June 29, 2022

Tales of Transparency: July Fireworks Start Early

Amazon, eBay, Facebook, WalMart and the Meta Verse. Oh My!

As many of you know by now, our new home construction has been indeterminately delayed. We’re not sure by how many months — it could be a few, in which case we will attempt to relocate our business and belongings before the advent of the holiday season, or it could be as late as November, in which case we will hang around New York until the first of the year so we do not lose out on the holiday business.

Earlier today, we were approved to sell on Walmart’s Marketplace site. This will be our fourth marketplace site (you can already find us on Amazon, eBay and Facebook) that operates alongside our main web site, and I’m sure will bring with it its own set of challenges and rewards. I’ll likely look at how easy or difficult the onboarding process is around the middle of July and start by listing an abbreviated lineup on their site to see how well certain items sell and whether or not the work brings with it the necessary revenue stream that warrants its daily upkeep.

Lastly, we are looking at launching our next marketplace site, The Motor Pool VR, some time in 2023. Unlike our other more traditional retail annexes, our VR site may require the use of Meta’s Oculus Quest 2 headset to navigate the site since everything will be nestled within a virtual reality world. Here again we will likely launch a limited number of products within what we term a boutique setting, which will allow customers to interact with the products, view different forms of dynamic merchandising techniques, and hopefully lead to bigger and better things as we gain traction within the oft-discussed VR world.

That’s about it for now since we have a very large Forces of Valor shipment spread out over three separate deliveries, which will require us to work diligently for the next few days to ensure everything gets out on time and into the hands of our customers. To recap, the latest delivery includes a number of back ordered items, among them a pair of 1:700 scale warships (USS Missouri and USS Enterprise), their inaugural 1:32 scale Tiger I tank, their second issue Sturmtiger assault mortar and the metal tracks everyone has been asking about since they were released earlier this year. Also arriving is their second issue 1:32 scale Tiger I tank, their second M4 Sherman tank and a set of weathered metal tracks that can be attached to either of their M4 Sherman tanks.

That’s about it for now. In the mean time, have a wonderful Fourth of July, spend time with friends and family, and enjoy the summer months. We’re off to see Minions: Rise of Gru!

Panzer Vorwärts!

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JC Wings Does a Head Fake

JC Wings 1:72 scale US Navy Boeing F/A-18C Hornet Strike Fighter – VFA-42 “Marauders,” 2004

A couple of weeks back, rumors began swirling that JC Wings was planning on making a F/A-18 based upon the latest Top Gun: Maverick film. Images were even circulated although nothing firm was announced by the manufacturer nor was anything said through their social media accounts. Thus far, we aren’t sure if the rumors are true so we’ll just assume they are that for the moment. What we do know is that late yesterday the manufacturer did show off their latest additions to their aerial arsenal, all of which are expected to take wing in the fall. Here now what you can lay claim to in a few months time:

JC Wings 1:72 scale US Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat Fleet Defense Fighter – VF-41 “Black Aces”, 1978 [Low-Vis Scheme]
JC Wings 1:72 scale German Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 “Gustav” Fighter – Erich “Bubi” Hartmann, 9./Jagdgeschwader 52, October 1943
JC Wings 1:72 scale US Navy Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler Electronic Warfare Aircraft – Electronic Attack Squadron 2 (VAQ-141) “Shadowhawks”, 2007
JC Wings 1:72 scale Russian Sukhoi Su-34 “Fullback” Strike Fighter – Russo-Ukrainian War, 2022 (1:72 Scale)
JC Wings 1:72 scale USAAF Lockheed P-38J Lightning Interceptor – Major Thomas McGuire, 431st Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group, 1944
JC Wings 1:72 scale USAF Boeing F-15C Eagle Multi-Role Fighter – 173rd Fighter Wing, 2020 [Commemorative Scheme]

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