Post by: morgardee on October 05, 2006, 09:00:39 AM
Post by: Raptor on October 05, 2006, 10:35:04 AM
I've hit samco and I've ordered my viper pit packs. That pretty much takes care of joe buying for me this year.
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Post by: Redmao on October 14, 2006, 12:59:22 PM
Guess the demand is high for such a hot product.
Post by: morgardee on October 25, 2006, 08:44:38 AM
Anyhow, vipers are what you would expect, lots of cool vipers for a really good price. The other pack of steel brigade vs the plague is kind of blah. Glad I only got the one set. Both of these sets have inspired me to learn how to cast parts. If I could make classic V1 Viper boots then these sets would be way better and casting that plague figure's head would mean any extra snake eyes bodies I might have could be easily used to make more plague troopers.
So, er, anyone know of a good site that teaches how to cast parts?
Post by: Pete The Greek on October 25, 2006, 10:47:17 PM
Quote from: ""morgardee""
So, er, anyone know of a good site that teaches how to cast parts?
http://www.hobbycast.net/ (http://www.hobbycast.net/)
http://www.freemansupply.com/video.htm (http://www.freemansupply.com/video.htm)
They even have videos how to do it. I am tempted to try this as I am fed up trying to find more Bat attachment hands.
I also got my Viper Pit pack from smalljoes (yes, just one for now). Corey, rules. Great guy in person to.
Post by: Raptor on October 30, 2006, 09:49:03 AM
Any suggestions on what (if anything) I should do next?
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Post by: morgardee on October 30, 2006, 11:28:47 AM
If it doesn't and you didn't take insurance from him then I'm not sure what might happen. I remember years ago I waited for something like 6 weeks for an order from smalljoes to show up. What happened is the box was totally crushed by the post office. Looked like a truck ran it over and the box literally was missing a 6 inch piece of the corner and had plastic wrap around it to hold the contents in the box. To top it off I had to pay freaking duty taxes after they killed my package and it wasn't cheap. Geez, I'm starting to get p*ssed off again just thinking about it.
Anyhow, NOT smalljoes fault. Stupid post office.
Hopefully you'll get your order today and I didn't scare you. Uh, happy halloween?
Post by: Raptor on October 30, 2006, 12:03:49 PM
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I remember years ago I waited for something like 6 weeks for an order from smalljoes to show up. What happened is the box was totally crushed by the post office. Looked like a truck ran it over and the box literally was missing a 6 inch piece of the corner and had plastic wrap around it to hold the contents in the box. To top it off I had to pay freaking duty taxes after they killed my package and it wasn't cheap. Geez, I'm starting to get p*ssed off again just thinking about it.
:shock: GAAAH! I'm still stinging from losing overlord's foot to the maniacs.
Quote from: ""morgardee""
Hopefully you'll get your order today and I didn't scare you. Uh, happy halloween?
Geese Mor, why did you think that'd frighten me? *wets pants*
These things are coming out on retail shelves already broken. Add Canada post to the mix, and I can't see these coming to me as anything better than custom fodder. I'm kind of pissed at myself for not making it over to the states and buying them in person, but that's a crapshoot too. I need basic vipers, but who knows what I'll end up getting.
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Post by: Pete The Greek on October 30, 2006, 12:06:13 PM
And Canada Customs and Canada Post have been really inconsistent lately. I had two packages from an American seller (mailed a week apart) arrive on back to back days. I had two packages from Mastercollector sent recently. One was duty taxed and the other wasn't. Both had the same freaking values declared on them. And most of my packages have been arriving in one shot, in which I can't figure out unless the post office is hoarding packages to be sent on certain days.
I give it another week before contacting Corey about this.
Post by: Raptor on October 31, 2006, 06:45:26 PM
Mind you they put a beating on the box, but it looks like Corey packed it like he knew Canada Post was going to try to destroy it.
I'll post a casualty report if necessary. ;-)
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Post by: toiletviper on November 03, 2006, 02:15:57 AM
I am new to the board. I am glad I found this Canadian group of collectors.
I ordered 3 viper pits from Smalljoes on Oct 6, they shipped Oct 12 and still no sign of them. Could they still be stuck in customs you think?
Very frustrating. I have been waiting a long time for a viper army. I am getting three more from BBTS shipped to a package receiver in Blaine (I am in BC).
Has anyone else experienced such horrible delays due to customs? The problem cannot be with smalljoes (they made one mistake on a previous order, but they bent over backward to fix it).
Is somebody at customs playing with my defective new vipers right this moment ? :x
Post by: morgardee on November 03, 2006, 08:45:42 AM
After the American Thanksgiving (i.e. black Friday) everyone should pay the extra for shipping (insurance and signed tracking) if what you are getting has any real value and/or shipped in a larger box.
Post by: toiletviper on November 04, 2006, 06:21:32 AM
Very tight figures, with stress marks in pelvis as others have noted.
Swapped out the O rings and filed down the pelvis's as suggested on other forums.
A point of caution. If you are going to do this, do it fast! The figure's parts seem to warp if you leave them disassembled long enough. Especially the left shoulder. In addition, cutting the neck tab seems like a bad idea, unless you really know what you are doing.
I have to say I am very disappointed with these "defecto-vipers". Really not impressed at all. They look great but they are poorly made and fragile.