I am very excited to release the second version of the Predatorstuff.com website! We’ve introduced some sexy new features and streamlined our shop system and we hope you like it and much as we do!

The biggest improvement on the site is the AWESOME new search! Instead of having 3 different searches like on the old version, you can now search the Shop, Reference Guide, Articles and the Gallery all from the main search at the top. The search results are broken down by area and you can filter the results as required. It’s awesome!

Next up is the shop ticker up top… now you can easily see the latest items in our shop and check out those items in detail bu clicking the icon for the item you want. It’s a breeze to see what’s new!

The shop itself has been completely streamlined and updated for easy navigation. You can now browse photos of each item without having to leave the shop and opening the gallery in a new window and we’ve made the detail views easier to read and follow. There seemed to be some confusion as to when stuff was in stock or when it would be arriving, so we hope this will help make things easier to figure out.

Aside from that, we’ve cosmetically enhanced the site and made room for more content so you can see more information at a glance instead of a huge banner taking up half the screen (yes, we know the old banner was nice, but it was HUGE!).

PLEASE NOTE: The gallery and reference guide are still using the old layout.. we’re working on updating those areas as quickly as possible!

So enjoy the new site and please be sure to click the comment icon below and let us know what you think.

Enjoy!
Dan

Hello everyone! I’ve got quite a few things to tell you folks about today, so let’s get right to it! First off, I am very excited to announce a BADASS new Hellboy kit from Model in the House, the same guys who made the huge AvP Attack kit.

This kit is absolutely massive! The kit features a dynamic sculpt of Hellboy cast in to 16 parts, including his coat in 2 parts and includes the short and full length horns. Kit is over 14 inches tall including the base, and the base measures about 15 x 10 inches. Overall, the kit weighs an impressive 8lbs! You can order this right in our shop by clicking here!

I’ve received a bunch of photos of a painted sample and this looks awesome. Check it out by clicking on the photo icon below:

NEW PREDATOR 2 DIORAMA

This week and weekend is the San Diego Comic Con, and depressingly enough, I am missing it. Oh well! I did the Disney thing this year, so SDCC 09 is all mine! Anyhow, all Predator fans should be keeping an eye on Sideshow Collectibles as they always announce new goodies during the show, and this year they’ve announced a new Predator 2 Diorama!

There are no order details or anything yet, although an order link will probably go up on Friday. keep your eyes peeled to this blog for the pre-order link as soon as it’s available! There will be an exclusive and regular edition. There is a preview link though you can check out and leave a comment if you like… check it out on Sideshow’s site by clicking here.

They’ve also got a new Predator poseable figure listed on their SDCC product list… it’s listed as “Lost Predator” but there are no preview links yet. I suspect this is the special Lost Hunters release that I heard about months ago, featuring the Predators seen in the ship at the end of Predator 2. I’ll update the site when I find out more!

I should also mention that my jaw dropped at this one… a FULL SIZE General Grievous Bust!!!

COME TO PAPPA BEAR!!!

CHEAPER OVERSEAS SHIPPING!

For those of you outside North America, I’m sure you will be VERY happy to hear that I am working on a new drop-ship system that will slash overseas air shipping in HALF! Basically you will be paying the cheapest surface style shipping, but it will be shipped EMS from the producer instead, so do a little dance and make a little love, because cheaper shipping is almost here! This will apply to about 90% of the items in the shop and I am hoping to have the new prices live by tonight or tomorrow. I will post when this is in effect.

So that’s it for now guys! I’m keeping an eye on SDCC coverage this week and I will post updates as soon as I can!

Enjoy! As always, please click the comments button below to share your thoughts
Dan

Hi Folks! I am very pleased to announce that the newsletter system is ready to go and you can sign up right away to get a heads up on new products and announcements right in your email and get a general look of the latest news and information posted on the site. This won’t be a regular weekly style newsletter, we’ll simply send it out when something newsworthy is happening. You can easily sign up by using the newsletter sign up form in the middle column of this site, just to the right of this article! It looks like this:

Just enter your email and click signup and you’re registered! You can unsubscribe at any time by simply replying to a newsletter and asking that your email be removed from my list. For those of you that prefer RSS feeds, you can find our site feed here!

Thanks and enjoy!
Dan

They have arrived folks! This weekend I received the final photos of the HUGE 1:4 scale kit being sold exclusively by Predatorstuff.com and it looks just completely awesome!

For those of you that don’t know anything about this, we are going to be selling this exclusive kit sculpted by Narin himself in the very near future and right now we are accepting pre-orders for the first order we will be making from the manufacturer. The pre-order deadline to get in to the group discount is August 20th, 2007. You will still be able to order this kit after that date (assuming all 50 don’t sell right away), but you will have to pay the full price. To read more about the group pre-order and about this kit, check out this post, or go here to pre-order this kit!

You can also click the photo icon below to view all the new photos:

By the way, any of you guys waiting for the AvP2 trailer, rumor is this week is the week Fox finally releases it online! Keep your eyes peeled!

Dan

Hi folks! Just a heads up that there are some new items in the shop and I’ve added some stock with LOTS more to come in the coming days and weeks. What I REALLY wanted to draw your attention to are two VERY huge and EXTREMELY rare kits. You may have seen Vinyl copies of these on eBay and many folks have these thinking they are originals. These are the massive 1:4 scale masked and unmasked Predator 1 kits originally released by Bigtime Kits and later on produced by Doll and Hobby. The fact is that originals are super rare and aren’t vinyl at all, they’re resin. If you have a vinyl one, it’s a recast.

So with that said, I have managed to acquire 1 of each directly from Doll and Hobby that they had in storage and as far as I know, these are the very last of these gorgeous kits. So, if you want your chance to own these huge kits that are almost impossible to find as originals, now is your chance to score them. I have only 1 of each and then it’s over.

The Masked version is here and the Unmasked version is here and I am selling them for $299.99, which is a fantastic price for these kits.

I’ve also added a couple of female Predators that I received 1 kit of each and some out of stock items have been replenished. Check it all out on the shop! Please note that items display in the shop in order of latest added by default, so the newest items are always at the top pf page 1.

Also, for those of you that are considering getting a suit. Please bear in mind that if you want yours ready for Halloween, you have to order it IMMEDIATELY. Contact me for details or check out our Costume page.

It’s been a long time in development, but I am extremely happy to announce that our shop is now open! You can now order original kits and props directly from Predatorstuff.com. Please visit our shop at http://www.predatorstuff.com/shop/ or simply click the “SHOP ONLINE” button located on the new navigation menu located at the top of the this column. We’ll be featuring all kinds of awesome product, so be sure to check back often for new goodies posted in the shop. I’ll be specializing in acquiring original Thai and Asian kits, but we’ll dabble in all kinds of Predator goodness.

I’d also like to mention that all of the kits we carry are 100% guaranteed original kits from the producers that own the rights to those kits. We do not support recasters on this site, so please do not contact us looking for cheaper recasts, we simply refuse to carry them. Keep the garage kit and prop community alive and support the original producers by buying their original kits!

Thanks and enjoy!

Dan

Hi everyone!

Due to the tremendous demand for kits and the fact that I am now receiving stock and the shop is not ready, I have set up a temporary sales page so that you guys can see what I have in stock, what is on pre-order and what is available as special orders. I have just created it with some stuff I have in stock now, but I have a lot more to add to this list so be sure to check back often for new items until the shop is ready.

Temporary Sales Page!

Remember, if you have any questions, contact me using the contact page and I will get back to you ASAP. Things are very busy as I try to get stock, get shipping supplies and all the other good stuff that goes with this sales gig, so please bear with me while I get settled in.

Thanks!
Dan

Hello everyone!

My apologies for the lack of updates, but I have been working very hard on getting stock for the shop, establishing contacts in the industry and just trying to get everything in place. I have been receiving TONS of requests for kits, props and costumes and I am working hard on being able to satisfy orders and get the stuff people are asking for. So here’s an update on some stuff that is going on and on products I am getting:

The Predatorstuff Shop

My friend Nick has been working on the shop coding, but due to his hectic school schedule, it’s been slow going and it’s taking longer than I had hoped. So at this point, we are about 2 weeks away until the shop is done. So bear with me while I get this done… believe me this is VERY high on my priority list. So give it two weeks and I’ll be all set for orders!

The new Monsterz P2 kit

I recently posted an announcement of this new P2 kit and many of you have contacted me about it. I will indeed be receiving some of these in 2 or 3 weeks and they will be available in the shop. If they are not in stock by the time the shop is launched, they will be available for Pre-Order. I’ll be getting in about 5 of them.

Narin Kits

As you may or may not know, one of the big things I will be selling are legit Narin kits… I have already received stock of some of these items and will be getting a lot more in. So far I have the following items on-hand for the shop:

Pancore Predator
Against AvP Dio 2
Shelaa Female Predator
She Hunter 2 Female Predator
She Warrior Female Predator
Female Samurai Predator
Eradicated Queen Alien
Predator Warlord

I was supposed to get some of those Bone Collector busts but the master mold is shot so none of these coming in until they make a new mold.

Now those are all in stock, but many of you have already contacted me about these and I think they are going to sell very quickly so I am going to put in a second order for these in the next couple of days. Along with those orders, I am also getting that new Hunt for Hunt kit that was just released. If you would like any of these kits, you might want to drop me a line letting me know you would like one (prices range between $89 and $139 plus shipping) so I can order enough for everyone.

I am also working on getting the Model in the House preds directly from the company, but it’s been tough to get a price-list and order going… same deal with trying to get my hands on some of those Creature Shop exclusives. I am in contact with them, but it seems to be really tough to get answer from them and get an order in. I guess they don’t need the money or something lol! So I am working on that and will try to update with more information.

Doll and Hobby Preds

There was a tentative announcement last month that there would be a re-release of those gorgeous 26″ masked and unmasked kits that were originally released by Big Time Kits and then Doll and Hobby. You still see these pop up on eBay as hollow vinyl recasts, but the real deals are solid resin and are SUPER rare seeing as they haven’t been in production for years. Well, the bad news is that this has been cancelled… the person heading up the re-release and the old producer were just too busy with other projects to proceed, so it’s been put on hold, possibly indefinitely. BUT keep your eyes out.. I know someone *cough* that has been able to acquire 1 original masked and 1 original unmasked resin copy and you MIGHT see it pop up on the shop as a 1 time deal! So stay tuned!

Props and Costumes

One of the things I get TONS of emails about is costumes… usually full costumes built and ready to wear right out of the box. Now I am going to try and help people get these kinds of items, but I need to re-iterate that costumes are NOT cheap, so please don’t contact me thinking I can get you a full get-up for $500. These suits take weeks to build… do you know anyone that works for 3 weeks for $500? You make more flipping burgers! So, with that said, if you contact me for a suit, get ready to pay $2500 and up. If you w ant something with animatronics and all kinds of effects, it’s up near the $10,000+ mark. I have quite a few contacts for suits, but many of these guys are getting out of the business because too many folks don’t want to pay the price for the gear. So with limited resources, it’s getting tough to find full suits ready to go, and costs are getting up there, so be ready for it. There’s also a lot of lead time when ordering suits, so bear in mind no one just has a line of suits in a warehouse ready to ship.

As for individual props, those are much easier, especially bio helmets and weapons. I will be stocking some P1 style cannons from Dave Pirkle as well as some other goodies, plus tons of special order items such as bios and other weapons. Just remember my prices might be a bit higher than what you are used to seeing on recasting websites because all of the bios and props I sell come from the original artists and producers, not a recaster.

Other Kits

I’ve also got some extra kits above and beyond the Narin kits coming up, including hard to find items such as SuperEdge kits. In fact if you were unable to score that new P1 Invisible Hunter kit, I have a couple of extra in stock that will be up for grabs. Also, if anyone is interested in purchasing an ORIGINAL Vision Models P1 Predator made by John Wright, I am able to get these directly from John now.

Predator Wall Plate

I’ve had a few people contact me looking to buy Mel’s Predator Wall Plate. Well to be honest, I’m really not sure what happened, but Mel has not contacted me at all to let me know they are done and ready to ship, so for the moment these are a no go. I sent of an email yesterday for an update, but I haven’t heard anything as of yet. Should these become available, I will pick up a bunch and have them in stock on the shop.

So that’s about it for now guys… so if you would like to purchase any of the items I have mentioned or would like me to locate something for you, please post a comment or drop me a line using the Contact Page. In terms of reviews, I just received a WICKED Ancient Predator bio from BioHunter, which is based on the flashback scene in AvP when they show you when the Preds first arrived on Earth and became the rulers of Man. Very cool stuff!

Thanks again for everyone’s patience on the shop…. it will be worth it very soon!

Dan