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Post by The Doctor on Sept 23, 2019 16:48:53 GMT
5704/8000 with 13 days 11 hours and 19 mins left.
LOST THREE.
KAPOW: UNKNOWN.
HUBBERS: 1.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 23, 2019 18:09:48 GMT
Hold in there, Andu.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 23, 2019 20:01:12 GMT
5704/8000 with 13 days 8 hours and 6 mins to go.
NO CHANGE.
KAPOW: UNKNOWN.
HUBBERS: 1.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Sept 23, 2019 21:34:48 GMT
Buy three more, Andu! We belive in you!
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 23, 2019 21:37:04 GMT
Im guessing a lot of the losses are people cancelling orders to friends in the states and reordering with Kapow.
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Post by browny87 on Sept 23, 2019 21:51:49 GMT
that was my theory also
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 24, 2019 5:45:42 GMT
5698/8000 with 12 days 22 hours and 25 mins left.
LOST SIX.
KAPOW: UNKNOWN.
HUBBERS: 1.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Sept 24, 2019 6:25:54 GMT
So if you do assume that the losses are all going to Kapow, that still doesn't push it anywhere near over the line. Kapow have got to be sitting on a heckuva lot of orders to do that. But then, they are the sole supplier in Europe, too...
It might be feasible, at that.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 24, 2019 9:05:56 GMT
A difficulty a few folk have pointed out though is that the Kapow option opened up with just over a fortnight to go. There may be fans who would have paid the £605 asking price but couldn't with such short notice.
-Ralph
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Post by browny87 on Sept 24, 2019 11:57:55 GMT
extension 2?? its like brexit all over again but less dickheads
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Post by Jim on Sept 24, 2019 14:23:38 GMT
Still not sure Kapow are coming to the rescue on this one - the main European mainland importers have had unofficial preorders up for a while now, and I wouldn't underestimate customer loyalty making it unlikely that some people would cancel their preorders and switch to Kapow. Especially given higher shipping costs _and_ Brexit uncertainty.
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 24, 2019 15:41:00 GMT
For me its not so much they are coming to the rescue as they are providing possibly a more secure way to buy.
While Im grateful to any company that jumped in to offer them before Hasbro were forced to out of panic, it does seem there a longer supply chain with more chnce of issues from the non Kapow options.
Lets say worst case senario for brexit results in TFE and Kapow going out of business. I could be completely wrong, but I'd expect buying from the company with a direct deal with Hasbro UK has the better chance of me ending up with a Unicron.
Admittedly Kapows shorter supply chain being in efect Hasbro UK is hardly a confidence boost.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 24, 2019 19:43:24 GMT
5695/8000 with 12 days 8 hours and 24 mins left.
LOST THREE.
KAPOW: UNKNOWN.
HUBBERS: 1.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 25, 2019 6:19:36 GMT
5700/8000 with 11 days 21 hours 55 mins left.
GAINED FIVE.
KAPOW: UNKNOWN.
HUBBERS: 1.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 25, 2019 19:53:49 GMT
5697/8000 with 11 days 8 hours 8 mins left.
LOST THREE.
KAPOW: UNKNOWN.
HUBBERS: 1.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 25, 2019 20:17:09 GMT
Unicron - biggest yo-yo ever.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 25, 2019 20:43:03 GMT
5700/8000 with 11 days 7 hours and 20 mins left.
GAINED TWO.
KAPOW: UNKNOWN.
HUBBERS: 1.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 26, 2019 6:08:02 GMT
5699/8000 with 10 days 21 hours and 59 mins left.
LOST ONE.
KAPOW: UNKNOWN.
HUBBERS: 1.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 26, 2019 6:43:19 GMT
This is making me giddy!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 26, 2019 6:54:23 GMT
I can only hope 2000 orders are coming via the other sources or I am doomed to eat the hated ham and pineapple pizza.
-Ralph
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Post by R0B0_G0D on Sept 26, 2019 11:26:17 GMT
I mean, they just went this big, and this expensive purely for bragging rights. Unicron could be any size they wanted (unlike a playset/vehicle for action figures), as Unicron would never scale with any other toy. He wouldn't be any worse off at titan, or commander size. Basically, there's no reason on earth we couldn't have had a mass released Titan Unicron instead of PotP Predaking. And honestly, I think this is a terrible use of the kickstarter concept. Completely agreed. And he's a terrible looking shellformer from any angle other than full-frontal. And he's the colours of the G1 prototype instead of his classic G1 look. What are they saving the classic colours for - a repaint? And he's a ridiculous price. "Transformer History", my hairy crevice. This is Hasbro greed at its finest. Needless to say I've hard-noped out of this one. If this fails, as is looking increasingly likely, I be having a celebratory chortle. |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 26, 2019 20:48:15 GMT
5698/8000 with 10 days 6 hours and 22 mins left.
LOST ONE.
KAPOW: UNKNOWN.
HUBBERS: 1.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 27, 2019 7:34:08 GMT
5703/8000 with 9 days 20 hours 38 mins left.
GAINED FIVE.
KAPOW: UNKNOWN.
HUBBERS: 1.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 27, 2019 20:34:16 GMT
5711/8000 with 9 days 7 hours and 36 mins left.
GAINED EIGHT.
KAPOW: UNKNOWN.
HUBBERS: 1.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2019 5:32:11 GMT
5715/8000 with 8 days 22 hours 44 mins left.
GAINED FOUR.
KAPOW: UNKNOWN.
HUBBERS: 1.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 28, 2019 12:14:57 GMT
I can only think that Hasbro aren't making a fuss about this because they know with all current orders worldwide it's already past 8000.
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Post by Benn on Sept 28, 2019 12:47:10 GMT
What was the official reaction to Cookie Monster failing to fund?
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 28, 2019 13:15:54 GMT
*tumbleweed*
It was removed from their website - all trace vaporized.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 28, 2019 13:47:14 GMT
Yikes. Bit... Bunny boiler, that.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2019 14:08:11 GMT
I can only think that Hasbro aren't making a fuss about this because they know with all current orders worldwide it's already past 8000. Reeeeeeally? -Ralph |
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