Reserve your Khan [Archive]

Sideshow Spock

Mar 17, '08, 2:41 PM

I'd been confused by this.. not knowing if the exclusive Khan was held by the US video game store chain Planet X, or the tiny chain of Canadian comics/collectibles stores with the same name..

Guess this provides the answer.. it's the Canadian comic stores! Makes sense.. they're the Canadian exclusive holders, while Hastings has the US.

You can reserve a Canadian Khan by sending them an email:

ePlanet X - Specializing in Comics, Statues, and Figures from TV, Video Games, and Movies. (http://www.eplanetx.net/)

Price is $19.99 US. No mention of shipping costs. They accept Paypal or money orders. Release date is said to be May..

Iron_fox85

Mar 17, '08, 4:35 PM

0-0 19? bloody hell, thank got i have a hastings.

txteach

Mar 17, '08, 4:57 PM

I want 2 but can't get their email to work. Can anyone reserve them for me and I'll pay when the time comes? Please

Meule

Mar 17, '08, 5:18 PM

First I wanna know about shipping. Besides, after the crap I had with Amazon, I'd rather deal with someone here

Hulk

Mar 17, '08, 5:19 PM

Meule

Mar 17, '08, 5:27 PM

I am unable to guarantee inventory from Hastings. I have a contact who will let me know how they are looking either when they come in or shortly beforehand, which should be in late June or early July. They are willing to work with me if they are not overallocated to their stores, but there are no guarantees, and even their stores cannot place pre-orders for individuals at this time. As much as I'd like to offer this as a definite, I cannot.

I will still remain in touch with them as the date draws closer, but I wouldn't pin your hopes on me.

I have faith in you :wink_y:
But just in case it doesn't work, are you gonna order a Khan for yourself? If so, would you mind ordering an extra one for me? I trust you more when it comes to shipping costs than some unknown (to me anyway) company :wink_y:

thunderbolt

Mar 17, '08, 5:38 PM

I got the email to work, I'll post the response.

The Bat

Mar 17, '08, 7:00 PM

I HATE exclusives!!:enraged:

livnxxxl

Mar 17, '08, 10:44 PM

You can reserve a Canadian Khan by sending them an email:

ePlanet X - Specializing in Comics, Statues, and Figures from TV, Video Games, and Movies. (http://www.eplanetx.net/)

Price is $19.99 US. No mention of shipping costs. They accept Paypal or money orders. Release date is said to be May..

My e-mail reservation was sent earlier today. I now await confirmation. Let the feeding frenzy begin.... :smile:

livnxxxl

Mar 17, '08, 11:00 PM

UPDATE I just checked my e-mail and I have received the following message below:

"I have added your name to the list of people who are interested in the exclusive Diamond Select Retro Star Trek action figure of Khan and we will email you when we get a confirmation of the shipping date."

Sideshow Spock

Mar 17, '08, 11:13 PM

I figured that's how they'd do it.. it's just a reservation, so to speak. They can't actually accept orders now since they only accept paypal and money orders, and they don't want people actually paying until shipment is pending. Sensible. Hopefully they'll have enough figures to cover all the reservations.

thunderbolt

Mar 18, '08, 3:27 AM

^^ I got the same message:

Hi,

I have added your name to the list of people who are interested in the exclusive Diamond Select Retro Star Trek action figure of Khan and we will email you when we get a confirmation of the shipping date.

Thanks
Tina

Hulk

Mar 18, '08, 4:35 AM

I have faith in you :wink_y:
But just in case it doesn't work, are you gonna order a Khan for yourself? If so, would you mind ordering an extra one for me? I trust you more when it comes to shipping costs than some unknown (to me anyway) company :wink_y:

I'm sure I will acquire some for my own collection, but not sure how yet. I'm still working on acquiring stock for sale, and will let people know well before there release if I can guarantee any. If not Thomas, I am sure we'll figure something out for you. :wink_y:

The Bat

Mar 18, '08, 5:35 AM

I'm still working on acquiring stock for sale, and will let people know well before there release if I can guarantee any. If not Thomas, I am sure we'll figure something out for you. :wink_y:

I'm still holding out hope that...I'll be able to buy one from You Paul. I'd feel much better about it...than this pre-order deal.:ugh_y:

Lynn TXP 0369

Mar 18, '08, 5:58 AM

I figured that's how they'd do it.. it's just a reservation, so to speak. Hopefully they'll have enough figures to cover all the reservations.

That's why it says reservation in the description.... :smiley1:

If it is their exclusive as they are calling it "Planet X Exclusive" and are saying in the desription, they should have enough.

I highly doubt they will get 2000-3000 reservations, so there should be more then enough for people that reserve from here.

I just placed my reservation.... :yes:
Lynn

SUP-Ronin

Mar 18, '08, 8:32 AM

I will watch this one for a while before I act implusively.

txteach

Mar 18, '08, 10:24 AM

I still can't get their email to work. Anyone gonna hook me up and order 2 for me. I will definately pay you when the time comes. I REALLY want it so you can be assured of payment.

megonaught

Mar 18, '08, 10:49 AM

is doc mego going to sell khan on his website?

Sideshow Spock

Mar 18, '08, 10:59 AM

That's why it says reservation in the description.... :smiley1:

If it is their exclusive as they are calling it "Planet X Exclusive" and are saying in the desription, they should have enough.

I highly doubt they will get 2000-3000 reservations, so there should be more then enough for people that reserve from here.

I just placed my reservation.... :yes:
Lynn
I was just pointing out that by "reserve your Khan" they didn't mean pay for in advance.. they were just putting people on a wait list. Guess I didn't need to make the distinction.. :sarky:

Since it's a shared exclusive with another company, we really don't know how many were produced, or how many Planet X will be getting. Maybe they'll be getting a smaller quantity than Hastings, since Hastings is a pretty big chain of US dept. stores, and Planet X is a couple comics shops in Canada.

I don't think they'll be getting thousands of requests either, and as long as they get 1-2K figures, they should be fine.

Sideshow Spock

Mar 18, '08, 11:02 AM

I still can't get their email to work. Anyone gonna hook me up and order 2 for me. I will definately pay you when the time comes. I REALLY want it so you can be assured of payment.
What about it doesn't work for you? When you clik on their email link, your email program doesn't open? Or that works, but the email is bouncing back to you?

The email address you want is:
orders@eplanetx.net

txteach

Mar 18, '08, 2:34 PM

That helps, thanks

BlackKnight

Mar 18, '08, 4:28 PM

is doc mego going to sell khan on his website?

That is a Good Question, Lane. :yes:

palitoy

Mar 19, '08, 12:41 PM

I live twenty minutes away from a Planet X store and would be happy to pick up some in May.

Sideshow Spock

Mar 19, '08, 1:54 PM

(Imagines Brain pushing shopping cart overflowing with Khans down the streets of Toronto)
:thinking2:

ScottA

Mar 19, '08, 2:21 PM

I'm hoping someone will bring some to sell at MM08. They have 2 sold if they do.

Meule

Mar 19, '08, 3:23 PM

I'm sure I will acquire some for my own collection, but not sure how yet. I'm still working on acquiring stock for sale, and will let people know well before there release if I can guarantee any. If not Thomas, I am sure we'll figure something out for you. :wink_y:

Thanks Paul, I knew I could count on you :grin:

captact

Mar 21, '08, 3:01 AM

PLease get one for me too!!!!,..will send you PM with mailing address incase you can ,..thanks a million friend!!!
Ray Flores

I live twenty minutes away from a Planet X store and would be happy to pick up some in May.

drmego

Mar 21, '08, 6:38 PM

I am trying to get in touch with Planet X, since they are a small retailer, to see if
they will let me buy a few hundred.

noelani72

Mar 21, '08, 8:04 PM

I am trying to get in touch with Planet X, since they are a small retailer, to see if
they will let me buy a few hundred.

that would be great Paul...I could go to your site and pretty much one click shop and know it will be arriving at my door within a couple weeks of payin.

The Bat

Mar 21, '08, 8:40 PM

I am trying to get in touch with Planet X, since they are a small retailer, to see if
they will let me buy a few hundred.

Man Paul...that would be AWESOME! Keep Us posted...thanks!!:smile:

wyldpny

Mar 21, '08, 11:50 PM

Sweetness!! Thanks Paul :)

txteach

Mar 22, '08, 3:08 AM

My name is on the list! Yahoo! Thomas, I ordered 2 so if you want one of mine buddy it's yours.

Meule

Mar 22, '08, 4:32 AM

My name is on the list! Yahoo! Thomas, I ordered 2 so if you want one of mine buddy it's yours.

Sweet, thx teach, that's very cool of you :hokay:

Gorn Captain

Mar 22, '08, 8:19 AM

I definitely want two for myself. If there's a list of candidates somewhere, put me on it!
Maybe someone can send 3-4 of them to us Belgians?

The Bat

Mar 22, '08, 9:01 AM

Oh YES....I would like to buy TWO as well!!:wink_y:

palitoy

Mar 22, '08, 11:10 AM

I went to Planet X today and had a few put aside. If nobody wants them, I'll probably put them in the museum raffle.

They told me that Khan is selling well and they have several sub distributors. Also, they told me McCoy is outseilling Romulan, saw the same thing with Spock.

Brown Bear

Mar 22, '08, 11:30 AM

This is awesome news....I hope we ALL manage to get at least one.

The Toyroom

Mar 22, '08, 11:43 AM

I went to Planet X today and had a few put aside. If nobody wants them, I'll probably put them in the museum raffle.

I'll take one Brian if they're not all spoken for, two if possible.:yes:

Jerry68

Mar 22, '08, 12:00 PM

Thanks Paul!

I would like to order 3 or 4. Please keep us updated.

palitoy

Mar 22, '08, 12:26 PM

I'll take one Brian if they're not all spoken for, two if possible.:yes:

Sure I'll grab them.

The Bat

Mar 22, '08, 1:17 PM

I went to Planet X today and had a few put aside.

Are They already out?!!!:huh: If so...I'll take one!!:please_y:

Mar 22, '08, 2:47 PM

I reserved one via email and got a confirmation message back telling me we'd be notified when they come in. *shrug*

batmanmc

Mar 22, '08, 4:08 PM

brian i sent a pm for a kahn figure. hope i can get one. mike

palitoy

Mar 22, '08, 6:06 PM

Got it Mike. I'm gonna try and get pick these up the day they arrive.

palitoy

Mar 22, '08, 6:10 PM

Are They already out?!!!:huh: If so...I'll take one!!:please_y:

No they're not but the clerk was up to speed on the whole thing. He's going to call me when they come in.

drmego

Mar 22, '08, 7:12 PM

I spoke to the owner of Planet X today and he told me the best thing for us to do
at this point is to go to his website and pre-order Khan.

I explained to him about the problem we had with the Greatest American
Hero FX figure and wanted to make sure that Khan would not hit the
stores in June, sell out of his store, then be on ebay for $100 in July.

He understood and is interested in long-term sales, not a fast buck.
Hastings has many stores so the Khan figure will be spread out among
them and when they are gone, that's it.

You can also order from Planet X by phone at (416) 285-4421.

Hulk

Mar 23, '08, 2:05 AM

Maybe that explains why they haven't responded to my inquiries. I still hope I can get spare some Hastings stock shipped to the store about 90 miles away from here. Luckily my brother lives in that town. But I would have to say the chances of preordering from anyone else seem pretty slim.

palitoy

Mar 23, '08, 10:33 AM

Like I said, I'm happy to pick these up at Planet X. I already have a bunch put aside. People have been really cool to me about US exclusives in the past few years. I will be going there to pick up my own on the release date so it's no bother, they're 20 minutes from my house.

I will only charge my cost plus shipping and ship same day. If need be, I will also head over there before Megomeet and get a few more for the show.

Brown Bear

Mar 23, '08, 12:49 PM

Thanks palitoy...I think there's a lot of us who will take you up onthe offer. :cool_y:

Very cool of you.

livnxxxl

Mar 24, '08, 12:09 AM

I am trying to get in touch with Planet X, since they are a small retailer, to see if
they will let me buy a few hundred.

I hope this works out for you. I was just getting ready to place another order on your site soon. I hope to obtain a couple of Khan's as well.

livnxxxl

Mar 24, '08, 12:11 AM

Colf72

Mar 29, '08, 11:36 PM

I sent an e-mail reserving and got a response that I was added to the list. I am not confident in this process. Why do I get the feeling I will be buying my Khan via e-bay for a 200% markup? I hate exclusives......

Sideshow Spock

Apr 13, '08, 11:37 AM

NewForce has secured an allotment of Khans from Planet X.. this is from NewForce's Trek newsletter:

We got word from Planet X in Canada, that they will commit to wholesaling us a small quantity of their Exclusive Retro cloth Khan figure, as seen in Space Seed (mego'esque figure). Now, we have conditions....First, initially a maximum of 2 pieces per
customer may be ordered (if we can secure more later, we will lift this),
and even then, allocations might occur. Second, because these will
ship from Hong Kong to the exclusive retailer in Canada to us in the
US, we cannot guarantee packaging condition, nor will we even try (we are
happy just to be getting some!)...we will ship first in, first out,
without regard to packaging condition (the plastic cards, as most know, are
designed to be opened any way), and our shipping costs will be slightly
higher than normal ($9.95 vs normal $7.95), to help absorb/offset the
cost of getting the figures from CAN to us.

Pre-order is up here:

http://newforcecomics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=NFCC&Category_Code=retro

If you order two instead of one, shipping will probably be an extra $1, if anything. That's how Rick usually does it.

View this as just an alternative to going through Planet X directly. I've been a NewForce customer for many years, and they have all my ship information etc, so for me this makes sense.

drmego

Apr 13, '08, 12:20 PM

Captain

Apr 13, '08, 12:43 PM

The more pro-active we are about Khan, the better it will turn out.

No retailer wants to commit a lot of money unless they see a lot of interest.

The purpose of making these figures is to sell them to the greatest number
of people. These are not limited editions.

...So, if a major chain retailer took a liking to these, we could conceivably see the whole line re-issued in mass production?

I'm hoping the answer is yes! As I've mentioned elsewhere, Toys R Us in Canada started carrying a lot of Diamonds toy lines, and with the notable exceptions of the Deep Space 9 and Battlestar Galactica figures, they have been selling like gangbusters. The Wrath of Khan stuff went very fast, as did StarGate: Atlantis. Picard in chair sold well, and the Phasers just hit the shelves last week, and I've noticed they are already gone at two locations. It seems to me that TRU will want to continue this experiment, maybe even expanding it to the US and beyond. Furthermore, I would expect the EMCE figures to be a natural for the next installment (I have already started bugging my contacts at TRU Canada to consider this very thing!). Once the EMCE line hits TRU in appreciable numbers, this line will really get a chance to grow (not thats its exceeding everyones espectations for growth already) and Paul and his crew might even start making a dollar or two on it.

Vive la EMCE!!!

Cardbuff

Apr 13, '08, 1:55 PM

NewForce has secured an allotment of Khans from Planet X.. this is from NewForce's Trek newsletter:

Pre-order is up here:

http://newforcecomics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=NFCC&Category_Code=retro

If you order two instead of one, shipping will probably be an extra $1, if anything. That's how Rick usually does it.

View this as just an alternative to going through Planet X directly. I've been a NewForce customer for many years, and they have all my ship information etc, so for me this makes sense.
Thanks for the info, good to know I will get a Khan figure even though there are no Planet X stores near me!

Sideshow Spock

Apr 13, '08, 3:08 PM

Thanks for the info, good to know I will get a Khan figure even though there are no Planet X stores near me!
There's no Planet X stores near anyone, unless you live in Toronto! :grin:

Also remember that Toyfare cited the figure as available via Hastings website.. it just hasn't shown up yet. I guess they're waiting til it's in stock.