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Post by Gettershadow on Oct 3, 2013 21:42:39 GMT -5
No they will be coming much sooner now.. maybe 10-12 months If I remember correctly
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Post by Gettershadow on Oct 3, 2013 18:50:54 GMT -5
Ok If ZMazinger is official that I think its safe to say a little bit about it.. see that Pilder? ..Last I heard the wings are fully articulated in several spots per wing. It also comes with mind-blowing accessories.. I told Hlpro that I thought it would be the biggest seller yet in the Metaltech line.. it will be a "must have" for any Mazinger collector... the paint they plan to use is fantastic also. There is a bunch of other cool stuff about it but Im not going to talk about anything that is not shown in that drawing for now...
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Post by Gettershadow on Oct 3, 2013 16:31:59 GMT -5
Dude!! You DID IT!! You got the WORLD PREMIRE OF GIN GIN, Im happy for you dude!
To all my friends, I will still be doing my video review as normal when I get him so I haven't forgotten about you guys. If the figure is badass than I will let you know, if it sucks Ill point out why.. but Im pretty sure its going to be kick-ass. HLpro himself got his first production model to his office and he told me that it came out f**king NICE as hell.. hes real happy about it. He also says he feels for us that the US fans are getting them a few days AFTER Europe and it doesn't make sense to him. HLpro's heart goes out to us here at RJ, he knew we were waiting on it. Its a big deal to HLpro too..
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Post by Gettershadow on Oct 3, 2013 9:56:04 GMT -5
Hlpro is not happy and looking into the situation..
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Post by Gettershadow on Oct 2, 2013 23:14:36 GMT -5
yeah totally f**ked up release. In Pauls defense though, hes a real nice guy. I think Baron just caught him at a bad time. another thing we must consider that Gin Gin is really only a big deal to US and Hlpro.. PBM doesn't sell that much of it compared to the other companies that Paul owns.. this is kinda nickel and dime to him. From his point of view a week or two extra wait just doesn't seem like a big deal to him so he probably doesn't see it as a big deal to us either.
Im upset about it though.. same as you guys.
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Post by Gettershadow on Oct 2, 2013 19:52:17 GMT -5
NO they wouldn't tell me.. I am thinking its a passenger for the trike or a weapon effect for Giru Giru..
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Post by Gettershadow on Oct 2, 2013 18:56:33 GMT -5
Hes just coming back from vacation in Europe.. think what he did is fill his store orders to the stores he sells to and has too many individual orders to get done in a timely fashion.. I think he got back either yesterday or today. Wont be long now.. Im pissed that I am not in the first batch of orders though.. Im in the same boat as you guys so don't feel bad.
Baron, give us a rundown as soon as you get it... Im wanting to see the bonus item too.
Baron, you get my message on facebook?
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 28, 2013 18:59:55 GMT -5
Humm.... I think I know whats going on..
Buster, the HLpro Grendy is a little bit taller than the SRC and more diecast. Its also in a more traditional sculpt. It is also made to go along with a real fine diecast spazer You can see my reviews on youtube.
the SRC on the other hand comes with a better box and his articulation is better.. no spazer as of yet and I don't think they will get around to making one, my friend Chachi from rocket punch army and collection dx did a good review and comparison yesterday here it is..
I will be doing a Gin Gin review when I get mine but that is going to take a week at least at this rate...but Ill tell you this, a Gin Gin is going to look quite big compared to a SRC Grendy and the style isn't going to match well..
oh sorry, just went back and saw you were asking about SOC not SRC... yeah, Gin Gin is going to look a bit small and out of scale compared to that.. the color scheme and all that isn't going to look like they came from the same series.
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 28, 2013 13:24:41 GMT -5
If memory serves, EA, PBM and Big Bad Toy Store and several others are "interconnected"... all of that stuff confuses me. Its done that way for some reason that is beyond my understanding of the situation. PBM is the "head" company it seems, the other companies seem to be some kind of customer of PBM and are at home right now filling orders... PBM does not just sell HLPRO stuff.. they sell EVERYTHING, including more mainstream stuff like Star Wars collectables and things like that. HLPRO products are actually a minor product for PBM in the big picture. In the US, PBMs biggest products in terms of sales volume are products that we aren't usually talking about here. Star Wars and Marvel stuff. According to HLPro, PBM is the "main depot"..what you bought from EA, came from PBMs warehouse.
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 28, 2013 10:44:20 GMT -5
OHHH you got it already? haha give us the run-down.. how did it look? how does it feel?
oh ok, I had to go back and read that again.. so you don't have it yet.. ok I understand now
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 28, 2013 9:41:13 GMT -5
OK I did some checking. EA goes through PBM.. Paul has been in Europe all this time but hes headed back to the US in a couple of days. Stuff IS shipping right now, its probably the bigger store orders first but Im not sure about that ....but PBM said that some people that placed orders are starting to see the money being charged to their bank accounts and all that. Hes probably swamped and has not gotten to our orders yet. Im in the same boat as you guys, Im like "come on charge me already and ship it out!".. but we waited this long, a few more days wont matter.
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 27, 2013 17:32:20 GMT -5
HLpro is a tiny fraction of what Paul is dealing in... that dude has his fingers in everything. If its Hlpro in Europe or the US, that's Paul in one way or another.
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 27, 2013 11:40:02 GMT -5
EA may also be Paul, make sure you don't get charged twice. Paul owns companies all over the world..
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 26, 2013 22:39:55 GMT -5
only a matter of days now.. Ill do the video as soon as a have a few hours with one..
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 26, 2013 21:16:04 GMT -5
Gin Gin has started to ship out... please stand by..
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 24, 2013 18:00:41 GMT -5
The boat arrived in the EU... should be up for sale and shipped out to us in a day or so?
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 17, 2013 14:01:41 GMT -5
Yeah it was a planned joint venture between HLpro and a Italian toy shop. It was called a ZPro it think. I haven't asked about that in a long time and I don't know what became of that venture. I haven't seen any for sale. It was supposed to be sold exclusively through that Toy Shop. I kinda hope they didn't ever make it because that would make a great Metaltech one day..
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 16, 2013 21:17:56 GMT -5
Jeeg was an exclusive for an Italian toy shop.. Im not sure if it was ever finalized or not... I was told that it was pretty much outrageously expensive due to only a few of them that were planned to be made.. but Im not sure if they ever closed that deal or not.
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 16, 2013 19:50:56 GMT -5
no the US supply was off-loaded and at his US warehouse already.. the EU stuff should be through the Panama canal already and headed for the EU/
from what I took of the situation is that hes busy in the Netherlands and hasn't processed his orders yet. Hes probably got a lot of them to fill out so hes going to be behind I bet. I haven't directly spoken with Paul so I don't know the details yet.
Another thing that could be happening is that hes waiting for the EU shipment to arrive so his EU customers cant order in the US and cause a bunch of crazy shipping problems at his US warehouse. The US warehouse would be emptied and the EU warehouse would have most of the product in it... we would end up getting screwed. ha
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Post by Gettershadow on Sept 16, 2013 11:56:35 GMT -5
PBM still hasn't taken the money out of my account.. I contacted HLpro and they said Paul from PBM is in the Netherlands right now.. could be a few days I don't know..
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