GG 12-inch Vintage Stormtrooper

[Khev]

Those Fetts all sold within a few hours, and GG never even sent out an e-mail letting people know they were there.

Did you order one Tom? I know you were pretty big into Fett collectibles for a while.

 

[Shropt]

I honestly don't see how they can ship these without some kind of damage to the bubbles. Even the ones they were selling at the GG booth were a tad beat up. I hope they designed some kind of weird shaped shipper for these.

 

[IrishJedi]

Luckily, my Boba from CV is absolutely mint and pristine, but the Stormie I got at SDCC had a slightly dented bubble (but I didn't pay full price so I won't complain. )

But, yeah, these would be awkward to ship unless they use a large box with lots of packing peanuts and bubble wrap.

 

[morbidaj]

so they are easy to take out of the bubble and put back in?

 

[IrishJedi]

so they are easy to take out of the bubble and put back in?

Yep. All you have to do is remove some tape from the back of the plastic claim shell. Then it's easy as pie to take apart and put back together.

 

[Shropt]

Yep. All you have to do is remove some tape from the back of the plastic claim shell. Then it's easy as pie to take apart and put back together.

And some twistie ties. Don't forget those little bastards.

 

[IrishJedi]

And some twistie ties. Don't forget those little bastards.

True! But then, most collectors expect those things. Only Sideshow spares us.

 

[JediJones]

There were some really bad reports on the 'scum about Gentle Giant's packaging jobs from people who ordered the Stormtrooper. Hopefully they'll work a little harder on mine since I ordered both figures at once. Who'm I kidding, they'll probably use each figure as protective padding for the other one and call it a day. Quote below...

And the big guy himself:

https://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/watermark.php?file=167143

I received my stormtrooper from GG today damaged. Shipped in a box it barely fit in and no room for error from UPS. Wish me luck with GG customer service. I have heard horror stories about there lack of customer service.

received mine today in great condition. The box it was in was a good size plus reinforced inside with other boxes inside to keep it flat. maybe a few isolated ones were shipped poorly?

with mine, the box was pretty beat up and the star case is in pretty crappy condition, but i think the actual card, clamshell, and figure are fine.

I do have to agree it was shipped like a piece of trash.

Yeah I got mine today and the clamshell is beat up as well. the card and figure are fine... There were like 3 peices of paper inside the box for packing material....

Makes me feel like I've wasted my money. My first time being disappointed with GG shipping

The box GG is shipping these figures in barely fits and leaves NO room for error/damage. They are using balled-up packing paper and no bubble wrap or peanuts.

 

[blue_rogue]

There were some really bad reports on the 'scum about Gentle Giant's packaging jobs from people who ordered the Stormtrooper. Hopefully they'll work a little harder on mine since I ordered both figures at once. Who'm I kidding, they'll probably use each figure as protective padding for the other one and call it a day. Quote below...

And the big guy himself:

https://threads.rebelscum.com/photogallery/watermark.php?file=167143

Oh, great. I can't imagine what mine's going to look like when it arrives today following it's 7 day journey from California to Maine.

 

[Darth Waller]

I received mine just fine. Hope the same holds true for Boba.

 

[Nitro]

Oh, great. I can't imagine what mine's going to look like when it arrives today following it's 7 day journey from California to Maine.

Hopefully it'll be okay rogue...

 

[Red Metal]

It reminds me of Mattel and Hasbro's packaging jobs. At least with Hasbro, I'm not paying alot; with Matty it's alittle worse. But if I get these results with an $85 figure (or the rumored future price of $65), I'm out.

 

[MicroJow]

I live less than half an hour away from Gentle Giant in Burbank, CA and my Fett arrived today...

@!#$%

- J

 

[Darth Waller]

That is terrible!

 

[furystorm]

Oh damn, why did I order this? GG stinks.

 

[Darth Waller]

Oh damn, why did I order this? GG stinks.

You, too? UTtoyfan caved as well.

 

[Khev]

Its good that they spent the extra time and money designing resealable packages so you could remove the figure without damaging the pristine card!

 

[Darth Waller]

I got my first stormtrooper off eBay and the second one from GG. It's sad that the eBay purchase had bigger and better packaging.

 

[icruise]

WTF are they thinking with this packaging? I can only hope that they got enough complaints on the first round of shipments that they will change something.

 

[jason2885]

I got my Stormie yesterday and he was all minty fresh. I just hope Boba is the same way.