LOL @ HLJ Packaging

Bit of a comedy off the modelling topic, but surpose its part of it...

My lastest order came through the post yesterday, the box was big enough to fit 6 kits in (huge) but contained 1 magazine and 1 set of wheels and about 50 of the air pocket bags!!! LOL :lol:

Seriously this is proof of the japanese sense of humor. At least they dont get lost in the post!

Whats the biggest box theyve dispatched to you with nothing inside ???

My friend got a huge box from them w/one tiny set of photoetch.

The box I got yesterday w/my new Miura and four wheel sets was crushed from the bottom (where they don't put any air pouches), and the Miura has a good bit of damage, and I'm STILL waiting to hear back from HLJ... :mad: :mad: :mad:

The friggin' post office taped up the damaged box...from the top it looked fine. Looks like a friggin' forklift ran into my box... :mad: :mad: :banghead:

My friend got a huge box from them w/one tiny set of photoetch.

The box I got yesterday w/my new Miura and four wheel sets was crushed from the bottom (where they don't put any air pouches), and the Miura has a good bit of damage, and I'm STILL waiting to hear back from HLJ... :mad: :mad: :mad:

The friggin' post office taped up the damaged box...from the top it looked fine. Looks like a friggin' forklift ran into my box... :mad: :mad: :banghead:

lol that sux..

Ill tell u how big or small my box is wen i get mine hopefully in 2-4 weeks (first order) :iceslolan

Knock-knock. I havent had any problems with them whatsoever..

lol. thats how japanese are.. over exagurate on everything... as u say it in chinese "tai qua tzang la"

Hey,
I got 1 Tomica car in a 2 model size box.
Frank X.

This is an old pic, but I'll show it again: these tweezers were packed in this box, nothing else :screwy:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/img/202hlj-overpack.jpg

-Mikko

This is an old pic, but I'll show it again: these tweezers were packed in this box, nothing else :screwy:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/img/202hlj-overpack.jpg

-Mikko

WaHAHAHAH....only one tweezer in this box??? I never have problem with HLJ in 3 years time. They are :bigthumb: .

well mine are always good sized box since I always order 2 or 3 kit with small things

I might start selling Jiffy bags in Japan and retire at 29:D

Yeah HLJ love their big boxes, I once ordered a single F1 Modelling magazine from them and expected it would be packed in some kind of flat padded envelope. Nope. Same old huge box filled with airbags!

I ordered from HLJ before they were popular, they usedd to package them n different size boxes, and instead of those bubble things, it came packed in Japanese newspapers! I think I still have that somewhere.

That was also when they used to ship UPS, when stuff came in 2-3 weeks, now it's 4-5!

I know this isn't about HLJ, but I had the oppsite experience from etamiya.

I ordered three kits, and got two boxes kit boxes taped together and wrapped in brown paper.
The third kit they had opened, placed half of the pieces in the box with the first kit, and the other half of the pieces in the box with the second kit. And then flattened the box for the third and taped it to the bottom of the other two.

Not that it was a real problem. Other than I had parts for two different porsches in one box.

It's been awhile since I've ordered from HLJ, or done any modeling (2 months maybe) Well.. anyways, I've had no problems with them besides the fact that it takes sooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long for them to ship.. but none the less they're good.. :smile:

No dramas so far.

This is what I got today

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/72730Resize_of_DSC01093-med.JPG

This is an old pic, but I'll show it again: these tweezers were packed in this box, nothing else :screwy:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/img/202hlj-overpack.jpg

-Mikko

They sent me a Gundam marker in such a box. But it wasn't damaged :iceslolan