Can any Canadians get me 6-8 Swarm of the Marro?

Can any Canadians get me 6-8 Swarm of the Marro?
I don't suppose you'd be willing to help an English Heroscaper get some of those? (Assuming that you accept paypal.)

The Toys r Us price is $9.98, even with shipping to England (and customs) it's still a decent price. The situation over here is that no one imports them. Retailers, e.g. housemouse, have MRSP and then shipping and customs make them grossly expensive. So I was wondering if anyone would be willing to grab 6 or 8 Swarm of the Marro (depending on your post offices largest box size)?

I discovered from Funagain that's it's not worth buying less due to the postage proportion; I realise that it might be slightly different in Canada so I've tried to use the Canada Post shipping calculator, but it wants to know the dimensions of the parcel as well. All I've managed to discover is that the weight of one Swarm is 4.1lbs (or 4.3lbs according to Funagain). The Canada Post weight limit of 30lbs would mean that 7*Swarm of the Marro would be the maximum; but if Funagain is correct then it would be only 6 sets. However, if you're willing to ditch all the packaging then 8 sets will probably be under the weight limit. I'll leave that up to you.

Incidentally, the reason that I'm trying to get eight is because I have eight of the Rise of the Valkyrie and eight of the Fortress sets. Yeah, I like a lot of terrain!

Notahandle wrote:

Incidentally, the reason that I'm trying to get eight is because I have eight of the Rise of the Valkyrie and eight of the Fortress sets. Yeah, I like a lot of terrain!

I can't help, but I would very much like to come visit.

It's even cheaper from Meeplemart, and I'm sure Steve (the owner) will ship it to you:

www.bootcampcomics.com/meeplemart.com/in..._virtuemart&Itemid=1

edit: I can totally vouch for Steve. I'm sure he'll do any custom orders (eg ditching the packaging) you like. Let us know how it goes.

MattLoter wrote:

Notahandle wrote:

Incidentally, the reason that I'm trying to get eight is because I have eight of the Rise of the Valkyrie and eight of the Fortress sets. Yeah, I like a lot of terrain!

I can't help, but I would very much like to come visit.

I may have to visit Oxfordshire myself ...

Hatchling wrote:

It's even cheaper from Meeplemart, and I'm sure Steve (the owner) will ship it to you:

www.bootcampcomics.com/meeplemart.com/in..._virtuemart&Itemid=1

edit: I can totally vouch for Steve. I'm sure he'll do any custom orders (eg ditching the packaging) you like. Let us know how it goes.

That's not the terrain. It's the minis only. Steve used the terrain to build one of his insanely elaborate prototypes.

MattLoter wrote:
" I can't help, but I would very much like to come visit."
Heh It was the hex terrain that put this on my 'must have' list, so customisable; also being able to create really large combats. I guess this ought to be my answer on the "What toys do you collect?" thread.

Hatchling wrote:
" I can totally vouch for Steve. I'm sure he'll do any custom orders (eg ditching the packaging) you like. Let us know how it goes."
Thanks. But that's figures only . . . now if only I can find somewhere that does just the Marro Swamp hexes...
(They also have a lot of gorgeous miniatures terrain, which is a temptation I need to resist (must concentrate on *just* what I want).)
EDIT- email sent!

I checked toysrus.ca for you, but I don't see any Heroscape product on the website. What am I doing wrong?

Tom: We'll really have to work something out for next year; in the meantime what's happening with the proposed Christmas Swindon F:ATmeet?

Juniper: Apparently it's in store only and not on the website. Unfortunately a Canadian said there were "dozens and dozens" on the shelves on Wednesday, but when he went back to get some on Thursday the shelves were bare...

Notahandle wrote:

.... in the meantime what's happening with the proposed Christmas Swindon F:ATmeet?

As far as I know nothing has even been proposed yet for any time of the year - if someone has a day and a room set aside I'll do my best to show up ... but i suspect Schweig will be back home to mama & papa over the christmas break (I'm a bit desperate these days as numbers are very low at my wee club, if it weren't for some orphaned rpgers and minis players I wouldn't actually get a game lately).

Hatchling wrote:
" Let us know how it goes."
A few emails later and it turns out that he only has four left. Until I bought them. Thanks again for the link.
(Hopefully I can find some swamp terrain separately.)

I did find the swamp terrain separately, just bought 1400 tiles on ebay. The extra shipping only added a little, so I thought I'd get an extra 3-4 sets.

Now all I need are 340 1-hex Marro swamp water tiles. Any help appreciated.

Are you going to set up a big battle day at some stage for any gamers you know (that may live around the area or down the line), or are they just for looking at and polishing

That was the idea. Cover the table in terrain and pick some huge armies.

Is this sale on Swarm of the Marro still going on in Canada, or is this long past expired?