Jedishop (CZ)

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Is anyone familiar with this shop? Sadly it's only available in czech language, but they do have preorders for Icons of the Realms sets and the prices are actually better than Tritex. Except I cannot check how much shipping is as even google translate does not work on the cart.

https://www.jedishop.cz/?sekce=kategori ... t%5D=d%26d

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Well, I ordered Descent into Avernus from them, the price was great. They only ship to Slovakia but a friend of mine there can pick it up for me. And also surprisingly, the regular Case is available in october, but the Case+War Machine only in 2020 February. At any rate, I am waiting patiently, will see how this works.

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Great news - it seems in the meantime they changed so they now ship to Hungary too, you still need to select "Pickup Point-Slovakia" but then you can select Hungarian pickup points too.

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Well, they finally delivered the Adult White Dragon and the Mighty Conjurations sets I preordered like, last summer, and were supposed arrive last year October-November. Packaging was fine, nothing broken, but due to lockdown, once again they could not ship to Hungary, so I had to have it sent to my friend in Slovakia. Luckily only cost 10€ to get it to here from there via DPD.
Last year, I did get my Sapphire Dragon shortly before Christmas, delivered to a pick-up point. They sadly packed the toy upside down, and due to the bad packaging (but this is more Wizkids' fault) one wing broke off, as did the Dragon from the base. Could be fixed, but I am glad this was the last mini packed in such a terrible way with twisty-ties.
Sadly, my Arveiaturace and Polukranos are still pending from them.
I think after they arrive, that'll be it for me. They are OK and communicate well in english, but they receive their items many months after the supposed preorder dates, and this was an issue even before COVID19. I'd rather pay more than have to wait half a year for my minis.

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I inquired again because Arveiaturace and Polukranos still have not shipped. Arvi seems to be finally be arriving this October - so just a YEAR LATER - but Polukranos is now scheduled for 2022 February. Covid and chinese shipment delays aside, this is crazy!!!

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I guess I should add my final thoughts to this shop - I say final since they stopped selling cases, thus making themselves useless to my purchase goals.
Arveiaturace arrived only in 2022 July, meaning more than 1.5 years after the originally announced date of arrival. With Polukranos, they made me wait until 2022 October, then after I have sent repeated emails they finally told me they cannot get that mini after all... They refunded me and I bought it for less from Thiemtwerk the same day. So basically they sat on my money for 2 years.

If there is a lesson to be had in this, it is that you should NEVER trust the preorder dates they add on their website, they clearly have no idea of the real dates they can get a shipment. Only ever buy in stock items from them, and if and when they are cheaper than from elsewhere... which isn't often, frankly. If I have one positive, it is that at least to neighboring countries, their shipping costs are very cheap.

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longtime lurker here, this is my first post

i live in Czech republic and i often order from Jedishop. they are great for Icons of the Realms, Nolzur and other stuff.
sometimes, it takes a few weeks or months to deliver something. that was valid few years ago. the delays werent that horrible.

but for last two years, the wait is veeeery long and the dates of release are very often pushed to later date, and then again later and again later date. The Legend of Drizzt 35th Anniversary boxes were released in NA in october 2023, and Jedishop
had release date on january 2024, once they were pre-sold out i havent any info if the date was moved to later, but i got
the boxes in december 2024.

also, if i order 3 different various boxes of Icons which have the same release date, it could be delivered sometimes the same time, sometimes each of the item in different months. for example i ordered several Warbands which had the same release date on Jedishop and i got one in december 2023, one on january 2024 and still waiting for Bugbear Warband. Jedishop are great. but this is sometimes ridiculous and they dont know anything about distribution of said items, saying it depends on their suppliers... still waiting on older boxes as Magic Armor Tokens, Bugbear Warband, second Adult Copper Dragon, or Death Giant Necromancer.

also Nolzur distribution of the whole Wave is somehow difficult, lately they even dont have Wave 22 for order, got Wave 20 before Wave 21, or the Wave is send in 3 packages in several months apart...

all of this could be strange, because online shops with the same stuff as miniatures, action minis, models and so on in small country as Czechia should have the same supplier and they should get the items the same date +/- few days.
but i ordered on Jedishop.cz Onslaught Nightmare of the Frogmire Coven, which i still wait for, but 6 months ago i got it from Tlamagames.cz or could buy it on imago.cz. both shops had it at the same time, and Jedishop still dont

also, many orders with different release dates are send the same day few months later, it seems the suppliers hold them
somewhere and the suplies are coming in sort of waves to Jedishop...

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If you read up on my posts, you can see how long I had to wait for Arveiaturace - I think they only place preorders for a very few amounts and then still list stuff for preorder without knowing whether Wizkids has any left... and so they just keep on delaying the release date for months and years instead of telling you they cannot get the product.