The Wand Company TOS Tricorder is coming!

Ant1988 said:
There are always individuals like that. Ebay is full of FOMO buyers that do little to no research on what they are buying. They impulse buy on emotion. As I said earlier it happens across all collectable franchises. Hot wheels are a really good example. FOMO diecast collectors get angry that people hoard all the hyped castings of the month so they resort to eBay and pay $10-20 for a $1 car that is mass produced and still in stores. They justify their purchase thinking they will be obtain one and hope the aftermarket price continues to soar. Every single time the opposite is true and much of those diecast end up at a couple bucks at most.

There will never be a shortage of buyers like this. It's been going on for well over 20 years at eBay with no change in site.
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I remember when the Phantom Menace came out, thinking that those Star Wars dolls would be as popular and collectible as the original trilogies were, I went to a dozen different Walmarts, Kmart and Targets trying to collect the entire first wave.

I could not find a Darth Maul for the life of me. One guy in the aisle asked me who I was looking for, I told him, and he casually told me that he was there at three in the morning and bought all eight of them that were on the shelf. If I would like to pay him $40 for one, he had it in his car and could make the transaction in the parking lot. Keep in mind they were still about $5.00 each back then.

Too bad you can’t get a scalper hunting license!
 
NakedMoleRat said:
I remember when the Phantom Menace came out, thinking that those Star Wars dolls would be as popular and collectible as the original trilogies were, I went to a dozen different Walmarts, Kmart and Targets trying to collect the entire first wave.

I could not find a Darth Maul for the life of me. One guy in the aisle asked me who I was looking for, I told him, and he casually told me that he was there at three in the morning and bought all eight of them that were on the shelf. If I would like to pay him $40 for one, he had it in his car and could make the transaction in the parking lot. Keep in mind they were still about $5.00 each back then.

Too bad you can’t get a scalper hunting license!
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Oh! That was YOU?
 
Trooper_trent said:
To that point, I bought two just in case one had issues and/or to keep the better of the two if there were any subtle defects.
The 2nd one I was going to put in the closet until they are hard to come by and then do someone on the RPF a solid by selling it at cost, very similar to what you just did for me with the Wand Company Rock Mood Light (Thanks again for that BTW!!).

I have no interest in profiting off of it or seizing the opportunity to take advantage of a temporary supply situation.
I'm not entirely sure if/when I'll sell the 2nd one but it will not be at a markup, that's for sure.
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That's typically what I do when I resell anything from my collection, I only ask what I paid for it originally. I get that some collectors buy extras looking at them purely as an investment, and so intend to resell with a markup later on. To each their own.

Personally, I remember when I first started in this hobby 20+ years ago, the feeling of seeing a really kewl item come up for sale but it being way outside of my allowable budget. The disappointment I would feel was immense. And that happened on many occasions back then.

So when I feel the need to sell off something from my collection, I resell at the original price to try and give others who might be new to the hobby the opportunity to obtain something they might have been looking for but otherwise haven't been able to afford.

If I can manage to grab a second Wand tric later on, and I do eventually sell it I would do the same as you Trooper_trent.
 
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NakedMoleRat said:
I remember when the Phantom Menace came out, thinking that those Star Wars dolls would be as popular and collectible as the original trilogies were, I went to a dozen different Walmarts, Kmart and Targets trying to collect the entire first wave.

I could not find a Darth Maul for the life of me. One guy in the aisle asked me who I was looking for, I told him, and he casually told me that he was there at three in the morning and bought all eight of them that were on the shelf. If I would like to pay him $40 for one, he had it in his car and could make the transaction in the parking lot. Keep in mind they were still about $5.00 each back then.

Too bad you can’t get a scalper hunting license!
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Today that figure is worth about 8-$10. Lol

It's just a fact of collecting anything or buying anything that is extremely popular. Ebay made it 50 times worse unfortunately.
 
Sorry for the rant but I feel confident that all of us in the U.S. will get one soon enough.
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Such a bummer that people can't see the difference between a company screwing up preorders/scamming people out of money like EFX and Anovos, and amazing companies like TWC dealing with monumental problems that are outside their control but are pushing through no matter what to deliver the most accurate, functional products at extremely competitive prices.
People will always find something to complain about. But the entitlement is just embarrassing.
 
Ronldheld said:
Is that an Amazon UK delivery?
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Yep.
Fortunately the actual shipping boxes were both absolutely perfect.
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I just opened one and couldn't help playing with it for a few seconds before putting it on the charger. It's charging now so I'll have the rest of the evening to finally RTFM and play around with it.
First impression, I'm absolutely blown away. It feels solid and not flimsy like the DS. The sounds it makes when you navigate the screens really pulls you into the experience (it does different random sounds each time you click in or out of something so it's not always the same sound over and over). The discs are lighter than I thought but still very clean and solid, and they click into the holders with a nice satisfying click.

I'm so freaking excited to FINALLY have it in hand after drooling over every update and post both here and on the blog since day one. I'm over the moon.

I'll see you guys in several hours. I'm gonna be busy for a while LOL
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Trooper_trent said:
Yep.
Fortunately the actual shipping boxes were both absolutely perfect.
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I just opened one and couldn't help playing with it for a few seconds before putting it on the charger. It's charging now so I'll have the rest of the evening to finally RTFM and play around with it.
First impression, I'm absolutely blown away. It feels solid and not flimsy like the DS. The sounds it makes when you navigate the screens really pulls you into the experience (it does different random sounds each time you click in or out of something so it's not always the same sound over and over). The discs are lighter than I thought but still very clean and solid, and they click into the holders with a nice satisfying click.

I'm so freaking excited to FINALLY have it in hand after drooling over every update and post both here and on the blog since day one. I'm over the moon.

I'll see you guys in several hours. I'm gonna be busy for a while LOL
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Isn't it wonderful to have the entire Exploration Set from Wand? AND a med scanner? I'm still geeking out and it's going on two weeks for me! :love:

Just make sure you come up for air once in a while! Oh, and don't forget to open up the back for more fun!
 
asalaw said:
Isn't it wonderful to have the entire Exploration Set from Wand? AND a med scanner? I'm still geeking out and it's going on two weeks for me! :love:

Just make sure you come up for air once in a while! Oh, and don't forget to open up the back for more fun!
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So stoked. My office is purely Blade Runner so I didn't know where to display them (the phaser and communicator have been in their original boxes in the closet for several years except for charging). After showing the tricorder updates to my wife, she got excited enough to suggest making room in one of the entertainment center shelves in the living room. So yeah, having them all be Wand Company with matching display stands, and the scanner, AND the mood rock! (Thanks Captain Dunsel!) I should have a nice little display.
 
JiminSTLouis said:
Mine was similar but not as bad as yours. Mine had a box cutter slash across the bottom for some reason. View attachment 1934402View attachment 1934403
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Wow, clearly I got lucky with mine--it was just a little beat up here and there, nothing serious. It was in good enough condition that I was able to use it in my film. I had a backup box on standby from another purchase just in case, but I didn't need it.

Yours is like the third or fourth box I've seen that's all torn up like that. Clearly international shipping is very hard on packaging.
 
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