Voltron Toys Discussion Thread

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

  1. Shin Densetsu

    Shin Densetsu I WILL DESTROY YOU Content Contributor Veteran

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    Anyone have the Trendmasters giant combining Voltron and the Mattel combining Voltron with pics of both next to each other?
     
  2. bluevalkyrie

    bluevalkyrie timey wimey elevator oscillator

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    Right. A good eBay seller may be hard to find nowadays, but they do exist.

    But this here changes the context. They didn't disclose that this was a pre-order or that they were working through a middleman and that IS sketchy and just raises more questions. Ah, oh well. Like you said, solskjaer, the upside is that no money was lost.

    Of course, now I'm wondering if any of the buyers actually got GX-71 at the listed price?
     
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  3. JIMIVEGAS

    JIMIVEGAS Well-Known Member

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    received mine and paid. yessir! thanks to that initial $20 deposit I forgot about, it was $280.
     
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  4. MidnightBliss

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    Pretty happy with this
     

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  5. gummi

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    Got my invoice from eKnight as well. Fingers crossed that the quality control team at Bandai wasn't out to lunch on this one. :) 
     
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  6. Kuma Style

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    Doesn't look like a scam at all. They likely just make listings that pretty much copy and paste distributor emails and that's why they even listed the jan code (overseas sku.) Just looks like a retailer that lists and sells vs. the finer details of listings.

    I don't know much about scam culture either but I think a safe bet is that the goal isn't to take money and give an immediate refund with a plausible reason as to why the item is out of stock.

    I can say factually that with this reissue there were quite a few produced but between Bandai and more so Bluefin stateside equal allocations weren't given between retailers which is sad. BBTS per usual had ample amounts while others who I know for a fact got less than ten per to list for preorder.
     
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  7. fschuler

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    I love that guy. I used to own one and I miss it. How’s the plastic holding up on yours? Some of those bits get brittle.
     
  8. MidnightBliss

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    So far, it's ok. A little daunting in places but, I dont handle him much.
     
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    Mine rolled off the shelf I have it on, and some of the plastic from the main upper body piece broke.
    I'm still looking for the blue fist and chest jet to complete mine.
     
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    Scary!
     
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    Ebay:
    0E97E1EE-90CC-4E6D-9953-EB47A3158A21.jpeg Anyone remember the magic number from eknight media? No? Well, here it is. This was the cutoff number, last in line, barely made it, you get the idea...:rock :)  :rock .

    These will stay in lion form.
     
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  12. ClunkerSlim

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    Who the heck wouldn't be?
     
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  13. MrUniqZ

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    Anyone have suggestions on getting a gx 88...I admittedly dragged my butt and assumed GameStop wouldn’t close orders. My local shop whom I got Voltron from cannot preorder atm.
     
  14. Hellbot

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    Sideshow still has the Waitlist open: https://www.sideshow.com/collectibl...tron-armored-fleet-dairugger-xv-bandai-904856

    It isn't a pre-order but I figure it's better than nothing. I wouldn't be surprised if they have extra available when they get their stock.
     
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  15. Shin Densetsu

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  16. AirComm72

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    GX-71 is back in stock at BBTS ($399)
     
  17. nathan_s82

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    I've got extra I pre-ordered, so I can help out.
     
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  18. ckhtiger

    ckhtiger old skool fool

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    Just a heads up, in 20 minutes in gonna cancel my 88 preorder at bbts.
     
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  19. pvt awol

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    I want it so bad! But I better not. :( 
     
  20. Kuma Style

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    So when people cancel preorders on BBTSd does it just auto re list at $100 more or do they wait and manually relist it whenever? Seems better just to sell an unwanted preorder at cost and change the shipping address.