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I've had mail from both Hong Kong and Mainland China that should have shipped airmail turn up very, very late before

it turns out that if the planes are busy and a backlog builds up there's a good chance that they end up shipping boxesf by sea (without telling the shipper)

I wonder if that's what's happened with these?

I know from living in asia for a few years that sometimes parcels get inexplicably delayed - going both ways, my record I think was an 'aid parcel' of tea from back home that turned up 6 months after it had initially been sent. Absolutely no explanation given, I had given it up for lost!

Not to say that is what has happened here, but the greater distance (and also, cultural/language barrier) these things have to cross, the more chance of something like that happening.

Certainly plausible, but honestly, while delighted to have product in hand, my main issue would still be with going dark over the (already expected on past experience) lengthy shipping.

I just got my box of stuff today. I got the same registered HK mail as Azreal.

Mine was a normal brown square box 7x7x4 inches approximately or 19x19x10cm full of ziplocked bags with goodies. Just storting the bags it looks like it's all there with at least 2 broken pieces. First was a thick staff so easy fix, the second was the horses bony tail that was shattered I guess that horse will be a little bit speshl. I'll post an update later or a review when I get round to it.

Tony referred to the "new year special" as black bags in the last reply so I am speculating that Azreal might be right about this being a seperate shipment ...

Anyway, I'm glad they got here. I hope everyone that's still waiting won't have to wait too long. Compared to a lot of other small companies the quality is really good. I am curious about the resin used though. It smells different compared to most stuff I've encountered.

I've also just received my package today. I think these are the original shipments though, as Tony promised to send me replacement parts and they were also in the box. My package was actually routed by China Post through EMS, not HK post.

Anyhow, they're here and I'm happy. I'm pretty sure that the tracking info is only available after the package goes through the middle-man (shipper) and through customs, as my package appeared in their tracking information on May 9th. I'll ask Tony if this is the case. I hope I get a response!

Wait- if the replacement parts are in the box, you mean that's not the original shipment... right?

Nope, I think they were the originals. Trust me. My order was very complicated. I'm sure that if they were just repacked New Year's Eve bags 3 months later, the contents would not have been exactly correct.

I certainly think that DH needs to work on communication issues, but for now, they still have my business. The casts were awesome and Tony delivered exactly what he was supposed to. It's just a shame that shipping is so complicated.

Ah, thanks for clarifying. Perhaps if mine shows up one day I'll share your enthusiasm . But likely not, unless they find another way to ship... shipping cost $24, which should definitely not take months! Maybe they should sell to a distributor in bulk- I have to think there's lots of demand for these models if they were more reliable / easier to obtain.

Well, my package showed up last night! After all that drama . I have to say, I'm very happy with the quality.

Would someone who also purhcased a bag be interested in trading one of their Bloodlust Tyrants? I am after one more. I have my 3 undead samurai and 3 monks with a thousand hands for trade. I would be up for trading 3-4 of those models for a single Bloodlust Tyrant... for example, all 3 of my undead samurai for a single Tyrant. This would allow you to run a unit of 6 of them as undead cavalry for your favorite fantasy wargame

PM me

Ahh... You should've picked up another pack Honestly the Bloodlust Tyrant is the best of the bunch...

PM Sent.

 basement.dweller wrote:
Ahh... You should've picked up another pack

Yeah, but the risk was great enough as it was! I'm hoping someone will want to part with one of theirs (even if I buy azrael's) via trade for the other items, since people who bought the bags have extras... someone has got to be wanting to run a unit of undead cavalry and thus be needing more . Also have the monks, as I said. PM me and we can make a deal