Transformers Masterpiece MP-53 Skids

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by PoweredConvoy, Dec 31, 2020.

  1. geekatron prime

    geekatron prime The Grammar Police must be on strike.

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    Yeah, said there was some customs issues with my package of Skids & Reboost at Cincinnati. Apparently they thought plastic crack was an actual narcotic. Got a newer update a few hours ago. Should arrive tomorrow. We'll see.. Ever since mid 2019 my AJP deliveries by DHL have gone from 3-4 days from Japan to NY. To 6-10 days delivery time with the shipment being handed off to usps for the final leg of it's journey. Can't just be from the pandemic either. DHL started doing this long before that was a thing.
     
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  2. 80sforged

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    I am guessing its more lack of driver's at the moment. Though I know you have had issues with the hand-off with USPS before. I have had stuff hang out in Cincinatti for a while lately. Heck even an extra day in Rochester, either do to lack of stuff going to Syracuse, or too much and waiting for another delivery truck to Syracuse.

    Good Luck
     
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  3. geekatron prime

    geekatron prime The Grammar Police must be on strike.

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    Thanks. Probably two of the dumbest handlings of my shipments was when Mp-49 left Cincinnati arrived in Rochester then was sent to Syracuse, then back to Rochester, then finally to me. Mp-50 did the same thing, but needed to go to Pennsylvania after Syracuse, then to Rochester, then me. The problem with that is I"m smack dabbed center between the two cities. I felt like the proverbial "monkey in the middle." :lol 
     
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  4. Kid Icarus

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    Skids and his pal Reboost arrived late Friday evening, but I just couldn't resist getting a picture in before banishing them both to hang out under the tree until X-mas morning.

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    "I feel like a kid in some kind of store."

    Can't wait~!!
     
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  5. WinstoBot

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    The G1 boxes, damn gorgeous.
     
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    Curious, next to the TRU Re-Issue Skids... Is that a G1 LEOZACK?!
     
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  7. Kid Icarus

    Kid Icarus Castlevaniac

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    Thanks! I've got a real storage issue right now, otherwise they'd all be out on display, including that sneaky little bugger over on the left. All 18 cars, the rest of 84, some randoms. Sold the rest years ago.

    One on top is opened, the one on bottom is sealed (though has a sun-faded box), both bought in the early to mid 1990's for around $20-$25 apiece... kinda crazy how cheap stuff used to be.

    You got it. :p 
     
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  8. fake

    fake Return to Innocence

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    Got my Skids yesterday, 24 hours to ship from Japan to Louisiana...Amazing. Let my Reboost order cancel out since I dont have any knowledge or interest in that character. If you guys need a way to cancel Amazon JP orders after the deadline, PM me. It has worked every time.
     
  9. Fafnir72

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    That was fast! Gonna get Both Skids and Reboost today despite the clusterEF of amiami (which should have been last week to be honest because the forgot to charge me since theyhad been available for over a week):lolol 
     
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  10. alldarker

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    Mine arrived in the Netherlands yesterday, shipped with SAL by AE as well. Already paid the customs charges: a very reasonable €8,30 for both Skids and Reboost. Now I wait for the inevitable delay in actually getting him delivered in this silly season.
     
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  11. deathsheadII

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    got mine earlier first new mp in ages i didn't need a transformation vid for! loving the little fella
     
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    Meow!

    P.S. The blue really eats up the red. I can barely read the word printed on the front grill and the Autobot sigil on the hood. Wished it was on a white/silver background to contrast them.
     
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  13. Arie

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    Did you get a notice then from the post office that you had to pay that amount? I haven't heard anything yet and the package is still at customs.
     
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    This is the 1st official mp I've bought in a long old while and I'm pretty happy with him.
    No rear hip movement is silly, and his arms are super skinny, but stick him next to some datsuns and lambos and he does look great.

    I'll be swapping out the xtb for him, though i will miss that beautiful metallic blue on the xtb the tt is just more fun.

    His lower legs are too plain for my taste, so he's getting some small highlights just to break it up a bit. They need a 2nd coat and tidying up on the edges yet.
    I'm debating whether I want to do something in the door panels edges on his shins too.
    [​IMG]
     
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  15. alldarker

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    I am registered with Postnl and the postnl app, so whenever I get letters, mail or packages, I get an immediate notice. And whenever I need to pay a customs fee, I get an SMS and an alert in the app that a charge is due. The app allows me to pay by iDeal, so the charges are already paid for when the package is delivered.
     
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  16. motorthing

    motorthing Too old for this $hit

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    Liked Skids so much I bought his Optimus-cosplaying brother...... IMG_20211206_135001.jpg

    And now the wait for Crosscut.
     
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    Predakwon ...Green Lantern's light!

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    Thx!

    That helped
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    Just got mine. I definitely prefer him to Savant. I kinda want to make a new head for him but it doesn't look like his head comes off. I'm guessing it's glued together over the ball peg. That's unfortunate.

    Theoretician? But...
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    Skids is supposed to be an anthropologist. That's like his whole character and why he was so fascinated with Charlene who was an Old West history buff.
     
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  19. Arie

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    I received Transformers: The Movie a while ago from the UK, and although I too am registered with PostNL, I had to go to the post office to pay the customs fee. The app didn't offer me any paying options. Maybe this time it'll be different. I hope anyway. Thanks for the info.
     
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  20. Movie Convoy

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    The tech spec/ bio card on the back of the box for the original toy states his function as a theoretician.
    Skids (1985) - Autobot Theoretician - www.tfu.info
     
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