megafpf5k Posted September 5, 2015 Posted September 5, 2015 Here you go: http://www.aliexpres...1444_6,201409_3 your right $40 is tough to swallow when I'm used to spending $8 on a minifig set :) Gotta keep reminding myself that I would have to spend $60 for the Indominous alone on ebay... maybe I'll wait for a review to see how accurate they are
dirk Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 A word of warning about anyone thinking about ordering from Aliexpress store called Minifigures Wholesale. I placed an order for the Avengers tower and seller gave me a bogus tracking number. When I followed up on my order Rock Yong said he didn't have the product, yet he still continued to take orders for weeks afterwards. Now his store shows that he has the items in stock. I messaged him again to get an update on my order and now he is demanding more money from me before he will ship. I have filed a complaint thru Aliexpress but doubt I will get any response.
mkt350 Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 A word of warning about anyone thinking about ordering from Aliexpress store called Minifigures Wholesale. I placed an order for the Avengers tower and seller gave me a bogus tracking number. When I followed up on my order Rock Yong said he didn't have the product, yet he still continued to take orders for weeks afterwards. Now his store shows that he has the items in stock. I messaged him again to get an update on my order and now he is demanding more money from me before he will ship. I have filed a complaint thru Aliexpress but doubt I will get any response. Is he the listing that was selling the tower for $16?
wickedlemon Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 A word of warning about anyone thinking about ordering from Aliexpress store called Minifigures Wholesale. I placed an order for the Avengers tower and seller gave me a bogus tracking number. When I followed up on my order Rock Yong said he didn't have the product, yet he still continued to take orders for weeks afterwards. Now his store shows that he has the items in stock. I messaged him again to get an update on my order and now he is demanding more money from me before he will ship. I have filed a complaint thru Aliexpress but doubt I will get any response. I ordered the cheap tower too. I did get a quick message saying it was not out yet, which I guessed anyway. It's a shame AE's dispute process doesn't have the option for the 'seller to send you what you ordered'. Refund's don't cut it at time's like this.
BigPoppaBrick Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 I've used Minifigure Wholesale a lot and had a couple of issues with parts missing. Mainly a cape, some legs and a machine gun. I think the language barrier has been an issue as it taken them a while to finally send me what was missing. They have however always sorted out my issues (just seems to take a while). They do seem to offer preorders a lot and I've noticed they have started to mark them accordingly. However if you brought at a price they should honour that. Be interesting to see if they do....
jeduh Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 If that's the head from Firestar Toys then it was probably me that mentioned it... and you're welcome! ;) Yeah it is! Haha, thanks again! :)
Robianco Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 I must admit that I've ordered several times from Minifigures Wholesale and they've always been fine. I think on this occasion they've underpriced something and they really don't want to honour it which is a shame. Hopefully you get it sorted.
dirk Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 Is he the listing that was selling the tower for $16? Yes, that's the one. I opened a dispute and he was very quick to refund my money. This is the third seller that has low balled items for which they don't want to follow through on. And it's more frequently that Ali Express suddenly freezes an order due to "suspicious activity". I get my money back, but the seller and store disappear. I think I'm done with Ali Express for now. Sorry for the rant, hope you guys have better luck.
wickedlemon Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 Yes, that's the one. I opened a dispute and he was very quick to refund my money. This is the third seller that has low balled items for which they don't want to follow through on. And it's more frequently that Ali Express suddenly freezes an order due to "suspicious activity". I get my money back, but the seller and store disappear. I think I'm done with Ali Express for now. Sorry for the rant, hope you guys have better luck. I had an order cancelled and refunded for "suspicious seller activity" the other day. Oddly the tracking number works and shows the package as just arriving in the UK, so I'm hoping for once it could work in my favour. I going to keep quiet and hope my tower eventually ships.
Borex Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) By now we all know the average prices for figs and small sets. If a deal looks too good (like real cheap) to be true it probably is. Avengers tower for 16$ would be insane. Too bad they won't sell it of course, but we can also understand why, right? As for bootlegs, i feel unsatisfied. The last sy spidey wave wasnt that great and the last series i really enjoyed was the sy cannons series (jean grey, doom etc). Now we only got copies from copies in different colors or translucent. Or more Iron Men. What keeps the new dargo series from coming out? And when do we get something to cheer again from sy? *edit* mind you, i'm highly sceptic about those new dargo figs. But i do like their choice of figs. Feels refreshing. Edited September 6, 2015 by Borex
Stan-Lee Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 Someone here suggested buying the head for symbiote suit Spider-Man, I did and I gotta say it looks pretty awesome so whoever you are, thanks! :D Where did you get the symbiote suit spider man head from?
mkt350 Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 I had an order cancelled and refunded for "suspicious seller activity" the other day. Oddly the tracking number works and shows the package as just arriving in the UK, so I'm hoping for once it could work in my favour. I going to keep quiet and hope my tower eventually ships. I have 2 orders like that and the tracking saids it's left China so I don't even know if I should go ahead and buy replacements for the cancelled orders.
agoodfella77 Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 Where did you get the symbiote suit spider man head from? You can get this from set SY188.
Nickcastle101 Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 You can get this from set SY188. Off topic, but what paint do you use on your customs?
agoodfella77 Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 Off topic, but what paint do you use on your customs? Happy to answer any questions about customization on this dedicated thread :) http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=109534
jeduh Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 Where did you get the symbiote suit spider man head from? Firestar toys!
Stan-Lee Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 (edited) You can get this from set SY188. You dont get a black suited spider man in that set you get a venom :/ Firestar toys! Thank you! How is the quality? Edited September 7, 2015 by Stan-Lee
agoodfella77 Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 You dont get a black suited spider man in that set you get a venom :/ Sorry if this was unclear: There is the normal black suited Torso (which you can get from the official TLG Venom) and then there is the sharp angled legged Torso (where you can get from SY188). The head for Symbiote Spidey can be bought at several places (including FST as mentioned previously). Here is a comparison of the different torsos for reference: Symbiotes [GROUP] [VARIANTS] [CUSTOM] [MCU] [COMICS] by agoodfella minifigs, on Flickr
Robianco Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 The Venom on the right is actually a clone of Christo's original Venom minifigure before Lego released it. Very rare and almost a perfect copy of it as long as you get a good print.
wickedlemon Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 The Venom on the right is actually a clone of Christo's original Venom minifigure before Lego released it. Very rare and almost a perfect copy of it as long as you get a good print. Any idea where this SY207 Black Widow design originates?
agoodfella77 Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 Any idea where this SY207 Black Widow design originates? I'm pretty sure this is SY's version of the first TLG Black Widow variant: But since it is unique, I got it and put in on my Maria Hill MOC (Avengers Assemble variant)
Robianco Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 As much as I d enjoy a good custom variant from our Eastern friends I always thought that design was a little too generic and without the red belt symbol (which only Christo has actually done properly) it just didn't come across as Black Widow... the blue lines do seem to be a mix of the Assemble and AOU figures though.
wickedlemon Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 As much as I d enjoy a good custom variant from our Eastern friends I always thought that design was a little too generic and without the red belt symbol (which only Christo has actually done properly) it just didn't come across as Black Widow... the blue lines do seem to be a mix of the Assemble and AOU figures though. So that BW could be an original? Just got my Xinh Ghostbusters and not sure whether this was a stray piece of plastic in the packet or something else entirely...
Zhagas Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 Just got my Xinh Ghostbusters and not sure whether this was a stray piece of plastic in the packet or something else entirely... That is disturbingly hilarious.
agoodfella77 Posted September 8, 2015 Posted September 8, 2015 So that BW could be an original? Just got my Xinh Ghostbusters and not sure whether this was a stray piece of plastic in the packet or something else entirely... It's a Baby Ruth! (wrong character, right actor!)
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