foreverflash's Collection - My New Life

[vhal_x]

Wow flash, very jealous of that M8! Amazing update xx

[tonybsg]

Awesome update! That M8 is out of this world... me so jealous!

The Walking Dead set is great as well, I suppose you have already preordered this my friend?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o00_s00_i00

[foreverflash]

@Viridius, Dave, Vhal:

Thanks guys! I want to be honest with you. The M8 is not what I expected. I have never owned anything this valuable, 650$ total cost + 60$ shipping, so it was about 700$, and I have to tell you I was disappointed. Let me be clear: The M8 looks and performs EXACTLY as advertised. So why you ask am I disappointed? Because the craftsmanship of the M8 is not as detailed and intricate up close as I thought it was from picture. Many aspects of the M8 are "glued on" parts and stickers. The lighting effects leave much to be desired and there is no working "laser" or anything that can shoot out of the front (which there should be - at the very least a laser like the DS replicas). Instead, the trigger doesn't even move!

Probably the MOST disappointing aspect of all, from a collector standpoint, is the fact that the M8 is NOT numbered on the actual replica. NO where. It's not even numbered on the outer collector's box. The numbering is really obscure. You see a hand written # on the outside of the foam the replica sits in, and the actual #__ out of __ (the proper numbering) is, of ALL places, on the SHIPPING BOX! Jesus. Tell me that is not fucking retarded people...? You can see from the picture above...

Another BIG reason for my disappointment, is the fact that after several personal lengthy conversations with the sales manager at TriForce about "proper packaging protection" of my ENTIRE M8 (including the collector's box) and waiting months waiting for a decision and reply, he told me before release day that they could not change their packaging method. They planned from the beginning on using the "industry standard" method, which I call "Fit to box" appropriately. It basically means there is a box inside a box without any protection for the inner box (which is the collector's box). Pathetic. I figured TriForce would rise above the rest of the industry but they didn't. So, because of this poor packaging, the collector's box for my M8 (the one with designs on it) was damaged pretty bad (not severe) but bad enough. Dents/creases etc. A collector's nightmare my friends. Do not buy this M8.

Originally Posted by tonybsg

Awesome update! That M8 is out of this world... me so jealous!

The Walking Dead set is great as well, I suppose you have already preordered this my friend?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o00_s00_i00

Are you kidding?! That preorder is MINE MINE MINE. Preordered it the INSTANT I saw it.

[Mike1888]

That M8 is AMAZING.

Great update!

[v1sav1s]

Sorry to hear about your troublesome experience with TriForce. I'm no familiar with them, but any reputable company should offer a replacement or refund.

[foreverflash]

Originally Posted by v1sav1s

Sorry to hear about your troublesome experience with TriForce. I'm no familiar with them, but any reputable company should offer a replacement or refund.

Thanks Visalis. Triforce is not a reputable company, and they DO not do proper replacements. As I said in the previous post you read above, I talked at length with the sales manager, and he made it VERY clear to me that ONLY if the replica itself was damaged, would they EVEN consider replacing it. And ONLY the replica would be replaced, NOT the collector's box, or even the protective foam case the replica sits in. Triforce does not truely care about collectors, because if they did then they would care how I received both the replica and it's collectible box, which, they don't. They would have the replica itself engraved with a number (and even signed!). They would care about the whole product and the whole process, but they do not. Very, very sad. I feel ripped off good. So the final verdict: I can't in good conscience recommend ANYONE to buy from them.

[Hans v Hube]

Originally Posted by foreverflash

Thanks Visalis. Triforce is not a reputable company, and they DO not do proper replacements. As I said in the previous post you read above, I talked at length with the sales manager, and he made it VERY clear to me that ONLY if the replica itself was damaged, would they EVEN consider replacing it. And ONLY the replica would be replaced, NOT the collector's box, or even the protective foam case the replica sits in. Triforce does not truely care about collectors, because if they did then they would care how I received both the replica and it's collectible box, which, they don't. They would have the replica itself engraved with a number (and even signed!). They would care about the whole product and the whole process, but they do not. Very, very sad. I feel ripped off good. So the final verdict: I can't in good conscience recommend ANYONE to buy from them.

Thanks for the heads up, i though Amazon were bad with some of their packaging but that takes the biscuit but after a few e-mails always received replacements in time.
The M8 gun does look nice if hung up on a wall with a desk between it but close-up & i mean no disrespect looks like something you could get from toys r us
As said i mean no disrespect but at that cost (a good runner/second hand car) you would expect more & more respect.
What would you do with it now as it may be classed as poisoned (well in my eyes it would) buy?

[Starkiller117]

Nice collection Flash! Some sick stuff in there. My collection stands now at 50 Collector's Editions for Xbox 360 only, not counting first-editions and other not-truly-special editions. I don't have nearly as much extra stuff that you do, however...the stuff like figures and replicas that aren't in CE's and such. Maybe I'll get up to that type of expanse someday (of course I will, but I can't tell myself that ). I can compete with you on one thing though: I also own a Dead Space Ultra...

[foreverflash]

Updated my lists. Rearranged some titles. Borderlands is now my #2 most favorite game and one in which I will attempt to collect everything for...

Soon I'll be adding my list of "movies and television".

I have some extremely amazing collectibles in transit to my home and will be adding pictures soon. One of these items is 1 of it's kind!

Stay tuned...

[vhal_x]

Ooh, looking forward to it flash!

Stalking xx