November acquisitions.

Picked up my micromasters from Iceburn via liegeprime today! Also got a free anti-aircraft base part and KO Grimlock (lurking up the back there) from liegeprime which I intend to use as spare parts to fix up my 1985 G1 Grimlock. :) liege also gave me his micromaster card backs as he was gonna chuck them out. Maraming salamat! :D

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...tion_nov12.jpg

Douitashimashite! :)

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Originally Posted by Zippo

Yeh a $120 custom fee as I forgot to let Kyle know to under value. Since learnt he wouldn't anyway. Would have been cheaper to get 8 parcels sent to New Zealand rather than the one I got.. Oh well, you learn from these mistakes.

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We don't know how New Zealand custom works. Suggestion for future: you can work out which way would be cheaper, and let us know before hand whether you would like us to pack your items together or separately. We were perfectly happy to post (eg. the Melbourne kits) to each individual address separately, and we did. Even though it costed my friend and me a lot more. Postage was US $15.90 for each kit, and US $26.50 for two posted together. (The US $13 "I" quoted for the late comers was a mistake.)

Crazybolt and Colada

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...s/PB128681.jpg

Colada was very popular in my office when he arrived, even more so that Alt SMokescreen. I'm very tempted to use his water squirter, but will be good!

Thanks Kennymak

Activator Bumblebee (the first activator to be in my collection)
am looking forward to Grimlock next

http://images.icebu12n.multiply.com/...nmid=109507461

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Originally Posted by Zippo

Yeh a $120 custom fee as I forgot to let Kyle know to under value. Since learnt he wouldn't anyway. Would have been cheaper to get 8 parcels sent to New Zealand rather than the one I got.. Oh well, you learn from these mistakes.

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I don't understand, why would you be charged that by customs? Its not like the value is in the thousands of dollars.

new zealand needs money.

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Originally Posted by kup

I don't understand, why would you be charged that by customs? Its not like the value is in the thousands of dollars.

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I'm guessing they went over Zippo's package with a fine-toothed comb/xrayed it etc. the whole lot...

So in that case, they pass the costs onto us... :(

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Originally Posted by kup

I don't understand, why would you be charged that by customs? Its not like the value is in the thousands of dollars.

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I think it'd be over $1000 and that's probably the point where it becomes a commercial quantity.

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Originally Posted by kup

I don't understand, why would you be charged that by customs? Its not like the value is in the thousands of dollars.

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They have to pay for their "Border Security/Airport" shows somehow! :p