Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys Discussion

Discussion in 'The Toyark' started by Triggerhappy, Feb 1, 2012.

  1. Bryan Thornton

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    Wow, what was the original price? I am sure $139 will be cheaper than aftermarket though. Don't really care enough about Danny to order but if you see that batman Donatello on there please let the thread know. I am kicking myself for missing out on that one.
     
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    What the fuck? I swear to God, if anyone gets a message from Lootcrate that their prepaid order can’t be filled due to a lack of stock, I am never going to use BBTS or Lootcrate again… I’ve seen BBTS sell old stock at elevated prices before…but this is outright scalping…
     
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    Agreed. I really don't know why I didn't originally plan on copping him.
     
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    Wow. Just wow. Did they do this for anything from the first TMNT LootCrate set?

    The individual crates were $50 each, so that $140 is a fairly steep markup.

    Yeah, right there with you.
     
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    Agreed that this is some seriously shady sh@t. It's blatant scalping. Purchasing them to put them on their site for resale later is completely disgusting and atrocious practice. I don't know if they care but I see this as some damaging publicity for them especially if any Loot Crate customers have any issues with receiving their stock from Loot Crate.

    Does it surprise me? Honestly, a little. I figured a company like them would be more respectable. It didn't help that Loot Crate actually advertised the fact that these figures resell in the third-party market for a large mark-up. To be honest I would have absolutely nothing to do with Loot Crate if it weren't for the fact that that's your only avenue for getting some of these figures. Shame on Neca, shame on Loot Crate and shame on BBTS.

    I've been purchasing from BBTS for years but this is very much shaking my loyalty. I may have to contemplate on my future purchasing options.

    Edit: Actually I do recall that BBTS did also get some of the SDCC 2017 Toon 8-pack exclusives after the con and had them marked up about $100. I didn't give that a lot of thought at the time. It makes me wonder what other kind of things they do this for.
     
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  6. Bryan Thornton

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    I understand your side but in fairness the lootcrate stuff is no different than any kickstarter or mezco exclusive (or any other toy company exclusive) as far as that goes. Generally mezco exclusives show up on bbts for a markup, see spiderman 2099 as most recent example. Now saying that.....the markup is not generally 3 times original cost but I guess with bbts only charging $4 shipping then they likely are on the losing end of shipping cost recovery from lootcrate to them.
     
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    Not that I recall.
     
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    Right, I get it. This one is pretty shady though, regardless. There's been a number of different somewhat shady practices that have been spoken about from their end. Of course, I can't validate any of it myself but hearing about it just puts out some poor reputation.
     
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    Looks like $75 is their going rate for the Walmart items. Think the B/W bloody Turtle 4 pack was $75 as well.
     
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    I am never buying another Loot Crate! How do you not put these in an exterior box for shipping? What a complete joke and the seal was broken too. I usually do not complain much, but how do they think this is acceptable?
    Picture 2.jpg Picture 3.jpg
     
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    Ouch…. I’m still waiting on mine. It was supposed to be here today, but FedEx hasn’t updated since it left Bloomington, CA Saturday morning.
     
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    I have no idea what they are doing over there as I just received mine today, and was given a tracking number on 09/14. What a cluster mess over at Loot Crate. I understand shipping delays in this climate, but there is no excuse for a destroyed box.
     
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    Ugh, hopefully it will just show up today. My crate had no movement and then randomly showed up one day last week. It's annoying.
     
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    At least they changed their box design a little. The top flap used to not have the flaps that tuck into the box in the center so technically there was just the large slat on top and the open space. The original movie crate I had a couple of the items that were missing from the box that probably just slipped right through that. I honestly didn't even bother contacting them about it because I was mainly interested in the figure but it was still annoying as hell.
     
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    You are far more optimistic than I am…lol…
     
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    Have to keep that faith! :D  The systems broken enough as it is. Just got to try to be positive and hope for the best.
     
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    Got the Danny Lootcrate today. I also agree on Neca doing a terrible job at not fully advertising the contents of their shipped packages.

    Once again I must say that I completely regret not preordering the Dark Turtle. Still kick8ng myself for missing out.
     
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    BBTS might have you covered...for 2.5X MSRP! Haha...
     
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    Is anyone here still looking for the Rock Soldiers or Zarax and Zork set? Cost plus shipping?
     
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