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Kubricks / Re: Boba Fett Collection

« on: June 24, 2009, 03:25 PM »

I'm still psyched for this set and called NCS again today to check on status. They are still on track to ship out within the next two weeks apparently, so shouldn't be too much longer...

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Kubricks / Re: Deluxe Series 2 - Hoth

« on: June 23, 2009, 06:17 PM »

I'd be pretty happy with a Landspeeder or a Dewback honestly.

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Kubricks / Re: Recent Acquisitions

« on: June 23, 2009, 06:15 PM »

I got my carded Shadow Guards and S10 Gree in the mail today. I was second guessing the $35 for Gree, but he is pretty sweet up close. Cards on the Shadow Guards were nice and minty - almost feels sinful to crack one open.

I ended up with two spare shadow guards - one is being held for Scott, so just one left for $35. PM me if you want it...

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Kubricks / Re: Boba Fett Collection

« on: June 23, 2009, 06:13 PM »

Nice finds! Did you purposely seek out and pay more for the chases or did you come across these at regular figure prices? Out of curiousity, what does a basic box cost overseas in USD?

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Clone Wars Wave 6 (aka 2009 Wave 3)

« on: June 22, 2009, 10:34 PM »

Quote from: Jesse James on June 22, 2009, 05:53 PM

Head on out to the front page for carded pics of the ARF Trooper, Yularren (and his bitchin' table accessory), and more carded pics from other CW figures!

Okay, the table is pretty awesome - nice to see that we're still getting some cool accessories from Hasbro. That said, does anyone else think Yularen's body looks like a chick from the neck down? Maybe he's secretly Ventress in disguise...

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Kubricks / Re: Boba Fett Collection

« on: June 22, 2009, 07:02 PM »

Quote from: Crackbrick on June 22, 2009, 06:11 PM

So two chases total? Not three?

CB

Only two have been uncovered and even those are not confirmed. I'd still bet on a third chase popping up.

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Kubricks / Re: Series 9

« on: June 22, 2009, 02:47 PM »

Quote from: karamazov80 on June 22, 2009, 12:21 PM

Personally, I try to charge about $2 extra in my "shipping" costs on items I sell on eBay just to cover a part of my fees. As eBay keeps raising fees, I understand the need to pass the buck to the customer (why do we have sales tax, after all?). But extreme price gouging on shipping is pretty despicable, IMO. Apart from deceiving customers, eBay does deserve something for the service it provides, and until a real competitor shows up, if you don't like the fees, then I say, don't list auctions. EBay sucks, but sellers shouldn't screw them over just because eBay screws sellers over.

So you accurately pay federal taxes on all the stuff you sell on Ebay, right? Just want to make sure.

Personally, I don't view someone selling something at $50 and charging $50 shipping any differently than them selling at $100 with free shipping. If it costs me $100, it costs me $100. End of story. I've tried to work with Ebay on a few instances where sellers were charging ridiculous $25+ shipping for loose figs that shouldn't cost more than a couple of bucks. I even pointed out that the sellers were trying to avoid paying Ebay fees and Ebay did NOTHING about it. I'd rather be putting the dollars back into the sellers's hands than lining Ebay's pockets anyway.

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Kubricks / Re: Deluxe Series 3, ANH (we hope)

« on: June 22, 2009, 10:24 AM »

Quote from: David on June 22, 2009, 01:33 AM

How about:

-Owen Lars
-Beru Lars
-Gonk Droid
-Sandtrooper
-Jawa
-CZ-3

...to build a dewback. Are they doing chase figures in the deluxe series? If so, here are some ideas:

-Biggs Darklighter - Tosche Station (in Owen Lars box)
-Camie (in Beru Lars box)
-Power Droid - vintage deco (in Gonk Droid box)

I thought about some of these, but hope they stay away from remaking previously done figures like Jawa and Sandy. If they're going to remake figs, then I hope they just go with ANH Luke, Leia, Chewie, R2, etc. for the masses.

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Kubricks / Re: Deluxe Series 3, ANH (we hope)

« on: June 22, 2009, 01:02 AM »

I'm sure it's unlikely, but I'd like to see Deluxe Series 3 like this:

Wuher
Hem Dazon
Lak Sivrak
Feltipern Trevagg
Labria
Momaw Nadon (Hammerhead)

And the BAF could be the bar!

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Kubricks / Re: Series 9

« on: June 22, 2009, 12:56 AM »

Quote from: DSJ™ on June 19, 2009, 03:17 AM

Quote from: JediJman on June 18, 2009, 12:16 AM
Quote from: David on June 17, 2009, 11:34 AM
Is this a good deal?

I think it's fair - not great. There was a Shaak Ti for $80 BIN for several weeks, but the seller wanted $30 shipping. That would have actually been a few bucks cheaper. Might even still be out there if you search for it. On the flip side, I think you'll be hard pressed to find this for $100 or less, so it's not that much more.

I say it's a good deal too & shipping is not to high. That other one with the shipping of $30 from Hong Kong is way to bloody high. No one is going to pay that.

Well actually, I would rather pay $80 + $30 shipping versus $115 + $2 shipping.

That tactic of paying the heavy shipping, then filing a complaint is intriguing. I've always tried to get them to lower it up front, unsuccessfully. I could see going that route over the second auction at $117 - even if you didn't get any money back, you ended up with a pretty fair price.

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Kubricks / Re: Boba Fett Collection

« on: June 22, 2009, 12:51 AM »

Neither of these chases are "must haves" for me, but I certainly won't complain if I luck into them. Did I miss any updated news over the weekend on release dates?

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Kubricks / Re: Medicom Toy Exhibition '09 (Parco Show)

« on: June 22, 2009, 12:50 AM »

Quote from: BrentS on June 21, 2009, 09:33 PM

Wow, I missed a busy Kubie weekend going away for a few days!

Same here - holy crap. Anyone have any idea how the Deluxe sets are going to work? I'm wondering about the box/case sizes and thoughts on how muhc more these are going to cost us.