Dear Myth and Magic Collectors,

Welcome to the August newsletter from the DragonsCavern website.
This month we have news on;

• New studies released by the Tudor Mint.
• New Argos stores to buy from.
• Vote results and a new vote.
• Related sites and products news.

Tudor Mint New additions:
The land of the dragons 'New beginnings' studies, as well as the new crystal mementos series featuring 'The Dreams of Fantasy' and 'The Fauna and Flora' collections have been announced on the TM website - view them here:  http://www.tudormint.info/

Commissions:
NO14 - The Celtic Keeper. Promotional study. #1
NO15 - The Wizard's Font. Promotional study. #2
NO16 - The Dragon's Prize. Promotional study. #3
NO17 - The Thief. #4
NO18 - The Dragon's Shield. Promotional Study. #5
GUS11 - The Treasure Keeper. #1
3650 - The Graceful Unicorn Candlesticks. #5

#1 Available from Great Universal, kays, Choice, and Gift Guide catalogues.

#2 Available from JDWilliams.

#3 Available from Grattans, Freemans and Look Again catalogues.

#4 Available from Home Farm hampers

#5 Available from Empire Stores catalogue.

Argos

Plenty of news from the high street retailer this newsletter.

Great news for people wanting to collect the Argos exclusive pieces (6000 - 6010).
From 23rd July Argos converted many of its stores into Argos 'extra' stores, carrying the studies. In addition, you can also order any of the exclusive studies from the Call and Collect stores listed below. The Argos extra stores are:

Scotland :
Aberdeen , Edinburgh , Glasgow, Glasgow (Fort).

Northern Island :
Belfast Superstore, Derry , Omagh.

North:
Ashton Under Lyne, Birkenhead, Bolton, Bradford, Chester, Chesterfield, Gateshead, Grimsby, Hull, Leeds Crown Point, Lincoln, Liverpool Paradise St, Manchester Ancoats, Meadowhall, Newcastle, Nottingham Parliament Street, Nottingham Riverside, Oldham Elk Mill, Preston, Preston Fishergate, Sheffield, Wakefield Westgate, Wakefield Cathedral Retail Park, Warrington Cockhedge Centre, Wigan, York.

Wales :
Cardiff , Cardiff Bay , Swansea High Street , Wrexham.

Central England:
Bedford Interchange, Birmingham Pallasades, Birmingham Priory, Bletchley, Burton, Coventry, Fosse Park, Gloucester, Hanley, Leicester, Merryhill, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Oldbury, Oxford, Stevenage, Swindon, Walsall, Wolverhampton.

East:
Norwich , Peterborough .

Greater London :
Croydon, Holloway, Ilford, Kingston , Mill Hill, Romford, Southend, Watford , Wood Green.

South:
Basildon , Brighton Western Road , Brighton Carden Avenue, Bristol , Canterbury , Chatham , Chelmsford , Crawley , Fareham , Newbury, Plymouth , Reading , Slough , Southampton , Taunton , Yeovil.

• Argos Call and Collect stores:

Ashton in Makerfied, Barnet,  Bilston, Darwen, Epping, Glossop, Kenilworth , Louth, Maesteg, Minehead, Rayleigh, Ross on Wye, Ruislip, West Bridgford , Woodley.

• In addition to this the following Argos stores will allow you to order from the till (and usually collect 48 hours later);

Aberdare, Aberdeen (Berryden), Bedminster, Bristol (The Galleries), Bristol (Imperial Park), Bury, Cannock, Chippenham, Daventry, Derry (Foyleside), Goole, Luton, Manchester (Arndale), Port Talbort, Salford (Regents Park), Salford (Shopping City), Selby, Stretford, Swindon (Greenbridge), Warrington (Birchwood), Winchester, Yate.

Finally, have you looked in the new Argos Extra catalogues and spotted the error there??

Changes to the site:

Voting:

Last month on DragonsCavern.co.uk we were asking what is your favourite sized study. The results are:

Miniature     - 00.00%
Standard     - 33.33%
Large           - 50.00%
Extra Large - 16.67%

For August we are asking:

What are you willing to pay for a large sized study:
Less than £40, £40 to £60, More than £60?

Take part in the vote using the buttons on the main page, or in the contact or vote section. Results will be announced in the September newsletter.

News and Announcements:

• News about the Myth and Magic Collectors Guide CDRom:

The catalogue is now complete. The price of the disc is £25 including a voucher from Collectables Mail Order offering up to 25% discount on orders.  Order at mythandmagicman@yahoo.co.uk .
The catalogue contains approx. 1000 items and 3,000 photographs as well as Model Name, Model Number, Mould Number, Mould Variation Information, Model Designer, Model Sculptor, Model Release Date, Model Retirement Date, Model Issue Price, Model Second-hand Price. Please contact mythandmagicman@yahoo.co.uk  for more information.
Please note, this is NOT released by DragonsCavern .

• Dragonsmagic are testing out a new forum for their visitors. If you would like to try it out, visit http://www.dragonsmagic.co.uk/ and view the What's New area for more info.

News from the Tudor Mint is that there is to be another Extravanganza in 2005 at the West Midlands Safari Park (same location as for the last two years). The date is set as 15th May 2005  (Sunday, of course!). More details when the TM release them.

Requests:

If you have a prototype study, or a rare version of any item please send it to us for inclusion on the prototypes/rare pages. Use the submit form on the contact  page of the website. In addition to this, the 'wanted' page of the website lists studies that we are looking for images for. If you are able to help with those, please contact us.

That's all for this month. If you have any news, websites, announcements or comments that you would like to see in the next newsletter, or  if  you are a trader / collector who would like to be featured in an article in a future newsletter, please contact the webmanager .

Sincerely ,
Webmanager
DragonsCavern.co.uk  - the unofficial Myth and Magic collection histories chart.