Was it described that way? Or was the box unopened and had the seller no way of knowing it? Otherwise that would be very disingenious (?), very rude to sell it like that. Poor Dyar!
No I believe the seller had no knowledge of it being broken and that it must of happened along the way to Australia.....I would like to believe that at least anyway as the seller was very nice. He says if he can find another pen that he will send one to me free of charge. However it may not be that easy to find a spare one so I guess I will just have to stop spilling the milk on the floor because it makes Mrs Dyar cry.
Actually it is very disappointing though as I was quite excited to get my first one of these and the fact it was MIB and never previously used made it even more special. I guess the weight of the base must of crushed it but there isn't much I can do besides try to find a replacement later on. I will keep a look out for parts on ebay.
Oh Dyar, I hate it when that happens, luckily smurfs don't break very easily but the harder plastic accessories sometimes do. Such a shame, any chance of a drop of super glue doing the job, I know it won't be perfect but at least you could still display it.
Bored of normality, why not go smurf?