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Kapow!
Aug 27, 2020 19:34:48 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 27, 2020 19:34:48 GMT
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Kapow!
Aug 27, 2020 19:36:04 GMT
Post by Benn on Aug 27, 2020 19:36:04 GMT
Surprisingly popular boy, is our Bluestreak
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Kapow!
Aug 27, 2020 19:41:01 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 27, 2020 19:41:01 GMT
Dreading Ratchet.
DREADING
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Kapow!
Aug 27, 2020 19:56:20 GMT
Post by Benn on Aug 27, 2020 19:56:20 GMT
Oh Gods yes.
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Kapow!
Aug 27, 2020 20:15:35 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Aug 27, 2020 20:15:35 GMT
It went very quickly. I don't believe ER Bluestreak is suddenly the most popular exclusive which sells out faster than anything and makes sites keel over. There really must be very small quantities of these from Hasbro UK.
-Ralph
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Kapow!
Aug 27, 2020 20:18:42 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Aug 27, 2020 20:18:42 GMT
Dreading Ratchet. DREADING We don't know that Ratchet exists. What I am dreading is the Quint Pit, especially if it goes up at a silly time. That will vanish instantly. -Ralph
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Kapow!
Aug 27, 2020 20:32:41 GMT
Post by browny87 on Aug 27, 2020 20:32:41 GMT
yeah agreed Ralph, i am petrified about losing out on that
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Kapow!
Aug 27, 2020 20:56:21 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Aug 27, 2020 20:56:21 GMT
It's not that I care that is an 'exclusive'. It's the kind of set I've always wanted to have: it just happens to be an exclusive.
-Ralph
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Kapow!
Aug 27, 2020 23:10:21 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Aug 27, 2020 23:10:21 GMT
Dreading Ratchet. DREADING Well that aged well.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 28, 2020 9:36:16 GMT
As did my comment: 'We don't know that Ratchet exists.'.
-Ralph
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Kapow!
Aug 29, 2020 9:43:12 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 29, 2020 9:43:12 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 29, 2020 10:56:59 GMT
Hmm. Given Kapow can't control what they get and when, I think if they ditch preordering it'll make things worse. It'll just move the mad scramble from preorders to actually buying instead, but that'll be worse for us because we'll have several months of not knowing if we can get a toy instead of having a preorder locked in. At least now if we miss a preorder we know we need to find one somewhere else before the toy comes out. No way would I ignore a preorder on ID because I'm assuming I can buy it from stock when Kapow get them in. Too risky!
In short, ditching preorders won't change anything, it'll just move the problem back a couple of months and remove what little security we do have. The problem is the piecemeal way Hasbro are drip feeding the toys and Kapow can't do owt about that.
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Kapow!
Aug 29, 2020 16:58:10 GMT
Post by browny87 on Aug 29, 2020 16:58:10 GMT
i prefer the pre order system, its not perfect, but if i cant get it from one vendor i know i can try a few others, if they all go live at the same time its basically one shot
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Kapow!
Aug 31, 2020 18:42:44 GMT
Post by Pinwig on Aug 31, 2020 18:42:44 GMT
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Kapow!
Sept 5, 2020 14:49:24 GMT
Post by The Huff on Sept 5, 2020 14:49:24 GMT
Just been invoiced by Kapow for my Quintesson Judge pre order. But not the Alicon yet.
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Post by Syndication on Sept 5, 2020 15:34:06 GMT
I’ve not had an invoice for Arcee yet, but they’ve shown up at American retail today so it probably won’t be long.
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Post by Kingoji on Sept 8, 2020 9:42:11 GMT
My Kapow preoreders are in these groups:
Alicon, Judge, Snapdragon.
SS Blitzwing, Astro and Race Patrols.
Smokescreen, Airwave.
Rotorstorm, tigertrack.
So I've not seen any of these because I was an idiot that expected announced waves to be released together or keeps forgetting to buy individually. I do have more on order, but I had learned to do them solo by then.
But damn am I getting sick of the waiting.
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Kapow!
Sept 8, 2020 10:14:51 GMT
Post by Benn on Sept 8, 2020 10:14:51 GMT
The only ones I'm getting a tad annoyed on waiting for are the ones that should have been out in August, but that's Hasbro's fault, apparently
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Kapow!
Sept 8, 2020 10:19:13 GMT
Post by Kingoji on Sept 8, 2020 10:19:13 GMT
All of those minus the Selects should have been out in August originally!
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Kapow!
Sept 8, 2020 10:35:13 GMT
Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 8, 2020 10:35:13 GMT
The only ones I'm getting a tad annoyed on waiting for are the ones that should have been out in August, but that's Hasbro's fault, apparently And Covid's. Hasbro UK also didn't appear to know that the Q Judge had been pushed back to w3 in October..... but it's turned up early. Paid my invoice on the Judge, my Snapdragon is in an order with him.
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Kapow!
Sept 8, 2020 11:57:20 GMT
Post by Benn on Sept 8, 2020 11:57:20 GMT
Yeah, I’m a little surprised that it’s the two little guys that are holding my Snapdragon up, if I’m honest. Whenever I’ve seen Battle/Rampmasters in the flesh they’ve tended to hang around.
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Kapow!
Sept 8, 2020 12:01:21 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Sept 8, 2020 12:01:21 GMT
With how releases have moved around this year, I now just order items one at a time (from any store) and suck up the extra postage costs. I have an order with items released in August held by as one item now isn't due until October: when I made the order all the items went up for pre-order at the same time and were due to come out the same month.
-Ralph
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Kapow!
Sept 8, 2020 20:01:56 GMT
Post by Pinwig on Sept 8, 2020 20:01:56 GMT
I see from the FB that Kapow were flogging Seacons sets yesterday for £290! That's a rather large increase on the original price.
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Kapow!
Sept 8, 2020 20:22:05 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 8, 2020 20:22:05 GMT
Indeed, and yet they sold out within a day.
-Ralph
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Kapow!
Sept 8, 2020 20:29:46 GMT
Post by Syndication on Sept 8, 2020 20:29:46 GMT
Kapow emailed in response to a cancellation request that Arcee is arriving around October 1st for them. Glad to have clarification, so I kept my order.
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Kapow!
Sept 9, 2020 22:45:21 GMT
Post by Syndication on Sept 9, 2020 22:45:21 GMT
Hmm, quick question regarding Kapow pre-orders. I’ve just read this on their site, and the way I’m reading it, it sounds like they’ll need more Snapdragons and Smokescreens before my order with Arcee ships (I’m guessing so given they haven’t had any on general sale.) Would I be correct or do they hold pre-ordered stuff until the whole thing gets sent out, and I’m just reading it wrong? It’s the first time I’ve ordered more than one figure at a time from them, so I’m a bit unclear on it.
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Post by Llama God on Sept 10, 2020 7:20:19 GMT
Yep, they always wait until they can send everything.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 10, 2020 9:09:14 GMT
ID say the same thing but not had any problems with them not sending anything in an order. I think shops now realise that release dates on items can slide (especially this year). A customer can order 3 things that are due the same month but when they come out they could end up being a few months apart. I've got an order for items which were all due August but some of them have slipped until October. I'm not worried about not getting the parts of it that already came out in August.
-Ralph
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Kapow!
Sept 10, 2020 9:55:05 GMT
Post by Syndication on Sept 10, 2020 9:55:05 GMT
Yeah, it was the ‘incomplete order’ thing that put the frighteners on me. Given Snapdragon and Smokescreen are readily available at Smyths right now, I wouldn’t want Arcee only shipping late on to potentially leave me without those guys from Kapow (particularly given Snapdragon is one of my most anticipated this year.)
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Kapow!
Sept 15, 2020 19:26:48 GMT
via mobile
Post by The Doctor on Sept 15, 2020 19:26:48 GMT
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