Hello all.. if your like me living in the UK and dont want to play high shipping costs try this website out for the bits you need:

http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.html

-Any- order size posting to the UK is £1.50

Cylon eye moves too fast? try this...
Use a variable resistor insted of the 180K resistor in-betwen pins 6 and 7 on your 555 timer that should slow down or speed up the speed the leds move at.

and a big thank you Doctor Who for all the help you gave me!!!

Thanks for the web site suggestion! If anyone else cares to suggest useful places to get electronic components in the UK, that might be a helpful resource too!