Thus far, the 2020 holiday season has been exceptionally busy. So much so that we haven’t had the opportunity to publish a newsletter in over three weeks. Obviously it means that we haven’t been able to stay in touch with our customers on a regular basis and have instead had to rely upon short blog posts and web updates to keep everyone informed as best as possible. Part of the problem has been the pandemic, which has led to more people purchasing online from vendors they know and trust. It also means that we have sold through a good portion of our top end merchandise, and have had to re-purchase some stock from our suppliers at a time we would rather it draw down a bit to prepare for year end inventory. Be that as it may, it means a lot more unforeseen work which has taken us away from some of the chores such as creating newsletters.
In other news, we’ve learned that our distributor just received their December shipment of Hobby Master products, which brings them up-to-date on what they were expecting to receive for the calendar year of 2020. It also means that a great many highly desirable models are en route to us, including their latest 1:48 scale Messerschmitt Bf-109 fighter and their eagerly awaited inaugural F-105G Wild Weasel. Many of the newest models are still employing line art sketches in lieu of actual product photos to convey their appearance, something we hope to address shortly once actual imagery have been posted online.
Another supplier has indicated that the first shipment of 1:43 scale military vehicles under our proprietary Armored Fighting Vehicles of World War II line are expected to make landfall in late December, as is the first shipment of 1:72 scale Warbirds of World War II. The same distributor also reports that the follow-on shipment of FOV’s MH-47 Chinook is en route to them as is FOV’s initial pairing of Royal Australian CH-47 helicopters. This, combined with some other restocks means we are going to be very busy throughout the holiday season as well as the post holiday time frame in the run up to New Year and beyond.
Beyond that, we aren’t anticipating any other major shipments until January, which will likely include lots of Panzerkampf, PMA, Corgi and other lines that are deeply in need of additional reinforcements. Lastly, Corgi has announced the cancellation of CC60216, the second Panther tank in the series. No reason was given apart from “problems with the tooling.” We’ve cancelled any pre-orders for this item and are still awaiting the other vehicles in this series due out some time this winter.
Anyway, that’s it for now as we return to our everyday job of getting merchandise out the door as quickly and expeditiously as possible. As always, we wish everyone a happy holiday and a joyous New Year and hope we have done out utmost to bring a little piece of diecast heaven to your doorstep in a year many of us would prefer to soon forget. Enjoy!