I agree with this as well. It's very dishonest and infuriating to have your customers wait months for a new product and ship them something that is used. This happened to me with the MKIV w/Gantry and I was furious. The item was still listed on their website - so they had new ones in stock...
You're right - they'd probably sell even more figures if they were "open box" items with small discounts. I personally don't care if it's used or not (unless if I'm paying for and expecting a new item) and would gladly pay a little less for an open box figure.
Same thing happened to me last year with Sideshow when I pre-ordered the Iron Man MKIV w/Suit-up Gantry. I received the item in a random non-shipper box with questionable padding and the figure inside had none of the usual plastic wrappings. One of the hands was also crushed into the Styrofoam...
I really like this one but I already have 7 HT figures on pre-order including a Hulkbuster 1.0 and the two versions of the MK 85. I think this is the most I've ever had on pre-order. I love that these are coming out but these guys need to seriously stop for a little while and give my wallet a...
Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)
This is very random but the day before I went to see End Game I was coming home from a vacation in LA. I walked down to the baggage claim after the flight to get my bags and Taika Waititi is standing there with his limo driver waiting for his luggage...
Haha - yeah that's pretty much the only reason why I like SS. The payment plan is super-convenient. Oh yeah and they have nice photos on their website. I literally can't think of any other reasons. Thanks for the info.
Anyone know how much Sideshow charged for shipping for this thing? I'm debating between BBTS and SS. I recently had a bad experience with SS but have never ordered from BBTS before. Kind of hard to beat $4 shipping.
Ugh - sorry to hear that. My situation has been pretty similar.
Quick update on my situation. Sideshow agreed to exchange the figure but they said it was a "one-time courtesy". It was a giant pain in the ass dealing with them. There's only one person who oversees the returns and exchanges...
I initially thought that too but someone definitely opened it up and took the figure out to look at it/display it - most of the plastic normally wrapped around the IM figure is missing. I'll keep you guys posted on what happens.
Gotta vent a little bit. I finally received my MKIV with the Suit-up Gantry from Sideshow today (I had it on a payment plan). At first it seemed pretty odd - the shipping box didn't have a Hot Toys label anywhere and it was bent to hell, like someone sat on it. When I opened it up, there was...