Back when I followed the Chicago Cubs in the 60s and 70s, the team would be perennially plagued by what’s been called a “June Swoon”, whereby they simply fell out of the top standings in their division by losing an inordinate number of ball games. Needless to say its disheartening to watch your ball club lose out year after year, particularly while our home team was doing just the opposite. I gave up on the Cubbies decades ago, even though I still root for them when they make the post season. Happily, I’ve since switched my allegiance to the New York Yankees for obvious reasons and intend to take in a pre-season game or two when we get down to southwest Florida. Hopefully, that June Swoon won’t carry over to the Yankees, who currently enjoy a first place ranking in their division. But ya never know.

Speaking of June swoons, our new home construction recently passed its pre-dry wall inspection and is currently slated to be completed around the end of August – early September if things some how slow down or the hurricane season picks up. As a result, we will likely run an inventory clearance sale through much of August in an effort to reduce our overall inventory footprint thereby lessening the amount of product we have to transport down to the Sunshine State. I’m not sure how much of a discount we will be offering since we are still monitoring how much “stuff” is expected over the course of the next couple of months as well as how much product we currently have in our warehouse. While the discount will be enticing, remember that we sell limited edition collectibles, so there’s still a good chance that newly arriving product may not be available for the sale. Please keep that in mind if you’re hoping to snag a new item at a fantastic bargain by waiting a couple of months before placing your order.

I think that we will also cut off any new shipments on July 31st and resume the receipt of new product around the end of September; earlier if we are able to get up-and-running in Florida quicker than we anticipate. We learned today that a number of new Forces of Valor products are expected this summer, so there’s a good chance that we will be able to offer the July shipment prior to our relocation although the balance of the summer deliveries will likely be made available in September. The same holds true for Hobby Master, Corgi and any of the other major modelmakers we deal with.

The next six vehicles in the 1:43 scale Armored Fighting Vehicles of World War II series are expected to make landfall in early June. Likewise, Panzerkampf’s 1:72 scale M1070 heavy equipment transporter in desert sand is also scheduled to arrive in a couple of weeks along with a couple of M1A2 Abrams tanks, one featuring the TUSK II Survival Kit. As a result, we have created a special bundle for Father’s Day whereby you can purchase both vehicles together and by doing so save $10 as opposed to purchasing them separately. You can view the item and/or pre-order the set by checking out our June 2022 Upcoming Release section.

That’s about it for now. If anything else occurs to me over the next couple of days, I’ll edit this blog post. In the mean time, have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend and don’t forget about dear old dad in a few weeks! Me? I’m off to see Top Gun Maverick this weekend…