Heroquest color dices and combat skills

[slev]

Having talked to Flint, the dice chap gets them custom printed in the UK (by a company I'm familiar with no less), then shipped to Germany in bulk. Or at least he did.

[StratosVX]

I got the dice today. I ordered each set of the colored dice (not white) and they were 6.89 EUR each with 4.00 EUR shipping. He even threw in one of the skull coasters. Also, Jack understand English very well and he was quick to respond to e-mails.

[Count Mohawk]

Has the distribution of sides changed on any of the dice recently?
When last I checked, they were:

White: (As original)
Green: Skull | Skull | Shield | Shield | Shield | Walrus
Blue: Skull | Skull | Skull | Shield | Walrus | Walrus
Black: Skull | Skull | Skull | Skull | Shield | Walrus
Purple: Double Skull | Skull | Skull | Double Shield | Shield | Walrus
Orange: Double Skull | Double Skull | Skull | Double Shield | Double Walrus | Walrus
Yellow: Double Skull | Skull | Double Shield | Shield | Double Walrus | Walrus

[StratosVX]

Has the distribution of sides changed on any of the dice recently?
When last I checked, they were:

White: (As original)
Green: Skull | Skull | Shield | Shield | Shield | Walrus
Blue: Skull | Skull | Skull | Shield | Walrus | Walrus
Black: Skull | Skull | Skull | Skull | Shield | Walrus
Purple: Double Skull | Skull | Skull | Double Shield | Shield | Walrus
Orange: Double Skull | Double Skull | Skull | Double Shield | Double Walrus | Walrus
Yellow: Double Skull | Skull | Double Shield | Shield | Double Walrus | Walrus

The ones that have changed are:
Purple: Double Skull | Skull | Skull | Double Shield | Shield | Double Walrus
Orange: Double Skull | Double Skull | Double Shield | Double Shield | Walrus | Double Walrus

[slev]

So:
Purple walruss becomes double walruss;
Orange single skull becomes double skull.

Not a big change, and I can see the reasoning with the Purple.

[StratosVX]

So:
Orange single skull becomes double skull.

Actually skull becomes double shield.

[QorDaq]

I got the dice today. I ordered each set of the colored dice (not white) and they were 6.89 EUR each with 4.00 EUR shipping. He even threw in one of the skull coasters. Also, Jack understand English very well and he was quick to respond to e-mails.

Thanks Stratos,

Just so I understand; You received 6 sets (of six dice), Shipping was 4 EUR, and all told the order came to ~ 52.00 USD? Is that about right?

And, did you go through the shopping cart on the site or did you contact him via e-mail first?

The reason I ask, is because on the Toy Saloon website, the listing say's that each set is 8.20 EUR, Including 19% Vats, + Shipping which would be closer to ~ 61.00 USD. It's only $9 difference, but I want to confirm.

Again, I appreciate the info man.

[StratosVX]

I got the dice today. I ordered each set of the colored dice (not white) and they were 6.89 EUR each with 4.00 EUR shipping. He even threw in one of the skull coasters. Also, Jack understand English very well and he was quick to respond to e-mails.

Thanks Stratos,

Just so I understand; You received 6 sets (of six dice), Shipping was 4 EUR, and all told the order came to ~ 52.00 USD? Is that about right?

And, did you go through the shopping cart on the site or did you contact him via e-mail first?

The reason I ask, is because on the Toy Saloon website, the listing say's that each set is 8.20 EUR, Including 19% Vats, + Shipping which would be closer to ~ 61.00 USD. It's only $9 difference, but I want to confirm.

Again, I appreciate the info man.

That's correct. I saw the same thing but I figured the site would give me a total before I paid and I could cancel if it was too much. In the end, I paid less than I thought I would. $52.58 USD was the final total. I just went through the site and didn't contact him beforehand. I ended up contacting him to see if they shipped because I never did hear anything about my order shipping or being processed, so I wasn't sure if anything had been done with it.

[QorDaq]

Ahh, okay, so that's good info to have, (That you only got confirmation after contacting the vendor). I assume then that the delay was mostly international shipping?

Regardless, glad to hear that these really are still available, that's good to know as well.

maj!

[StratosVX]

I'm guessing the delay was the international shipping, yes. When I contacted him, Jack was surprised I hadn't received it yet. I got the package two days later though.