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In the corner of my living room, by my dining table, I have a shelving unit where I house my miniscule CD collection and a selection of favoured ornaments. Amongst those ornaments are a collection of characters from the comic book series Asterix The Gaul. So far I have six but there are about that many again available.
Sometimes I take the DLR to Bank, then the Central Line to Bond Street and go walkabout, first calling at the HMV store in Oxford Street to browse the vinyl LP's then walking down Oxford Street and down Berwick Street in Soho. In Berwick Street there are two shops that sell used & new vinyl records and CD's, Sister Ray & Reckless Records.
When I've finished in those two I'll head towards Charing Cross railway station down Berwick Street which takes me through the small remaining 'naughty' part of Soho, the sex shops and strip clubs, and past Trafalgar Square. Half way down Berwick Street by the market area is a shop named Gosh Comics who sell the Asterix model figures. Over the years I would buy one figure per visit, they used to cost a fiver each.
My original Obelisk figure kept falling over so I would bend his legs to make him balance and stand up but eventually his leg broke off with the constant bending and flexing. I thought I'd see if the comic shop sold a replacement and they did and I noticed the legs have been redesigned, hopefully to prevent Obelisk losing a leg. This time though he cost seven quid. Inflation.
Here's pix of my Thursday outing starting with pictures of my updated ornament display in my living room:
On this visit instead of walking down Oxford Street I thought I'd go along parallel Wigmore Street. Lunchtime on the green for those West End Office and Shop workers:
This is the BBC...
A fur shop window:
Sometimes I take the DLR to Bank, then the Central Line to Bond Street and go walkabout, first calling at the HMV store in Oxford Street to browse the vinyl LP's then walking down Oxford Street and down Berwick Street in Soho. In Berwick Street there are two shops that sell used & new vinyl records and CD's, Sister Ray & Reckless Records.
When I've finished in those two I'll head towards Charing Cross railway station down Berwick Street which takes me through the small remaining 'naughty' part of Soho, the sex shops and strip clubs, and past Trafalgar Square. Half way down Berwick Street by the market area is a shop named Gosh Comics who sell the Asterix model figures. Over the years I would buy one figure per visit, they used to cost a fiver each.
My original Obelisk figure kept falling over so I would bend his legs to make him balance and stand up but eventually his leg broke off with the constant bending and flexing. I thought I'd see if the comic shop sold a replacement and they did and I noticed the legs have been redesigned, hopefully to prevent Obelisk losing a leg. This time though he cost seven quid. Inflation.
Here's pix of my Thursday outing starting with pictures of my updated ornament display in my living room:
On this visit instead of walking down Oxford Street I thought I'd go along parallel Wigmore Street. Lunchtime on the green for those West End Office and Shop workers:
This is the BBC...
A fur shop window:
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Glad to see you've been out enjoying the sunshine. I was going to say that if you need anything 3D printed feel free to ask, but I see you managed to sort your Obelisk figure 
