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May 14th Updates
Hello, folks! I hope you are all enjoying the lovely spring weather. We seem to be in a brief respite from the rain at the moment. In a last-minute decision, Hobby Bunker will be attending the Huzzah Wargame Convention in Portland, Maine, this weekend. Joe will be there all weekend (I will join him for a bit on Friday). Unfortunately, I will not be attending the Virginia Toy Soldier Show on May 31, but I hope to make it to the September show. This past weekend, my daughter graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine. Congratulations, Emmy! St. Augustine is a charming little city rich in history. I even drank from the Fountain of Youth, so I suppose I will be selling toy soldiers, models, and games forever!
Unfortunately, the tariff situation has changed somewhat, but it remains at 30% for goods ordered from China. As a result, we are effectively slowing down our order placements and collaborating with manufacturers who can help absorb some of the costs. While we have raised some prices, we are primarily absorbing most of the profit margins. We hope this situation will be resolved soon. Many attendees at the Gettysburg show inquired whether tariffs have affected us, and the answer is that they have indeed had a significant impact. 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, approximately 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 planning to start purchasing more collections to help keep our stock fresh. In the past week, we have added a variety of stock and miscellaneous items to the website.
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 been reduced to 30% for 90 days. 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 $10,000.00 in tariffs!
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 (will be going up 15%ish) 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.
Above is a Warhammer 40K Sci-fi Game that was recently played in our store.
UPDATES
King and Country May Releases updated
LINK: NEW K&C
Massive King and Country Collection! Updated 5/14
LINK: K&C COLLECTION
Thomas Gunn Miniatures Collection just in. Updated 5/7
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
John Jenkins Collections Section Updated 5/11
LINK: JJDC
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:
Plastic Warrior Show 2025
Saturday 7th June - 10AM Plastic toy soldiers only!
The Harlequin Suite, The Winning Post,
Chertsey Road, Whitton, Twickenham, (London)
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