, and B) because my friend mocked me (which is a bit rich considering she suggested going to it in the first place!). But now I wish I had - I'm very jealous of you!

Did get a Primeval coaster, though (pale subsitute though it is!), which is now on my desk to inspire me when I write! *g*

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Was there much Primeval stuff at Collectormania? And was the event fun? I was due to go on Sunday with a friend, but she decided it wasn't a good idea, as she'd just blown 200quid (erk!) on a Highlander online auction *g*.

[mysteriousaliwz.livejournal.com]

Inspiration is always good, and if it means more fic from you, all the better! :)

My friend got the Connor one at Tesco's, of all places, and I ordered the rest at www.character-online.com.
*enables*