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 Post subject: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sale?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:30 am 
Kaylee's not gonna be ready for Milton Keynes, so this is the perfect excuse - Does anyone have a flame unit they'd be willing to sell for a reasonable price, please?
Ta! :)
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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:33 pm 
I may have one part built, if you want it, let me have a look see if i can find it...


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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:51 am 
Sorry, i don´t have one to sell...

but it is named DER Flammenwerfer ;)

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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:23 am 
LOL
My bad.

I dunno why I even know the name - I think I saw it referenced in a video game manual years ago ( Something for the Spectrum! ) and thought "That's such a cooler word than "flamethrower". :)
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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:16 pm 
Ahh the joys of the German language and their 3 types of the word 'the' :)
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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 8:28 pm 
Harry Harris is the MAN, BTW...
Thanks dude! Much obliged!

I'm oddly impressed with Royal Mail, too.
Since when did something posted 1st Class at about 4pm actually turn up the next day?
( OK, they handed it over with a parcel they'd not bothered delivering two days before, but still... :) )

Now - Harry, there seems to be two fuel tanks with the kit?
*Confused*
One an upgrade for accuracy or something?
*Off to the pic archive*
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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 2:58 am 
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Quote:Harry Harris is the MAN, BTW...
Thanks dude! Much obliged!
My pleasure man. :)

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Quote:I'm oddly impressed with Royal Mail, too.
Since when did something posted 1st Class at about 4pm actually turn up the next day?
Actually that is pretty impressive!

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Quote:Now - Harry, there seems to be two fuel tanks with the kit?
*Confused*
One an upgrade for accuracy or something?
*Off to the pic archive*
I made up the other one from EMA parts to try to accurise the kit (a Star Arms flame-thrower) - bearing in mind it was released way before anything that was remotely similar to the real thing! ;)

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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:41 pm 
Heh. Cheers. I dount I'll have it finished in time for this weekend, but you'll get to see the final result if you make it to CM Glasgow, or the NSC.
Gonna have it drilled through, and use a threaded rod to hold the bits together.

BTW, that dude who was selling a Flamer on eBay that a few folk linked me to - The pic was one of yours :|
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My bad, it's not one of yours, it's the pic of the complete Klingon Armourer kit from the alienscollection website.
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Have pointed this out and asked him for pics of the actual thing he's selling if anyone else was watching the auction...
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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 9:26 pm 
Hmm...

I got a reply to the message I posted asking the guy for photos of his piece, and pointing out he'd leeched Harry's pic:

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Quote:the only reason I used that pic was because that is what it will look like when finished,as mine is only 80% finished as stated.I am not in any great hurry to sell ths item and I don't think people realise that this is not as common as the pulse rifle and these do not come up for sale very often.. when completed this item will not be going cheap .I will not be relisting it.I'd rather keep it and if in the future someone can make me a serious offer,I might perhaps sell it.The castings of this flamethrower are the ones used in the film.


If he plans to finish it and keep it, why's he got it on eBay?
:|

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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 10:31 pm 
Hmm.
VERY suspicious of this guy now.

I asked for some pics of the actual flamer, and said that depending on the kit it's 80% built from, I might actually know someone who could make him a decent cash offer - I mentioned a few of the inaccuracies of the various kits on the market and offered to help him ID exactly what he had on his hands...


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Quote:I am not interested in debating the authenticity of this flamethrower as I know exactly what I have and to be honest if you are so deperate to get this then you are not being genuine with me,as you are not willing to pay the proper price because you,perhaps think you can fool me.I am not desperate to sell this item,I really don't need the pittance that others will offer me for it.It was bought as a genuine kit and like I said and you already know,it is the real deal,otherwise you would not be so keen for me to let it go...thanks anyway..Other prop dealers have been keen to buy and they know this is the real deal.




Uhh...
OK, whatever.

I've experienced this attitude from conmen in the past, as a blustering attempt to draw attention away from their refusal to back up their claims simply by showing pics of what they're hawking.

Looks like the dude's a ripoff merchant after all - Or at the very least determined to keep up his claim that his flamer's cast from screen-used...
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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2007 5:24 pm 
Sorry to hijack your thread, but I've been looking for a flame thrower as well. Is the one you mentioned by that i.r. person?

BTW anyone else intending to bid. I don't want to bid against another member.

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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:27 pm 
cgi.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQitemZ120112106355

That's the one I was talking about.

Still with the leeched pic, I see ;)
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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2007 9:44 pm 
Thanks. RS

That's not the one I'm watching right now. Mine is in the states.

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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 12:14 am 
If it isn't total vapourware, I'd make an educated guess that this is a terran trader kit.

I used to own one, and the fuel tank and shroud are vac-formed. Not worth £60, especially from a weirdo like that.
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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 12:33 am 
Well, it's the "Klingon Armourer" kit - He ( Tried to ) said that in his auction text, and that's the pic he stole.

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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 12:36 am 
Interestingly, he's just changed his username...
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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 12:40 am 
You guys know the score... as badly as you might want something, and as badly as you might want it to be what you want, this guy has sent up plenty of red-flags in his e-mails (as posted here) warning that it's best that you just stay away.

I hate people like that, and happened to have a similar experience on eBay back in about 1999 that put me in a tough position where I had already won the item but was going to be charged an overly inflated shipping cost -- not mentioned in the auction posting mind you. When I questioned how he determined the cost, his attitude in his e-mails made my skin crawl and I wanted absolutely nothing to do with the item I had just won.

It's always good to ask questions first, and know when to walk away.

Good job on getting hooked up by Harry with the flamethrower by the way! :D ;)
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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 1:25 am 
I have a wee surprise for him come November as a thank you ;)

Said flamer won't be ready for the weekend, so I'm shotgunning after all... But on the upside, a mate with a machine shop's drilling the body out for some threaded rod for uber stability - And I MIGHT be into a run of metal heat shields for the front end, for about £20 a pop.

I'd need about 5 sold to do that, so watch this space.

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 Post subject: Re: DAS FLAMMENWERFFER IST GUT! - Anyone got a flamer for sa
PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2007 9:14 am 
After reading everything on here i have a better idea on what my flamethrower is worth, bugger all by the looks of it so i'll be selling it with my pulse rifle as a job lot... will post pictures and start a seperate thread sometime today......
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