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Post by jlaf77 on Dec 2, 2023 15:55:08 GMT -5
Thanks for letting me know. I understand where you're coming from but definitely disappointed as a in package collector. Won't stop me from buying though, I'll just have to get creative on how i display them lol I was thinking about this when typing the response out, there must be protectors with a hook on the top Great idea, hadn't thought of that. If you happen to come across any please let me know. Thanks |
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Post by 3poajamie on Dec 2, 2023 16:03:03 GMT -5
I was thinking about this when typing the response out, there must be protectors with a hook on the top Great idea, hadn't thought of that. If you happen to come across any please let me know. Thanks I’ll keep my beanie eye out, wonder if somewhere does a butterfly hole punch 😂 |
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Post by 3poajamie on Dec 2, 2023 16:04:26 GMT -5
Powers of Pain were stuck at the airport as are most packages coming out of China this time of year apparently. They’re on the plane now though and will be in the UK middle of next week Still can’t believe you moaned about them going on their yearly family holiday last year I helped pay for that holiday and didn’t even receive a postcard. It is really inconsiderate of them to not think about how much easier it is to sneak figures into my house this time of year under the assumption that it is a Christmas present. You think that is easy to pull off in January? No sir it is not! The delivery trucks leave tracks in the snow. So while they are sipping on eggnog and the blood of virgins, I’m left with anxiety and an empty shelf. You expect me to have to display Mitch and Josh’s products to celebrate the New Year? Fine. When PoP finally do arrive they will be doing the J-O-B to the Headbangers and DX. They’ll meet the courier mid-air to get your figures and drop them off to your door. Powers of Plane |
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Post by kirk815 on Dec 3, 2023 22:11:44 GMT -5
Today is the last day to preorder the British Bulldogs.
This is the third set I bought after Demolition and Powers of Pain.
I haven't bought from the other third parties yet (close to ordering from Zombie but it's an internal struggle for me to personally support him).
I almost jumped in on the ljn line, but I need to be picky on all of these lines out there. Doesn't also help that most of them are preorders only. Demo sold out on RSC so hard for me to jump in now.
Would be nice for each company to have multiple series in stock and available so money isn't tied up for months/years waiting for product.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Dec 4, 2023 8:12:22 GMT -5
Today is the last day to preorder the British Bulldogs. This is the third set I bought after Demolition and Powers of Pain. I haven't bought from the other third parties yet (close to ordering from Zombie but it's an internal struggle for me to personally support him). I almost jumped in on the ljn line, but I need to be picky on all of these lines out there. Doesn't also help that most of them are preorders only. Demo sold out on RSC so hard for me to jump in now. Would be nice for each company to have multiple series in stock and available so money isn't tied up for months/years waiting for product. Agree'd, I have many preorders outstanding yet, mainly epic/chella/or whatever all the offshoots are from chella. But, sounds like things are catching up finally, Powers of Pain and Demos look really good. Hopefully going forward pre-order windows will get shorter and shorter and more product will come out from all companies. I think I am going to be more picky on what I order too, and pretty much stopped getting doubles to keep MOC, and just focusing mainly on getting one figure to open and display. |
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Post by hulkjoegan on Dec 4, 2023 9:14:22 GMT -5
Today is the last day to preorder the British Bulldogs. This is the third set I bought after Demolition and Powers of Pain. I haven't bought from the other third parties yet (close to ordering from Zombie but it's an internal struggle for me to personally support him). I almost jumped in on the ljn line, but I need to be picky on all of these lines out there. Doesn't also help that most of them are preorders only. Demo sold out on RSC so hard for me to jump in now. Would be nice for each company to have multiple series in stock and available so money isn't tied up for months/years waiting for product. Agree'd, I have many preorders outstanding yet, mainly epic/chella/or whatever all the offshoots are from chella. But, sounds like things are catching up finally, Powers of Pain and Demos look really good. Hopefully going forward pre-order windows will get shorter and shorter and more product will come out from all companies. I think I am going to be more picky on what I order too, and pretty much stopped getting doubles to keep MOC, and just focusing mainly on getting one figure to open and display. Yeah I’m having to start being a bit more picky too….which kept me on the fence with the Bulldogs - which I can’t believe I’m even saying! They would’ve/ should’ve been a day one order for me; but the fact dynamite looks taller than Davey is a real sticking point for me. I don’t expect every retro figure to have exact accurate scale height-wise; but in my mind, it shouldn’t be that hard to have the taller guys (6’6” +) a fraction taller and the smaller guys (5’10” -) a touch smaller. This in addition to overall scale issues with Haku/ Luna/ Booger has just left me a little weary…..and so I ended up missing the order cut off point anyway. Oh well…. |
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Post by 3poajamie on Dec 4, 2023 10:15:14 GMT -5
Agree'd, I have many preorders outstanding yet, mainly epic/chella/or whatever all the offshoots are from chella. But, sounds like things are catching up finally, Powers of Pain and Demos look really good. Hopefully going forward pre-order windows will get shorter and shorter and more product will come out from all companies. I think I am going to be more picky on what I order too, and pretty much stopped getting doubles to keep MOC, and just focusing mainly on getting one figure to open and display. Yeah I’m having to start being a bit more picky too….which kept me on the fence with the Bulldogs - which I can’t believe I’m even saying! They would’ve/ should’ve been a day one order for me; but the fact dynamite looks taller than Davey is a real sticking point for me. I don’t expect every retro figure to have exact accurate scale height-wise; but in my mind, it shouldn’t be that hard to have the taller guys (6’6” +) a fraction taller and the smaller guys (5’10” -) a touch smaller. This in addition to overall scale issues with Haku/ Luna/ Booger has just left me a little weary…..and so I ended up missing the order cut off point anyway. Oh well…. Dynamite is closer to the camera than Davey is, making him look bigger than he actually is Turnaround for these two packs has been just shy of 3 months since the pre-order closed which has already cut down the wait time drastically and will only improve. The previous molds which were under the Chella banner (Haku, Stevie etc…) we’re done by the previous owner and not Epic Toys which is why the scale is all over the place. Luna and Booger are from FC and Zombie respectively |
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Post by hulkjoegan on Dec 4, 2023 11:45:11 GMT -5
Yeah I’m having to start being a bit more picky too….which kept me on the fence with the Bulldogs - which I can’t believe I’m even saying! They would’ve/ should’ve been a day one order for me; but the fact dynamite looks taller than Davey is a real sticking point for me. I don’t expect every retro figure to have exact accurate scale height-wise; but in my mind, it shouldn’t be that hard to have the taller guys (6’6” +) a fraction taller and the smaller guys (5’10” -) a touch smaller. This in addition to overall scale issues with Haku/ Luna/ Booger has just left me a little weary…..and so I ended up missing the order cut off point anyway. Oh well…. Dynamite is closer to the camera than Davey is, making him look bigger than he actually is Turnaround for these two packs has been just shy of 3 months since the pre-order closed which has already cut down the wait time drastically and will only improve. The previous molds which were under the Chella banner (Haku, Stevie etc…) we’re done by the previous owner and not Epic Toys which is why the scale is all over the place. Luna and Booger are from FC and Zombie respectively Yeah, I know the figs I mentioned aren’t by Epic; but it was just highlighting that there have been scale issues across the different companies - who have had other figures in their lines which have been fine. But I don’t think Dynamite is particularly closer to the camera in this picture, and still looks too tall for my preferences (might need to change his name to The Dynamite Giant!):  And I’m not a particularly big moaner about waiting times - I recognise that these smaller companies are in the early years of building money from preorders to eventually get later series into development sooner. But it’s better for everyone that these exit times are getting shorter. But regardless - I’ve missed the boat on these! |
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Post by freaqualizer on Dec 4, 2023 13:10:19 GMT -5
What are the chances we could get a “make good” Haku and Stevie Richards? Not for free, mind you. But, just better/bigger releases of these two.
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Post by 3poajamie on Dec 4, 2023 13:39:51 GMT -5
What are the chances we could get a “make good” Haku and Stevie Richards? Not for free, mind you. But, just better/bigger releases of these two. Don’t think either will be signed to a wwe deal anytime soon so certainly not off the table. I don’t mind Haku fwiw |
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Post by freaqualizer on Dec 4, 2023 20:37:23 GMT -5
What are the chances we could get a “make good” Haku and Stevie Richards? Not for free, mind you. But, just better/bigger releases of these two. Don’t think either will be signed to a wwe deal anytime soon so certainly not off the table. I don’t mind Haku fwiw I do think Haku and Stevie look great. But their scale is just so small. I’d take the exact same figures just scaled up as long as they “fit in” better. |
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Post by 3poajamie on Dec 5, 2023 2:10:15 GMT -5
Don’t think either will be signed to a wwe deal anytime soon so certainly not off the table. I don’t mind Haku fwiw I do think Haku and Stevie look great. But their scale is just so small. I’d take the exact same figures just scaled up as long as they “fit in” better. Annoyingly that’s not possible, the cost to make the molds are so expensive that they’ll never break even on them imo |
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Post by britishbrickfan on Dec 5, 2023 6:22:58 GMT -5
I do think Haku and Stevie look great. But their scale is just so small. I’d take the exact same figures just scaled up as long as they “fit in” better. Annoyingly that’s not possible, the cost to make the molds are so expensive that they’ll never break even on them imo re-use the Dynamite proto mold above for Stevie??
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Post by 3poajamie on Dec 5, 2023 9:35:42 GMT -5
Annoyingly that’s not possible, the cost to make the molds are so expensive that they’ll never break even on them imo re-use the Dynamite proto mold above for Stevie??
where there's a will, there's a way!
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Post by britishbrickfan on Dec 5, 2023 9:42:13 GMT -5
Will look like Cooper from the Super Mario movie "Itsameeeevie Kick!!" |
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Post by RedDevil on Dec 12, 2023 8:25:31 GMT -5
I'm really hoping we see some movement on Powers of Pain and Demolition this week - getting a bit close to Christmas where couriers are so busy, some people will be away from home, plus Epic themselves have posted about closing over the season so if the stock is in the country from China already then I hope the shipping notices will be with us soon.
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Post by cheville2001 on Dec 12, 2023 11:23:59 GMT -5
I'm really hoping we see some movement on Powers of Pain and Demolition this week - getting a bit close to Christmas where couriers are so busy, some people will be away from home, plus Epic themselves have posted about closing over the season so if the stock is in the country from China already then I hope the shipping notices will be with us soon. I can't see us getting them before Christmas if I'm honest. Luckily it's not a Christmas present so doesn't bother me either way but might not be the case for others..... |
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Post by robbutler01 on Dec 12, 2023 12:56:34 GMT -5
I'm really hoping we see some movement on Powers of Pain and Demolition this week - getting a bit close to Christmas where couriers are so busy, some people will be away from home, plus Epic themselves have posted about closing over the season so if the stock is in the country from China already then I hope the shipping notices will be with us soon. I was just thinking the same thing. I commented on their Instagram the day they said about posting dates and they said thet were waiting for all powers figures to arrive before sending any unfortunately. Was hoping they would just start shipping asap as I am away next week over Xmas and New yr so they will either be stuck in the post system over Xmas or worse still try to deliver and then get returned to epic as I won't be here to collect. Very disappointing especially as been waiting for them for sooo long. Just have to keep my fingers crossed they arrive before next Tuesday. |
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Post by 3poajamie on Dec 12, 2023 16:03:47 GMT -5
I'm really hoping we see some movement on Powers of Pain and Demolition this week - getting a bit close to Christmas where couriers are so busy, some people will be away from home, plus Epic themselves have posted about closing over the season so if the stock is in the country from China already then I hope the shipping notices will be with us soon. I was just thinking the same thing. I commented on their Instagram the day they said about posting dates and they said thet were waiting for all powers figures to arrive before sending any unfortunately. Was hoping they would just start shipping asap as I am away next week over Xmas and New yr so they will either be stuck in the post system over Xmas or worse still try to deliver and then get returned to epic as I won't be here to collect. Very disappointing especially as been waiting for them for sooo long. Just have to keep my fingers crossed they arrive before next Tuesday. The pre order closed like 10 weeks ago for them, don’t think the “soooo long” bit is needed The rest of PoP and Demo will be arriving in the next couple of days so shipping will start ASAP once they arrive. All are sent by 48 hour shipping to UK customers so should be there by Christmas if they were not ordered with Bulldogs |
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Post by RedDevil on Dec 12, 2023 17:45:12 GMT -5
I'm really hoping we see some movement on Powers of Pain and Demolition this week - getting a bit close to Christmas where couriers are so busy, some people will be away from home, plus Epic themselves have posted about closing over the season so if the stock is in the country from China already then I hope the shipping notices will be with us soon. I was just thinking the same thing. I commented on their Instagram the day they said about posting dates and they said thet were waiting for all powers figures to arrive before sending any unfortunately. Was hoping they would just start shipping asap as I am away next week over Xmas and New yr so they will either be stuck in the post system over Xmas or worse still try to deliver and then get returned to epic as I won't be here to collect. Very disappointing especially as been waiting for them for sooo long. Just have to keep my fingers crossed they arrive before next Tuesday. I'm in basically the same position: away next week and not back until January. I don't actually get away that often but every time I do then it seems like some old pre-order ships just in time to arrive a few hours after I leave  It's happened the last two times I've been away so might as well get the hat-trick  I've already had one US order ship that wasn't meant to go out until after Xmas, so the Epic boxes will have company at least  I was just thinking the same thing. I commented on their Instagram the day they said about posting dates and they said thet were waiting for all powers figures to arrive before sending any unfortunately. Was hoping they would just start shipping asap as I am away next week over Xmas and New yr so they will either be stuck in the post system over Xmas or worse still try to deliver and then get returned to epic as I won't be here to collect. Very disappointing especially as been waiting for them for sooo long. Just have to keep my fingers crossed they arrive before next Tuesday. The pre order closed like 10 weeks ago for them, don’t think the “soooo long” bit is needed The rest of PoP and Demo will be arriving in the next couple of days so shipping will start ASAP once they arrive. All are sent by 48 hour shipping to UK customers so should be there by Christmas if they were not ordered with Bulldogs Thanks for the update; shame the timing is against me this time but can't be helped - now I'll need to go find a Xmas gift/bribe for my neighbour... |
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