Hawkins Bazaar goes under

Where will I buy the likes of flying pigs, fart putty, radio controlled fart machines, whoopee cushions, racing grannies in wheelchairs, and novelty drinking hats now?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16366088


http://www.hawkin.com/





My daughter's been getting stuff from them (and did this year) as Xmas presents for many years. This is a great loss for kids of all ages.

 

I fear the bottom may have fallen out of the radio controlled fart trade.

 

Bags of fun here Scrunge
Remote Control Fart Machine | amazon.co.uk

 

OMG, Willow will be devastated.

 

Try.........I want one of those.........iwantoneofthose.com

It's not quite as mad as Hawkins though.

 

My daughter had the great idea of slipping it in our rucksacks and setting it off as we passed other walkers. Then she discovered the remote actually opened the doors on a couple of cars. Then she discovered that other people's remotes would set of it off when she had it - even if it wasn't turned on! Makes iwantoneofthose seem sensible. I don't think we were irresponsible in letting her have whatever she wanted from them.

 

Maplin

Believe it or not, maplin is cheaper than hawkins, CLICK ME

 

We got our Grannie Racers from Hawkins for something in between those prices, perhaps the likes of Maplin (they send me money off vouchers every couple of months or so) are cheaper, but do you take your kids to Maplin to choose an Xmas present, and do you find Maplin's staff playing with the kid's toys, thus inspiring kids to get them? (even Mrs Scrungee finds Maplin boring). Hawkins has always been a real fun place to shop.

 

Forget the racing grannies - where on earth am I going to buy my son-in-law's 'Grow Your Own Penguin' now?

 

HERE for only £2.25

Hawkin's price £3.00

To be honest, I had never heard of Hawkin's Bazaar until two days ago, Its not hard to see why they have gone under.

 

The door push button for our radio operated doorbell/pager system is now setting off the aforementioned machine - oh what fun we are now having every time somebody calls.

 

And Milton Keynes - my daughter will be pleased. I'm not pleased that her 'machine' is now faulty and wont turn off. I've instructed her not to leave it in our front room in case somebody keeps pushing our door bell thinking somebody's at home because they can hear them f**ting.

 

Never heard of them