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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Apr 8, 2004 9:28:42 GMT -5
[glow=aqua,2,300] Hmmm...well I'm not really trying to immitate anyone. I just wanted to use the species icons in my avatar here and elsewhere. I thought it was kind of original since no one else here seems to be doing it.
I do want to give you props for your artwork since you made these wonderful little gems. How about a credit line of thanks under my avatar?
~SS~[/glow]I didn't mean that you were immiatating anyone, I was just quoting the quote, I meant that your desire to use the icons I made is the best form of flattery Thanks for the credit line! and yes simian everyone loves monkeys but what have they done for us lately?
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Post by the sliFt on Apr 8, 2004 11:10:16 GMT -5
oh man, i can't wait for wave two! hopefully these guys will be hitting TRU soon, and so will i!
and cjk, you really did an awesome job with those icons.
...monkeys are cool too
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Post by ChrisL on Apr 8, 2004 11:24:42 GMT -5
Well guys,
I did have time to waste so I emailed him. He has a really high ebay rating so I gave him the benefit of the doubt and asked him where he got them and what he had on hand. He was very friendly and responded back quickly. He does have the shock fury!! He couldn't change the description on it because someone already made a purchase on it...and having used Ebay for selling myself, this seems to ring true. He said he got the cases from Hasbro this week. Anyway I ordered 4 Dune stingers and 2 Shocks...he gave me a big discount on shipping. The price is only a dollar or so more then TRU, it will save me the time from having to drive to my TRU the next few weeks...easily covering that cost in gas ($2 a gallon...shheeshh!!) and I'll get them pronto. Add in my TRU is now restocked to the pegs with Xevoz since the promo is over, so I won't see anything new for a while...and I'm very happy to be able to buy them from him. I'll post a review when I get them.
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Apr 8, 2004 11:42:55 GMT -5
and cjk, you really did an awesome job with those icons.
Thanks! It's good to know that my college education wasn't a complete waste He said he got the cases from Hasbro this week. Anyway I ordered 4 Dune stingers and 2 Shocks...he gave me a big discount on shipping. The price is only a dollar or so more then TRU, it will save me the time from having to drive to my TRU the next few weeks...easily covering that cost in gas ($2 a gallon...shheeshh!!) and I'll get them pronto. Add in my TRU is now restocked to the pegs with Xevoz since the promo is over, so I won't see anything new for a while...and I'm very happy to be able to buy them from him. I'll post a review when I get them. So he's a direct from Hasbro dealer...must be nice, I wish I had the money to invest in a business account like that I guess I can always dream At least we know he's not a scalper, I feel pretty good about that because what he's doing then is actually helping quite a bit. By him having a ton up on eBay it's preventing other people from cleaning out TRU to hit up eBay. Xevoz just may be the only scalper free toy line in existance right now ;D ChrisL, if you want to put together some reviews could I possibly talk you into posting them up over on Figure Realm? Figure Realm get's a lot of traffic and I think if there were a few reviews or even customs showcased up on that main page we could pull in some more Xevoz fans. I was going to do some reviews myself but I ended up working on the page instead and I really just don't have the time.
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Post by the sliFt on Apr 8, 2004 11:43:23 GMT -5
did he happen to mention when they might be hitting the stores?
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Apr 8, 2004 12:06:49 GMT -5
[glow=aqua,2,300]Well, now we know the rest of the story ala Paul Harvey. Thanks goes to ChrisL for taking time to solve the mystery. Did the seller say he had gotten the 2 pack in yet?
I still think I'll wait till they come out at retail. I'd rather support them either at TRU or Target. I can wait to make sure these places find the line productive enough to reorder future waves. I hope most of you do the same.
~SS~[/glow]
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Post by ChrisL on Apr 8, 2004 12:21:47 GMT -5
He said the others listed on Ebay are scheduled for delivery in a few weeks. I'd be happy to post reviews of these elsewhere...just remind me at the time I post them here. Also, while everything seems good to go now, I still will have a small amount of concern until the product is in hand. More good news though...Entertainment earth has some new listings as well. They have Terra Scorchers vs Street Punk and Hemogoblin vs. Moon Stalker listed for a May arrival date. This seems to coincide with the seller on ebay's info (other stuff in the next few weeks) and let's us know that another two pack is on it's way.
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Apr 8, 2004 12:40:50 GMT -5
Entertainment Earth put the Punk/Scorchers 2-pack up on Tuesday. I was going to mention it but lost track of it somewhere. I'm kind of curious how the 2-packs are going to arrive...if the Moon/Hemo will pack out with Shadow/Cutter or if Shadow/Cutter is going to disappear and we'll be getting Moon/Hemo with Punk/Scorchers... Either way we should be seeing a lot of new items in the next couple of months. Now if I can just keep myself away from eBay I'll have the money to get them when they come out
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Apr 8, 2004 13:44:20 GMT -5
[glow=aqua,2,300] Man, I wasn't expecting to see the Terra-Scorcher and Street Punk out so soon! I figured this was going to be a Summer or Early Fall item.
I'm starting to really worry about them packing more Alpha Rangers out in the new booster cases and at the same rate as the series two figures no less. It would be different if they were at least repaints or had some new parts. The Alpha seems to be the biggest pegwarmer of wave 1 around here. This has the potential to be disasterous as a glut of those figures could kill off future wave orders if they sit around to long.
~SS~[/glow]
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Apr 8, 2004 13:51:46 GMT -5
The Alpha Ranger thing is a very important concern. At my TRU we don't have any Skull Jacks, about 10 Razorclaw and at least 30 Alpha Ranger. As far as I'm concerned he should have never been packed into the second wave at 2 per case. It's definetly going to make it difficult to justify ordering more booster assortments
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Apr 8, 2004 14:14:08 GMT -5
[glow=aqua,2,300] Same here, if anything should be repacked it's the Skull Jack. He gets snapped up almost as soon as he goes out here. I suppose Hasbro considers the Alpha Ranger the Batman of this line and in a way he is. He's certain is clogging the pegs like all those wildly painted versions of Batman used too.
~SS~[/glow]
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Post by NPherno on Apr 8, 2004 17:41:07 GMT -5
[glow=Black,2,100%]Can somebody drum up pics of the Terra Scorcher & Street Punk? It'd be very appreciated... FYI - I also bought one of the eBay Dune Stingers... will report on how long shipping to Southern Cali is... will also buy some of his others for the hell of it...
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Apr 8, 2004 17:52:34 GMT -5
[glow=Black,2,100%] Can somebody drum up pics of the Terra Scorcher & Street Punk? It'd be very appreciated... FYI - I also bought one of the eBay Dune Stingers... will report on how long shipping to Southern Cali is... will also buy some of his others for the hell of it...
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[/glow] Welcome to the board NPherno! You can check out everything that was shown at Toy Fair at Toy News International
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Post by Squishee Slinger on Apr 8, 2004 18:11:53 GMT -5
[glow=aqua,2,300]Online buying is great and all but I really hope most people don't forsake the brick and mortars with this line. If a lot of people start buying on ebay and the like it's the one or two retailers who carry the line who will suffer. If they cut back on ordering future waves because the line doesn't sell as briskly as they like, then Hasbro will cut bait.
~SS~[/glow]
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Post by NPherno on Apr 8, 2004 18:14:26 GMT -5
[glow=black,2,100%] Well, I've seen those pics (regardless, thanx for the link again!)... and I can guess which is the Street Punk... but I haven't any idea which is the Terra Scorcher? Maybe the Green Armored Humanoid? Or the Black & Red 'Original Grim Skull'?
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