Voltron Toys Discussion Thread

Discussion in 'The Toyark' started by Shin Densetsu, Jun 7, 2010.

  1. Sportimus

    Sportimus Well-Known Member

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    IT's good to see people helping others.

    I'm just going to drop out of this. It's been just too frustrating given the ridiculously limited quantities of both GX-88 and 71. It upsets me to o end as I simply believe that no toy or novelty should be this difficult to get I have a job to go to and work, I can't sit behind a computer every day and all day and night clicking and refreshing. I want to ENJOY the hobby and it just isn't possible with this Voltron thing. And it sucks to even have to say that. My personal life is stressful enough as it is. I'd love to have Dairugger, but I don't want to get a freaking stroke from the stress in simply getting in a preorder.

    If Bandai ever makes Voltron II (Agebas? spelling?), I'd love to see that happen but I'm not going to even bother going through the stress of landing a preorder.

    Edited to add:

    solskjaer was kind enough to try helping me out. I am thankful and grateful for that. Awesome member here. :) 
     
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  2. PlatypusRhyme

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    Eknight is still taking preorders for 88.
     
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  3. Flapjacks

    Flapjacks Well-well-well Member

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    If anything, I feel this is one of the easier pre-orders that happened.
     
  4. fschuler

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    Has anyone here ever purchased from eknight media? A lot of their prices look pretty good.
     
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    After the GX-71 debacle, I crossed them off my list of vendors.
     
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  6. fschuler

    fschuler Post Count Inflated With Hot Air TFW2005 Supporter

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    I do recall that and was hoping that might just have been an isolated issue as opposed to a recurring theme. I did some Googling, and what reviews I found have generally been positive, so far.
     
  7. Happynick

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    The are good, have no up front cost, every good customer service, and do give a nice preorder discount.
    I brought some metal builds and SOC from them without issue.
    And that so call GX-71 debacle was taken care of in a fair and professional way all within reason.
     
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  8. fschuler

    fschuler Post Count Inflated With Hot Air TFW2005 Supporter

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    Thanks man! I rolled the dice on a small SoC figure with them...best domestic price I've found for him...free shipping as well. And as was stated above, SoC GX-88 Dairugger is still available for PO from them for anyone who is still in the market for one.
     
  9. sifu74

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    I hope Eknight gets enough restock. I don't mind them upping the price by $10, they are still the cheapest by $10 with free shipping.
    I have one PO with ToyDojo but since I live in Tx I have to pay that pesky tax along with their full price of $339 is no bueno.
    But now I don't have to wait for TCP to open their PO.
     
  10. evilash3373

    evilash3373 Well-Known Member

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    Anybody have any idea when/if TCP is going to open their PO?
     
  11. Sportimus

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    A preorder on eKnight is BINDING. You cannot cancel your preorders there.

    Where are they located or where do they ship from? How well to they pack your stuff?
     
  12. sifu74

    sifu74 Banned

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    Not true, I have emailed them to cancel orders before and they did. I guess just don't overdue it or you'll be kicked off like HLJ, those are some bitches.
    I have cancelled many items from bbts and NY and nothing happened yet.
     
  13. Sportimus

    Sportimus Well-Known Member

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    So I take it eKnight has a positive reputation then?

    From their site:

    Yes and no. My fault for not reading past the first bullet point. It seems you can, but they don't like it. "...the order is binding." is what stood out to me.
     
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  14. Slave IV

    Slave IV more wealth than you can imagine!

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    Their PO came and went a few days ago.

    Edit: corrected below (not open yet as of 6/14 7:40 pst)
     
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  15. NeoMatter

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    Really? They posted on Jun.10th that they were still waiting for allocated units they will receive. They still don't have a page for it yet.

    This was their tweet:
    Screenshot_20190614-094038_Edge.jpg

    According to this it sounds like they will let us know when it goes live.
     
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    Slave IV more wealth than you can imagine!

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    Yeah, my bad. I got confused with another shop and thought they did open it up after that announcement.
     
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    If anyone needs/wants the GX-88, I am going to release my preorder at BBTS. I secured one at eknight. I have purchased several items from them with no issue. I know the GX-71 preorder was a debacle but they remedied it and listened to all the people who got their preorders in first. They admitted they were wrong and fixed it.

    Not sure how releasing it works? Is it automated? Anyhow, the first one to direct message me, it is all yours.
     
  18. solskjaer

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    @Destructimis Prime @Sportimus
     
  19. Destructimis Prime

    Destructimis Prime We have Landed

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    All I did was set up a time with the recipient and canceled at that time so they could be there ready accept the preorder when it comes up. It’s not a guarantee as someone else could be checking at that moment but it is unlikely. If both parties are on the same page it should be an effective handoff.
     
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  20. nathan_s82

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    I'm about to give up both of my GX-88's through BBTS & Amazon, so if someone wants these 2 let me know. I have 4 in total on pre-order and only need 2.

    Great idea and credit goes @Destructimis Prime for helping others out.
     
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