Arigatou gozaimasu!
Ah, I wish they was £25 each, have you been looking at Figma or Nendoroids, they hover around that price. If you ever do purchase any, try to avoid buying from China since they pretty much always 99% fake hence the cheap price, unless you don't mind that. On a other note Dakimakura's from China are ok, they cost about £20 or so and not like £90 for the legit versions. AmiAmi and Hobby Link Japan do sales every so often where you can pick up figures that are 75% off their price, but you have to be quick, since they sell out in a flash.
I also recommend visiting Hobby Frontier, their prices are always £10-15 more then AmiAmi but their customer service is the best. AmiAmi has the cheaper figures, they always 15/20% off but their customer service is good, but not as personal as the previous retailer. Hobby Link Japan are the middle ground. Their prices are higher then AmiAmi but their customer service is more "forgiving" when you need a little extra time to pay for figures.
The figures in the photos of mine range from as cheap as £35 to £108 for the real expensive ones, for example, the Hyakka Ryoran Samurai Girls all cost £100 each. I like to think of them as gold assets, since the resale value only goes up.
Ah insane ain't it, only reason I started this hobby because one late night, I watched Hatsune Miku Live and wanted a figure of her really badly, so since then, it's snow balled.
So, here is some Anime that I would recommend to people.
Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Girls should be added to the Ecchi list, one of my favourite Animes, but it does have a very different drawing style to the art.
I would also recommend people watch Crest of the Stars and then Banner of the Stars, it's a great Space Opera, it has 3 seasons with 2 movies.
Strawberry Panic is 26 episodes of Yuri fun, there is also Maria-Sama, that went on 4 seasons, finally! I would recommend Aria (Animation, Natural and Origination) The story line for the last two are really good, don't expect any action or anything, it's a slow Anime but with good characters and story line, both end very well.
Just about to finish Ikkitousen the first season, that's been fun.