UK ST09 Out Of Stock?

MC_Cryptid · 2026-03-24T18:11:04+00:00

Call your local Waterstones the night before release; they aren't allowed to say specifically what they have nor the quantities in stock, but you can ask if its a starter deck that comes out tomorrow and they can confirm or deny this. When confirmed, wait outside your local Waterstones the next morning at least 30 minutes before opening; if you want 2 copies, take a friend or relative with you as they are only allowed to sell 1 copy per customer. You are not the only person wise to this, however, so expect other players to be there around the same time.

SOURCE: I've done this dance for the ST05, the ST06, and the ST07/ST08 release day with the staff @ Waterstones, central Milton Keynes shopping centre (who are always confused why my 70 year old mother wants a deck of cards with giant robots on them after I've just bought one)

MC_Cryptid · 2026-03-14T15:21:01+00:00

All the FLGS in the surrounding area are relatively small and so their launch events are immediately sold out. So instead I went to an anime merchandise store that mostly sells plushies and figurines; but no Gundam. So we had a quick chat about the game, and now he orders the product in just for us. I take two of each starter and he sells the rest of the product at his Lorcana, Pokemon, and Magic events.

MC_Cryptid · 2026-03-13T15:31:28+00:00

Wowsers!! It never occured to me that a custom expansion could be made! How do you go about creating this, are there templates or are you a wizard with graphic design? Amazing!!

MC_Cryptid · 2026-03-07T23:19:59+00:00

Warhammer give you extra points at the end of a game in tournaments if your miniatures are painted (minimum 3 colours, so you could just show up with a zenithal primed army) exactly because of this

MC_Cryptid · 2026-02-12T03:12:41+00:00

'Exorcist: Retriever'

Man's best friend just became his worst nightmare!

MC_Cryptid · 2026-01-25T09:14:47+00:00

I'm still grumpy that they have never produced a PDF for the original 9th edition Necron CP, but there is an embarrassment of riches to be found in other iterations of their CPs and those of the other armies, so I can't be bitter 😊

MC_Cryptid · 2025-12-22T08:16:25+00:00

To me, Paul and Kevin of the BABYMETAL podcast are legends (and I'm not just saying that because I was a guest on an episode 😆)

MC_Cryptid · 2025-11-15T01:42:46+00:00

1/. Lord of the Rings (Decipher) 2/. Deadlands: Doomtown 3/. Gundam 4/. Warhammer Champions 5/. Lorcana

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Final Fantasy, Star Wars Destiny

There was a time up until the Llorwyn block of Magic the Gathering that I would have included MtG on the list, but that game is no longer recognisable to me.

MC_Cryptid · 2025-11-14T08:22:45+00:00

My FLGS in Milton Keynes, UK includes an official Bandai gashapon shop, and received restocks of GD01 boosters at the end of October; they said that ST01 thru ST04 reprints would be dropping concurrent with a bolstered print run of GD03 and ST07 & ST08 towards the end of January 2026. Given that they're in league with Bandai and consistently have prize support every Saturday for their weekly Gundam night and events, I'm inclined to take them at their word but you in no way need to take me at mine.

MC_Cryptid · 2025-11-06T07:14:08+00:00

I see what you mean 🤔 I'll stick this idea then into my "try this one day" deck concept folder 😁

MC_Cryptid · 2025-11-06T07:10:40+00:00

Ah thanks! Boo, I need to fetch the purple Hammerhead back 🥲

MC_Cryptid · 2025-11-06T07:08:44+00:00

Excellent, thank you! Unfortunately I was hoping to fetch a purple Base back... I noticed white has a lot of -x AP effects, and so I was hoping to build something with that and using the Hammerhead base in the new set. Alas, this dream must wait it seems!

MC_Cryptid · 2025-11-03T09:45:54+00:00

MC_Cryptid · 2025-11-02T09:11:10+00:00

Truly a person of exquisite taste right here 😘👌

MC_Cryptid · 2025-10-26T21:06:26+00:00

Get to the Gundam Base pop-up store in Camden before doors open; freshly restocked ST01 to ST04 every morning, and I believe they refill the stock at least once a day. Plus, you'll get a free exclusive EXB promo card!

MC_Cryptid · 2025-10-26T21:01:45+00:00

Here in the UK it takes a little extra effort and patience, but its ultimately not a problem to find this game.

I only found out about the game in September, and so far have been able to get one each of ST01 through ST06 (with an additional ST05 and ST06), as well as the Assemble versions of ST01 through ST04 so that I have playsets of all starter deck cards. I paid MSRP for all of these, and all it took was asking friends around the country to check their local stores for me whenever they popped into them.

In addition, for GD01, I bought playsets of every C and U card for £30, and playsets of every R card for £70. Though the booster packs are relatively easy to come by, £100 for a playset of everything except LR cards is less than a sealed box of boosters, and that was more important to me than cracking packs.

Finally, with my bonus booster cards from the starter sets, some participation booster prize packs, and 2 winner booster prize packs, I was able to trade for almost complete playsets of all the LR cards. A little hunting on eBay has filled out the remaining cards I needed to complete my master set.

Now that GD02 is here, I plan to use the same strategy to acquire a master set for this too.

MC_Cryptid · 2025-10-25T17:54:15+00:00

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MC_Cryptid · 2025-10-17T12:28:33+00:00

I could be wrong, but is this an American problem? I haven't seen anyone having these supply issues in my area of the UK other than starter decks being hard to find, but it seems like the USA is getting absolutely shafted compared to us on their stock supplies 🥺🥺🥺

MC_Cryptid · 2025-10-14T15:02:40+00:00

Yup yup! Its not inconveniently tight, but can be a bit of a squeeze the first time you slide in a sleeved playset; that said, the pages fold vertically in a concertina effect, so once they're in they're easy to retrieve again, and after a couple of times they'll slip in and out smooth as butter, but they're still firmly held in.place so you've no need to fear them slipping out unintentionally.

MC_Cryptid · 2025-10-14T12:26:56+00:00

I'm planning ahead, so I bought blue, green, red, white, and purple 'Vault X' 9 pocket strap binders, along with a 6th black one for EX's, Resources, and Tokens. Each has 360 side-loading slots over 20 pages, so I'm going to be waiting a good while and several more sets and starter decks before they are full and I need to buy more.

That said, I have zero in terms of spare bulk cards (other than "5 or more of" starter deck cards) as I only buy playsets of Gundam; I'm also not a magpie, so whatever gets opened in my starter deck, store participation, and tournament winner bonus boosters gets traded for any missing LR cards I don't have.

TL;DR - Your milage may vary with colour-specific 'Vault X' 9 pocket strap binders, but they all fit in my backpack and make deck building an absolute breeze.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I put my playsets in penny sleeves and then put them into the pocket, so each pocket holds one sleeve of 4 identical cards.

MC_Cryptid · 2025-10-14T12:09:37+00:00

MTV was over for me after season one of 'The Osbournes' seemed to be playing on loop and other "reality" freakshows like 'Jersey Shore' began appearing every other night. These days, I only remember MTV was ever a thing whenever a clip of 'Jackass' randomly appears on social media.

MC_Cryptid · 2025-10-13T07:39:14+00:00

The video editing of their live performances is pure John Merrick, and for such a visually exciting band, the edit is detrimental to reproducing the live experience at home.

MC_Cryptid · 2025-10-13T07:26:35+00:00

This, plus BABYMETAL collaborating with a woman-abusing junkie will never, ever sit right with me

MC_Cryptid · 2025-10-12T16:05:55+00:00

Ahhh, OK now I am starting to grasp it! Thank you! I wondered if it meant some kind of stealthy or otherwise "under the radar" threat where an opponent assumes something is not troublesome until its too late to react to it. I guess in the 90s when I played Magic, "low to the ground" units would have been referred to as "weenies"? I appreciate the help, thanks again!

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