finally had contact tonight from the seller of the two takara sets, so hopefully they will be here next week, if i ever get the banking details.
got the first of this years christmas presents partially sorted too. i plan to give mum and dad $1000AUD each, and managed to get a deck of cards from dads favourite casino. i will try and wrap aussie money around the cards and give it to him that way. just need to think of something similar for mum.