1/6 Hot Toys: Mysterio's Drones

[freestylex06x]

That's one of the reason why I bought the non HT drone. For the $159 price I can buy 2x 1/6 scale drones.

Doesn't that mean you still spent the full price of the drones though?

 

[Username]

Full disclosure - I bought the $159.90 drone listed above. But I received @$100 PayPal refund the same day for an item bought back in May that never arrived, so net cost to me was about $75.

Lol. Your maths is wrong.
Surely you still paid $159.90?
Getting $100 back for something you paid for that didn?t arrive is irrelevant. It?s great to get a refund. But you still paid $159.90($259.90 for two items, but refunded $100 for the item that didn?t arrive is a net cost of $159.90 for the drone), as you only have one item to show for it.

 

[The Buffinator]

Lol. Your maths is wrong.
Surely you still paid $159.90?
Getting $100 back for something you paid for that didn?t arrive is irrelevant. It?s great to get a refund. But you still paid $159.90($259.90 for two items, but refunded $100 for the item that didn?t arrive is a net cost of $159.90 for the drone), as you only have one item to show for it.

Yes, you're absolutely right. But I'd considered that other item as a sunk cost, as it was an international purchase that I learned I wasn't entitled to a refund on per eBay policy, so to get it nearly 3 months after my initial order was an unexpected bonus. So I was speaking in terms of net cash flow relative to my monthly budget when I said it "cost" me $75.

 

[BACON!]

I preordered 4 3rd party drones from Toyorigin months ago. Not even gonna bite on these

 

[SixthScaleEdward]

Yes, you're absolutely right. But I'd considered that other item as a sunk cost, as it was an international purchase that I learned I wasn't entitled to a refund on per eBay policy, so to get it nearly 3 months after my initial order was an unexpected bonus. So I was speaking in terms of net cash flow relative to my monthly budget when I said it "cost" me $75.

Do you provide crash courses for accounting? I'll sign my wife up.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I didn't realize this movie was so popular that people would spend $160 on a 1/6 drone.

 

[The Buffinator]

I didn't realize this movie was so popular that people would spend $160 on a 1/6 drone.

Well, mine also came with the fork you need for attaching it to the dynamic stand. Most of the ones on eBay don't. So it's more like $80 for the drone, $80 for the fork.

 

[incubus]

Doesn't that mean you still spent the full price of the drones though?

Actually I got the 2x drones less than 159 U$D...if my AUD to U$D conversion is correct it would be 139 U$D..

And if they are good in hand I might get more.

 

[Username]

I looked yesterday and the auctions I had seen previously for the bootleg seem to be gone. Am I searching for the wrong thing?

 

[gmoney5000]

So TBA has this up for preorder...first batch will cost approx. $125 USD, whereas later batches will cost approx. $95 USD.

Kinda what I thought this would end up costing...so based on those prices, I'm guessing SS is gonna gouge it to like $130 or $140 range...?

 

[Bocephus Jones]

Well, mine also came with the fork you need for attaching it to the dynamic stand. Most of the ones on eBay don't. So it's more like $80 for the drone, $80 for the fork.

= $80

What a bargain!

 

[noblesavage24]

Up on SSC - $105. January - March 2021.


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[DasMuse]

I also expected it to be a bit more on ssc. If it was over $120 I was going to pass on it. But I ordered a set just for the hell of it. I don't want another homemade suit spidey so this is a nice bonus for those that have the first one and want the big drone.

 

[rocbolt]

Lol. Your maths is wrong.
Surely you still paid $159.90?
Getting $100 back for something you paid for that didn?t arrive is irrelevant. It?s great to get a refund. But you still paid $159.90($259.90 for two items, but refunded $100 for the item that didn?t arrive is a net cost of $159.90 for the drone), as you only have one item to show for it.

 

[The Buffinator]

Lol. Your maths is wrong.
Surely you still paid $159.90?
Getting $100 back for something you paid for that didn?t arrive is irrelevant. It?s great to get a refund. But you still paid $159.90($259.90 for two items, but refunded $100 for the item that didn?t arrive is a net cost of $159.90 for the drone), as you only have one item to show for it.

That's great, but actually...

It turns out my math was right, because that $100 refunded item (BTW, the seller and I both were refunded) was delivered yesterday by USPS! The box looked like an accordion, but somehow the contents survived unscathed. Truly bizarre. DHL Global's tracking last showed it in Germany on May 12th, and then nothing until it arrived at my local post office yesterday. Neither DHL's nor USPS's tracking shows any detail about what happened to it between those two dates. Given everything that's transpired with COVID I wasn't shocked when DHL declared it "lost", but I was gobsmacked when I saw it on my front porch.

So YES, now the Drone ACTUALLY only cost me $75!

 

[Username]

That's great, but actually...

It turns out my math was right, because that $100 refunded item (BTW, the seller and I both were refunded) was delivered yesterday by USPS! The box looked like an accordion, but somehow the contents survived unscathed. Truly bizarre. DHL Global's tracking last showed it in Germany on May 12th, and then nothing until it arrived at my local post office yesterday. Neither DHL's nor USPS's tracking shows any detail about what happened to it between those two dates. Given everything that's transpired with COVID I wasn't shocked when DHL declared it "lost", but I was gobsmacked when I saw it on my front porch.

So YES, now the Drone ACTUALLY only cost me $75!

That doesn’t change the maths in the original post, lol.
But you have lucked out.

 

[The Buffinator]

That doesn?t change the maths in the original post, lol.
But you have lucked out.

Yes, very lucky indeed. I actually feel quite silly for having used that refund as some kind of justification for overspending on the drone. If I had to do that every time I paid too much for something related to this hobby I'd have given it up a long time ago. The fact is I wanted it, I figured (wrongly as it turned out) that there wasn't going to be a better deal anytime soon, so I bought it. Not the first time that's happened, and probably won't be the last. NBD...

 

[gmoney5000]

Yes, very lucky indeed. I actually feel quite silly for having used that refund as some kind of justification for overspending on the drone. If I had to do that every time I paid too much for something related to this hobby I'd have given it up a long time ago. The fact is I wanted it, I figured (wrongly as it turned out) that there wasn't going to be a better deal anytime soon, so I bought it. Not the first time that's happened, and probably won't be the last. NBD...

It was your unsuspecting old lady neighbor...not DHL...she just got tired of going through your shipment.

 

[The Buffinator]

It was your unsuspecting old lady neighbor...not DHL...she just got tired of going through your shipment.

Hey, UPS actually delivered my last two Sideshow orders to the correct house! I was beginning to think that was never going to happen again...

 

[incubus]

For those wondering about the Third Party Drones, they look decent on hand