Closed October 31st, due to Power Outage!

Downtown London sinks into hole in ground! Aaaaaaaaagh! I am blogging from home to inform all of you that we are closed due to power failure! Egads! Apparently a water main burst at Dundas and Wellington and power is out throughout the downtown core. Here are a few of the signs sighted on our walkabout.


There were a few chuckles as the City of London calls it a special event! Yes, very special, indeed. Remind me to bring up repairing infrastructure as a priority to our City Hall the next time they bring up spending millions of dollars on a performing arts centre!


I remember the winter, a few years ago, when the power went out when the sewer blew up downtown. sheesh. Here are some of the scenes from downtown London. There were cops at all the Richmond Street intersections directing traffic and the buses were totally screwed up. Nobody knew where to catch their bus.


The comics have come in and have been counted, we will be open tomorrow as long as possible even if the power is not back on. Bring cash just in case! We can do credit card (members only) or cash if there is no power but not debit.

Hope things are somewhat back to normal tomorrow, Happy Halloween!

Links to Free Press here, and here, and here if you want to blog with Dan,

or here is the A Channel with video of the water in the sinkhole. ugh.

Friday Night Magic Events at l.a. mood for November

November 2nd -- Draft
November 9th -- Standard
November 16th -- Draft
November 23rd -- Standard
November 30th -- Sealed deck

Please note that at this time we are expecting to hold afterdrafts following each of the above events. As well, note that the entry fee for the November 30th Sealed will be twenty five dollars, and will include some prize support.

Heroclix Events For November

Most Events Start at 11am

10^th Fan Favorite

Build a 1000 pt team

Prize: Random LE

29^th Thurs 6:00pm

Mutations & Monsters New Guy Night

Bring a friend and enjoy some casual play

NGN Figure: Rampaging Hulk

Dec 1^st Mutations & Monsters Sealed

Buy two boosters of Mutations & Monsters & then build a 300 pt team

Prize: To be Announced

Starro Attacks! Champion Crowned

Results from Oct. 20 2007

I'd like to thank everyone who came out to Starro Attacks events, and

to those who made the Championship a fun and exciting event.

The Grand Prize Starro
and the Fellowship Prize; the rare Johnny Thunder


Players battling in the second round. Derek watches Paul vs Dom,
while Darryl tangles with Nolan

Onward to the Championship Round
Paul's Team; starro slave Green Lantern, common Batman
and super-rare Time Trapper


Dom's Team; common Batman, uncommon Plastic Man, rare Dr. Polaris
and starro slave Green Arrow

and the winner of Fellowship
Paul get the tasty Johnny Thunder!!

Which makes our Champion.......
Dom, who won Starro the Conqueror


Who was promptly attacked by the mind controlling starfish from the stars!!

Heroclix Events For October
Events Start at 11am

6th Starro Attacks! Week 3
Buy two boosters of Justice League & build a 300 pt Team
Participation Prize: Green Arrow Starro Slave
Prize: Champion Bye, worth 600 pts


13th Starro Attacks Week 4
Buy two boosters of Justice League & build a 300 pt Team
Participation Prize: Green Lantern Starro Slave
Prize: Champion Bye, worth 600 pts

20th Starro Attacks! Champion Event
Buy two boosters of Justice League & build a 300 pt Team
1st Place Prize: STARRO!
Fellowship Prize: Johnny Lighting!

27th The Witch's Brew
Build a 600 pt team, It must include one monster or mystic figure
Prize: A Random LE from Wizkids

Lorwyn Release Events!

l.a. mood will be hosting it's Lorwyn Release tournament on October 14th. Registration for the event will start at 10:30 and the tournament will start at 11am sharp. The entry fee is 25 dollars, and will buy you a tournament pack of Lorwyn, two boosters as well as pay for some wonderful prizes.

Wizards has sent us some great goodies, including an incredible prize foil, which will be given to participants, while supplies last.

The tournament will be run in standard sealed format, with no cut to top 8. Prizes will be given to the best finishers, as well as to others who win door prizes.

Once the main event is over, we will host sanctioned drafts for as long as people want to stay and draft. The entry fee for each draft will be ten dollars.

If you have any questions, feel free to post them, or stop by the store and chat with Justin.

See you all then!

Let's talk about the Canadian Dollar!

As many of you know the Canadian Loon is really doing well against the American Buck. Headlines on the news indicate an on par Dollar. However, the reality is never so simple. We have yet to pay this "on par dollar" with Diamond. Lately, however, each week is a lower rate than the last. We have resisted repricing the Canadian suggested retail on the hundreds of comics we receive each week; for the 20 cents you would save, it would cost us more in labour, bags and price stickers, and talk about time consuming! We have continued to lower the prices of our graphic novels and trade paperbacks. We feel we have the best prices in town for these!

But the Canadian dollar is getting stronger each week and we want to pass these savings on to you , so we offer the following:

For members only!
An extra 10% off your membership discount if you pick up your new comics on Wednesdays only, after noon
From now until October 31st.

After that we will review the situation and if the dollar holds steady to par, then we will sell the new comics at the US cover price in Canadian Dollars!!

Ladies, gentlemen, children of all ages!
Magic events for October

October 5th -- FNM -- Standard
October 12th -- FNM Lorwyn Draft
October 14th -- 10:30 am -- Lorwyn Release Tournament
October 19th -- FNM Lorwyn Draft
October 26th -- FNM Standard (Lorwyn in, Ravnica out)

Keep your eyes peeled for a more detailed post regarding the release tournament, and remember that $10 drafts (sanctioned, if we have enough people) will occur after every FNM!


Also, remember that time is running out on your chance to pre-order Lorwyn booster boxes! Come in to the store and reserve yours today!

Getting ready for Starro Attacks!

Wiz Kids actually sent us the banner before the tournament! Good going Wiz Kids! If you keep this up, you'll actually make the big league!

Now that was just plain silly!

Yesterday's 'Roll the Bones and Save Day' was a great success! Gordzilla reports the Rush concert was "Excellent! They only get better with age!"

One additional Magic: The Gathering event for September!


A space has cleared in Elthy-san's schedule this month, so I am happy to announce that on Tuesday September 11th we will be holding a sanctioned Vintage tournament in the Underground.

I am working Tuesday night, so the doors won't open until approximately 6:15, and the event will start between 6:30 and 6:45.

So be sure to bring out your Type 1 deck and come out for some ratings points and a whole lot of fun!

It's September! Welcome Students!

Check out these great sales!
September 7 - 22
25% off
all in stock graphic novels &
comic related trade paperbacks & hardcovers

Now is the time to pick up that copy of Watchmen or 300 you wanted! Maybe even start your Christmas shopping early!

Gordzilla is so happy his favourite band Rush is coming to London on September 12 at the JLC! So happy that he wants to have a Roll the Bones Sale on September 12

September 12 only!
Roll the dice for your discount on all purchases!
Up to an extra 12% off

Check out our new look!

Lorwyn Pre-Release Invitational Qualifiers

We will be holding three qualifying tournaments in the coming weeks for the Lorwyn Pre-Release Invitational.

These tournaments will be our Xth edition draft on Friday August 31st (falling back to the draft on Thursday September 6th if necessary), our Standard FNM on Friday September 7th and our Timespiral block draft FNM on Friday September 14th.
Aside from having a slightly more stringent application of the rules to respect the greater prize available, the tournaments will be run like normal.

At each event, the winner will receive an invitation to the tournament. If the player already has an invite, the invite will be passed down to the next highest finisher. If the player doesn't want the invite, they may give it to any other individual. (And are strongly encouraged to do this, so we can send as many players as possible.)

Lorwyn Pre-Release Invitational Championship

The Invitational Championship will be held in Toronto on Sunday September 29th. The event will be run by Skyfox games, and there will be no entry fee to participate.

The tournament will be Lorwyn sealed deck, and there is very extensive prize support.

All members of the top 8 receive a limited edition play-mat, as well as the following prizes --

1st place -- 3 boxes of Lorwyn and free admission to all Skyfox Premier Events for a year! (estimated at $200 value!)

2nd place -- 1 box of Lorwyn

3rd/4th place -- 1/2 a box of Lorwyn

5th-8th place -- 1/4 a box of Lorwyn

(Prizes based on attendance of at least 64 players)

Heroclix Events For September

Events Start at 11am

8^th Look up in the Sky

Come on out for some casual play and have a good time! Justice League will be in stock!!

15^th Fan favorite

Build a 1000 pt team,

Prize: A Random LE from WKs

22^nd Starro Attacks! Week 1

Buy two boosters of Justice League &

Build a 300 pt team

Participation Prize: Flash Slave

29^th Starro Attacks! Week 2

Buy two boosters of Justice League &

Build a 300 pt team

Participation Prize: Aquaman Slave

Magic events for September are as follows:

Thursday September 6th -- Booster Draft (let me know what format!)
FNM September 7th -- Standard
FNM September 14th -- Booster Draft
FNM September 21st -- Standard
FNM September 28th -- Booster Draft

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Notes:

All events start between 6 and 6:15 pm in the l.a. mood underground. However, if you need boosters for an event that's not on Friday, show up early, because l.a. mood closes at 6pm sharp.

If Thursday isn't a good day for you, let me know what is. I want to run two events a week, FNM plus some other day, so I need to know what makes people happy.

We have FNM prizes for September! They're incredibly sexy foil Wing Shards.

Due to high demand, as early as August 31st I will have a supply of boosters available in the basement. If there is any interest, I am willing to run unsanctioned booster drafts (team drafts or pods, depending on the number of players) after our usual FNM event. Please bring 10 dollars per bonus event you would like to play in. Please note that the entrance cost for FNM drafts remains the same, the extra low price of the bonus drafts is a small reward for the hard-core players who stick it out for multiple events!

REMINDER!!

AUGUST 17 - 31

20% OFF

ALL IN STOCK BOARD GAMES, RPG'S, MINIATURES, & MINIATURES GAMES

CHECK IT OUT!

NOW IN STOCK!

CHANGELING: THE LOST

The latest role-playing game for the World of Darkness setting

Coming of Galactus Championship Event Results

I want to thank everyone who came out and helped to make this a fun and exciting events. We had a solid turn out of 11 players, who were all hungry to get their hands on the Devourer of Worlds Galactus

Special thanks to Jason for donating extra prizes and for taking pictures.

Now onward to the pics

Dom,
Winner of an Extra Set of Heralds from having the highest point total of all 5 events

Darryl
Another Winner of an extra set of Heralds

and Our Champion Winner Steve
Winner of the Galactus; Devourer of Worlds
who comes in mighty pink box


Don't forget that Justice League releases in the first week of Sept.
Also
Starro Attacks Events starts in Sept

Magic: The Gathering

Friday Night Magic

Schedule

Most Events start at 6pm Fridays

10th - Draft with 3 packs of 10th Ed

13th Monday 5:30pm
Crazy Draft with 3 different packs

17th - Standard

24th - Draft with a pack of Timespiral, Planar Chaos & Future Sight

31st - Rochester Draft with 10th Ed boosters

FNM prizes return in September!!

Super Summer Savings!

(We've got Air Conditioning!)

August 1 - 11

50% off Toys & T-shirts!!!

20% off Statues!!!!

August 17 - 31

20% off all in-stock

Board Games, Role-Playing Games, Miniatures and Miniature Collectable Games

Heroclix Events For August

Events Start at 11am

4^th Coming of Galactus Week 4

Buy two boosters of Avengers and

Build a 300 pt team

Participation Prize: Stardust

11^th Coming of Galactus Championship Event

Buy two boosters of Avengers &

Build a 300 pt team

Prize: Galactus

18^th Take and Hold

Build a 700 pt team, each fig adjacent to the goal earns 50 extra points

Prize: A Random LE from Wizkids

Magic Day

Saturday, July 14

Registration

No one even came close! Winner of scavenger hunt Our Man Carl!

A Full House!

Let the Games Begin!

And the winner was Dobbs!
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