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May 21st Updates
Hello, hobby enthusiasts! We hope you're having a wonderful week and are looking forward to a long Memorial Day weekend. We would like to take a moment to honor all the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives to preserve our great nation and our freedoms. Our last-minute decision to attend the Huzzah Wargame Convention in Portland, Maine, last week went smoothly, with only one minor hiccup: I experienced car trouble again! Fortunately, Joe came down and met me on Route 95, where he transferred the goods to his truck and continued on to enjoy a successful show. As a result, Hobby Bunker proudly represented while I stayed home to tackle yard work! I will not be attending the Virginia Toy Soldier Show on May 31, but I hope to make it to the September show.
The tariff situation has changed somewhat; however, it remains at 30% for goods ordered from China and 10% for most other countries. I believe the 10% threshold will be the standard moving forward. We have slowed down our order placements and are collaborating with manufacturers, so hopefully, you will see more frequent shipments arriving here. While we have raised some prices, we are primarily absorbing most of the profit margins. We hope this situation will be resolved soon. Below, I have listed some of our toy soldier brands 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, including a massive shipment of Bandai Gundam kits, numerous WizKids Miniatures, and new Star Wars Legion products.
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 10% 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 5/21
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
We are expecting a new collection next week!
*RARE and Retired Section updated 5/21
LINK: R and R
More plastic sets just added!
JOHN JENKINS DESIGNS: New May releases
LINK: JJD
John Jenkins Collections Section Updated 5/21
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:
5/31 Virginia Toy Soldier Show - NOTE: WE WILL NOT BE 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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