Quantum Mechanix's replica of Mal's pistol...

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ARTCAT81

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 1:38 PM

agreed, that quote for pricing was one I had seen twice before, but again not from the direct source.

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WALKDOGGER

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 2:06 PM

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Originally posted by Darkfly:
I'm interested in buying the cheaper version of Mal's Gun but does anybody know if QMX ship worldwide since I live in England, futureplanet.co.uk do sell most of QMX's props,etc but they aren't selling Mal's gun anymore and most likely won't sell the cheaper version.

This is taken from a quote at whedonesque:

'BlueEyed - I know for sure we're no longer able to ship Mal pistols into the U.K., which is a major bummer because there are a lot of loyal Browncoats who I know have been hankering for these. But I'm not sure about Canada. Let me ask our fulfillment folks to look into it and I'll post an update here. We should probably add something to the next newsletter about countries that ban "weapon replicas", fantasy-based of not.

Thanks for the heads-up!'

They can't ship to the uk due to customs.

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BROWNCOAT1

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 7:48 PM

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
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Originally posted by artcat81:
Rumor has it, around $800 and no even ballpark figure of when it will go into production.
$800?!? For that kind of money it better be a working firearm and shoot real bullets!

Rumor being the operative word, Dear.

I've only seen this figure "quoted" once prior to Teh Awesome ArtCat, and it was not from QmX.

Getting the all-metal one Aikin got may be the best bet... and with my access to machine shop... moo hoo haa haa...

Thanks darlin'. It's comfortin' to know you've always got my back. Just don't go buryin' no Ninja-to in it.

I do think the all metal one Akin found is the way to go. Unfortunately not all of us have access to a metal shop.

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MRBEN

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 10:03 AM

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Got to agree that the changes made to the pistol disappoint me a bit just looking at the pics.

Particularly as it doesn't appear to include the (rather distinctive) magazine.

Ooops - after listening to ( http://www.fireflytalk.com ) FireflyTalk I realise that the magazine isn't missing - it's the correct version from the movie, which differs from the series.

There's also a nice review over at Serenity Stuff ( http://www.serenitystuff.com/2007/10/02/qmx-mal-stunt-pistol-the-first
-look/ ) which includes some decent pictures. The non-flash pictures make the pistol look really cool - I'd love to see one in the flesh.

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CABRIDGES

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 5:50 PM

Thanks! I went back and took those after realizing the flash made it look more fake than it did.

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DARKFLY

Sunday, October 21, 2007 5:45 PM

I'm confused people are talking on this thread about a Hero Mal Pistol but on QMX it only lists the Stunt Mal Pistol. Could somebody explain what are the differences or even if there are 2.

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Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:07 PM

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Originally posted by Darkfly:
I'm confused people are talking on this thread about a Hero Mal Pistol but on QMX it only lists the Stunt Mal Pistol. Could somebody explain what are the differences or even if there are 2.

Originally there was going to be 1 pistol, retailing at $250. However, after a bit of market research, QMx realised that $250 was too much for the casual market, but that the planned pistol was actually a little bit lacking for the serious replica market. So they dropped a few details from the original pistol, dropped the price to $150, and you get the stunt pistol. But they're planning to do a really high quality replica (I believe with a working action, but not sure about that) which is the "hero" pistol, but will retail for a bit more.

There's an interview on Firefly Talk with QMx from just after the announcement, if you want to get it from the horse's mouth (which is likely to be much more accurate):

http://fireflytalk.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=261752

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DARKFLY

Monday, October 22, 2007 7:11 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by mrben:
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Originally posted by Darkfly:
I'm confused people are talking on this thread about a Hero Mal Pistol but on QMX it only lists the Stunt Mal Pistol. Could somebody explain what are the differences or even if there are 2.

Originally there was going to be 1 pistol, retailing at $250. However, after a bit of market research, QMx realised that $250 was too much for the casual market, but that the planned pistol was actually a little bit lacking for the serious replica market. So they dropped a few details from the original pistol, dropped the price to $150, and you get the stunt pistol. But they're planning to do a really high quality replica (I believe with a working action, but not sure about that) which is the "hero" pistol, but will retail for a bit more.

There's an interview on Firefly Talk with QMx from just after the announcement, if you want to get it from the horse's mouth (which is likely to be much more accurate):

Thanks for clearing that up but when people preodered the orginal $250 pistol didn't it fill out all 1500/1500 preorders so what happened to them.

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Monday, October 22, 2007 8:01 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Darkfly:
Thanks for clearing that up but when people preodered the orginal $250 pistol didn't it fill out all 1500/1500 preorders so what happened to them.

Anybody who preordered had a number of options:

1. Complete refund
2. Refund of the difference, and receipt of the stunt pistol (complete with the original delivery price, which has since increased)
3. Put the money towards the upcoming Hero pistol (or, IIRC, any current QMx items)

There's a FAQ about the gun here: http://www.quantummechanix.com/stuntpistol.html

and details of the different options if you preordered here:
http://www.quantummechanix.com/malpolicy.html

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DARKFLY

Monday, October 22, 2007 9:03 AM

thanks for the links

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