Unboxing: KDM Wave 2

Last week was a crazy week, followed by a crazy (but fun) weekend out of town.  On Friday, I was supposed to leave the office by noon but had 3 things that had to get submitted.  But at 3pm, I was still at my desk, madly clicking away.  Finally got free at 3:15, raced home to pack a bag and get back in the car, and we were off for the weekend.

(But that's the content for another post).

Fast forward, we pulled in the driveway last night at 11:45pm, I was back up at 5, and put in another 9.5 hr day today at the office.

By the time I got home, I had totally forgotten that I had tracking information for the infamous Kingdom Death, Wave 2 expansions indicating a Monday arrival.

But there they were, waiting by the garage.  I blinked, then got out of the car, and in exchange for feeding the cat, she supervised the unboxing.

As a Satan's level backer, I got all 12 of the legacy (1.0) expansions.  These were packed at the factory into "Expansions of Death 1" for easier shipping.  But, a few months back, Poots opened the backerkit up, and I added on the Green Armor and Flower Knight so that I had a spare set of some really cool armor at Kickstarter prices.  I wasn't sure how these would ship, but unsurprisingly, I received not one, but TWO tracking numbers.  Both arrived on the same day.

Lastly, I am apparently at the head of the wave 2 cycle for shipping in the U.S.  Intentional or not, it somewhat makes up for the longer wait I had at Wave 1.

So, without further adieu, here are the pictures.

Box markings.

KDM rulebook (and supervisor cat) for scale. Note corner damage lower right.

Opening the small box containing the duplicate models I procured.

Small box:  cosmeteic box damage in the Flower Knight from being squished against the Green Armor sprues.

Expansions of death, first glimpse.  Cardboard is much thinner than the core box and of similar density to a normal Amazon box.  There was a cardstock "knife protector" that separated the product from the tape seam that I removed for the shot.

First expansion out of the box.  Dragon King!

Corner damage on 2 of the 4 bottom corners.  Poor Slenderman got the worst of it.  If I were collecting or reselling, I'd be pissed.  Actual game contents were unharmed, and I'll be disposing of the packing (eventually) so I shall scowl and then get over it.

This is the shot I was after.  All 12 legacy expansions stacked on the core box.  And you know the core box ain't small.  I'm a tall guy and this stack is at least 6 inches higher than my knee.  This shot does NOT include my duplicates.

Another perspective shot.  Let the clipping and glue sniffing begin!