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General => Collector's Corner => Mystery Figures Series => Topic started by: Tiermann on January 16, 2012, 15:09:18
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Hi,
I talked with my local Playmo retailer and he is planning on only ordering one box of each of the series 2 Fi?ures. The biggest complaint Martin Milner and I both have about the series is not knowing what you are getting. It makes it expensive and/or hard to get full sets that way. Martin and I have discussed it and decided to order an additional box through the dealer so we can be sure to get a full set each. We will be opening everything in the cases we get so we will know exactly what's there and can sort them out. That will leave us with at least one more full set and some other figures depending on how evenly the boxes have been packed.
Does anyone want that third full set? If there are enough people interested I could order two cases of each rather than one, so I am posting here to see how much interest there is.
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Oooh, I would love to get a full set that way. I can't absolutely confirm that I would yet, because I need to make sure I will have the money. But if I can possibly do it, I'd love to get them that way rather than feeling bags. When is that series coming out exactly?
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I would think probably April for the US?? I would like to get an initial order in to the dealer by the end of this month.
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Ok, then that should be fine. I'm in!
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I'd take a set if you have an extra one.
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You can keep me in mind for the others depending on what is quadruple packed.
I will be looking for the Pirate, Elvis and Ninja from the boy's selection and from the girls, Egyptian, Shower, Vampiress, Tomb Raider, flower girl in red dress, Japanese girl with fan, jungle girl and the ballgown lady that reminds me of a wedding or princess.
I had poor luck with my package feeling and supply in my town. (Of course I started looking late)
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The 2012 catalog shows 02/12 as the release date of Series 2. :D
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Cool, thanks Robbie, I haven't seen the US 2012 catalog yet.
I will give it a few days and then talk to them about ordering later this week.
They a little over a case of series one females left too if anyone's interested.
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The 3-D interactive catalog is on playmobil.com :)
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Duh, I knew that, I was just thinking paper is all, I'm so 20th century sometimes
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I wouldn't mind a complete set of figures, but I hate this hunting for them thing. While there would be some figures I'm not interested in, at least with a full set I'd get the ones I want.
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How much is one figure? ToysRUs sells them for 3.99 but a local dealer just
priced them 2.99 ...
Cheers,
HDL
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Local dealer has series 1 that are left still at 2.99, I don't know if there's been an increase for series 2 or not yet
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How much is one figure? ToysRUs sells them for 3.99 but a local dealer just
priced them 2.99 ...
Cheers,
HDL
I was surprised to see TRU raise the price. They aren't worth $4 each. :eh?:
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I see that lots of online stores have them for $2.99 but it's a true gamble ordering them online. :-\
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I do intend to buy two full cases of series 3 (boys and girls). But, for series 2, only the Japanese woman, Elvis, and the guitar players (both) are interesting for me. I'll first check if I can get those at a local store.
It would be great if those of us who buy complete cases (48 fi?ures) make a list of what they got and don't want to keep, so others can pick their favourite.
I will do this with series 3 (but I'm keeping all the Royal guards I can get!)
Best,
Arnaud
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I find this marketing ploy fi?ures very very annoying , not knowing what you get !!! infact i find it very immoral !!! >:( >:( >:( :hmm: :hmm:
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Yup, I am tired of feeling the bags in the store. Wish they would just tell us what is in them like with specials, which they seem to be replacing.
It seems to be a waste of time feeling bags, so I may order a case from my local dealer to help his sales stay up since this is their dead time of the year. If your local toystore carries fi?ures, it may be a good time to order them in order to show support for the little guys.
Will it count as ones annual sale activity if we post which fi?ures we don't want and trade them or even sell them if we can't find a trade on here? Cheers in the New Year!
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Will it count as ones annual sale activity if we post which fi?ures we don't want and trade them or even sell them if we can't find a trade on here? Cheers in the New Year!
Hm... interesting question. I wonder if an exception could be made when it comes to F?gures, especially since we would probably be selling them to each other at cost, rather than making a profit off of them. In fact those rules may not apply at all in that case. I'll discuss it with the other mods and see what they think.
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Perhaps if the trading was organized into one thread?
Well I think there will be enough interest I might as well go ahead and order 2 cases of each.
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Ok, we consulted on it, and all agree that selling/trading F?gures, at cost rather than for a profit, does not constitute an annual sale. So if anyone wants to list the extras they have available for sale or trade, that is fine, just use the usual caution of course about arranging transactions with members you don't know well. This type of arrangement can be viewed as doing other members a favor, like when certain members have helped others in other countries get regional exclusives. This can help all of us to not have to overbuy in order to get the figures we want.
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If there are any slots left, I'd like to purchase a set of Fi?ures 2.
(and if anyone has a set of Fi?ures 1, please let me know!- I don't have any! :-\ )
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Great! When the figures arrive at my local toystore in a few weeks or less, I will buy a case or two and go through them taking out what I want. If any are left, they will be offered for trade or sale at my cost (including our sales tax) to pf members in the US. The tops will be cut open, fi?ure identified, and sealed with clear tape.
Do I need to box them or can they be sent in soft envelopes? If boxes are required, I'll have to add that to the cost of postage when they are sold to members. Should we limit the number traded/sold to 3 each during the first month so that more folks have a chance to get a few this time?
For those of you who did the group shipping thing with Durer and the other exclusive a few months ago, did everyone pay by paypal as expected? Is paypal the best way to go? Ihope that these arrive SOOOOON! Thanks, pgal :wave:
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Yes, obviously if selling you will need to add on the cost of sales tax, and if you paid to have the cases shipped to you, then you can make up for that in the cost, but it's best to itemize these when listing what you have for sale, so it is clear you are not trying to make a small profit. And I know when I shipped out catalogs, the envelopes needed were $0.50 a piece, cheapest I could get them, so I added that to the shipping cost, as it would have really added up otherwise. That's reasonable and I'm sure no one has a problem with that.
However, when trading, straight trades are probably best, one F?gure for one F?gure, regardless of how much you paid initially for it or what sales tax applied.
Paypal is the best and safest way, but keep in mind to account for the paypal fees and decide who pays those. I sometimes tend to forget about the fee. If you send the payment as a gift, you can choose to assume the fee yourself, and if paying directly from your bank account, there is no fee if sent as a gift.
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bb: Thanks for the info! Pgal :wave:
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I'd be interested in a full set of both figures, both boys and girls. I'm sure my gd would play with them all. But, I don't want to guess what's in each bag.
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I as well would be interested in a full boy and full girls set, so when they arrive please keep me in mind. :wave: :wave:
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In case anyone is trying to keep track, here is what I have recorded while re-reading the thread.
Tiermann and Martin Milner ordering 2x cases of each; want 1 set of each (OR, USA)
BoonieBeth wants complete sets (LA, USA)
KnightTrain wants complete sets (WA, USA)
Riversplaymobil wants complete sets (SC, USA)
Jay wants complete sets (??)
Peeffer wants complete sets (??)
Cardensb wants select fi?ures only (Boy's Pirate, Elvis and Ninja; Girls, Egyptian, Shower, Vampiress, Tomb Raider, flower girl in red dress, Japanese girl with fan, jungle girl and the ballgown lady that reminds me of a wedding or princess)(NC, USA)
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In case anyone is trying to keep track, here is what I have recorded while re-reading the thread.
Tiermann and Martin Milner ordering 2x cases of each; want 1 set of each (OR, USA)
BoonieBeth wants complete sets (LA, USA)
KnightTrain wants complete sets (WA, USA)
Riversplaymobil wants complete sets (SC, USA)
Jay wants complete sets (??)
Peeffer wants complete sets (??)
Cardensb wants select fi?ures only (Boy's Pirate, Elvis and Ninja; Girls, Egyptian, Shower, Vampiress, Tomb Raider, flower girl in red dress, Japanese girl with fan, jungle girl and the ballgown lady that reminds me of a wedding or princess)(NC, USA)
I'm in the US -IL
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Tiermann and Martin Milner ordering 2x cases of each; want 1 set of each (OR, USA)
BonnieBeth wants complete sets (LA, USA)
KnightTrain wants complete sets (WA, USA)
Riversplaymobil wants complete sets (SC, USA)
Jay wants complete sets (IL, USA)
Peeffer wants complete sets (??)
Cardensb wants select fi?ures only (Boy's Pirate, Elvis and Ninja; Girls, Egyptian, Shower, Vampiress, Tomb Raider, flower girl in red dress, Japanese girl with fan, jungle girl and the ballgown lady that reminds me of a wedding or princess)(NC, USA)
Added Jay's location.
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Tim do you know how much will it cost each whole box? I'm planning a co-op with some argentine collectors. :)
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Peeffer wants 1 complete set of both girls and boys (AR, USA)
Yay! :D
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Tiermann and Martin Milner ordering 2x cases of each; want 1 set of each (OR, USA)
BonnieBeth wants complete sets (LA, USA)
KnightTrain wants complete sets (WA, USA)
Riversplaymobil wants complete sets (SC, USA)
Jay wants complete sets (IL, USA)
Peeffer wants complete sets (AR, USA)
Cardensb wants select fi?ures only (Boy's Pirate, Elvis and Ninja; Girls, Egyptian, Shower, Vampiress, Tomb Raider, flower girl in red dress, Japanese girl with fan, jungle girl and the ballgown lady that reminds me of a wedding or princess)(NC, USA)
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I don't have a price yet. The guy at the shop doesn't know until he gets them with the invoice from Playmobil. He will then set the regular price and give us a 15% discount off of that for buying full cases. I went ahead and ordered 3 full cases of each B/G since we already have 7 sets spoken for and case amounts are a little variable. So whatever the price is it will be at least a little less than buying at the regular price.
I went ahead and picked up what they had left of series one as he offered me the 15% discount, only a handful of boy and a really mixed batch of picked through girls. I will start a trade thread on those.
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Oh, please do. I may be interested!
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I checked in our local toystore today, and their order of new sets arrived minus the fi?ures in series 2. So it could be a few more days before the first fi?ures 2 arrive. I love the new cats and pigs! And the 123 airport bus is really cool as well. Hope that fi?ures 2 arrive soon!
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I think they are set to be released around February 10, so a couple of more weeks. All depends on when they even show up in the US at all.
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Just wondering what the latest is.
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Haven't heard anything yet. They don't seem to have been released in the US yet. Usually as soon as something like that is it's on eBay and they aren't there yet. I will let you know when they come in.
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are they out in germany already?
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yeah, they're out in Europe already, at least a Spanish friend of mine has shared pics of the girl ones on fb
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They weren't in the shops delivery this week, backordered. Sounds like they are not here yet. They will be all over eBay the moment they come actually available
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please let me know if you have any extras once your cases finally do come in. I do not want complete sets, but there are several that i do want. I'd like to get on the "waiting" list for extras please :love: if possible.
thanks
cyndi
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Elric says he heard from a shop owner they will be shipping out next week. I will post here just as soon as I hear from my local shop.
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Elric says he heard from a shop owner they will be shipping out next week. I will post here just as soon as I hear from my local shop.
;D ;D ;D Can't wait! I'm definitely in on this, still.
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so now that the series 1 has been aroung for a while do the cases come with 4 each every time? I thought I heard some people say they got random lots.
Great idea to split up cases
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It's usually approximately four of each, though there are inconsistencies sometimes.
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my series 1 girls case had 4 of each... my boys case on the other hand hand 4 each except... it had 7 uncle sams 5 zorros only 1 boxer and 3 jogger/trophy winners ... so mostly 4 but it does vary... sometimes rather dramatically it would seem.
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Series 1 were both even, 4 of each.
Hope for the same this time!
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Excited :P
Can't wait till they arrive :love:
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I've heard from the shop and they are here. I will pick them up today or tomorrow morning and should have prices for you tomorrow.
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:yippee: Can't wait!
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Yeah :love:
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OK, so they work out to $2.55 each, for a set of 12 it's $30.60 for the full 24 it will be $61.20
Please send me a pm with your address and how many sets you want. I will get the weights worked out and get you a final figure including the postage.
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You got a decent price on them, TRU wants $4 each >:(
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The cases were all exactly even sets. I have 4 full sets left at this point if anyone else wants one
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That's an excellent price. Even better than the Toys R Us price when they have the Buy One, Get One 50% sale! I'd like a set, please. I'll PM you my info.
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My F?gures have already arrived! :yippee: That was realy fast! Thank you so much again for doing this, Tim.
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Great, most of the rest are going out tomorrow.
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Tim
If you still have one, I will PM you for a full set.
kaethe
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Yep, one for Kaethe. That leaves 2 full sets if anyone else is interested.
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Gotem today. You're wonderful. Thanks very much. :love:
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My semi-mysterious figures got here today. Thank you Timosaurus!
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Hi Tim
Got the figures :yippee:
Thank you so much, one less thing for my brain to obsess over :loco:,
Can't wait for Series #3 :P
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Got them, too! :D
Yay! This co-op was a great idea. Appreciate you looking out for us!