I was directed to ubernet.com yesterday for a sale on their 9” tall statues for Monday Night Combat. This one here was $5, called, “Bad Luck Tank Statue,” which sounds like a hipster band.
A better look at the description told me:
Our Hotshots tanks are heavy. The jet gun is also heavy and some of these tanks break during the shipping process. Feeling lucky? Some of the breaks are minor and can be glued. Some are not so minor. We'd love our fans to do something artful with them and send us your photos. You just pay $5 plus shipping and it's all yours.
So $5 for a practically guaranteed to be broken statue. Still. you could technically glue it together like it was a model. Still curious, I looked at the shipping costs.
$41.
So I was expected to pay $46 for something that was going to show up at the door broken. Why would I do that?
There were non-broken statues for $20, but $20 will get you a high-end action figure at the store, and not cost an extra $41.
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