Like buses, I have waited very patiently for my overseas parcels, then three of them come along at once!
The day after the Perry order arrived, I came home to find two more parcels on my painting desk in the garage. This time, they originated from Caliver - a mixture of Pulp Miniatures, Crusader WWII and some Copplestone Back of Beyond, - and from Nick Eyre North Star Miniatures - more Pulp Miniatures plus a few Bad Squiddo figures.
Almost all of the figures are intended for my Pulp Project, with the exception of a Bolshevik RCW field gun and crew
And here they are - first in original packaging:
Package One
Package Two
Crusader WWII French
Pulp Figures Nazi She Wolves of the SS and Evil High Priestess
Copplestone BoB Figures
Bad Squiddo additions
Pulp Figures from Northstar - She Wolves II and Daughters of the East
Here are the Crusader French figures - very nice they are too
She Wolves I and High Priestess - for some reason one of the Nazis is in an SA uniform....
The Copplestone Warlord Chinese - figure on the far left is female, which was an unexpected bonus!
Bad Squiddo female Samurai
Bad Squiddo Mika and seated WAAF drivers/passengers
Pulp Daughters of the East
Pulp She Wolves II including a Big Dog!
Sooooo...I now have plenty of painting fodder to keep me occupied and motivated over the Festive Season - and still a couple of orders to arrive (excluding you know who....!)
Hi KIETH- a lot of good painting there for you - great PULP FICTION figures for sure. You'll be very happy that everything has finally arrived. Cheers. KEV.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kev...YES! It's great that these have all turned up and I will definitely get a lot of pleasures from painting them!
DeleteWell that will keep you bust over the festive period
ReplyDeleteIt certainly will Scotty!
DeleteExcellent! Still no sign of your long lost Brigade Games order?
ReplyDeleteThanks Jon. Unfortunately not. I am resigned to waiting till the end of January and then contacting Lon again and asking how long USPS think it's reasonable to expect people to wait? It's a bit disappointing as I have occasionally had similar experiences with Old Glory and Front Rank, and they voluntarily sent replacements with no prompting from me, and I feel most wargaming suppliers would do the same but Brigade hasn't even considered it, they just say I will have to wait till the shipping backlog clears....
DeleteI suppose next time an alternative courier is needed…me! My little package slipped through.
DeleteEXACTLY Jon...in fact, I used that example to prove USPS could still get stuff here six weeks AFTER the parcel went through their NYC facility.....it made no difference though!
DeleteSplendid purchases Keith…
ReplyDeleteWhen are you going to find time for Xmas when you have all these toys to play with…
All the best. Aly
Our Christmases tend to be pretty low key now Aly, so I am sure I will be able to squeeze it in 😄
DeleteMore good stuff. Sounds like an interesting pulp project.
ReplyDeleteThanks Stew...it's a great feeling to receive ten or twelve figures and think "Ok, that's all the French/Italians/Britsh I am going to need"!
DeleteWooow, woow! More goodies!!
ReplyDeleteExciting times at my place Michal! 😊
DeleteI too thought for a minute it was going to be your missing Brigade Games order. Perhaps it will turn up in the fullness of time, and I had to wait for one from the US for six months. The supplier was just about to replace it when it finally arrived, and I was glad for both our sakes.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence - I do understand the international delays and the Noble Knights order I did over a month ago and coming via Fedex is not here yet either so seems like stuff from the US is particularly affected. What I am slightly put out by is the lack of care/responsibility taken by the supplier but maybe eventually it will turn up or I will get refunded/replacement sent (given I paid insurance to cover any such eventuality!)
DeleteThere is no rhyme or reason for some US shipments lately - I had a NobleKnight order late October take 18 days to get to NZ, so......???
DeleteThat's about on time as per their estimates Andrew...I think mine may have been a month or five weeks now....it will probably arrive eventually....
DeleteUnderstandable Keith, especially given you have taken out insurance on the shipment. I am now up to three shipments having gone missing, and the responses between the vendors is quite marked.
DeleteOh some really nice goodies there Keith and plenty to keep you going over the festive period. My mdf figures order turned up today, so I'm a happy bunny too and will have to try and maintain focus to get this finished PDQ!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve, as already acknowledged, its fun to receive new figures via the post! I look forward to seeing more of your mdf figures deployed in battle very soon!
DeleteGood to see you are well catered for with painting stock, Keith - an important step in these supply chain challenged times.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is Mark - our company has just hit the wall with freight volume in and out of Auckland and we are having to impose limits on customers on how much we will collect from them as well as having earlier last collection times - we have people working right through the weekend trying to clear the accumulated mountain of freight at our Penrose hub....challenging times and cant see it getting any better until Christmas is past!
DeleteOooooo Shiny!
ReplyDeleteYes Ray...it's a "shiny thing" for sure! They will end up matt however!
DeleteAs I anticipate the arrival of a "holiday" hobby parcel that I treated myself to, seeing your arrivals renders vicarious boost: always fun to see!
ReplyDeleteThere is often more sweetness in the anticipation than there is in the realisation Ed! The arrival of new toys is an exciting experience !
DeleteKudos on the selections. Some good AAR's in 2022 are coming, I'd wager.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe, I certainly hope I have some "A"s to "AR" on in the new year!
DeleteGreat looking figures, Keith. I suppose I've learned to be patient as since I pre-ordered some Wargames Atlantic stuff - which is still in the works and not ready for prime time yet.
ReplyDeletePatience is the virtue of a saint Dean, so well done you! I hope you get your WA figures soon though...
DeleteNice big collection of packages!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain.....yes it is !
DeleteChristmas painting Keith! I love getting packages in the mail that are wargames related- It makes my day/week/month/year!
ReplyDeleteMurphy's law- no matter how spaced out your orders were- they will all arrive at once!
Thanks John ....these were all purchased within a day of each other so makes sense they should arrive around the same time! I am now thinking if I buy a few more bits n pieces soon, they should arrive late Jan !
DeletePerfect timing for a little bit of painting R&R over Christmas.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Stu
Thanks Stu - and am I looking forward to it - work is HECTIC at the moment - freight volumes are through the roof, we are having to restrict the volumes our Auckland customers can send or our network will grind to a halt....never happened before in over 50 years in business!
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