Ogre Miniatures Series 1 delivery thread

[Mack_JB]

And since mine have arrived and been properly tallied, I really really want to thank everyone at Steve Jackson Games, and Mr. Jackson himself. This has been a dream of mine since 1977, having clean attractive plastic minis by the boatload.

I noted on the KS page, but today was a triple win day:

1. I got to play Ogre for real today, face-to-face, with another backer.
2. Ogre Miniatures #2 live and backed.
3. The mailman dropped off my large box of Ogre Miniatures #1.

Could the day possibly get any better?

[offsides]

Originally Posted by Mack_JB

Could the day possibly get any better?

This is one of the few times I've ever wished this forum had a "like" button.

[dwalend]

The glow from the glow-in-the-dark dice is pretty remarkable - really bright from a very short exposure.

[wolf90]

Originally Posted by ColBosch

FedEx said they were delivering yesterday - after all was said and done - but the driver literally just drove by my building and marked the delivery as failed.

Originally Posted by Thirdpower

I had similar issues w/ FedEx a bit back. A driver refused to come up my driveway. Now for full disclosure, the driveway at the time was in very bad condition. Instead of leaving a note in the mailbox, however, which I would have totally understood, he started leaving my packages on top of the trash dumpster and marking it 'delivered front door'. I made several complaints and then sent in photos. No problems after that.

Interestingly, these are the issues we often have with the UPS drivers. Although my drive is in excellent condition, it is lengthy and steep. We often have issues with the UPS driver leaving packages on our mailbox by the road, but listing it as "delivered front door" or driving by without slowing and listing the "attempt" as "undeliverable". Photos and complaints will fix the issue for a time, until the next lazy driver comes along.

Note: FedEx and USPS drivers come up our drive and leave packages at the door. Every time. The FedEx driver will often ring the bell letting us know something has arrived too.

At the end of the day, the issue is not the companies per se, but the individual drivers who they've hired. My wife has ordered from companies specifically because they use FedEx and not UPS. The solution is to make sure the companies in question learn of the poor behavior by their drivers. They will (eventually) fix the problem if there are enough complaints.

D.

[adm]

Here (Springfield MO area) we get excellent service from both USPS and UPS. FedEx can go jump in a lake, their service sucks.

I live in a rural area, I'm an 1/8 of a mile from the road. The FedEx guy went to the house, we were fencing and caught him on the way out, in OUR driveway. He would not stop, or talk to us, and did not leave the package. I had to make a 40 mile round trip to Springfield to get it.

[ParadoxGames]

By the way, you probably know this, but just in case any of you don't, if you hold glow-in-the-dark parts up to a light bulb for about 30-60 seconds, it absorbs light, and glows even more dazzingly in the dark. Try it!

[ColBosch]

Originally Posted by ParadoxGames

By the way, you probably know this, but just in case any of you don't, if you hold glow-in-the-dark parts up to a light bulb for about 30-60 seconds, it absorbs light, and glows even more dazzingly in the dark. Try it!

I have some UV bulbs I've been dying to try out.

[Mack_JB]

Since we can't easily add pictures here:

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/27430050#27430050

My 3D Ogre map from Heroscape tiles with the new minis on it.

[philreed]

Originally Posted by dwalend

The glow from the glow-in-the-dark dice is pretty remarkable - really bright from a very short exposure.

Yeah, this is a new factory for us, and their GITD plastic is a lot stronger than we were expecting. Makes me want to try more projects with GITD bits.

[Mack_JB]

The question there will be, if we leave some GitD dice laying around on the game board, will they make their own orange crater? :>)