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[dogsbody]

Here is my rocket collection... rest to follow soon

you are going to have fun loading those individually into tubes!! i will photograph my collection tomorrow (i have to set my display up minus the firworks a day early due to work and then rush like made to finish work and set them all out before the display..eaaarrrgghhhh) thankfully i have some (homemade) rocket racks for the 102 rockets i have (and somehow get the feeling i may get some more given to me tomorrow or sunday!!)

[Pete]

Anyone here able to say what these are like ? I gave the guy at Manchester Fireworks in sale a limit of £70 and told him we wanted noise.

Diamond Fireworks

Bad Boy 1.5" ball rocket (5)
Bad Boy 32 shot candle barrage
Bad boy 56 shot candle barrage
Ammo 300 rounds
Aerial Storm 90 shot

Fireworks International

Cheeky cherries 25 shot ( I found a vid of this, looks ok )
King cobra 25 shot

Pete

[Azlar]

I went up to Rotheram to see Mr Cabbage and here is what I got for £51.00

Brothers Companion Box
Brothers Star Fleet Rockets
Standard X Cakes ( 3 pack )
Men Shun Heavy Bomber
Men Shun Thunder Bomb ( 5 pack )
Brothers Shining Saucer
Brother Aces 20" Sparklers ( 2 packs )

I think I got a pretty good deal.

[Prestonboi]

Wow Mini Chris some collecton of rockets there, thanks for the picture!

I was going to get Sky Storm but they were over my budget in the end, also shame I don't have a big rocket like Sky Thriller.

Let us know how they get on please. I will post a picture of what we got on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Pete I have never had any of those in the past so can't comment but I also have a King Cobra this year (is it the Oriental Fireworks one?), it looks ok! Azlar, sounds like a good deal to me!

Edited by Prestonboi, 31 October 2008 - 06:27 PM.

[jindivik]

well, heres mine........pretty happy with it, had a budget of a hundred and got it pretty spot on


Men Shun guy fawkes pack from epic with loads of rockets
Supreme rocket pack (freebie)
Mega Rocket pack
Weco Firepak from Aldi....got one last year, pretty good for a tenner!
Men Shun Lethal Tank x2
Men Shun Heavy Bomber
Epic Fireworks Mad Moth
Epic Fireworks Dr Thrust
Oriental Fireworks King Cobra


should keep everyone happy ...got a lot of rockets to fire

[Alexander Martin]

Nice looking selection and good to meet another fellow Bon Jovi fan

P.S. Gotta love the Lethal Tanks!

[jindivik]

i love the lethal tanks too

got them today at local bargain shop.... they were 3 for a tenner and the heavy bomber was the same...they let us mix & match so got 2 lethal tanks and one heavy bomber...had plans to go to an organised display but going to have the night in and let all mine go instead

[Alexander Martin]

Is the Heavy Bomber any good? I had Atomic Bomber last year.

[jindivik]

not sure, i've never fired one before

if you haven't rleady seen have a look at epic's channel on youtube... they have over 380 videos showing pretty much every firework on their range....some may see it as a spoiler but it's nice to know what you are getting for your money....helped me decide on the 3 cakes i bought from there

http://www.youtube.c...r/EpicFireworks

[ad_the_man]

Great fireworks this year with parties this weekend, next weekend, and of course the big night on wednesday. Got ours tonight with about 15 over for dinner, bonfire and fireworks, can't wait.

Now for showing off :

Beginning


Middle big cakes


Grand finale duo :D


All of them with the nice medusa cake



Awesome when parents and their friends club together, £260 for this lot. Many thanks to Raj and hte ladies at newsbox fireworks, phoned most my order threough yesterday and picked it up today. Added a few more, subbed out teh fawkes revenge for the eviza thing becuase of the fawkes being new reg.

Pity the rain is horrible tonight and will cause problems especially with the bonfire.

[Prestonboi]

Thanks for the pictures Jindivik and Ad The Man.

I hope you both have a great night!

Oh and Jindivik, I noticed in your picture you've already let a few rockets off? What were the Supreme Rockets like? I have a pack, so good to know beforehand, especially the biggest ones?

Cheers.

[Alexander Martin]

Looks like a nice selection there! Plenty of Fireworks International items.

[ad_the_man]

They were stunning, especially with most of them being old reg. I was advised to take out fawkes revenge and try eliza the sorceress, with the latter being old reg. I think eliz was the best overall firework we had, fired lots of volleys at once and had some lovely varied effects. Highly recommended.

But the highlight was firing the AF61 and crazy horses together. AF61 went off first and went nice and high with some stunning quality explosions and colours, then I ran down to the crazy horses and set it off about 20 seconds after the af61. The sky was ablaze with madness, colours, booms, screetches, and the most wonderful display I have seen. Only slight mistake was that the online videos didn't show the full duration of either so I got them slightly off with the crazy horses finishing before the af61. Add on 10 seconds more wait before horses to get it perfect. Still stunning.

But the most important thing I leanred was not to get soo many medium sized £30-40 cakes, and get multiples of the smaller ones, say x2 cherrys let off with a triple H-bomb. For about £25 that would be unbeatable.

Can't wait until next year, and will spend my time on the motorway again down to newsbox fireworks, great service and advice, with awesome prices.

p.s. then rain stopped at 9.45, so we all legged it outside in a hurry and got cracking

[Dan2310]

Hey, love all the pictures of what you got so far, was hoping to post pics of my (smallish) collection, but Im having my display at my Nans, so most of the pyro is there

Anyway heres a list of what I have, bare in mind Ive just been buying when I see something I liked!

Aldi (Weco)
£5 Cyberbox

Asda (TNT)
1 x Small Selection box (both 2 for £10)
1 x Skyburst rockets
(Lots of sparklers also!)

B&M (Men shun)
1 x 38 Lightening rockets (£2.99)
2 x Leathal Tank (£2.99)
2 x heavy bomber (£1.50 - bargin)

And also some catherine wheels from a local fireworks shop, Bright star.

Not much I know, but I had a large box for my birthday 2 weeks back ( RRP £89, got them for £29)

Thanks

[Alexander Martin]

Do I get the sense everyone is going to struggle with their selections next year due to the new regs?