Lord Piper
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no way he got it from 3A direct. that fig is long sold out.
Yup, was that an order direct from Bambaland or from a reseller?
Tbh, I have never bought anything from Bambaland direct.. too complicated, frankly some of their promotional emails are so obscure, that while they may make sense to experienced club members, I frequently bin them as incomprehensible.. I don't like paying an overseas company up front, to fund production ten months later, in the current economic climate either.. so I buy almost exclusively from the after market.. which helps out peeps, who have to meet the terms of the various club membership schemes.. and most of those 'terms' appear to be what are called in corporate terms, 'channel stuffing'....
Edit - Ok, not Bambaland.
Not sure if that's a good deal, but I really wanted it.
Not sure if that's a good deal, but I really wanted it.
Well, 3A never disappoints, worst thing that can happen is that they delay the production, if that's the case they offer a refund if you don't want to wait, I've purchased most of my 3As from Bamba and it's a different feeling the price alone justifies the purchase from Bamba
The bad or good thing about 3A is that they never rerelease anything, so the after market has been my salvation many times too.
Thanks for the suggestions and letting me vent a little. It's much appreciated.
I think I'm just bummed that my FIRST 3A robot and one that I was really excited about looks like it's going down the crapper. They did send me a NIB JEA Heavy Bramble which is cool, just not what I was hoping for.
I wonder if there is someone out there with a Gravedigger who might be interested in a trade. Are the Heavy Brambles all valued the same?
Need to get a better backdrop put up and work on the lighting, but here's my squad in action! So happy with everything. I have my first WWRp bot coming Monday so I can check the size and see if I want to incorporate some of those so I can get some of the harder to find colorways, but I'm so impressed with these in 1/6.
Everything in this photo ran me just under $700 shipped. Did I do ok?
Hmmm. I take your point, however without a club membership and adding shipping and taxes for the UK, I'm not certain that reason for buying direct from Bambaland would be as compelling, in my case.
The paying up front issue (not to mention, is it a $150 annual membership fee?) was more a concern over a company in another country going out of business, rather than changing my mind about a pre-order.. generally I have a rule that if there is no fluent English sales 'front end' then I don't do business, its just less grief.. I had enough problems with Hollywood Collectibles Gallery, who speak perfect English, to re-enforce extreme caution over procedures for doing business overseas.
Thanks for the suggestions and letting me vent a little. It's much appreciated.
I think I'm just bummed that my FIRST 3A robot and one that I was really excited about looks like it's going down the crapper. They did send me a NIB JEA Heavy Bramble which is cool, just not what I was hoping for.
I wonder if there is someone out there with a Gravedigger who might be interested in a trade. Are the Heavy Brambles all valued the same?
Hmmm. I take your point, however without a club membership and adding shipping and taxes for the UK, I'm not certain that reason for buying direct from Bambaland would be as compelling, in my case.
The paying up front issue (not to mention, is it a $150 annual membership fee?) was more a concern over a company in another country going out of business, rather than changing my mind about a pre-order.. generally I have a rule that if there is no fluent English sales 'front end' then I don't do business, its just less grief.. I had enough problems with Hollywood Collectibles Gallery, who speak perfect English, to re-enforce extreme caution over procedures for doing business overseas.
You've got it all wrong. Maybe you should read some of those emails.
You don't need the 3AA membership to order from bamba. The membership just gives you access to the exclusives and the discount. Plus, shipping is included in the price of almost all the items offered.
Thanks for the suggestions and letting me vent a little. It's much appreciated.
I think I'm just bummed that my FIRST 3A robot and one that I was really excited about looks like it's going down the crapper. They did send me a NIB JEA Heavy Bramble which is cool, just not what I was hoping for.
I wonder if there is someone out there with a Gravedigger who might be interested in a trade. Are the Heavy Brambles all valued the same?
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