- This topic has 6 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 11 years, 7 months ago by .
-
Posts
-
We are curious. This question is for those of you who have successfully shipped #804 Young Unicorns: How did you pack them up? These guys have had issues with damaged horns when packed in the honey-comb cardboard inserts we used to use and then being placed in their own box. The last batch of Young Unicorns we had we put them in the honey-comb, tightly taped shut, and then bubblewrapped the honey-comb and put them in a shipping box with foo foos. How have you guys shipped them with good results?
I just received one from a seller on ebay. He was burrito wrapped in bubblewrap, placed in a box and then that box was packed in another box with shipping peanuts. When I got to the burrito, I feared for the integrity of the young’s horn but it had shipped safely.
What about having some extra cut space in the honeycomb around the uni’s head and then wrapping some bubblewrap directly around the horn before closing the insert?
I am dealing with this very issue right now….I bought a GBY that arrived with a broken horn but no honeycomb. I sent her out to be repaired IN a honeycomb….the repair was done….but when she arrived home the horn was broken AGAIN.
So, yes, all advice would be very much appreciated as I am hesitant to send her out for ANOTHER repair….
I start by creating a bubble wrap cone around the horn and top of the unicorn’s head, I then burrito wrap the whole piece, including the horn. After that, it goes into a first box with packing peanuts, and into a second box with more packing peanuts. I haven’t had one get damaged in shipping yet, but it might just be luck.
Mine have always arrived just fine. Although, I have some of the older boxes that fit very snuggly, and the unis don’t seem to budge.
Looking for Blue Fawn Baby Kirin
Sanguine Oriental Test Paints, kinglet
Sun Dragon Koi #3The couple of youngs I’ve packed – I used cardboard to make a cylinder (think a heartier toilet paper roll kind of thing). Then I wrapped the body once with bubble wrap, put the cylinder over the horn, attached the cylinder on the sides with tape to the bubble wrap around the body, then wrapped the whole thing up in bubble wrap, then put it in a box with peanuts inside another box…
Make sure the cylinder is LONGER than the horn by a bit and wide enough that you can make sure it doesn’t actually touch the horn – just stops anything else from touching the horn too.
A little tricky to unpack – but things get to where they’re going okay at least.
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
