Got mine!

1 core

1 of each expansion

Haven't played yet but hopefully will get to this weekend!  Then I'll begin assessing which ships to buy more of!

I do kinda wish that they made the Dice Expansion WITH movement rulers. I think it would be nice to have two sets or rulers without having to get two core sets.

I got my order yesterday with one hiccup: I only got one of my two starters.  It was an obvious picking error, the paperwork has tally marks for each item they pulled.  The starters only have one hash mark where other items with Qty 2 had two hash marks.

Now I get to test out how good their customer service is.

-DavicusPrime

DavicusPrime said:

When I called this morning they were very apologetic about missing my second core set and second Y-wing. They said they'd get it shipped right away. Hopefully you get the same kind of response.

Budgernaut said:

Yup.  I got the same.  I understand that mistakes happen.  It all comes down to how well they clean up the mess.  In my case, they're doing fine so far.  I should get my second starter by the 28th which is when I have my first scheduled game with one of the locals.   Sounds like they had some logistical problems getting all these preorders sorted out.  I wonder if the same guy who pulled your order pulled mine.  I wouldn't be too suprised if there was some burnout involved.  Either way somebody's quality stats just took a hit.

-DavicusPrime

 Got my second core set and expansion packs yesterday, just need to set up a play area.

I am aware that I'll be bumping this post up a few pages but took delivery of the Core set today. Played a couple of quick start games with the kids and itching to get onto the full game.

First impressions…

Definitley worth it even if just for the 1 hour playing with my kids :)

Waiting for my expansion order to arrive now…

Got mine from Miniature Market today. 2 Core Sets , 2 Advanced Ties, 1Tie, 1 X-wing & 1 Y-wing.

Let me tell you this, their is a lot of pieces to this game an organizer is a must have.

 Got mine!

1 starter and 1 each of the others, from Miniature Market. I had to cancel my dice as well of course, and this was done with no problems, within about a day.

MM to Toronto: 7 business days… a new record for them! 

 I got some very unfortunate news today. I was told by the online retailer I ordered from that the preorder wouldn't be released until 10/7.  I asked if they were holding the order because of the dice and they said yes. I asked if I could cancel the dice and get the rest and they told me that I could do that on 9/30 but the order would be more than the preorder price. I asked if they could just hold the dice for a future order and they said no. So I'll have to wait like 2 more weeks for them to ship it plus 3-5 days to get it. Sucks for me. 

kingsfan2099 said:

That's just rude! Who was the retailer? Tell me you didn't order from Popular Collections…

Got mine today, though it wasn't an online order - I picked it up from my FLGS.

well it's finally reached the UK, it seems to be available every where, except the place where I ordered from!

I walked home past a games shop to see a whole store window full of blisters and boxes. My email in box is bursting with emails from the various on line stores I use.  A quick phne call to Maelstrom games and gutted.  No we don't have it yet, can't say when we will get it, might have it this week might not.

YOU SUCK MAELSTROM! Great prices, great deals lousy service.

Was so tempted to cancel the order and pick it up elsewhere.

FINALLY got my order from Miniatures Market; once I figured out and resolved the DICE debacle (I had them delete the dice), the order actually arrived very quickly; two days by brown truck. That's pretty good.

Haven't had time to mess with it before work, though, other than fondling the three base miniatures. They are indeed sweet - and fragile!

Hi Capn Blackheart,

I saw your post and I don't mean to be the bearer of bad news but I thought I should warn you. 

There's a thread on a different forum about Maelstrom and people there are getting very worried.  They've checked the accounts of Maelstrom and:

• They're £567,000 in debt to suppliers
• The company seems to be moving to a new business for some reason
• Customers have been waiting 5+ weeks for their order and Maelstrom have either ignored their questions or have been unable to answer them
• Customers have had to go through Paypal to get refunds or have been left waiting and have had to email multiple requests
• They have stopped participating, in and answering questions on other wargame forums

Mods, apologies for posting a link but Capn Blackheart might want to see this:

www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/464643.page

If I were you I'd get my money back and go elsewhere

Raelthorne