Rebor Scientifically Accurate Tyrannosaurus rex "Kiss” and “Tusk”

[Carnoking]

I imagine the news of Happy Hen Toys already having it in stock lead to some pre-orders getting canceled through BBTS

[Duna]

When I unboxed it, I initially wondered if I had gotten a "Tusk" tail by accident, the difference is that stark.

I'm glad to think I was not the only one to think that   

[need4swede]

I imagine the news of Happy Hen Toys already having it in stock lead to some pre-orders getting canceled through BBTS

Not entirely sure what the delay is with this one. We all got the email about it weeks ago, no? Usually the items ship shortly after. Very tempted to jump ship, but I'm hoping BBTS will get them out any day now.

[Faelrin]

I keep putting off the Mattel stuff on my wishlist waiting for this to come in. Not gonna be happy if I got to wait another month for this to come in.

Think I may cancel my pre-order for the base pack (well if they try to charge for it this month). Wonder if I can just chance it and grab it next month instead. Got a large haul with @brettnj I imagine I'll be paying for that soon as well, and that comes first and foremost.

[Remko]

Just picked up Kiss from the DHL shop, and, well, wow! I mean, WOW!

I never cared much for Rebor figures, sure, they are pleasing for the eye, but not scientifically accurate, so not really for me, and I don't have a lot of them in my collection.

But this T. rex is just amazing.
I hope Rebor starts to do more scientifically accurate figures from now on, because they have shown to be among the very best.

It's also interesting to note that this figure is by far the bulkiest and beefiest T. rex around. As well as one of the biggest, if using the official 1:35th scale, although Nanmu's is bigger, but that's a Jurassic Park T. rex.
So it will fit right in with Mark Witton's latest blog post about a possible giant individual T. rex, 15 meters long, and dwarfing Sue.

I already had Wilson two, three and four from PNSO, with nr. 4 from 2019/2020 being the most accurate at the time, but Kiss blows it right out of the water. Wilson looks so dated now.

I saw in a couple of reviews that people had issues with the mouth staying fully closed, but my figure has no such issues. After removing the rubber bands holding the mouth shut for transport, I have not yet been able to pry it open. 

I do have the issue with the tail gap though, but I'm going to try to use the Nanmu Apatosaurus technique on it, so cold water and air drying. Perhaps the tail will fit better that way. Need to do thaton my Rebor Stegosaurus as well, as it has a similar problem with tail gap getting bigger.

[Over9K]

Truly a magnificent figure. Well done @REBOR_STUDIO.

[Carnoking]

BBTS needs to hurry up!

[need4swede]

BBTS needs to hurry up!

They must have heard you...



I order both variants and the base pack, but I only received one notification. Perhaps they haven't received the others yet?

[Halichoeres]

Haha it would be very BBTS to somehow get these in different shipments.

[Faelrin]

I got notifications of both the T. rex and the base pack in one email (and saw it right after seeing Carnoking post on it lol). Had to cancel the base pack for now. Have a large haul of stuff I still owe Brett for, etc, and adding this into the mix right now would be over stepping it. The T. rex I covered with making minimum payment's on my card for this month (which thankfully hit yesterday before they charged it today) and the last.

And all that said I paid the shipping so I should finally have both the HC T. rex and Rebor Kiss on its way now. Can't wait for both.

Also completely unrelated but this werewolf figure caught my eye when I went to deal with those things on BBTS. Totally pre-ordered it, even if circumstances could be different by the estimate shipping date. But that's what I like about BBTS. I can worry about it later.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/217756#

[Carnoking]

Got the email while having coffee with a friend and had to contain a whoop of excitement (they wouldn't understand  )
Now to hope I got a decent copy cuz Kiss is already sold out from them once again.

[need4swede]

I got notifications of both the T. rex and the base pack in one email

Got the email while having coffee with a friend and had to contain a whoop of excitement (they wouldn't understand  )

I only got one. My Tusk figure is still listed as 'pre-ordered' on BBTS.
@Carnoking did you also order both or just the one?

[Bread]

Haha it would be very BBTS to somehow get these in different shipments.

If the preorder was late then it is for sure in a different shipment. Funny how right you are. BBTS has a habbit of doing this unfortunately.

Got the email while having coffee with a friend and had to contain a whoop of excitement (they wouldn't understand  )
Now to hope I got a decent copy cuz Kiss is already sold out from them once again.

If you'd like, I have a second one ordered through BBTS because I will be sending it off to get repainted, I'll be willing to trade you if I receive a decent copy with the jaw being able to close.

[Faelrin]

@need4swede If it at all helps, I believe I pre-ordered both Kiss and the base pack on the same day. I also ordered Kiss only. Not Tusk too.

[Rain]

I got notifications of both the T. rex and the base pack in one email

Got the email while having coffee with a friend and had to contain a whoop of excitement (they wouldn't understand  )

I only got one. My Tusk figure is still listed as 'pre-ordered' on BBTS.
@Carnoking did you also order both or just the one?

My "Kiss" is still listed as pre-ordered and I've yet to receive an email beyond the one that was sent a few weeks back. Strange.

[need4swede]

The only consistent thing about this ordeal is how inconsistent it is. I ordered both models, and the base, the day they became available. I don't mind the wait - it's the uncertainty that bugs me. With other retailers, I have a reasonable expectation of when the figure will ship and arrive at my doorstep. With BBTS it's more like a game of darts, where the board has a list of orders to be fulfilled and all the participants are blindfolded and are spun around five times before taking their turn.

It doesn't help that this figure is highly anticipated, which probably makes the wait that much more torturous. Hopefully BBTS can ship these out before the rest of us go extinct!

[Rain]

Well, I ended up receiving my email...




If it's just the box, I'll live. If they, for some reason, checked the actual figure and deemed it 'substandard', I'll be pretty annoyed. Especially so since it's just a $2 discount.

EDIT: The image won't work for some reason but it's an email from BBTS stating they received their shipment but didn't have any 'standard grade' packages left, so they've changed my order to 'sub-standard' and will begin processing.

[Bread]

Well, I ended up receiving my email...




If it's just the box, I'll live. If they, for some reason, checked the actual figure and deemed it 'substandard', I'll be pretty annoyed. Especially so since it's just a $2 discount.

EDIT: The image won't work for some reason but it's an email from BBTS stating they received their shipment but didn't have any 'standard grade' packages left, so they've changed my order to 'sub-standard' and will begin processing.

I also got the email. This is probably the reason some of us were not receiving any emails compared to others.

As Rain said, hopefully it is in the box, no warping present. The mouth and tail issues are 50/50 chance regardless if the box is damaged so there's that...

Edit: Also, for anyone who has made second guesses to wanting Rebor's Kiss for a more reasonable price at ~$50, BBTS has it in stock but substandard grade only. Few bucks off but not a steal unfortunately.

[Carnoking]

The standard/substandard refers to the condition the packaging is in as I understand it. I imagine they do that for the collectors who are quite particular about the condition of their items, box and all but I have my doubts they're unboxing all these figures, examining them, then repackaging them to send out.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I would guess they only check the box, there's no way they examine every figure.

I ordered both figures and both were charged and both have shipped.