BBI F/A-18 packaged in brown cardboard box from factory?

thetatau87 · Post by **thetatau87** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:51 pm

There is a Canadian seller on e-bay offering 3 NIB Hornets, but he says they are in plain cardboard boxes with a stick on lable unopened from the factory and not the full color elite force window box. Anyone ever hear of this packaging? He said he got 4 from Sears in Canada. He's keeping one and selling the other 3.

Post by **p51** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:18 pm

Hmm... interesting. What price is he selling them for?

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:49 pm

Buy it now for $70.00.....?
link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Elite-Forces-F-18-H ... dZViewItem

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:10 pm

hmm......certainly never seen them at any Sears near me.....i live in the same Province as the seller. Very interesting. A great price, in my opinion,

digger · Post by **digger** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:22 pm

Indeed a great price - although I do not think you get a pilot or a boarding ladder, just the bird. Still worth it imo. Seems like a case of samples or the like that was sent to Sears to check out - I can't believe they were originally meant for retail in a brown cardboard box.

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:40 pm

definitely there is a pilot.....says there is an articulated figure with the plane.

You may be right, these may be samples sent to a head office that were in turn sold in a store. I'll try to remember to ask Mike if he knows anything about it. BBI 1/18 coming to Canada would be extra groovy!

Wish i didn't already have two bbi Hornets.....i could have save a bundle buying these..

digger · Post by **digger** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:59 pm

It also says 3 drop tanks and I only see two....he then says only what is in the photo comes out of the box. I guess he wouldn't say pilot if there were not one....an odd listing for sure, but worth a gamble it seems.

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:36 pm

Mike wrote:

"for the Hornet in a Brown cardboard box thread

This is bogus..first up we never shipped a Hornet in a brown box...( that would breach our license contract) second ..we never sold Sears!"

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:57 pm

I was going to buy one, the seller has a 100% with a score of 537, but what Aferguson wrote has "cooled my jets." I almost clicked the Buy it now button but thought I should check the board on the issue first. Good looking out Aferguson!

But I still want one!!

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:08 pm

i didnt say it...Mike did.

I'd still buy one......i think it's a great deal.

Aviatornut.com · Post by **Aviatornut.com** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:47 pm

I have some coming in a plane box with no display window.
therefore it could be possible but if Mike says no, that is confussing.

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:46 pm

I went ahead and bought one. The seller is going to Indiana tomorrow and shipping it from there. This made the shipping a little cheaper, I got the plane for $83.

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:57 pm

Mike wrote:

"for Avaitornut on the brown box Hornet

Hi Jonathan...I am aware of your order in the "plain box" but that is not a brown box...still does not alter the fact that we did not ship Sears.
Anyway, this will still be our Hornet...but it seems this guy may have "packaged it himself" so still a good buy...if it is "as new""

thetatau87 · Post by **thetatau87** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:46 am

Hope who ever got them enjoys them. They are gone and I didn't get one. That will be the last time I post about a deal on a limited quantity item. I'm kicking myself for hesitating. I would have had it for $78.50 shipped.

digger · Post by **digger** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:49 am

As the Cable Guy said, "he who hesitates...."

Sharing the link was much appreciated I'm sure, especially by those fellows who got one. Don't feel bad - you now have good karma.

thetatau87 · Post by **thetatau87** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:02 am

Yeah, about $27.50 worth of Karma. To bad my name isn't Earl.

thetatau87 · Post by **thetatau87** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:59 am

My name may not be Earl, but karma is smiling on me. The seller had a few more available that had not been posted on ebay yet. Mine will be shipped out today.

digger · Post by **digger** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:02 am

thetatau87 wrote:My name may not be Earl, but karma is smiling on me. The seller had a few more available that had not been posted on ebay yet. Mine will be shipped out today.

scbvideoboy · Post by **scbvideoboy** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:40 pm

Used to be that way a while back when everybody was getting websites and domain names, I remember people talking about "yeah I'm goin to set up a web site with this name... and bam name is snagged" A lot of times it came back as well I have the name your looking for, I'll sell it to you...

The matchbox forum doesn't allow ebay posts, probably for the exact reason you found out!

dave

wheres the hurricane? No Hawker license?

coreystinson · Post by **coreystinson** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:23 am

I concur also. I have a variety of these items coming from BBI at the end of the month. I do not know whether these are left-overs from a larger sale to a mail-order vendor (such as Sears) or just BBI clearing out inventory at the factory.

raiderad6 wrote:Yes it is true. It was offered to us online sellers as a pre-order through BBI. I was told it is the last remaining Products of the First issue F-18 Hornet, P-51 Mustang, LAV, and the Apache Helicopter. I of course ordered several of each. I am told today that they are now in New York shipping out next Tuesday to us.

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:23 am

I got mine today it is sweet too!

There is a BBI sticker on the box

thetatau87 · Post by **thetatau87** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:00 pm

I got mine yesterday and it's just like any other BBI Hornet except the packaging. Mike said BBI didn't ship to Sears, but even the lable on the box says it was imported into Canada by Sears.

Post by **p51** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:27 pm

Those of you getting the Hornet (meaning online store companies who have posted in here)... any of you get any 'left over' F-18 Hornets with the Murarader (sp) Scheme?

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:10 am

Mike wrote:

"most curious...I note a bbi logo but no name and legal copy and also no printed UPC code..."

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