I picked up this nugget whilst watching the start of the Superbowl; it seems Wargames Factory has suffered a hostile takeover by Chinese investors after getting shafted by one of it's staff.
http://theminiaturespage.com/news/787442/
I only just picked this up, but it is indicative of this year being the one where at least one of the new plastic manufacturers falls by the wayside. Personally I had one of the British companies as likely to fall, so this is a surprise. Of course the new potential owners could keep the business in hand and make a go of it based on the current model.
But really, that requires a lot of faith to believe.
We'll see...
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I had read bits and pieces about this on a number of forums and it seemed to be getting nasty, will give this a read.
ReplyDeleteI've only ordered through "On Military Matters" and not directly . . . and they don't charge my card until they actually have the product to ship to me.
ReplyDelete(note: I'm in Canada; non-North Americans might want to order through some of their local distributors so as not to get burned if the Chinese fold up shop.)
-- Jeff
Hmm - me too...
ReplyDeleteI'm a confirmed metalist though (or should that be mentalist!) and have never really understood the attraction... I see boxes being bought, but very few figures being painted, in blog-land... is there really enough long term business out there to maintain the several manufacturers??