Monday, February 25, 2008

My unsatisfactory experience with KidRobot 14

As a semi-hardcore gamer, release dates are an important thing. When a game I want is coming out, you better know I'm getting it on release date.

But when it comes to designer toys and figures, it's something else.

A normal release game will get thousands of copy of the game available in America. Easy to find and to get. Now, let's compare to the wonderful world of designer figures... On a good day, a figure might get 1500 figures, let's say in 2 colorway. Consider yourself lucky if you get one as they would normally be sold out in 1 or 2 hours.

I was lucky to get a Tristan Eaton Dunny when they released in January. They went out fast.

Now enter the realm of Huck Gee, a guy I never heard off before I was interested in designer toys. The guy is a phenomenon by himself. In January, he released a really nice set of 10 munny on eBay, as he only sell on eBay. He sold the 10 figures in a record of 17 seconds. The thing here is that each figures were 650$ ! And no, it's not a typo, it's six hundred and fifty bucks ! Each !

So, as Kidrobot released their Kidrobot 14, named Kidninja, designed by Huck Gee, you knew I would had to be really quick to get one, even tho there was 2 colors, and 1000 of them each,

1. Kidrobot were sold out in 15 minutes. Could not get one.
2. Voltage Land in BC were not selling them online since they didn't get enough. Could not get one
3. Magic Pony in ON alsy put they stuff 1-2 days late. Wrote them an email asking about them. Next day, they are sold out on their website and I get a reply 3 days after. Could not get one.
4. I learn from the Toy's R Evil Blog that Huck Gee made 50 Blood Splatter Kidninja (25 of each color) and they were to be released on eBay on Friday, 12:00 PM PST. By the time I hit refresh at 3:00 PM on Friday, they were sold out. COULD NOT GET ONE !

I can't resolve myself to buy it on eBay from other sellers with a 60% or more markup. That's just wrong.

So unless I find it in a store in many years, I'm not getting this figure. Ever...

Because of this, I won't even bother to put a picture of the figure here.

1 comment:

Ben-Ohki said...

that sucks... but it's the game you play.
I cannot relate as Chogokin figures usual have production runs of twenty thousand at a time... 15'000 is already considered limited, usually.

But I feel your pain. :/