I think I finally figured it out. They use a company called Newgistics for the shipments. They are a large shipping consolidator used by lots and lots of companies. Apparently they have a massive warehouse in Fishers, IN. The actual orders still generate with Eaglemoss US Partner in PA. Orders in the Western US must go straight from Fishers while those in the Eastern US still mail from Fishers but have to stop in NJ first. They probably use a completely different company for phones/email customer service.
The Curry's out today in UK shops. Braved the snow and picked it up this morning, love it! One of those ships that it's so cool to have a model of, this collection and its publisher may have a lot of problems but you'd never get a model of this ship anywhere else. Think I'll put it next to the USS Centaur, awaiting to be joined the by the Yeager-class and USS Elkins at some point
So, there it is, FWIW. I did send a follow up email asking if my account was still activated for all specials. I am unsure what magical criteria has to occur in order to get the specials, and nothing to address why the specials have been available for purchase for months in the online store before subscribers get them. I suspect that's simply one of their SOP revenue-generating business practices that they don't want made publicly known.
I think it's the next one in the series, it's certainly on the radar. Definitely one I'd be interested in.
I'm sitting on a $10 Eaglemoss gift card I won a while back and if what you say is true, I'm just gonna hang on to it until that XL Defiant comes out.
Oh most definitely! I'm also VERY much looking forward to the XL TMP refit, personally. It won't be as big as the Diamond Select one, but I do hope it will be more accurate - the Issue #2 version was shit, IMO. I just hope the new ones aren't just simply scaled-up versions of the smaller ones that came out years ago.
Yeah, if they do a definitive refit-E it'll be a day one purchase.
My wife also surprised me today by setting up an appointment for someone to come out & talk about building a custom display cabinet.
The USS Franklin?!? How many months has that thing already been out? I actually gave up waiting for it and bought it last summer from the online store. Good Lord, yet another duplicate model I'm going to have to flip on eBay. At this rate I won't see the K-7 space station until June and the Ringship Enterprise by next Christmas!
I think it's because they used the DS9 CGI model as the basis. I agree though, the Reliant never had blue nacelles. The refit Enterprise did, bit only the interior sides and only at warp.
