Mine arrived today (true to the UPS estimate who would have thought?) intact and glorious!
^since I was able to keep the dish from the first broken one, I requested dish with the replacement to be in coral puff glaze (fortunately they had a tiny bit left) and photos can never do it justice!
^the grey glass pebble beads melted differently this time, broke through with more bursts of purple like the tahiti grape name implies! This also changes the texture in some places, it is less smooth gloss there, but I just love it all over!
^bottom not glazed, a bit more manageable for them, signed in marker instead of glaze...
All around the fit and finish build quality is just phenomenal, all the unglazed ceramic is super smooth clean white, all the glaze is super even thick coat good color and clear, the clay in the ball bowl is all perfect and smooth too... Seems like the bowl is actually a bit deeper and thus larger capacity while the mesh screen is much higher quality than my earlier collylanders (though yeah no spares included)
And in a final twist,
apparently it is the new bandit style with the heater across from the mouthpiece after all (someone had said they were told the past pre-orders would ship out as what they were back then, and that this design would not pop up until the next round, but either way I don't mind and this gives me even more justification to keep my original plum jelly bandit!)
Reminder that I semi custom with my mouthpiece a little longer on this one, like 1.5 inches so just a slight ergonomic difference (the broken one had the mouthpiece narrower as well, so I was able to have them correct that for this one and the mouthpiece is perfect for me I think... We shall see, I'll obviously be back after first use!
Also had to order another new Rogue Wax Works tool when I saw the colors and shape of this one, fortunately it is also a tip I did not have yet (well not exactly, slight differences, I have so many of these tools now lol) If you have one of these vapes without one of these tools, I suggest rectifying that right away!
Alright this table is getting a little crowded: