So, as some of you may know, we purchased a new home in Florida back in April, with construction beginning in a week or two. Barring any issues with the build, we hope to move in sometime this summer, likely in July, if everything goes according to plan and all of the materials arrive as advertised instead of sitting in the belly of some cargo ship. As a result, we will likely have to start packing up our belongings as well as our inventory in June and postpone any new inbound shipments until such time as we can accept their delivery in Florida. That said, we will likely run an inventory reduction sale beginning in May which will run for the entire month, possibly increasing any discount by an added percentage each week in an effort to reduce our physical footprint both here and in Florida, thereby lessening the amount of merchandise we have to transport 1,500 miles. We will discuss this in greater detail as we get a better idea if the move is going according to plan. One final thought. By moving to Florida, I guess it means I’ll have to start taking up pickleball, dining at 4PM and driving by staring through the steering wheel instead of over it. Ah, the price we pay not to have to shovel snow anymore…
In other news, we have begun introducing “pricing uniformity” across all of our categories. In keeping with our philosophy of leaving sold out items up on our web site purely as a means of reference, we also realized that this created a bit of confusion in terms of pricing. For instance, we sold some of the earliest Hobby Master A-10 Warthogs for around $50 back in the late 2000s but the latest versions are commanding prices of around $115. So, we’ve raised the prices on the earliest releases to conform with today’s prices all in an effort to demonstrate how their value has likely appreciated over the years. In point of fact, many of the early releases are fetching even higher prices than current market prices so please take these new prices with a grain of salt. Again, it does not mean we have them in stock, but if we did, we would be selling them at today’s prices since they are, after all, limited edition collectibles that are highly sought after world wide.