I wouldn't bother waiting for Maplin. They made a big flap about stocking Arduino boards and kits and have they ever got any in? No!
<insert rant about how Maplin rocked in the 1980's but went down the pan>
<insert rant about how Maplin rocked in the 1980's but went down the pan>
I know that gaming stores sometimes hold tabletop gaming nights which is logical.
It seems to me that Maplin/Tandy/DSE/etc are missing a trick in terms of getting people actually interested in and knowledgeable about the things they sell.
But that said I do feel they will come true on this one as they already taken pre-orders (though going to wait so I can walk in and pop down some hard currency and walk out with one myself) http://www.maplin.co.uk/raspberrypi
But we shall see how history unfolds, you may be right though I have good feelings on this.
Just recalled why maplins went downhill as there used to be maplins shops and tandy/radio shack shops and it was the later that sold the chinz shall we say. Now there is just maplins filling both holes.
Looking at their £69 offer - it does look pretty good actually. If they deliver, I'll be very surprised and would consider forgiving them for a while :)
Tandy - £1 for 5 resistors!! How could they possibly have failed?