Australia/New Zealand Group Buy - Charge'N'Go Monster Trucks

Dangerous Dave · Post by **Dangerous Dave** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:35 am

i got a case of shen qui wei bit-clones recently for around the same figure.

ooh you selling? or should I wait till ya get a case of the C n G's....

wonder how many in a case are offroaders?

45tr0 · Post by **45tr0** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 1:26 am

went halves with a mate from work - modding fodder.

I'm pretty sure you could order a case of just-offroaders - should be 48 to a case.

ph2t · Post by **ph2t** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:34 pm

appreciate the hhokup 45, but as bet bet said, I've got a busted half8 and a busted df-03 to take care of......

frizzen · Post by **frizzen** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:49 pm

Catalog arrived. 37 pages of toys. Price list is 16 pages long.

Table of Contents
stuff / page

- Licensed Radio Control / 1
- Radio Control / 2-8
- Battery Operated / 9-11
- Licensed Friction Toys / 12
- Friction Toys / 13-15
- Diecast Metal toys / 16
- Sports&games / 17
- Uni-sex & Education / 18-20
- Hero figure play set / 21
- Musical, Communication & Educational / 22-23
- Dolls & Accessories / 24-26
- Doll houses & Accessories / 27
- Beauty / 28
- Kitchen & Tea sets / 29
- Water guns / 30
- Water fun / 31
- Super value items / 32-35
- Christmas Items & Riding Hor/ses / 36
- Childrens Furnature / 37

Only micro RC stuff they had was a single listing for Charge-N-Go on page 3, which only showed the standard bit clones. Their other RC stuff is 7" to 29" long, and they also have some semis (ariculated lorry, road train, or some other silly name) that are up to 47" long. Some have pistol grip controllers, and a few could possibly have some sort of multi-step wannabe propo.

Dangerous Dave · Post by **Dangerous Dave** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:02 pm

I'm still keen for the offroaders.

Frizzen, what do ya reckon is the best way to go with this? Ex Walgreens, or get a case and try to get rid of the excess Bits?

If the unit price in a case is $2.75, and the retail special is around $4.50, might it be worth just going for the shop units? Means a bit more running around though..

frizzen · Post by **frizzen** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:31 am

If they'd sell a case of *JUST* offroaders, I'd think you're probably better off just doing that. If their case of 48 is a mixture of Bits, Stunts, trucks... then I think the USA->Aus plan might be the way to go. Out off your 48 case, it could be that you only have like 6 offroad, not worth it unless you're selling bits.

If we do a Case down-under: somebody is going to have to eat the initial buy-in, and be stuck with the non-claimed ones until they can sell. And they still have to ship out to everybody down there. But, then again the Aus people who can't get in on it now will still have the opportunity later.

If we do the USA buying, ship to pimps: the retail price + individual shipping will probably be up to the same or more than with the previous plan. There will probably have to be more USA pimps involved in the search to supply everyone, so more gas money. (Not sure if I'd be able to find enough in my city) Aus pimps who can't make it in on this will be SOL unless they can do some extra legwork on their own later. But, they would be able to arrive sooner, you can have more choice about what style and color you want, can have other toys sent along also. (Are we doing a massive drop-ship, then having someone break it down and send to individuals; or are we shipping directly to individuals?)

You guys are running this, I'm just here to help out incase you decide to use one of the plans, you get to tell me what we're doing.

45tr0 · Post by **45tr0** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:30 pm

thanks frizzen - i'll look into the case option with them.
if they can sell a case of JUST offroaders i might be willing to front it, just depends on the $$.
I'll get in touch with them and see what they say pimps

Dangerous Dave · Post by **Dangerous Dave** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:42 am

CHEERS 45 and {frizzen's real name} haha

if there's a case of O.R. Bits, I'll be in for half

Otherwise yeah, go for the Stateside pimp hookup

honda_s2000 · Post by **honda_s2000** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:06 pm

Sorry to say this guys, but I'm out, I'm just straight broke right now.

frizzen · Post by **frizzen** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:52 am

*bump*

So what's going on with this?

Dangerous Dave · Post by **Dangerous Dave** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:22 am

dunno..

was waiting for 45 to come back with info about a full case of offroaders.

still keen!!

45tr0 · Post by **45tr0** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:47 am

sorry guys!
things have been crazy these last couple weeks, lots of stupid personal stuff going on.

i emailed and got a reply from them, can definitely get a case of just-offroaders - 48 X $2.75 USD a piece + shipping (which from HK i'd estimate at around another $30-40 USD.)

They won't be in stock, however, until next year (march-ish).

Between Dave, Me and Guerd, I think we wanted 15 all up.
I'm not sure how easy it'll be to shift another 33 of these

You wanna wait it out, or go stateside for the hookup? i'm easy, either way.

guerd87 · Post by **guerd87** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:04 pm

ill wait if need be, i dont mind

if we do wait then i will be in for more then 12 prob,let thefinances build up a bit and i wont mindcovering alot of the cost's with the unwanted ones, only live30mins from 45tr0 whichmakes it easier

cheers
John

Dangerous Dave · Post by **Dangerous Dave** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:10 am

I can wait for a case - with Xmas etc coming up it's prob a good move.

If we went thirds in a case, it'd be 16 Bits each, allowing a max of US$40 for post works out to about AU$80 each, which is AU$5 per piece landed.

Pretty good deal still - can use for random mods, and/or slowly release the surplus onto Ebay (my personal idea would be whatever I sell is money I can buy more crap with).

If this don't appeal to you guys, then it's back to the Stateside Hookup (which also works out pretty good).

45 - hang in there mate, personal shite always gets sorted eventually