Toyworld Grindrod (Throttlebot Rollbar)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by TFtoycollector, Apr 28, 2012.

  1. titan

    titan Still Vehicon

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    Did you ever hear back from them about a replacement?



    Thanks for the heads up guys!
     
  2. Max Rawhide

    Max Rawhide Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' ... uh, never mind

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    No, and frankly I've given up.

    (Was playing with the idea to ask again when I ordered Aurora from them, but that seems it won't be happening.)
     
  3. mtmte586

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    Is 3rdpartystore dead? They are showing Grindrod in stock, but they also aren't answering any e-mails. Also, I found it quite peculiar to see someone else's address in my 3rdpartystore account.
     
  4. DogFriedRice

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    I hope not...planning to order a Hegemon from them at some point.
    Just checked my account and it seems OK. Never ordered from them though.
     
  5. Scaleface

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    Interesting development. Seems Rollbar/Grindrod is up for preorder again. Been ou of stock everywhere for ages

    2nd run? $10 down for preorder, total $70.90 shipped.

    chimungmung Toy Shop

    Expected in July.
     
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  6. Curium

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    Yeah, I heard about a month ago from 2 different retailers that TW would be relisting him.
     
  7. Krooked

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    never ordered from chimungmung....anyone have any problems (US resident here)
     
  8. BulletSponge

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    I have had no issues ordering from Tony (Chimungmung) and I've purchased from him at least 5 different times.

    I'm skeptical about a Grindrod reissue though. I would have thought some of the major US retailers like BBTS would have heard something by now already. I wouldn't worry about getting a refund from Chimungmung if it turns out to be incorrect.
     
  9. primetime77

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    nope they are pretty awesome. only thing is sometimes stuff stays in customs for a week or two once it gets here (same thing when ordering stuff off ebay from overseas etc or even amazon marketplace guys who are overseas). obviously with local US vendors that doesn't happen. Tony ships fast and packs pretty well (not perfect but i've not had any damaged boxes) from them. That beign said the outer box seems to get beat up a bit if it stays in customs longer than a few days...customs in ny is bitch i guess.
     
  10. motorthing

    motorthing Too old for this $hit

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    Tony Chi is great/Rock Solid.

    And a bunch of equally solid retailers all say it's happening and have orders open. Doubts?
     
  11. Krooked

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    which other retailers? i emailed TFsource and they had no plans to restock. todojo is also a negative.
     
  12. Deceptimatrix

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    Excellent site. I've had 4-5 transactions with no issues whatsoever. Tony (the owner) even tracked down an item I was looking for that he didn't carry.
     
  13. Curium

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    If you don't count the one time US Customs nailed my package (random bad luck) I generally get my packages from him almost as fast (sometimes faster) then I used to from BBTS and TFSource with their cheap shipping option. Never had an issue with figures I've gotten from him so haven't had to test his customer service in terms of that, but I've heard nothing but good things about it. He was also very tolerant of my pestering him about WB Onslaught.

    I've heard from two others, one I don't have permission to talk about it, but the one I can mention was ToyerCity.com, another HK store.