BLADE RUNNER BLASTER Replica by DAIKI KOGYO / ELFIN KNIGHTS (Japan)

[cd1969]

opcorn Customs don't confiscate these types of blasters. :confused

Yeah well...just received a letter from Australian customs, the blaster has been seized ( under subsection 203B ( 2) , being goods suspected on reasonable grounds to be special forfeited goods. So if you live in Aus , don't buy one as it will be taken.

 

[Nwerke]

Handled one on Monday night. It's just the luck of the draw. In Perth at least some of them are getting through.

They *should* ask you to fill out the police form, though.

Got to say I was pretty seriously unimpressed.

 

[cratercritter]

Yeah well...just received a letter from Australian customs, the blaster has been seized ( under subsection 203B ( 2) , being goods suspected on reasonable grounds to be special forfeited goods. So if you live in Aus , don't buy one as it will be taken.

The word confiscate is intended there as apposed to seized. With confiscate....you don't usually get a chance to take action to release the item, return item etc. This is rare with these guns.
On the other hand if Customs seizes the item (more likely)...it is a strong form of "hold" until a resolution or pending further action by the recipient. When Customs seize these blasters (in all my cases anyway....I've imported about 20 replica guns approximately in the past 15 years)...they send me a letter and/or phone me requesting a B709A (or a B709D if applicable, but usually it's a B709A permit for a replica firearm). Once they get the B709A from you, Customs process the item further and "unseize" it ...releasing it for delivery. This is usually the normal procedure for replica Firearms in Australia. B709A permits are available from your Police-Firearms Division in your particular State. I would contact Customs and ask them what the status is exactly...whether it has to be returned to sender or more likely a B709A is pending or any other action from you they are waiting on maybe. All the best with it.:ninja
NOTE: A B709A permit is not issued automatically by the Police. Each State in Australia has their own Police laws and regulations regarding replica firearms ownership, importation and hence the administration & issue of the B709A permit based on an application for a particular replica, is subject to each States requirements and laws.

 

[cd1969]

Thanks , I shall attempt to get a permit from the Qld Police and see if I can't get it " Unseized "

 

[Mechamaniac]

Got mine today, warbled, warped and twisted like an Arsenal Models/Cool Models con special. It literally looks like a recast of a recast of a recast.

Back to HLJ it goes. I don't care that I have to pay for return shipping. This thing is a POS.

 

[b26354]

Yeah well...just received a letter from Australian customs, the blaster has been seized ( under subsection 203B ( 2) , being goods suspected on reasonable grounds to be special forfeited goods. So if you live in Aus , don't buy one as it will be taken.

Australian Customs are harsh - plastic toy guns and fantasy decorative knives are forbidden to import privately. Luckily New Zealand is a little more reasonable - my Tomenosuke Pro just arrived (opened by customs and let through). I did need to pay an extra $250 in sales tax though :unsure

 

[tmax]

Luckily New Zealand is a little more reasonable - my Tomenosuke Pro just arrived (opened by customs and let through). I did need to pay an extra $250 in sales tax though :unsure

Yeah bro, I hear ya. I'm another Kiwi incredibly grateful that NZ has far less restrictions than Aussie. I've successfully landed many prop guns without an issue, including 2 Offworlds, a Tomeno kit and a Tomeno assembled. Got a Rick Ross waiting at the PO for me to collect and a Rich Coyle on the way. :thumbsup

The only restriction we have is with airsoft, which a lot of prop guns are based on. Got my 2 Matsuo Lawgivers through without a hitch, but generally you need a permit to import airsoft guns. Not a major to get though, just takes time (approx a month). At least we now can import fully auto airsoft which is fantastic! Got a Kriss Vector on the way (Total Recall) and a couple PRs. Also getting Evike in California to do a Lone Survivor build which again is fully auto airsoft, as well as Mal's Oblivion Rifle kit adapted to a PTS Masada (currently in progress).

So yeah, very thankful I live in NZ and not Aussie. Or I'd probably have given up prop collecting and taken up budgie smuggling! :lol

 

[Nth]

My first blaster from It Came From Japan just arrived and I gotta admit, after carefully scrutinizing it for flaws and imperfections, especially with some of the issues other people have had with theirs; that this item gets a pass from me. It's also completely possible I don't have the same eye for meticulous detail as others on this forum have, but I did check for warping and imperfections in the resin and wasn't able to discern any. I'm really pleased with the item and sent a thank you note to ICFJ as I was a late order and they actually had to contact the seller in Japan to have an additional one made. I plan on comparing it with the additional one I bought from Monsters in Motion when it arrives (hopefully Canadian customs doesn't have an issue with it as A: it is not a replica of a real firearm and B: it has no moving parts, which Canadian customs nailed me on once before.)

It is actually slightly smaller than the Offworld Inc model, but is perfectly durable for any cosplay purposes, especially holstering and unholstering which I was always fearful would add wear and tear on the Offworld Inc model. It also fits great in the Phil Schneider holster by the way. The Offworld Inc model is now off to the display stand, so people can also appreciate the light up LED's and the Daiki Kyogo will be on display in the holster.
When the Monsters in Motion blaster arrives I am not sure what I will do with it, I may just leave it boxed and hold on to it. Based on the one I have in hand, it's a great budget blaster, especially since last I checked the Offworld Inc models have gone up from $300 to $500.

 

[DrMcoy]

Grabbed a can of silver Duplicolor spray paint and hit the butt plate -- no primer, sprayed directly to gun as received. Other than additional cost, not sure why they didn't paint it this way to begin with. If I thought it was worth the effort, I'd mask off and spray top portion and trigger guard with gun metal --- the metalizer paints would probably work nicely for this. But I think I'm going to just leave it as is.

 

[rubberneck]

Looks much better, I'm gonna do that now as well.

Grabbed a can of silver Duplicolor spray paint and hit the butt plate -- no primer, sprayed directly to gun as received. Other than additional cost, not sure why they didn't paint it this way to begin with. If I thought it was worth the effort, I'd mask off and spray top portion and trigger guard with gun metal --- the metalizer paints would probably work nicely for this. But I think I'm going to just leave it as is.

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[DrMcoy]

Side note -- the amber grips DO unscrew from gun -- they may require a little effort to remove (once unscrewed) as the paint may have bonded with the grips a bit -- i had to carefully pry my grips loose, and then I masked off grip and other portions of gun to avoid overspray) and then hit buttplate with 2-3 light coats of the Duplicolor.

If you are using a different brand of paint, you may wanna test it on grip area that sits beneath the amber grips to ensure paint doesn't eat into the existing paint or wrinkle. You could also use primer before painting silver, but as a friend told me, sometimes primers make overcoat looks more gritty.

I agree, it makes gun look better -- again, amazed that manufacturer didn't paint them this way, but perhaps that would have driven cost up another $10.

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[Mechamaniac]

For anybody on the fence about the hassle of returning theirs to HLJ. I'm sending mine back and they say they will refund the original purchase price plus shipping to me as well as my cost to ship it back to them.

Very good customer service on HLJ's part. Their rep said they have received numerous complaints about this item and asked me to send them pictures of the warps and warbles on mine so they could pass them on.

 

[Nth]

My second Daiki arrived. For now I am just going to leave it boxed.

 

[Kilo147]

Well, I got laid off the day before Christmas, but this is on my "first paycheck gift for myself" list. If it's not warped, I'm set for one of three guns I need for a fallout costume. Good to hear they aren't all garbage.