Hasbro Made-to-Order Figures

I feel very fortunate to live on a dead end where I don’t have issues with porch pirates. If I had it as bad as some of you I’d be tempted to hide in my shrubs with a sacrificial package on my stoop and a paintball gun in my hands.
 
Whenever I get a package, the UPS/FEDEX driver just hurls it over the fence into my enclosure. If I happen to be in lockdown at the time, my zookeeper will set it aside for me.
I hate it when the package lands in the moat and gets all soggy.


hmmberto said:
Even neater, I found the house a few doors down from ours (there was a second package, along with a picture of the drop off). The other package was there but Dragon Man is nowhere to be found! What the hell bruh
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That suuuuuuucks.

Did you at least bang on the door and shout, "COME OUT WITH THE DRAGON MAN AND NO ONE WILL GET HURT!!"??
 
Anyone else's Dragon Man have a right bicep cut and/or right wrist that falls apart with minor handling? Trying to determine if mine is uniquely bad and it is worth hitting up Hasbro for a replacement.
 
I've never had a package stolen either. I don't live in a big city, but I also live in a townhouse that is sort of row style, where lots of old folks live who are home all day. Additionally, there is a huge shrub that blocks the view of my door from the main sidewalk, and the other view is blocked by our garages. There's no reason to be near my front door unless you mean to be, and then you are hemmed in by both buildings with everyone's main front window facing right at you. It's not foolproof, and sometimes I have stuff sent to my retired parents' house instead, but I've gotten lazy about that and been mostly risking my own place for a while now. But there's always a first time, I know.
 
docsilence said:
I put up cameras. Still stolen.
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So you've been watching videos of the thieves? Do they look like kids or adults?

Wild. I live in an urban area of Richmond, Virginia with a public sidewalk twenty feet from my front door where the average household income is below the poverty level yet I still don't know that I've ever fallen victim to a porch pirate, ever. What I am sure of is that carriers have mis-delivered at least a dozen times in recent years, but no verified thefts.
 
Lucid Silverback said:
Whenever I get a package, the UPS/FEDEX driver just hurls it over the fence into my enclosure. If I happen to be in lockdown at the time, my zookeeper will set it aside for me.
I hate it when the package lands in the moat and gets all soggy.



That suuuuuuucks.

Did you at least bang on the door and shout, "COME OUT WITH THE DRAGON MAN AND NO ONE WILL GET HURT!!"??
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He was lucky - if one or our two missing packages hadn't still been sitting on his porch, I would have suspected foul play. As it was, it was just a very confusing situation - the delivery photo definitely showed the package there, but now it was gone, while the second package was still there. Weird.

Normally I'd give a missing package a few days to turn up before worrying about it, but with DM being made to order I didn't mess around. I called FedEx - their automated system literally refused to let me talk to anyone (SO. FRUSTRATING.) and told me to call the seller. I called Hasbro Pulse after FedEx was no help; after I explained the sitch, the Pulse rep put me on a brief hold - then came back on the line to tell me they wouldn't be contacting FedEx to try to find the package, and there was no extra inventory available to replace it - so they had already initiated a refund of my order! I asked several times if there were other options, or if they could hold the refund just in case the package was returned and they could reship it, or if anything else could be done - but he told me he had already escalated it to his manager and that was that. I didn't want a refund - I wanted Dragon Man!

Very, VERY fortunately, a few hours later a different neighbor that I don't know knocked on the door with my package. It had somehow been delivered to a second incorrect house somewhere in our area - no idea where, but not close, because the guy drove it over. Besides the shipping box being a little beaten up and very soggy, all was made right. And, I'm almost embarrassed to admit, I guess I got Dragon Man for free. I couldn't believe how quick they were to initiate a refund without me wanting one, or even trying to get FedEx to fix it for them.

The moral of the story is - watch that tracking like a hawk, because if it goes missing you might be SOL. I'm hoping that general Hasbro customer service has some extra inventory for replacing defective sets, but there's no telling. Almost makes me want to order a second Mephisto *just in case*.
 
hmmberto said:
Very, VERY fortunately, a few hours later a different neighbor that I don't know knocked on the door with my package. It had somehow been delivered to a second incorrect house somewhere in our area - no idea where, but not close, because the guy drove it over. Besides the shipping box being a little beaten up and very soggy, all was made right. And, I'm almost embarrassed to admit, I guess I got Dragon Man for free. I couldn't believe how quick they were to initiate a refund without me wanting one, or even trying to get FedEx to fix it for them.
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Very cool. I'm glad things worked out. (y)
 
Got my Dragon Man today, luckily he didn't get porch pirated. It's goddman glorious. Makes me seriously consider putting in an order for Mephisto, which I've avoided cuz I don't give a hoot about that throne and that's like half the cost of the damn thing. But the quality of Dragon Man, along with knowing he was made to order for me makes me want to support the MTO scheme to the fullest.

My 4 year old niece (who loves coming to Uncle's room to play with toys) saw him and went "Oh My..." and dramatically held her hands over her mouth like she was totally blown away. Then she flew him around and used his jaw to make him talk. I told her his name and she said "Dragon Man is nice".

Yes. Yes he is.
 
After being delayed a day, I received my Dragon Man yesterday, and he is one hell of a sexy, chonky boi. He is absolutely magnificent and impressive and I am super jazzed-up to finally have him.
However, that being said, I must concur with many of the critiques I've seen of his tail, neck articulation, and uncharacteristically pleasant visage. They are minor nitpicks but, for the price point, they are issues that should have been rectified prior to production. Also, they really should have included a fire-breathing effect of some sort. Amirite?
Anyway, after my zookeeper went to bed last night, I got out my Dremel and X-acto blade and got to work.
I removed about a centimeter of plastic from his neck mound to allow the hinge to side back further. After doing that, I realized his bulbous occipital lobe was also partly responsible for hindering upward movement so I shaved it down a bit.
He still can't look up as much as I would like but, I managed to increase his ability to look upwards about maybe 15 or 20 degrees? It's not much but it does help. And it's a relatively easy improvement.
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I also got Dragon Man yesterday after a one-day delay, and he is just a giant hunk of plastic joy. Feels like when I got MODOK a couple years ago in terms of “oh their god I can’t believe I’m actually getting a full-scale version of this beloved weirdo of mine!!!!”, but DM is even more fun *as a toy*. He’s just . . . delightful. Peak Marvel Legends, translating a highly eccentric and idiosyncratic classic Marvel character into a fun toy.

And now . . . we wait for Shuma-Gorath.

And, eventually: DRACULA.
 
I've been lucky with porch pirates. Our house sits relatively far from the curb for residential Seattle, but I haven't seen many reports of theft on Nextdoor, either.
bat said:
Anyone else's Dragon Man have a right bicep cut and/or right wrist that falls apart with minor handling? Trying to determine if mine is uniquely bad and it is worth hitting up Hasbro for a replacement.
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I'd contact them for a replacement. Given the response hmmberto got, don't get your hopes up.
hmmberto said:
Almost makes me want to order a second Mephisto *just in case*.
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You'd have to order it to a separate address.
 
I got my two Dragon Man figures delivered today, but I have to wait until later for the chance to open one up and play.

Funny thing is I was taking my youngest to the bathroom (main floor powder room, whatever) and I saw the guy walking up with a big box. So when he dropped it on the porch I opened the door and chatted with him. The funny part is that he asked me to leave the box for a second and close the door so he could take a picture for proof of delivery. I've never had that happen before and had a good chuckle with him about it. Because of course he needs to do that for his job (and protection against claims of no delivery).

I CAN'T BELIEVE A DELIVERY GUY FORCED ME BACK INTO MY HOUSE!!!!!! :ROFLMAO:

Oh the things that happen with this hobby sometimes.
 
I've been asked to do that, or something similar, for delivery people before. I get out there to intercept the package, then have to put the package back down on the ground so they can photograph for evidence. Can't even photo bomb.
 
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