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April 30th Updates
Greetings from the Warhammer store in Dublin, Ireland! Although this picture is from last week, it is still fun. It's been a quiet week here at the Bunker, but we have been busy tidying up the shop and preparing for the Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show. This will likely be my last show for a while! My truck is in the shop again, so I had to rent a van for the weekend. Unfortunately, the tariff situation has not improved. We have noticed some manufacturers raising retail prices by 10-20%. The tariffs have significantly impacted us. I just received some "gross" bills to pay! We are starting to experience price increases from various manufacturers, and some are postponing releases. We are beginning to overstock some of our popular gaming and hobby items, as well as accessories made in China, in anticipation of running out of stock or facing higher costs. With the exception of most of our toy soldier brands, about half of our hobby and gaming items do not originate from China. I have listed some of our toy soldier brands below and indicated in parentheses how each brand may be affected. We are going to start purchasing more collections to help keep our stock fresh.
Tariff Update: Over the past month or two, we have been absorbing tariff costs. Moving forward, new toy soldier items and restocks may incur an additional surcharge or experience a price increase without prior notice, or the item may be canceled. We can no longer absorb all of these costs. The Chinese tariffs have reached 154%. Consequently, we will have to suspend importing new stock and restocks from some Chinese makers until these tariffs are reduced. Our costs will exceed the retail price. We are not saying we won't be ordering again; we just won't be placing orders at this time. We cannot honor any discounts currently. We have already raised our minimum order amount to $129.99 to qualify for the FREE SHIPPING THRESHOLD. Some items, such as tanks and airplanes, will likely incur an additional "oversize shipping" fee of $9.99. To date, we have paid approximately $5,000.00 in tariffs to date.
Brands that will be heavily affected include John Jenkins Designs (we will be taking pre-orders for a one time May Shipment, note prices are about 20% higher)), King and Country (we have been able to solve the tariff situation and will be ordering K&C through this), Team Miniatures (we will not be getting future shipments until tariffs are sorted), Expeditionary Force(not sure), War Park(we have been able to solve the tariff situation and will be ordering K&C through this, and First Legion(only ordering current stock in the US - we have not listed the May products yet). Additionally, it could later lead to increases for BMC Toys, Toy Soldiers of San Diego, Paragon, and others.
Our Free Shipping threshold is going up next week. $129.99 will be the new FREE SHIP "magic number" on most items shipments. Many Tanks, Airplanes, Diorama Accessories and large items will still have an "oversize" or shipping surcharge on them. We also ship mostly UPS Ground Savor and USPS Ground Advantage. These typically take 1-6 Days. The good old days with Priority Mail and quick UPS Ground are to costly for us to sustain. You can upgrade to these services if you choose so.
UPDATES
Massive King and Country Collection! Updated 4/11
LINK: K&C COLLECTION
Thomas Gunn Miniatures Collection just in. Updated 2/12
Check out the retired items here. LINK: GUNN COLLECTION
Retired W.Britains just updated on 4/1
LINK: W.BRITAINS RETIRED
*RARE and Retired Section updated 4/17
LINK: R and R
Lots of plastic sets just added!
JOHN JENKINS DESIGNS: New May releases
LINK: JJD
Damage Goods! from time to time we list broken, chipped
and wounded soldiers: LINK: DAMAGE
Great deals on older stock! LINK: #SALE
Toy soldier auctions and more in our eBay Store: Seller mhobbunker
We have really been adding items almost daily.
Upcoming Shows we are attending:
The Gettysburg Toy Soldier Show
May 4, 2025 10AM-3PM
Eisenhower Hotel & Conference CTR
MFCA Show May 9 and 10***
*** We are unable to attend this year***
Plastic Warrior Show 2025
Saturday 7th June - 1005 Plastic toy soldiers!
The Harlequin Suite, The Winning Post,
Chertsey Road, Whitton, Twickenham, (London)
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