The past few years has seen a proliferation in the number of diecast brands and the number of diecast releases. Some would call it the Golden Age of Diecast and it certainly is from the perspective of choice for the collector.
From the perspective of the retailer, however, it is a bit different. To carry any brand requires that you deploy capital against inventory. There is a cost to carrying inventory (idle capital, damage, et. al). To make a brand worthwhile requires a certain level of product throughput, product quality and the ability to earn a decent and fair margin.
For us, some brands are just are just not meeting these criteria. These brands are listed below and represent a very small minority of our sales. We feel that we can enhance our ability to deliver on our core brands, while minimizing the impact on the majority of our customer base.
With careful consideration, we will be eliminating the following brands effective immediately:
With careful consideration, we will be eliminating the following brands effective immediately:
- Herpa 200
- Herpa 400
- Aviation 200*,**
- Aviation 400*,**
- JC Wings (1:200 & 1:400)*,**
- Sky Guardians
*Note* If you have ordered any of these models on a pre-order basis, your orders will still be filled.
** On occasion, we will stock some of these models and will take special orders.
We will continue to carry these core brands:
Civilian 1:400 Scale
Civilian 1:400 Scale
- Geminijets
- Aeroclassics
- Jet-X 400
- Phoenix 400
- Gemini 200
- Hobby Master Airliners
- Phoenix 200
- Jet-X 200
- Hobby Master
- Falcon Models
- Corgi
- Sky Max
- Canadian Heritage
- Century Wings
- Panzersthal
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