In case you haven’t been paying attention to the news, over 780 million Chinese people are now subject to lock down mandated by their government, which is roughly half of the Chinese population. As a result, many of the manufacturers that make diecast-related products are not expected to re-open for business within the foreseeable future until the virus has been contained and/or eradicated and the general population can once again go out in public.
Because of this, we are anticipating lengthy delays in the production pipeline and cannot predict when these manufacturers will be up and running again. Some companies, such as Hobby Master, moved their production facilities outside of China to southern Asia several years ago. That said, they oftentimes still maintain staff in China and are just as likely affected by the pandemic as those individuals living within the affected regions.
We will do our best to monitor the situation and update our release schedule as news is passed along to us. We hope you understand that this is an issue beyond our control and affects a great many industries in the manufacturing sector.