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All this needs is to hit the funding threshold because I don't think anyone will care about the three tier bonus figures.  Honestly those are pretty disappointing, but at least they didn't make the Tonikka sisters the bonus tiers.

Maybe, I'm missing it, but does anyone see the dimensions on this set?  Would like to know how much space it would require.  Might be hard to pass on this one.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: June 7, 2024, 11:12 AM »
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You are pathetic.  You NEVER stated these were crowd funded projects until after you started missing date after date.  Surprising how the guy you claim to be a convicted felon actually puts out product again and again.  You on the other hand, have a few dozen civil suits against you where you have lost the cases.  The fact that you are attempting to scam people out of money again saying that you are bringing your site back to "sell" stuff is beyond the pale.  The only stuff you sold was leftover product from the previous owner, who actually knew what he was doing.  You are nothing more than a common thief and a scammer.  You made promises you were incapable of keeping.

As for your "crowd funding" nonsense, I have never seen a project where someone takes the money and then says, well we can't make it for a bunch of bs reasons, so we are just keeping your money.  That is called theft, and at this point, I would hazard to guess you could be found guilty of grand larceny.  Trust me when I say there are many members in the collectors community that are quite upset with you.  You will never produce another item again.  Your reputation in the Star Wars realm is trashed.  The fact that you had the audacity to post what you have to paying customers shows the character that you have.  You have essentially admitted you grifted all of us.  You have made it much easier for all of us to pursue legal recourse.

Customer Service<C.service_TFSB@yahoo.com>


It’s actually quite simple.

There are different types of pre orders. Crowdfunding is one.

All crowdfunded orders are all pre orders, but not all pre orders are crowdfunded.

And you can choose to view this however you want, but the simple fact is your opinion on what this is doesn’t change its inherent nature. These projects were crowdfunded. Everything thing else we sold was not. The size and scale (meaning cost to produce) of these prevented them from being regular pre-orders. There was even a period of YEARS where it didn’t look like the Bantha would even get made. If they were in line with regular single figures, they would have just gotten made. In a matter of months. Not years.

This is why we repeated the phrase “if this wasn’t the case, we just would have made them”

It’s common sense. But in the end I can’t explain using common sense to a moron.






Thanks,

the team @ The Fans Strike Back


thefansstrikeback.com

His reply to one of my messages at the bottom, with my reply at the top.  I can't fathom why the PA AG doesn't give two ***** about this guy.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: June 7, 2024, 08:56 AM »
They are actually replying to customer service emails.  I have emailed him demanding my money back.  First email I called them a thief and his reply was "not even close".

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: June 6, 2024, 09:09 PM »
Just wow.  We can't give refunds because you guys sued us and exposed us for being frauds, but don't worry, we will be back with new product.  Stan Solo stole my ideas and makes crap figures.  Our Leia was crap, but that was because of the factory, however, it didn't stop us from shipping it to customers.  Same thing with ST figures where arms would break off.  Disregard my many multiple civil rulings against me, because the other Chris is a convicted felon. 

I think I'm up to like 37 SS figures, plus the speeder and the Bantha.  Only thing I haven't received are the Tonikka sisters and one droid, because they aren't finished yet.  Krahn hasn't even come close.  The few things I received from him were older items leftover when SS was still involved.  I wish I had these posts when I did my credit card dispute.

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If this is the Cantina, this will be a tough decision for me.  Even though I sold all my Hasbro stuff, I still back both the Sail Barge and the Razorcrest.  I set up the later with retro figures, which is the only Hasbro thing I still collect.

When I sold my stuff, I kept three sets of loose figures.  The first was Jabba's palace stuff for the Sail Barge and any future Jabba's palace playset.  The second was a bunch of Empire figures in case they ever made a Death Star or Star Destroyer playset.  The last set, was cantina aliens.

Do I have room for this?  Of course not.  Heck my Barge and Razorcrest are still in boxes since I moved last September.  When I finally get stuff sold, I will have room in the basement, but do I want to buy something else just to sit for years?  I guess I will see tomorrow.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: June 6, 2024, 07:07 AM »
It is a bit crazy that this is still going on.  The BBB page from the RS page only had four complaints.  I'm trying to think of all the things I actually received from TFSB.  I think it is the following:

Han ST, Thrawn, Black R2 droid with pop up red lightsaber, Shadow Trooper, Slave Leia, Set of three Boba Fetts in different paint schemes, two coins, replacement trash for vintage Death Star (still vacuum sealed, haven't opened it).  Of those, I believe Shadow Trooper and R2 were left over from the days Stan Solo was involved.  Han and Thrawn are ok, Fetts are ok, Slave Leia is blah.  None of the non-Stan Solo involvement items are as good as what SS puts out.

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if SS makes all the wave of 13 stuff eventually.  From some old FB chat with Krahn, he supposedly had ideas for a second ANH wave as well as ESB and ROTJ waves.

I have to wonder at this point was this his idea to scam people all along, or did he just get in over his head and cut and run?  Did he inherit/buy the business from SS, then couldn't figure out what to do, got caught up in other legal troubles and then just used TFSB as his slush fund to get out of other legal trouble?

I guess I will have to wait for the Netflix documentary.

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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: June 5, 2024, 02:03 PM »
The "update" is up.  Same old BS.  TFSB is a third payment processor, doesn't make the toys, etc.  Money is with the place in Texas, but don't bother contacting them because they don't respond anymore.  Call the BBB or state AG in Texas.  Banthas were supposed to be finished in May 2023 per their last contact.  No info on the wave of 13 yet, but that should be coming.  Can't wait to hear how the Chinese factory has the money, has had distribution problems, and hasn't communicated with TFSB.

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LEGO / Re: Recent Acquisitions
« on: May 24, 2024, 07:38 AM »
That is a go to site for pricing.  I have bought a bunch of random replacement pieces from the site for reasonable prices.  The only thing is to try to get a pretty big list together to buy for pieces since even minimum USPS shipping is over $5.  You can buy a replacement piece for pennies, but then have to pay shipping.  I haven't tried selling anything through bricklink.  When I was pricing items based on past email sales, I would get several people that would state the price on bricklink is x, so that is what I use now to price my sets.  Ebay and FB probably have a much wider audience, but bricklink might not be a bad second option.  I'm not sure what it takes to set up a shop, or if they take a cut like ebay, but you may want to check them out.

If you aren't in any particular rush besides having a bunch of stuff taking up space in your house, I would play the long game.  We do have high inflation at this point, so it may not be the best time to sell.  I'm getting random hits on my stuff, but have only made two or three sales in the past few months.  Just hang in there, and you can get the value out of it.

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It is utterly insane they wouldn't just give the second sister a figure for free.  That was an actually smart ask on her part because I think we all now how impossible finding figures in the wild can be.  The whole objectifying woman angle seems very odd, but not out of place for Disney.  Oola and Slave Leia are easy ones to target for that.  A couple of background characters, that are seen for a few seconds, and are fully clothed, and had zero background info on them when the movie was released?  That seems rather odd to label them as being objectified.

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LEGO / Re: Recent Acquisitions
« on: May 23, 2024, 06:59 AM »
Ebay's default position is to screw the seller, regardless of how obvious a scam a buyer is running.  Paypal can be a bit better with protection.  As a seller, while this is a bit dishonest, if you can get someone to send money friends and family, then they have no recourse with Paypal.  That is an obvious red flag to any legitimate buyer.  Avoid anyone who asks for Zelle, it is the scammers payment of choice.  I have had countless inquiries that end up with "I'm busy but my brother/husband/cousin will pick it up.  Do you take Zelle?".  Meanwhile, the FB account they have stolen is from somewhere in Europe when my listing is clearly from the US.

Really FB marketplace isn't really any different than someone asking to purchase your ebay listing outside of ebay.  However, many times these people than they should get a 50% discount for "saving you the ebay fees".

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LEGO / Re: Recent Acquisitions
« on: May 21, 2024, 06:58 AM »
There are a lot of resellers out there.  I unload a bunch of my Hasbro stuff to one of them.  He was also interested in my Lego and SS stuff, but I didn't go down that road with him.  It all depends on what they offer you.  I just had a FB marketplace guy try to lowball me on one of my listing.  He wanted to pay $100 for a set that was fairly priced at $225.  I replied "you are offering less than half?" and he replied "bro, I do this for a living" and then proceeded to send me a listing for around $130 for an open set.  When I replied that mine was factory sealed and priced fairly, I didn't anything further.  You will get a bunch of this nonsense.  I sold a bunch of my carded figures with Star Cases.  I had one guy lowball me on a set.  I told him I could sell at a lower price without the Star Cases and he replied, "how am I supposed to resell them without the cases".  Many of the resellers feel entitled to get your stuff for cheap so they can make their own profit.  Told that guy just to send me his buyers names and I would sell direct to them.

As for FB marketplace, you need to give it time.  There is an ebb and flow.  I will go months without a sale, and then get a bunch in a two week period.

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If you want to believe the story of the actresses never giving their rights to Kenner/Hasbro and wanting "millions" for them, then Haslab would be the only option for Hasbro to recoup the cost for the figures.  I have always had a hard time believing the story considering the obscure background characters that have been made over the years.

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I don't see how Haslab is a "paywall".  This isn't a phone game that is gating progress based on paying for the exclusive new item.  Anyone is able to purchase a Haslab item and they make as many as are sold if they hit the funding goal.  Yes, you are paying for a large item to get a pack-in figure, but I seriously doubt a "casual" collector on an extreme budget is clamoring for the Tonnika sisters.


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Kenner Retro Collection / Re: 3rd Party Kenner Retro-Style Toys
« on: April 23, 2024, 03:38 PM »
And the page is back, with a promised update coming soon.

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LEGO / Re: Recent Acquisitions
« on: April 23, 2024, 07:15 AM »
Some of those FB lego groups are a bit crazy.  I wouldn't really bother with them.  Just list it on marketplace and set it to worldwide so everyone can see it.  I've sold about 80 loose and open sets in the past 18 months.  I have been selling more than just lego, so it may go faster for you.  If all the sets are sealed, you really just need to take pictures of the front and back.  Taking the time to list everything will definitely get you a lot more money than going to a dealer.  You might find some people who will want to buy several sets and ask for a discount.

Personally, I would sell them yourself.  A dealer will give you at best 50% of what you could sell them for, but most likely 30% or less.  Write your first listing in Word.  Then you can just cut and paste.  Essentially you just need set number and title and that it is sealed.  I also list the number of pieces and which mini figures are included (many sets sell just because they contain a unique mini figure).

You are honestly sitting on a mini goldmine.  Like I stated earlier, I have sold about 20% of my lego collection and have made about 70% of the MSRP of everything and I still have a bunch of larger sets and rare items that I haven't had a chance to list yet.  You won't regret it if you just take the time.

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