The Complete G40 Set!?! Aw man, that’s going to be a while. I know they are making the mould for Germany and assuming they get this one right the first time (no defects in the mould like what happened with Italy), I think it takes roughly a month or so just to get the mould made at the foundery then shipped back to the factory. Then the factory has to get with Jeremy to choose the right plastic and color. Once that is done, they can go into full production.
With Italy, they went into full production about June 6 and were finished by the end of July or beginning of August. Then they had to package them all up onto skids for the freight company and arrange for the freight company to go get them which I guess took another couple of months or so (early Aug to Oct 9/10). Then the ocean voyage, customs and transit to FMG hopefully by Halloween.
So, if Germany goes by roughly the same schedule and they have the mould ready by late November/early December, I would figure full production starting early-mid December, possibly finished by early-mid February (minimum 1000 sets ordered). Packaging and pickup by freight company roughly mid-March and , with any luck, at FMG by April. Now, this is just a wild guess by me just going by what happened with Italy. Actually, I’m hoping that I am wrong and everything goes smoothly and the German units get here even sooner. After all, they sort of “cut their teeth” with Italy so maybe it will go a little faster, not just with Germany but with all the future nations.
As for USA, it’s still in the sculpting stage so I have no clue as to how soon they will go into production.
FMG Germany Set?
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Just wondering when FMG will re-stock it’s German set. Any word on this?
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They haven’t been made yet. I think the mould is still being made. Jeremy said the German units should be done shortly after or possibly even the same time as the Italian units.
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I just went to their website and bought a set of Italians which said “In Stock”. I looked at the Germans and it said “Out Of Stock”… This tells me they’ve already been made.
It’s a little misleading if that isn’t the case though…
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Yeah, I see what you mean. The term “out of stock” does kind of imply that they were once “in stock”. I guess their ordering system is set up so they have to label something “out of stock” in order for people to not try and pay for items when they don’t know when they will get them.
By the way, even though the Italians are “in stock”, they have not been made yet either. You can place orders for them but you won’t get them for a little while. The factory was supposed to have a completion date of March 8, but they found a defect in the mould and had to send it back to the foundary to repair it. They should get the mould back and start production in late April.
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Yeah, I see what you mean. The term “out of stock” does kind of imply that they were once “in stock”. I guess their ordering system is set up so they have to label something “out of stock” in order for people to not try and pay for items when they don’t know when they will get them.
By the way, even though the Italians are “in stock”, they have not been made yet either. You can place orders for them but you won’t get them for a little while. The factory was supposed to have a completion date of March 8, but they found a defect in the mould and had to send it back to the foundary to repair it. They should get the mould back and start production in late April.
Well that sucks. I was hoping to get the Italians in a week or so.
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Believe me, I feel your pain dude. I placed my pre-order back in November. I knew then it wasn’t going to be like a “get them quick” kind of thing and delivery would still be a while, but I wanted to support the project. It just seems like one thing or another comes up to delay it even longer. From what I have read from Jeremy on the FMG pieces thread, and assuming the mould gets repaired properly and there is nothing else to push it even farther back, I am guessing we should be getting our Italian units somewhere around late May/early June. Just a rough guess.
I am hoping they don’t have these problems with the German mould.
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Ya if you want info on the progress just keep an eye on the FMG pieces project disscusion link in “other axis and allies variants”. It is an epic 2 year journey, but when they get here it will be worth it.
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