darthgordon
Sr Member
50... 60... either way, Holy word that will probably get removed by the language filter!
For that price I'm absolutely in.
For that price I'm absolutely in.
Official Ghostbusters PKE Meter Prop
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jackdoud
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Arlington Beech
Sr Member
would totally get one of these...but like others have said, it'll probably be sold out before I get the chance!
TomGLFan
Well-Known Member
There is good news and bad news here. The good news is that someone is finally making what looks like a pretty good PKE meter. The bad news is that that someone is Mattel and that they are selling it through their collector website, Matty.com.
In addition to collecting props, I also collect toys, especially DC comics toys and anything relating to Green Lantern. One of my regular nightmares is the monthly sale on Matty.com. They sell their products once a month, on the 15th, at noon. In addition to the DC Universe toys, they also deal in other lines, including Masters of the Universe (the He-Man toys) which have an avid fan base. Consequently, the Matty.com site is completely overwhelmed on sale day. And they have insufficient product to meet demand; often things sell out in, quite literally, minutes.
Unfortunately, the Matty.com website has no provision for holding an item for you while you are completing your transaction. Because of the volume of traffic on the site on sale days, you will often find yourself in the limbo that the toy collecting forums call "the white screen of death" and by the time you get to complete your transaction, you get an error message informing you that the item you are trying to purchase is now sold out. It is a hugely frustrating experience.
Mattel uses an outfit called Digital River to fulfill their sales orders. They have what I believe is the worst customer service on the planet. Last month, I had the unfortunate experience of ordering an item from them that did not arrive. I received only an empty collector's box, no toy inside. When I called customer service, I was told that they could not fulfill my order because they were saving the remaining stock of the item (it was, in fact, a Ghostbusters figure) to sell at San Diego Comic-Con. I was offered a refund instead. It took over an hour of climbing the ladder of supervisors to get my figure sent to me. Clearly, any mentality which refuses to make good on an order so that the stock can be sold elsewhere is not a customer service-oriented mentality.
I dread dealing with Matty.com like I dread the plague. I know that every month they receive numerous complaints and have promised to try to deal with some of the problems. Maybe by "holiday 2011" they will have fixed things, but so far, it's been a year and a half and they STILL haven't implemented software which will hold your items for you while you complete your transaction. Surely this is readily available; the problem has been going on at Mattel for a year and a half or more now, and they still haven't fixed the issue.
I'm sorry; this turned into a rant, and that is not what I wanted. But I do dread dealing with Mattel and Digital River in order to get my PKE meter when the time comes.
In addition to collecting props, I also collect toys, especially DC comics toys and anything relating to Green Lantern. One of my regular nightmares is the monthly sale on Matty.com. They sell their products once a month, on the 15th, at noon. In addition to the DC Universe toys, they also deal in other lines, including Masters of the Universe (the He-Man toys) which have an avid fan base. Consequently, the Matty.com site is completely overwhelmed on sale day. And they have insufficient product to meet demand; often things sell out in, quite literally, minutes.
Unfortunately, the Matty.com website has no provision for holding an item for you while you are completing your transaction. Because of the volume of traffic on the site on sale days, you will often find yourself in the limbo that the toy collecting forums call "the white screen of death" and by the time you get to complete your transaction, you get an error message informing you that the item you are trying to purchase is now sold out. It is a hugely frustrating experience.
Mattel uses an outfit called Digital River to fulfill their sales orders. They have what I believe is the worst customer service on the planet. Last month, I had the unfortunate experience of ordering an item from them that did not arrive. I received only an empty collector's box, no toy inside. When I called customer service, I was told that they could not fulfill my order because they were saving the remaining stock of the item (it was, in fact, a Ghostbusters figure) to sell at San Diego Comic-Con. I was offered a refund instead. It took over an hour of climbing the ladder of supervisors to get my figure sent to me. Clearly, any mentality which refuses to make good on an order so that the stock can be sold elsewhere is not a customer service-oriented mentality.
I dread dealing with Matty.com like I dread the plague. I know that every month they receive numerous complaints and have promised to try to deal with some of the problems. Maybe by "holiday 2011" they will have fixed things, but so far, it's been a year and a half and they STILL haven't implemented software which will hold your items for you while you complete your transaction. Surely this is readily available; the problem has been going on at Mattel for a year and a half or more now, and they still haven't fixed the issue.
I'm sorry; this turned into a rant, and that is not what I wanted. But I do dread dealing with Mattel and Digital River in order to get my PKE meter when the time comes.
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That's Mattel? Wow. I'm impressed.
exoray
Master Member
Toy vs replica prop, from everything I'm seeing it an absolutely great toy, and the price is fantastic... I'll do my best to secure at least one of them, it can't be beat for a costume or convention piece! But, it won't be a display piece for me...
We come down the the same thing we always do in this hobby...
Don Post/Rubies Helmets vs Master Replicas, EFX or fan made...
Art Asylum Trek stuff vs Master Replicas, Roddenberry, or John Long etc...
Master Replica Force FX sabers vs Master Replica replica prop lines, Icons or fan made...
And the list could go on... It's all about the fine details that differentiate a general public toy offering vs a high quality replica display piece...
Two different offerings to two different groups, yes there is some overlap of the groups but there is still a difference...
A phenomenal toy offering but it lacks the details to be a true replica prop that will satisfy those that seek those details...
exoray
Master Member
Well until we see the production model we won't know, same could be said for all the above examples I gave...
From Cyland Props first impressions, I'll take his words for this right now as he has had his hands on the real prop...
That is a lot of minor details, but to correct them all you have to pretty much rework the entire thing... Most will be more then happy with it, and yeah it could be tweaked here and there to be better, but that doesn't take away the difference between it being a toy vs a high quality replica prop...
A perfect parallel I picked up my Art Asylum TOS Trek communicator for $25 brand new in box, that doesn't mean that the market for multi-hundred dollar high end versions doesn't still exist...
rkpetersen
Well-Known Member
Jeez, it sounds exactly like the oh so fun experience of trying to buy tickets to a premium concert online through Ticketbastard. Reload and reload and reload and oh, now main floor tickets are no longer available. I would really like to get one or two of these props but the thought of that hair-pulling experience once again does not excite me.
Of course, eventually they'll be available on the bay, with a substantial markup I'm sure.
exoray
Master Member
When they sell out expect 2-4 times markup easily from what I have have seen by other GB Matty releases...
Example the 12" Ghostbusters figures that sold for $60 are now selling consistently on Ebay for $200+ I would expect nothing less from this offering unless they substantially increase the run size..
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