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Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:20 pm
by RichardAM
Holy cripes! There's so much stuff going into this now that people are having to stand on chairs to take photos! :wink:

Really going to have to spend some time plotting together my donation- hoping to put in a small infantry of classic figs atm, but i'll see what I can find!

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 2:44 pm
by mencot
Oky I had gotten the box today, whoa that is alot of stuff. I had hoped to had received it yesterday, so I would had sent it today to Finlandbrick before easter. Oh well I will send it out next week.

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:25 pm
by mencot
Brought the box to the post office today, so hopefuly it will be on its way to Finland Brick

What I took out:

Image

Plus I took some of the awesome LCC "Roawia map" stickers made by Mitah

Put In:

Image

I didn´t take a new photo but I added some accessories and a couple more of those black armors. And a Hobbit: Gandalf at dol guldur polybag.

More details on my flickr

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:09 pm
by Finland Brick
Box is in my nearest post office, I will reveice it tomorrow
So i would like Andhe´s address already. ;)

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:13 pm
by petturik
Finland Brick wrote:Box is in my nearest post office, I will reveice it tomorrow
So i would like Andhe´s address already. ;)
If I'm not mistaken you would have gotten it via PM earlier on, near the start of the box being send. If you don't have it, PM me, I got the list.

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:07 am
by andhe
Finland Brick wrote:Box is in my nearest post office, I will reveice it tomorrow
So i would like Andhe´s address already. ;)
Woop!
petturik wrote:If I'm not mistaken you would have gotten it via PM earlier on, near the start of the box being send. If you don't have it, PM me, I got the list.
Or contact me and I can send you it.

Andhe

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:48 pm
by Finland Brick
I was suprised about the size of box,its huge,i spent nearly 3 hours of looking at the goods and replacing them :D
I will post pictures tonight,and if it goes well,i will ship box tomorrow.

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:38 pm
by Finland Brick
Ok,now I have went throught the box compelitly.
Pieces that I took:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/FInla ... sc/003.jpg

And things that I placed:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/FInla ... sc/004.jpg

I´m sorry for bad quality of photos but my better camere is missing. :/
I will try to take box to post office as soon as I can!

EDIT:
I stilli dropped in brown BF pig and took 5 palm leaves and 2 orc heads.

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:03 pm
by Finland Brick
Box has been sent,but it costed me 29€!!!!!!
:cry:
I checked the shipping prices and it supposed to be under 10€..
Well,i didn´t have no choice than send the box..
So i guess as this was my fist and last time to join events like this.

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:52 pm
by AK_Brickster
Wow, that is a lot!

I guess next time, if we do another international Jambalaya, the last European to get the box should take a bunch of extra stuff to both lighten the box, and to help compensate for the high cost of shipping before sending back to the USA. :?

Frisky is in for a big payday!

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:26 pm
by andhe
Finland Brick wrote:Box has been sent,but it costed me 29€!!!!!!
:cry:
Ouch. This box must be huge... but I guess those at the exit point of a country do get the short straw in terms of postage costs. Something to factor in for the future.

I'm more than happy to help richardam take stuff out to lighten the load, you know, for the good of the community...

From what I can tell (from peoples 'ins' and 'outs') there's a heck load still in there, including two sealed sets... :o

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:04 pm
by RichardAM
I think andhe and myself can look at the box first and see what the plan is regarding the size and shipping.

Ill try and get a price on my first day and go from there. If it is worryingly big could we separate/transform it into two boxes perhaps? Frisky could get one half and thus his share but maybe we could keep sending the other half around to new people, keep it going like? Have a European one and a US one?

£25 from Finland to the UK is pricey but it can only be bigger than that if shipping from the UK to the US. I'll see how heavy it is first, or maybe andhe could so we can plan ahead accordingly?

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:25 pm
by friskywhiskers
Yes, by all means start emptying out the box. I would prob, just end up trading away/ selling most of the enormous contents. All I am looking for is some cool figs, plants, and basic parts. I do not need such a big return investment. I apologize Finland Brick, I will definitely try to find a solution to this problem for next year. :)

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:41 am
by RichardAM
Truth told frisky I'm like you, I don't want that much. I've got some good ideas on how to empty it though to lower the shipping. I'll message you my ideas when I see what's left and well go from there :)

Re: 2013 Castle Jambalaya! *the box is away!*

Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 2:58 pm
by Finland Brick
Box weight is around 3,2 kilograms for now.
Atleast i got some good parts that i need to finish up my castle project! :)