thenammagazine
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Do they just hold them and convert them to wait listers? Might be a great question to pose in the Ask Sideshow part of this forum. One of the VIPs would probably answer this straightaway.
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Do they just hold them and convert them to wait listers? Might be a great question to pose in the Ask Sideshow part of this forum. One of the VIPs would probably answer this straightaway.
You got it right bud! Anybody could get it and believe you me, it will be a ton of folks waiting to get the few that are not picked up just like the grey Iron Man last year.
When that sold out (they had about 5-8 of em), half the line walked away and there were about 50+ people waiting to purchase the left over items.
Its a cluster too as no one knows where the head of the line will be and SSC ask folks not to stand around waiting in their area. So people just hang out around their booth until they let em start jockeying for position. Then like race horses, everyone begins to posture for position until they announce the front of the line. If you are lucky to be in or near the front spot when they announce it, you got a chance. If not, you're screwed...again.
They don't use the leftovers for WL. They just sell em to whoever wants em. That way they don't have to lug em back to HQ.
Given the crap shoot this has been though, they might actually change their minds on that...who knows. Anything is possible.
Kibishii
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There are some things that just aren't joked about.
Damn, I leave this thread for an hour and look at what happens...yeah, that was low. I thought someone earlier saying that a flipper should go to hell was low, but the 9/11 analogy was lower.
Mods, please delete every-single post in the last five pages other than the last two from Nam and Blade since those are relavant.
Will do. I dunno if they'd convert them to waitlisters, though. Seemed to me that they'd be available to people at the con at the very end. Damn, I wish I could be there. Hopefully it's allowed and my Plan B guy can pick one of the remainders (if there are any) up. I'll just tell him "at quarter to 1:00, you get yourself or your other guy over to the SS booth STAT!"
I may have hope...
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Is it really that bad? Damn... what a pain in the ass this figure has been. If I ever got to see it, I'd probably be too pissed to even enjoy it after all that 
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MasterSafara
Super Freak
Damn! Sideshow can't even organize a fair line to get a leftover?!
Is it really that bad? Damn... what a pain in the ass this figure has been. If I ever got to see it, I'd probably be too pissed to even enjoy it after all that
Yeah it sucks. I literally was standing behind this lard arse that smelled like he ran out the toilet to be there without using any tissue. Finally shifted away from him and ended up stuck behind some dude and his wife and their stroller and his kid that obviously had enough of hunting exclusives. So he was really out of control and his parents were too focused on getting the damn Iron Man to give a care that he was going nuts. Just so happens, he and the guy right in front of me got the last two.
Not to mention they were using the kid in the stroller to block out me and other collectors from working our way to the front of the line.
There's a chance, but only about the same chance you had when you tried ordering last Friday.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...just don't want you to get your hopes up too much but it is worth a try.
Kibishii
Super Freak
They should do something like what Lego did with those stupid Star Wars SDCC EX Lego sets...give out random raffle tickets just for the chance to buy the thing. Then, at the end of the day, pull tickets for the amount left over. I don't know, but just having people bum rush the counter isn't cool.
I agree...a lottery seems more SDCC-ish anyway. That would also keep the Fire Marshall off their arses when all those people start gathering in and around their booth.
thenammagazine
Super Freak
You're liable to get KO'd by fanboy funk. I think holding them for Wait Listers would be more justified. Sure they'd have to lug them back to the warehouse, but they'd be doing right by their customers vs. causing a riot.
MasterSafara
Super Freak
I agree. And I don't think the slim chance of 2nd and 3rd opportunities to own this figure would be worth the chaos of the crowd.
Any day now... just waiting to get that glorious e-mail from Sideshow:
You recently placed a reservation for an item on our Wait List. Due to recent cancellations and credit card declines, one of these items has become available for fulfillment to you from our U.S. warehouse.
Any day now... just waiting to get that glorious e-mail from Sideshow:
You recently placed a reservation for an item on our Wait List. Due to recent cancellations and credit card declines, one of these items has become available for fulfillment to you from our U.S. warehouse.
I agree. And I don't think the slim chance of 2nd and 3rd opportunities to own this figure would be worth the chaos of the crowd.
Well, I must say, as crazy as this ordeal sounds...SSCs is actually one of the easier lines to deal with. Last year, the DCD Blackest Night Hal Jordans were the worst by far. Followed by Mattels booth.
At least with SSC, you know what time to be there. You know where to be (their booth) and you know about how many are available.
Funny, cause even in that line, some guys give up before they know that there are none left. If one more guy had jumped out the line, I would have had a grey Iron Man today
Kibishii
Super Freak
I agree that saving them for Wait Listers is the best idea; I don't see them having over five left anyway.
Ugh, every year I forget about the fanboys. There are two types of fanboys there though: The freak-out-over-anytype-of-junk-swag fanboy and the 35+ old-schools-still-lives-at-home-with-parents fanboy. Some of the body odor on people in some of those lines...I think it was last year that they had the inflateable He-Man swords? Anyway, there was this couple in front of us pushing a little box on wheels that was filled with stuff; tons of DC figures and horror baby-dolls. They smelled so bad it was gagging us and the guy had chunks of lettuce (or what looked like lettuce) in his beard. I will never forget it.
I didn't think the Mattel booth was that bad? At least them and Hasbro had dividers to help stop the cutting. The biggest problem I had last year were the people already in lines before the Con even "opened."
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MasterSafara
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You got it right bud! Anybody could get it and believe you me, it will be a ton of folks waiting to get the few that are not picked up just like the grey Iron Man last year.
When that sold out (they had about 5-8 of em), half the line walked away and there were about 50+ people waiting to purchase the left over items.
Its a cluster too as no one knows where the head of the line will be and SSC ask folks not to stand around waiting in their area. So people just hang out around their booth until they let em start jockeying for position. Then like race horses, everyone begins to posture for position until they announce the front of the line. If you are lucky to be in or near the front spot when they announce it, you got a chance. If not, you're screwed...again.
They don't use the leftovers for WL. They just sell em to whoever wants em. That way they don't have to lug em back to HQ.
Given the crap shoot this has been though, they might actually change their minds on that...who knows. Anything is possible.
I thought you said the lines were unorganized with people just standing around when finally SS announces where the line will be formed. After a mad scramble if you're lucky enough to be close to the front you might have a slim chance.
More or less...
I agree that saving them for Wait Listers is the best idea; I don't see them having over five left anyway.
Ugh, every year I forget about the fanboys. There are two types of fanboys there though: The freak-out-over-anytype-of-junk-swag fanboy and the 35+ old-schools-still-lives-at-home-with-parents fanboy. Some of the body odor on people in some of those lines...I think it was last year that they had the inflateable He-Man swords? Anyway, there was this couple in front of us pushing a little box on wheels that was filled with stuff; tons of DC figures and horror baby-dolls. They smelled so bad it was gagging us and the guy had chunks of lettuce (or what looked like lettuce) in his beard. I will never forget it.
I didn't think the Mattel booth was that bad? At least them and Hasbro had dividers to help stop the cutting. The biggest problem I had last year were the people already in lines before the Con even "opened."
The lettuce in the beard is classic Mattels booth sucked cause you had to get in a line upstairs to get a pass to go get in line downstairs.
At least with SSCs, you don't have to go get any pre-pass on another floor at a certain time of day. At Mattels booth you had to get in line to get a pass in the morning that told you what time you could go get in line downstairs at their booth.
At least with SSCs, you only have one line to try to jockey to get into. Its sucks to try and get in the line due to the line forming by osmosis but there is only the hassle of one line.
Long story short, if you ain't one of the first 5 or so people in the front of the line, your chances at that Pred is gonna be SUPER slim. Its worth the try cause you never know what might happen...but most folks were just disappointed at the end.
My buddy had called me while I was on the floor and asked if I could get him a Stomie Luke/Han set. So I figured why not grab the IM if I can get it. It was gone like i said, but I did score my buddy that 2 pack FTW
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Mattels booth sucked cause you had to get in a line upstairs to get a pass to go get in line downstairs.
Dont forget that you could try to get in line and the line would be closed, even though it was your designated time. Matty sucks at this. SS is certainly better, but pickins is slim!
EXOTICLEX
Super Freak
they def don't want to lug them back to HQ.....
I'm going to warn everyone one more time, keep this thread focused, civil, and tasteful, or be prepared to face the consequences.
Skiman
Super Freak
not ____ you will 
I will as well, I need doubles amongst doubles. True story.Come to think of it, Commtech's idea is pretty good. So if he ends up getting his, anyone who wants to cancel afterwards can PM me?
I get the feeling that the WL is gonna be a pain. I mean, anything after the two-minute mark is a little imposing.
Anyhoozle...
Same answer as above...
and yes anyone else that's wanting to get rid of it, I will pay eBay prices for DIS!!!!!
another true story!!!Dude...just...dude...do you know how many people are on the wait list for this thing and would have paid you a hell of alot more money than cost? You have a really cool avatar, but cancelling this and not offering it to other members was probably the biggest failure I have ever seen on these boards.
If anyone else is going to cancel, PM me first PLEASE.
Same verse, same as the first....
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