Yay a fellow UK collector! Welcome! ^^
I find the Brother A3 printer/copy/fax/scanners are great value. Looks like the one I have is too old to be available anymore but a newer model is only £90 from Amazon.
Nothing wrong with taking pictures with a camera though. ^^
I remember I first got into anime around the time Pokemon first started being shown on UK TV. Had probably just started secondary school since I remember it was around the time I first got the internet in 1999 lol! From there I discovered Sailor Moon and not long after was buying Bubblegum Crisis DVDs from Virgin Megastore. Good days :p