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Post by thezepposideman on Sept 20, 2005 1:23:51 GMT -5
Your forgetting Glory and the Mayor! they MUST be made! theyre to too coolect big bads!
Dru was from becoming pt 1 and 2. Anyway I like Darla, its not as nice as Dru (but shes brilliant). Darla, i agree with you that isnt really the oufit that screems DARLA! but it think its been done very well. and i like the sculpt although the mouth shoudve been opened more, smiling kinda. so which is ur fave outfit? blue or red?
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Post by Slayer44 on Sept 21, 2005 11:45:09 GMT -5
Well just as I thought. The BCC has cancelled Sideshow Darla. They say that anyone who preordered her will have their orders cancelled. I was thinking about ordering her form them too. I thgought this might happen though because of the fact that it is very limited compared to all the other basic Sideshow figures.
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Post by Digital Leonardo on Sept 21, 2005 11:46:49 GMT -5
O.o... she is cancelled? Already?
That is strange.
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Sept 21, 2005 12:18:41 GMT -5
Well, I'm glad I ordered my two red Darla's from Sideshow then. I was debating on cancelling and re-ordering them through the BCC.
I'm betting the response has been great and Sideshow will be able to sell all that they have and that's why the BCC won't be getting any. Both colors have been listed under their "Most Popular" section since they debuted. I remember that Exclusive Oz sold out in a matter of about a week and Exclusive Dru didn't take long selling out either so it is possible.
And I thought this was odd when I first noticed it, on the "my accounts" page if you went into that order and wanted to cancel the red Darla's you couldn't do it online - there was a message to call Sideshow. I never called because I hadn't made up my mind yet on re-ordering them with the BCC. I'm now wondering if I had called if I would've been told that the other stores may not get these figures.
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Post by prophecygirl on Sept 21, 2005 12:33:35 GMT -5
I'm ordering the red one from SS just in case other places don't get it!
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Post by urbandruid on Sept 21, 2005 17:25:47 GMT -5
I ordered the blue one from Sideshow. I'm debating about the red one too, but that's a lot of money at once for basically the same figure with two different outfits.
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Post by Browncoat on Sept 21, 2005 19:35:59 GMT -5
Grrr- got my shipping quote from sideshow and for the two darlas to be posted down here is US$68!
Bloody hell! I've bought sideshow figures off ebay and the postage is only about $20 per figure.
Curse my living at the end of the world!
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Post by Digital Leonardo on Sept 21, 2005 19:41:54 GMT -5
Grrr- got my shipping quote from sideshow and for the two darlas to be posted down here is US$68! Bloody hell! I've bought sideshow figures off ebay and the postage is only about $20 per figure. Curse my living at the end of the world! I know, its fricken crazy. It is about 30-some odd dollars to send one to Canada and please, that is SO over kill! It's 10.00 max to send something like that to Canada from the states, we are right above them... *hits something* That is why I never order from offical stores, total shipping ripp offs.
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Post by Browncoat on Sept 21, 2005 19:49:15 GMT -5
DL-I have no idea where they come up with some of these shipping prices - most of they time they are way off. I don't mind when the shipping quote is a bit out (and yes i take into consideration the cost of postage materials and handling), but $68 is almost the price of the damn figures!
Oh well. I cancelled the red darla. Still don't know whether to cancel blue darla and try my luck with ebay.
EDIT: With all fairness, i think sideshow uses fedex, which i'm sure is heaps more expensive than the normal postal service.
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Post by Digital Leonardo on Sept 21, 2005 19:52:37 GMT -5
It is just wild ain't it? I wouldn't pay that much for shipping. I think you should buy one of them, since they may shoot up prices on ebay. Just get the one you really want, and just hope you can get the other one on ebay.
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Post by VampireStake on Sept 21, 2005 20:55:17 GMT -5
Sideshow will only charge you the EXACT amount it is to ship a figure. They may quote you a price when you pre-order, but when youre card is charged, its for the EXACT amount it costs them.
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Post by Dawn on Sept 24, 2005 10:49:44 GMT -5
Although this figure isn't the best looking or most accurate something is attracting me towards, I think I'm going to have to pick this up when I see it at a convention or something.
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Post by Harm's Way on Sept 24, 2005 12:53:03 GMT -5
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but Forbidden Planet now has the Regular Sideshow Darla up for Pre-Order on their site.
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Post by slayerverse98 on Sept 25, 2005 9:21:08 GMT -5
To me she doesn't look like she did in season 1 except the outfit. I think her make-up got changed between the episodes Welcome To The Hellmouth/The Harvest and Angel. Still getting her though. Hope she's on eBay soon
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Post by buffyfannumerouno on Sept 25, 2005 14:02:43 GMT -5
I just hope that we get figures of her in her Human form. If they offered both outfits with a Human version than I"ll get both of those as well.
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Post by slayerverse98 on Sept 25, 2005 18:27:46 GMT -5
It's a bit of a con making the exclusive version with the only difference is the outfit, don't you think? I'll settle for the red outfit one
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Post by Browncoat on Sept 25, 2005 20:19:00 GMT -5
It's a bit of a con making the exclusive version with the only difference is the outfit, don't you think? I'll settle for the red outfit one Really? I love this type of exclusive- it's much better than a dead bird. Or candles. I don't bother when the exclusive is that boring, but this- a complete outfit change (well, colour wise), I believe is worth getting. I guess it's a "con" in that cos it is so different you end up getting both.
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Sept 25, 2005 20:33:39 GMT -5
I also like it and I've ordered both versions. One I can pose with the guns and with her arms outstretched (the red) and the other I can pose with her hands behind her back in one of Darla's "innocent poses. I like both versions and think it was a cool idea. I've heard a lot of people state preferences for one color over the other so if you only like one color over the other than there is a choice for you. When the preview came out a lot of people wished she had been in the blue outfit and now she is so more of a choice means more happy people in my book.
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Post by Digital Leonardo on Sept 25, 2005 20:39:08 GMT -5
I also like it and I've ordered both versions. One I can pose with the guns and with her arms outstretched (the red) and the other I can pose with her hands behind her back in one of Darla's "innocent poses. I like both versions and think it was a cool idea. I've heard a lot of people state preferences for one color over the other so if you only like one color over the other than there is a choice for you. When the preview came out a lot of people wished she had been in the blue outfit and now she is so more of a choice means more happy people in my book. I actually agree what your saying. And having the red Darla with the guns and and using blue Darla has the innocent version, is a right-on good idea. I think having diffrent outfit colors are a much better idea. Looking at some of the other excluives they seem like a waste, with Dru you get a dead bird. I mean, why would you pay for a dead bird? It seems a bit stupid.
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Post by VampireStake on Sept 25, 2005 21:22:43 GMT -5
I still think they should have atleast made a Vamp Face/Reg face version....Blue be Human, Red be vamp. Oh well.
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