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It’s an ongoing issue with Agora. I’ve given them until the end of the month to resolve it, so it wouldn’t be fair of me to go into details before then, apart from to say that it’s dragged on WAY too long. I’m not sure we should read too much into the free shipping offer from Fanhome. It could be as simple as they need to free up warehouse space, so are offering a small sweetener if people sub.

Opposite boat for me. It's becoming very likely that I won't be using Agora again once my current sub is complete 😞 And I'm not sure if anything should be read into this, but I received an email from Fanhome this morning offering me free shipping on my first two packages if I subscribe to the Robocop build.

Spookily enough, perhaps 5 minutes after I'd posted this, I got a notification on my phone saying Royal Mail had made a delivery at my house. Went home for lunch and sitting in my shed was the first Batmobile pack! So, look as though the delays mentioned aren't (currently) anything like as bad as feared.

I doubt they'd have taken on so many models if they felt they couldn't cope 🙂 And I'm sure they're doing everything they can to sort out the shipping issues. The last thing they're going to want is people cancelling at this stage, given that the first Batmobile pack is practically free, so they're making a loss on it at this point.

It's been a long time (I subbed to the original Deagistini R2 run) since I built this, but I do seem to remember some of the last shipments being delayayed by several weeks. Really felt like they were making it up as they went along 😛 It's a great model though, IMO, and well worth the inconvenience of a few delays.

Yeah, I received that email too. Hardly a good start to my Fanhome experience, but it's not exactly their fault. *edit* and at least they've bothered to let us know. Modelspace were utterly woefull at passing on information about delays.

That looks seriously cool! I loved Thunderbirds when I was a kid 🙂

Oh, one thing I'm not keen on with the Batmobile is the way they've built automatic binder purchases into the build. But I checked before subbing - you can email and cancel the binders if you don't want them (which I don't). So once my first set of parts arrive, I'll be cancelling the binders! If anyone else doesn't want the binders, just drop Fanhome an email and let them know.

Yeah, I'm really tempted by ET. It looks very realistic! I'm already subbed to the DB5 as well as the Batmobile though - can't afford three concurent subs, so ET will be on hold for a while.

I've just seen the E.T. model on Fanhome and I have to say, it does look very very good. I'm tempted! Despite having had a few bad experiences (see above) with Modelspace/Deagostini, I couldn't resist signing up for the Batmobile. It's long been at the top of my wishlist (along with the Bond DB5!). If the Batmobile goes well (they've just taken the first payment), I might cave and build E.T. too 🙂 *edit* reading back through the thread, I'd apparently already seen the E.T. Model. I guess my memory's going 😛 Don't remember that at all!

If this build follows the pattern of others, there won't be an option to buy the whole kit until the end (or near the end) of the current run. (I'm still waiting for pack three as well 😛 )

It actually arrived at lunchtime today. I just hadn't received any info that it had been despatched 🙂 Not that I'm in any hurry. I don't plan on starting the build until I have most, if not all of the packs.

You've received pack two? I haven't even had a notification that mine has been despatched yet... 😞

I gave up on Modelspace/Deagostini/Fanhome after the X-wing, but they certainly used to offer big price cuts on full kits. I picked up the RB7 racer (really must get round to finishing that some time!) for about 40% of the RRP a number of years ago. Of course, you then play the lottery of if/when it will arrive and how many parts will be missing...

My take is that I much prefer printed instructions. If you smear a bit of oil or glue on a printed page by accident, it doesn't really matter. Another story if it's a computer/tablet/phone screen! I don't understand why they're not included, TBH. I work in the print industry and I know how little extra it'd cost to bulk print the directions. I'm lucky though, in that we have a couple of very fast laser printers in the office, so I can easily print them off from the PDFS 🙂

Deagostini used to offer train builds years ago. None of them were UK trains though. I'm not huge train fan, so can't remember the details, but I'm pretty sure there were at least two - one American and one Japanese. (and having said I'm not a train fan, I'd still be interested if any iconic UK steam engines came up - I have to agree that the Rocket would be really cool!)

I'm pretty certain the physical version hasn't been edited. I've watched it many times in various formats over the years and don't remember anything being cut. I'm not sure about the digital version being edited. The BBC banned it themselves due to the reaction, rather than it being banned by an external body, and IMO there's nothing in there that would necessitate being cut. If you do watch it, I'd be interested to know what you think. And there are any number of articles out there discussing it, but I'd strongly recommend watching it before reading any of them 🙂

I watched A Quiet Place part 2 last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. Not quite up to the standard of the first, but still very good! Pretty sure Ghostwatch is on Amazon video - although it's not free. And as far as I'm aware, the BBCs ban on it being repeated is still in effect. As I said, it's a little dated now, but still well worth watching. You can see where the likes of Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity got some of their ideas from 😉

Haha, I'm the same way whenever I hear Tubular Bells! Ghostwatch was first broadcast in 1992. I don't think the BBC have ever repleated it - probably because of the reaction to it. Their switchboard was quite literally jammed with people calling about it and it scared so many people that it was featured in quite a few newspapers the next day. It's a bit dated now, but when it was first shown, there was nothing else like it. I won't go into details, but it stars three very popular figures of the time - Mike Parkinson (never thought he'd do anything like this!), Sarah Greene and Craig Charles. I watch it regularly! I have it on Blu-ray. Not sure if it's available on any streaming services.

I've been a horror fan for a long time too! I also wasn't old enough to go see the Exorcist on first release, but went with a few friends to see it when it was re-released. Some time in the late 80s, I think, and it was brilliant. I may have to watch that again next weekend. A Quiet Place was really good. Better than I expected. Very interesting concept, and the soundtrack is fantastic. Will be watching the second one soon and I believe a third is in the pipeline if all the strikes are ever sorted out in Hollywood! Malignant is a very good shout. Definitely worth a watch. My all time favourite isn't actually a film. It's a BBC drama - Ghostwatch. I was lucky enough to catch it when it was originally broacast and had no idea it was a drama. Scared the pants off me, up until the last few minutes when I sussed it wasn't real. I watch it every couple of years and some parts still give me goosebumps.

I love horror movies. Planning on watching 'A Quiet Place' tomorrow evening... with all the lights off and the surround sound jacked up 🙂 My favourite horror character would have to be Alien, but seeing as that's already been made, how about Pennywise the clown from the 'It' movies?

Let's just say quite a few deliveries from them could be measured in months rather than weeks... if they showed up at all.

Yep, shipped today. Received my tracking email a little while ago 🙂

12-18 days? They've improved a heck of a lot since I used to order from them in that case! 😛

I'd have to agree about Modelspace customer service. They were utterly awful. I ordered the RB7 full kit from them ages ago, and it took about six months from them taking payment to delivery. I sent quite a few emails chasing it and they didn't even bother to reply to most of them. It eventually landed in a very flimsy, battered cardboard box. No packaging, just a load of individual bags containing the parts. Several were missing, although to be fair, they did courier them to me when I phoned up and complained 😛 I tried ordering their Jaguar full kit too. After a month, I chased it up, only to be told it was 'out of stock'. After endless promises that it'd be back in stock, 'soon, end of next week, end of next month', etc. etc. I gave up and cancelled it. As for the T72, it was an awful model. No end of issues. Pretty much nothing worked. Again, lots of emails, most of which were ignored. I eventually got replacements for the faulty parts, then replacements for those, then replacements for those and so on. At the end of the day, I had to take the thing apart so many times trying to get it to work that if it ever had worked properly, it would have probably fallen apart if it moved. I finally gave up on it. It sat in my loft for a few years and then I chucked it out when I had a clearout last year. And I won't mention the amount of times they sent (and charged me for) binders for the X-wing model that I'd never requested... Rant over! 😛