Well, that sucks.

Rick is a sad panda.

No Odds ‘n Ends today. I was planning on doing some clever April 1 gag for the site, but I found my enthusiasm waned when I discovered someone had stolen my case of DCUC2 after it was delivered by UPS. The tracking page claims it was delivered yesterday at 7:53 PM, yet there was nothing in the little airlock of my apartment building where the packages usually are.

OK, well, maybe it wasn’t stolen–maybe UPS just delivered it to the wrong address, I don’t know. Postpeople mix up the apartments in my building all the time, so it’s possible some Samaritan who took it by accident will come by and drop the box off today or tomorrow…but whatever. I’ve waited way too long for this not to to be unbelievably pissed off. I plan to bug the crap out of UPS today…if only to make myself feel a little better by making some poor phone-farm schmuck’s life more difficult.

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Yeah, right. Dead people knew this was my lame attempt at an April Fool’s joke. Look, I was at a wedding in Florida all weekend and didn’t plan ahead, so this is what I cooked up at the last minute. It’s sad really, I know. I’m going to start planning next year’s gag right now.

Posted: April 1, 2008 in Blog

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This item has 13 comments (now closed):

  1. PrfktTear

    04.01.2008 9.52

    Haha… well, you certainly had me going! ;-) My jaw literally dropped when I read the news.

    -x

  2. PrfktTear

    04.01.2008 9.56

    Addendum:

    I hope this isn’t an April Fool’s Day joke. I just checked my pre-orders at BBTS, and saw this:

    DC Universe Classics - Series 2 - Case of 6 - Assortment with Grodd BAF
    Product #: MAT10963 PREORDER 2nd Quarter 2008

    2nd Quarter 2008???!!! WTF is that?

    I guess the only good piece of news is for the TMNT figures:

    TMNT Series 01: Set of 4 Turtles with Display Bases
    Product #: NEC10777 PREORDER
    Arrives April 09 2008

  3. Poe

    04.01.2008 10.10

    PT, we’re in the second quarter now ;) If your case were to ship out today, that listing would still be accurate. April 1 is the first day of the second quarter.

    It looks like BBTS updated all their shipping dates last night, so I wouldn’t panic.

  4. OB1

    04.01.2008 11.00

    It wasn’t that lame. You should have rolled with it (without the disclaimer). Look at the Google stuff today, not all gags have to fool people, although those are the best ones!

  5. Poe

    04.01.2008 11.13

    Well, I just hope I do receive my case of DCUC2 today, or the irony will tear a hole in the universe…and my heart.

  6. Pete

    04.01.2008 11.31

    Given that picture, I’m disappointed you didn’t actually work a Rickroll in there anywhere.

  7. Poe

    04.01.2008 11.35

    There’s a rickroll on the site, though…

  8. PrfktTear

    04.01.2008 11.48

    True… I might have over reacted. I’ve never been good with quarters. ;-) I think it was because BBTS put the listing as the very last item on my pre-order list, so maybe just seeing it behind other releases made me jump.

    -x

  9. Poe

    04.01.2008 11.58

    I just read over on the RTM board someone got their DCUC2 shipping notice from BBTS.

  10. Mumma Ghostal

    04.01.2008 15.10

    As I read the post, I could only think…. ” This is gonna cost me…”

  11. Paul

    04.01.2008 16.26

    I hate April Fools jokes.

  12. Esbat

    04.03.2008 22.33

    YOU LIED TO ME?!?! NOTHING IS REAL ANYMORE! WHY?!?!

  13. Poe

    04.04.2008 10.59

    You are an odd duck, Esb.

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