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[Dec]

I got the Lidle Catalogue today, to be honest Black Nebula looks a bit rubbish- lots of titchy fountains, some titchy rockets and a few titchy roman candles. The £4.99 one looks better value. If you want a few cakes some of the individual £1.99-£3.99 ones from brands like Men shun and Black Cat are MUCH better than those you would find in a selection box.

Also some of Lidl's "RRPs" are farcical. No way is Rainbow Storm ever a £23 piece.

no way are gold medal rockets £35! last year they said there were meant to be £10.
any other suggestions for selection boxes then - round between £15-£25

cheers,
Dec

[David]

any other suggestions for selection boxes then - round between £15-£25

cheers,
Dec

my suggestion is to buy a cheap box, around £5, and spend the rest on small individual cakes and barrages- they are much better. Men Shuns £1.99 and £2.99 range is good, as are black cats £3.99 -£4.99 . TNT a good fountain for £4.99, Fireworks International has some great stuff under £10. Pretty much any fireworks shop should have at least something at this price range.

[Prestonboi]

After what i have heard about the Cosmos cake from Lidl i will definently be geting one.

Edited by Prestonboi, 18 October 2007 - 05:48 PM.

[Joe b]

My review of there cakes:-

• Hayleys Comet is very good with nice big breaks.
• Cosmos is pretty good nice breaks.
• Rainbow Storm its one of those cakes filled with air the middle of the cake is empty with the outer with small bore tubes shoots comets and whistles

[Dec]

My review of there cakes:-

• Hayleys Comet is very good with nice big breaks.
• Cosmos is pretty good nice breaks.
• Rainbow Storm its one of those cakes filled with air the middle of the cake is empty with the outer with small bore tubes shoots comets and whistles

rainbow storm is a lot smaller this year, so the gap in the middle is small too. the tubes are still same size.

[Prestonboi]

I just got the Cosmos cake from my local Lidl for £4.99. Feels pretty heavy not light so that is a good sign, also might go back for the Haylets Comet to.

[Prestonboi]

I am thinking of getting the Hayleys Comet cake to. Anyone know if its any good?

I have the Cosmos it seems ok.

Edited by Prestonboi, 30 October 2007 - 09:46 AM.

[Dec]

I am thinking of getting the Hayleys Comet cake to. Anyone know if its any good?

I have the Cosmos it seems ok.

I had the Hayleys Comet last year, and have got it this year too.
The description on the back is:

25 shot cake ejecting 25 silver comet tail to a king crackle burst and silver comet tail to a silver strobe burst.
the tubes are 30mm. it feels really heavy too.
i cant remember exactly what it did last year, but it was good. nice bursts. quite loud too.
however comparing it to the cosmos cake, (bearing in mind size and price), i think cosmos is better to be honest.
hayleys comet is good though, i would recommend it.

[MiniChris]

After alot of lurking and taking in your comments I went and picked up a couple of Cosmos and a Hayleys coment to add to my collection (Mostly GNF Plannet stuff and Dancing Red Devil BOGOFS from Latifs for filler with panda low noise for the younger ones) I also picked up some of there larger rockets.
The weight compared to the Plannet cakes of similar size was significantly more tho, is that a bad sign?

Fingers crossed they should be good, ill report back my thoughts.

[David]

The weight compared to the Plannet cakes of similar size was significantly more tho, is that a bad sign?

No, that is not a bad sign. Its not necessarily a GOOD sign, but there is no reason to think its a bad sign.

Making a cake heavier isn't part of window dressing- what would be the point? Customers don't feel how heavy a cake is until AFTER they buy it.

What did you get from Planet?

[MiniChris]

No, that is not a bad sign. Its not necessarily a GOOD sign, but there is no reason to think its a bad sign.

Making a cake heavier isn't part of window dressing- what would be the point? Customers don't feel how heavy a cake is until AFTER they buy it.

What did you get from Planet?

I tend to ask to feel it first as I assumed weight = good, but as I am learning more about them I now know its just clay

As for the planet stuff, Some Ammo Store Flashing Thunders. A Tempest cake, some smaller cakes like cyber space etc and some plutonicks but they are another manufacturer.
I also picked up a titanium salute from cube and some candles on bogof as filler, I am also tempted to get an Ash's Bo-mb as they are supposed to be good.

Chris

[David]

I am also tempted to get an Ash's Bo-mb as they are supposed to be good.

Yeah, it is- a good mixed-effetc cake, although there might not be many left around now as its gone next year due to new regs (or so I was told by the staff at Epic.)