if you want one I hope they screw you like they screwed me I really do, I had a limited time down there, and I spent a lousy day there trying to get something that was only there in the first hour or two when I could have been somewhere else enjoying my time somewhere else as stated they both can go to hell for that

Are you for real,

I have a badge and a credit reciept for my attendance.

= Verified

Do you what these figures cost them? Pennies

Shipping ?

1 if it was the big G, I'd pay for the shipping and I'd even pay the $75 + tax

2 if it's a figure pack Silver surfer, Invisible girl ....

For me cost to send 2 figures in a small box. $1.10

Delivery confirmation .45 cents extra.

hmmm......

To repair public image $2. doesn't sound bad

That's just me.

Some companies send out specialized products. Cost lots. Watches, keychains, lighters, paperweights, pens etc.

At that point they want to get their name out.

In this case it's to smooth over some rough edges created by a marketing, personell and supply flap.

Well worth the expense in my opinion.

They advertised a product.
People were charged MONEY for a stinkin OPORTUNITY to BUY said product.

Then NO PRODUCT.

I don't care what lame disclaimer they put out. I think there may be cause for legal action.
That's called bait and switch in the rest of the retail industry.

Nooo, it isn't cause for legal action. If there were NO Galactus figures at the convention, THEN there would have been cause.

If there are some, or even 1, then there is no cause for legal action. And any attorney who's worth the degree on their wall will tell you that.

Out of curiousity, how do you know this? 'Cause I'm really wondering why I spend 5-7 dollars on a pack of 4 of them if they cost pennies to make.

"That's just pathetic."
"Sorry this was unacceptable."
"The sticky thing about incompetance..."
"...a carppy resolution to a horrendous situation."
"It sounded like more excuses of their incompetence to me."
"Not good enough."
"...being duped by Wizkids"
"That ws pretty lame."
"That's why I want more then an apology."

You guys are sad, sad, sad little men.
You should be happy they made a Galactus at all.
I asked them last year if they were going to making any more big figs, and I was told that they 'weren't profitable.'

Straight out, how much money do you think they're making on this ?
R&D, playtesting, manufacturing, shipping, etc.
Probably not that much.

I wouldn't be surprised if WizKids told you all to screw off, no more big figs ever.

Thanks for the effort WK, I appreciate it. And if I don't get one, I won't call for your head on a pike...

This from a guy who pulled a pair of KC Wonder Woman figs during the Unleashed tourney...

Keep a lid on it over there, jerky.

They certainly didn't do it for me. I didn't ask them to make him, and I certainly didn't ask them to spend three months hyping him.

Do you really think they made Galactus for altruistic reasons? Unless they're donating the proceeds to the Feed The Handicapped Orphans and Stop Norwegians From Clubbing Baby Seals Fund, I think they had to have their bottom line in mind on this one.

"How many people wanna kick some ###?"

I just hate it when people make up figures to support an argument. Kind of invalidates the argument. Pennies to make? When they have to pay to make the molds (from what I hear VERY expensive), buy the materials, pay the painters, package them, and ship them? Sounds like an expensive proposition to me.

And my puling KC Wonder Women in back to back packs in the pre-release has nothing to do with this, so

I'm leaving work soon, talk to you later.

Well, maybe Invisible Girl costs pennies...

Your little scenerio just cost the. $15,500 based on the projected numbers and $38,750 for the estimated numbers after the fact. This doesn't not even include the labor expense to collect all the names and address and the labor to package them all up. Seriously think about what you are saying here.

Hey!! I went to the convention for those and didn't get them! I had to buy a Galactus instead and it was much more. BAIT AND SWITCH!!!

No. You were charged money to get into a convention. There was more than just the Wizkids booth there. I'm sure it's somehow possible the entire rest of the convention floor and the tourneys upstairs may have somehow escaped your notice, but they were there.

Wizkids did not charge you for your tickets. Wizard did. Completely different company.

It's only bait and switch if Wizkids lured you in to buy a fictiotious product. Since I know quite a few Galacti were sold there, then there was product. Just because you were one of the unfortinate souls who didn't get one, doesn't mean it wasn't there.

StormWind