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 Post subject: Prototype Air Raid/ Resolute Jet Pack Duke
PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2011 9:01 am 

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I may be in the minority but I really like the look/design/feel of this figure so when saw the prototype I had to pick it up. No accessories, just the figure. I didn't have an Air Raid handy to use for comparasions, just the Resolute Duke.

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I was EXTREMELY disappointed in how this was shipped. The package wasn't sealed, just tied and the entire thing was wrapped in the loose rope. Extremely disappointed.

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 Post subject: Re: Prototype Air Raid/ Resolute Jet Pack Duke
PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2011 9:48 am 
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I've never received a vehicle from China that was packed well.
I've received a few that were just tied shut.
It's kinda just how it's done.

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 Post subject: Re: Prototype Air Raid/ Resolute Jet Pack Duke
PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2011 12:38 pm 
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Proof positive that one man's treasure is another man's trash. Sometimes the Chinese dealers don't get why we think of test shots, unpainted samples and whatnot so highly. On the other hand, some do. To all of them, they just know that Americans throw stupid crazy mad cash at them. Sell - Profit - Send.

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 Post subject: Re: Prototype Air Raid/ Resolute Jet Pack Duke
PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:48 pm 
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Great pics! Its funny, I never had anything arrive in a bubble mailer or anything from China. Everything I received was in a box that was taped up and then string around it. wierd.


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 Post subject: Re: Prototype Air Raid/ Resolute Jet Pack Duke
PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2011 8:21 pm 
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Glumby wrote:
Great pics! Its funny, I never had anything arrive in a bubble mailer or anything from China. Everything I received was in a box that was taped up and then string around it. wierd.



I have a few theories. None of which involve laziness or irresponsibility on the seller's behalf, mind you.

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 Post subject: Re: Prototype Air Raid/ Resolute Jet Pack Duke
PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2011 9:36 pm 
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Gyre-Viper wrote:
I have a few theories. None of which involve laziness or irresponsibility on the seller's behalf, mind you.


Easier for customs officials to poke around through that way.


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 Post subject: Re: Prototype Air Raid/ Resolute Jet Pack Duke
PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2011 6:09 am 
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Goldbug wrote:
Gyre-Viper wrote:
I have a few theories. None of which involve laziness or irresponsibility on the seller's behalf, mind you.


Easier for customs officials to poke around through that way.



That's a big part of it. Customs opened one of my taped/sealed packages from China a long time ago... and just crammed it into another box and bent everything. They obviously just ripped the other box open.

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 Post subject: Re: Prototype Air Raid/ Resolute Jet Pack Duke
PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2011 8:49 pm 

Joined: Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:55 pm
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Location: Concord, NH
Anything else I have ever gotten from China was in a box and either wrapped in bubble wrap or newspaper. The boxes have usually been dented.


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