A buddy of mine is starting his own business (gonna sell SW stuff) and just got some of those Code 3 Vader TIEs. Best part is that he offered me one at his cost: $50. I totally had to pull the trigger on that.
Me too. Jobe can swing some decent deals to JD members in here as well, for $90 plus shipping (no display cases though), so he's asked me to have any JD members drop me a line if they're interested so I can pass the word along to him, as I'll likely be seeing him this weekend...
My question though is whether Code 3 is still going to be making vehicles after this. Apparently Vader's TIE didn't sell too well, and then Code 3 up and vanished this year at Comic Con, with no appearance there or mention of new product by them anywhere of late. I know they're still pumping out the movie poster pieces, but I'm getting rather fearful that their SW vehicle line may be hitting the skids. They were supposedly already working on their AT-AT, but with Master Replica's incredible version, maybe that ruined their market on that high end vehicle, and others that were to follow. Perhaps their price was too high, or MR's forray into the prop vehicle line stole their core audience, or some other factors are going on. But I'd be rather bummed if this was it for them. Of course, since they told me I could no longer pick up items at their warehouse 15 minutes away like I used to, I'm a bit annoyed with them since that meant I had to get double-dinged by paying the exhorbitant shipping charges on these huge packages, as well as getting tagged with the 8.25% California sales tax.
Fortunately, Jobe provides a better alternative to those scenarios now...
