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Title: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: chap on July 14, 2009, 09:38 AM
So I came in the kubrick game just before series 10 & boba fett collection came out.  I have also acquired basic sets of 6,7, and 8.  I'm still working on getting the other basic sets. 

But how do you guys do it?  Everyday I keep thinking, man it would be nice if we had some more info or details on a release date of the deluxe sets!!

Collecting kubricks isn't like collecting vinyl records, because there are always new bands coming out with vinyl I want to pick up with rare pressings to track down.  But the next box of kubricks I get my hands on is going to be oh so sweet/.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: JediJman on July 14, 2009, 10:13 AM
Get set for some long waits.  Collecting Kubricks is a lot like watching LOST.  Several weeks of excitement with a 9-month wait in between.  At least you can use the gaps to try to fill in the holes from earlier series you may have missed.   ;)
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: BrentS on July 14, 2009, 10:13 AM
I started collecting in between series 7 and 8.  From what I can remember there was a looooooong drought between those two series (more than a year if I recall correctly).  Series 8 and 9 came pretty close together and then a longish drought to Series 10 and the Fetts.  I have a sneaky feeling that the we'll be waiting at least a year before the deluxe waves start hitting.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: DSJ™ on July 14, 2009, 10:17 AM
How do we do it, very well Thank You.  ;D

I started collecting Kuby's when I first saw the post that Matt made back in late 2002 when he started a post on the Early Bird  (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=14400.0) set. I hunted one down off the bay for $85. & got hooked. Then a post about Series 1 (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=14400.15), I oredered a case for myself & one for Brent from Hobby Link Japan. I was on the hunt for the chases & complted that set.

After that it was on to Series 2 which I started ordering a Master Case then more news of other Kuby's coming out. Series after series, box sets, carded... etc. Kuby's a addictive like crack hence the name "crackbricks", once you get one & smell the Kuby fume's ,your hooked.  ;D

We look around the net for places to order from & for a good price if we can, "Hobby Link Japan (HLJ), BBTS sort of, NCSX" I miss RoBBY.  :'(

As said before, a single box or MC is a hit & miss with chases. Some members have done well & others have dried up. It's the name of the game I guess but sure is fun. Not $400 plus fun for a chase tho.  :-\

Medicom posts updates around the 23rd of each month so we can tell if something is coming out plus keeping an eye on the Japan shows like the PARCO which brought us all sorts of Kuby goodness for the next year. Release dates will come out intime & once known they are posted. Box sets, carded & such are mostly the eBay route but when a seller has a good deal someone will post about it.

These things are pricey & will no doubt go up in price like we saw with Series 10 & the Fett collection. Others have come late in the game & sought out the Kub's & take time to finish off sets looking for a good price. Spend what you can only afford & remember patience is the key unless you are a die hard... damn eBay keyboard button :-X   ;D
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: karamazov80 on July 14, 2009, 11:01 AM
I wish I had never heard of the damn things.  Get away before it is too late.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: evenflow on July 14, 2009, 02:50 PM
I was able to hold off until series 2 but then couldnt hold back anymore. I would say do some backtracking trying to find good prices in between the wait. Good luck!
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: chap on July 14, 2009, 03:16 PM
Sounds good, I've seen some boxes on ebay of series 9 for like $100, but I may just spring for the basic 6!

I have a ton of backtracking to do, so I best get to it!


Have you guys ever thought of forming a collective of sorts to import Kubs at wholesale?  Like I see about 10 + people or so on here bought boxes of the boba collection, would it make since for someone to become the "importer" and everyone placed their order with this person?  Just a thought but it may prove to be able to save money, I remember reading HLJ does offer wholesale pricing. .
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: Crackbrick on July 14, 2009, 05:22 PM
They are evil but I've got it under control...at least I like to tell myself that.

I stopped being a completest a long time ago though, just don't have the $$, even if it was the only thing I bought.

cb
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: Morgbug on July 14, 2009, 05:42 PM
Have you guys ever thought of forming a collective of sorts to import Kubs at wholesale?  Like I see about 10 + people or so on here bought boxes of the boba collection, would it make since for someone to become the "importer" and everyone placed their order with this person?  Just a thought but it may prove to be able to save money, I remember reading HLJ does offer wholesale pricing. .

Jeff was pretty much the designated 'importer' for a lot of folks when Robby.jp was around and the prices were good (better?).  With the loss of Robby though I don't think anyone has really offered anything of a bulk discount that really amounts to wholesale pricing.  With the price increases on the master cases and the shift away from Robby's better (and true wholesale) pricing, the ability of a lot of people to afford a master case for themselves went away.  There's no benefit it seems to ordering a master case from the perspective of getting an individual box out of it.  Well, not quite true - it should improve your odds to getting a 'chase' box to one in two, but with Medicom not guaranteeing anything and seeing the frequency of dud master cases (no 1/96 chase) then that benefit disappears.  I think NCSX may be the future. 

Interestingly in ordering single boxes (as opposed to master cases) my success rate is one in four boxes.  They were only common chases but I was still darn happy. 
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: chap on July 14, 2009, 07:04 PM
Have you guys ever thought of forming a collective of sorts to import Kubs at wholesale?  Like I see about 10 + people or so on here bought boxes of the boba collection, would it make since for someone to become the "importer" and everyone placed their order with this person?  Just a thought but it may prove to be able to save money, I remember reading HLJ does offer wholesale pricing. .

Jeff was pretty much the designated 'importer' for a lot of folks when Robby.jp was around and the prices were good (better?).  With the loss of Robby though I don't think anyone has really offered anything of a bulk discount that really amounts to wholesale pricing.  With the price increases on the master cases and the shift away from Robby's better (and true wholesale) pricing, the ability of a lot of people to afford a master case for themselves went away.  There's no benefit it seems to ordering a master case from the perspective of getting an individual box out of it.  Well, not quite true - it should improve your odds to getting a 'chase' box to one in two, but with Medicom not guaranteeing anything and seeing the frequency of dud master cases (no 1/96 chase) then that benefit disappears.  I think NCSX may be the future. 

Interestingly in ordering single boxes (as opposed to master cases) my success rate is one in four boxes.  They were only common chases but I was still darn happy. 

That makes sense.  I just saw that HLJ offered wholesale discounts to distributors.  Even if someone on here ordered 2-3 master cases and then sold individual boxes to people it may save a little money.  Just an idea I was shooting around, I know when a vinyl record comes out in Europe we do group buys to save on freight etc. etc. 

Maybe its something to think about for the deluxe sets? 

Either way great little community you guys have here, glad I stumbled upon it.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: Jeff on July 14, 2009, 11:09 PM
Have you guys ever thought of forming a collective of sorts to import Kubs at wholesale?  

Jeff was pretty much the designated 'importer' for a lot of folks

Like Brent said, I ran a group buy for Series 5 to Series 9, then we lost our wholesaler (Robby.jp).  Without the cheap wholesale prices, things sort of fell apart for out group buys.


I just saw that HLJ offered wholesale discounts to distributors.  Even if someone on here ordered 2-3 master cases and then sold individual boxes to people it may save a little money.  Just an idea I was shooting around, I know when a vinyl record comes out in Europe we do group buys to save on freight etc. etc.  

I looked into HLJ, but they have a 180,000yen minimum order (pre-paid in full) to enter the wholesaler program and around 500,000Yen in orders per year.  That works out to around $5500 per year in orders...  that total isn't exactly impossible to get to given how spendy Kubricks are getting, but it was definitely way to much to just jump in without researching their program a bit more.  Unfortunately, the S10 and BFC order deadlines passed before I could work out all the details/paperwork with them, so a group buy never materialized this year.      

Buying bulk from HLJ could be an option for the Deluxe Series 1 & 2, but it is still way too early in the process to get anything started there...   if you are one of the new folks, check out the threads for Series 7/8/9 and you will see how the past group buys have sort of worked - we wait for the "official" Medicom website update before we even really worry about getting a group buy list started.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: I Am Sith on July 14, 2009, 11:38 PM
I got into these figures about 2 years ago and have been hooked since my first purchase.  There are so many different releases and a multitude of Star Wars product, that I don't ever see myself having a complete collection.  In the mean time, I bide my time in between releases by making customs and trying to save money.  The later is a lot harder these days with the way prices have been going, but I'm at least able to afford the basic releases.  The exclusives and chases are ones I'm just going to have to live without until I can either save up enough money (which never seems to be possible with these things) or wait for a great deal to come along (ie. Veers or other forum members thinning out their collections).

I wish you luck in keeping up with your habit...
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: chap on July 15, 2009, 12:06 AM
I looked into HLJ, but they have a 180,000yen minimum order (pre-paid in full) to enter the wholesaler program and around 500,000Yen in orders per year.  That works out to around $5500 per year in orders...  that total isn't exactly impossible to get to given how spendy Kubricks are getting, but it was definitely way to much to just jump in without researching their program a bit more.  Unfortunately, the S10 and BFC order deadlines passed before I could work out all the details/paperwork with them, so a group buy never materialized this year.      

Buying bulk from HLJ could be an option for the Deluxe Series 1 & 2, but it is still way too early in the process to get anything started there...   if you are one of the new folks, check out the threads for Series 7/8/9 and you will see how the past group buys have sort of worked - we wait for the "official" Medicom website update before we even really worry about getting a group buy list started.

Cool Jeff.  I think if the deluxe series is going to be anywhere near what I think it will be this may be the way to go.  Just an idea I had, looking forward to the next year in kubs!
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: chap on July 23, 2009, 12:10 AM
tomorrow is the 23rd! bump for hopefully getting an update.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: chap on August 26, 2009, 03:15 PM
Any medicom updates this month?
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: Jayson on August 26, 2009, 03:19 PM
Any medicom updates this month?

Yes, but no new Star Wars items.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: Sir Real on August 26, 2009, 05:07 PM
It's not Star Wars, but the KISS 4-pack has just been released.  Should be receiving mine in a couple days.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: Dan on August 26, 2009, 06:17 PM
Any medicom updates this month?

Yes, but no new Star Wars items.

Curses  >:(
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: chap on August 27, 2009, 12:40 AM
Any medicom updates this month?

Yes, but no new Star Wars items.

 >:(
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: karamazov80 on August 27, 2009, 10:43 AM
Any medicom updates this month?

Yes, but no new Star Wars items.
True, but that Kaneda figure from Akira is awesome!  Not $200 awesome, but awesome nonetheless!
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: chap on September 21, 2009, 10:31 PM
the 23rd is almost here!!! fingers crossed for some deluxe series news. .
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: karamazov80 on September 23, 2009, 11:25 AM
Well, it seems to be late evening of the 23rd in Nihon right now, and on Medicom's website, I only see Neon Genesis Evangelion Kubrick stuff.  There is also a crappy Mickey Mouse Be@rbrick.  Is this stuff newly listed?
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: Jeff on September 23, 2009, 11:28 AM
No update yet... the website usually updates after midnight their time, which means another 30-45minutes I think before we see the update.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: DSJ™ on September 23, 2009, 12:03 PM
Looks like we have to wait another month... nada on the update.  :'(
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: chap on September 23, 2009, 05:29 PM
Looks like we have to wait another month... nada on the update.  :'(


BAH  :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: Jeff on November 23, 2009, 10:42 AM
Looks like there's no sign of Deluxe Series 2 in the update today...   :-\
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: I Am Sith on November 23, 2009, 11:05 AM
Looks like there's no sign of Deluxe Series 2 in the update today...   :-\

That's unfortunate, but I did like seeing that they are releasing a Toy Story 3 set...
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: karamazov80 on November 24, 2009, 04:18 PM
With Jessie, we have another new instance of Medicom re-releasing chase figures in easy to obtain multi-packs.

I wonder when they'll start doing this with Star Wars figures. . .
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: gravetrooper on November 24, 2009, 07:53 PM
Are there any differences between the chase Jessie and the new one?
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: Jeff on December 23, 2009, 10:48 AM
Looks like this month's announcements revolve around Medicom's love affair with Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland RAH, UDF, and Kub/Be@r 2-pack). 

No sign of Deluxe Series 2 in the update...   :-\
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: chap on December 26, 2009, 12:44 AM
Looks like this month's announcements revolve around Medicom's love affair with Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland RAH, UDF, and Kub/Be@r 2-pack). 

No sign of Deluxe Series 2 in the update...   :-\


WEAK
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: DSJ™ on January 23, 2010, 11:06 AM
Medicom update is up... not a fricken' thing!  :'(
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: DSJ™ on February 7, 2010, 01:21 AM
I wonder if we will see anything from the Winter 2010 Wonder Festival that's on right now. Nothing I can find yet, maybe a carded exclusive? Duno.  :-\
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: chap on February 7, 2010, 12:29 PM
I wonder if we will see anything from the Winter 2010 Wonder Festival that's on right now. Nothing I can find yet, maybe a carded exclusive? Duno.  :-\

would be interested to know myself. .
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: Jeff on February 7, 2010, 12:50 PM
I wonder if we will see anything from the Winter 2010 Wonder Festival

WonderFest 2010 Winter Exclusives (http://www.bearbrick.com/wf2010w/).  Nothing for Star Wars.

(http://www.bearbrick.com/wf2010w/image/wf2010w.jpg)
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: P-Siddy on February 7, 2010, 01:26 PM
Naked Snake!!  :o

I've already got one of those.  :-*
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: DSJ™ on February 23, 2010, 08:11 AM
So will today be the day we hear anything on SW Kuby's? I nead a crackbrick fix soon.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: JediJman on February 23, 2010, 08:13 AM
So will today be the day we hear anything on SW Kuby's? I nead a crackbrick fix soon.

I've wrong a lot lately, so I will say NO in the hopes of being wrong again.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: DSJ™ on February 23, 2010, 12:13 PM
So will today be the day we hear anything on SW Kuby's? I nead a crackbrick fix soon.

I've wrong a lot lately, so I will say NO in the hopes of being wrong again.

You have no faith!  :P

Medicom update today... SW Kuby's!   ;D  (http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/drool1.gif)   8)
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: Morgbug on February 23, 2010, 01:13 PM
So does this mean regular series are dead for the next while?  I love the deluxe and will be in for both series but what about getting some regular stuff too? 
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: JediJman on February 23, 2010, 02:24 PM
So does this mean regular series are dead for the next while?  I love the deluxe and will be in for both series but what about getting some regular stuff too? 

I'm betting it takes the place of "regular waves" for a while.  They'll probably still have carded and box sets here and there.  I'm more curious to know if these sets will have chase figures and how the build-a-thing will work.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: I Am Sith on February 23, 2010, 02:50 PM
I'm more curious to know if these sets will have chase figures

I'd be willing to bet that these series will still have chase figures.  I'm hoping that the chases become more intricate though considering how big these boxes will have to be to house the basic figure and the b-a-f piece.  If the boxes are in fact bigger, I'd love to see an Ephant Mon or Hermie Odle chase in the ROTJ wave and a Wampa or Taun Taun in the ESB wave.
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: efranks on February 23, 2010, 03:34 PM
Now see, you go and say Ephant Mon or a Wampa and there we are; chase figures cooler than the basic releases.   :P

As I posted in the Hoth thread, I like the AT-ST but I'm not a big enough fan of the basic figures to really want to buy a box...but put the chance out there I could pull a Wampa?  Blargh!

   E...
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: Symposium on May 23, 2010, 11:50 AM
Looks like we're getting series 3 carded in June at the Medicom Toy Expo. Also Iron Man kubs in November!
Title: Re: Waiting for the next Kubrick Series to drop. . . .
Post by: JediJman on May 24, 2010, 12:12 AM
MEh, don't need carded repacks, but the Iron Man stuff sounds interesting...