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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 10:17 AM UTC
What are some of your favorite mail order hobby shops , predominantly armor and planes ? Ive used Squadron, Scale hobbyist. spru bros. Do you recommend any others . Im in the US .
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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 10:40 AM UTC
I like spruebrothers a lot.

Just this week I placed my first order with Hobbylinc to see how that goes.

Michigan Toy is selling more kits than I remember. I have ordered from them. I have not used their price match promise. They have a wide selection of paints and finishing products.
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I have used Wanamaker hobbies for some resin kits.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 10:54 AM UTC
I've used HLJ.com, Squadron, Scalehobbyist, eBay and a host of others. Scalehobbyist and eBay are my faves.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 11:13 AM UTC
Ebay is my primary source, as I don't mind the 1-month wait from China/Japan. If the price is better I will go more local, as I did for the Polar Lights 1/350 Klingon battlecruiser.
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Scalehobbyist

Ebay is also a good source if you shop around
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Mega Hobby,M&M Models,Lots Of Models are just a few of the vendors that I do buy from along with the usual places like EBay and Amazon.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 01:16 PM UTC
HighCalibreMiniatures for figures
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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 02:32 PM UTC
Hobbylinc is my favorite. Been using them for years. They are slow, but cheap. I use Miniature Market, Game Nerdz and Coolstuff Inc for figures.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 02:33 PM UTC
Hobbylinc for me..they have great prices and shipping is very reasonable.

Also EBay.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 02:40 PM UTC
I use HLJ and Michigan Toy for armor and Tnkograd for modern Russian figures and Reedoak for modern French figures.
Cheers
Charlie
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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 03:51 PM UTC
If you buy on ebay, stay away from dragon-hobby. Overpriced and CS is horrible...

Kevlar06
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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 03:55 PM UTC
Been seriously burned by hobbylinc (USA), twice now. My favorite is Sprue Brothers, but I’ve also used Squadron, and Kitlinx. There a couple of S. Cal. Ebay shops I’ve used too, and I’ve not been disappointed, but they’re mostly for OOP stuff.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 05:09 PM UTC
Scale Hobbyist
Michigan Toy Soldier
Mirror Models
BNAModelWorld
Micro-Mark
eBay for discontinued kits and aftermarket parts
Removed by original poster on 05/28/20 - 05:33:02 (GMT).
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Scale Hobbyist
Michigan Toy Soldier
Mirror Models
BNAModelWorld
eBay for discontinued kits and aftermarket parts


Just a word to the wise about Michigan Toy Soldier— you might consider the article below involving fraud committed by the owner on none other than Peter Jackson before ordering:

https://www.candgnews.com/news/business-owner-serve-time-scamming-‘lord-rings’-director

You should read the entire article, since this appears to be a repeated pattern by the owner, who has been jailed twice now for fraud. Not that folks shouldn’t order from MTS, just watch your credit card statements.
VR, Russ
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Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 12:51 AM UTC
Lot of the ones mentioned.
Sprue Brothers
Scalehobbist
M&Models

Microworld Games
UMM USA for tools
justsendit
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Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 02:26 AM UTC

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... Not that folks shouldn’t order from MTS, just watch your credit card statements.
VR, Russ

I am aware of the article. My personal experience: I have ordered from Michigan Toy Soldier for several years now without issue — good customer service actually.

Managing your credit card statements is always prudent practice regardless of where you shop.

Cheers!🍺
—mike
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Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 06:24 AM UTC

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I am aware of the article. My personal experience: I have ordered from Michigan Toy Soldier for several years now without issue — good customer service actually.

Managing your credit card statements is always prudent practice regardless of where you shop.


This is true. What disturbs me is the repeated pattern of fraud by the owner. For me, I’d think twice about ordering from him, and probably would use a Pay Pal account if I was ordering. I was rather taken aback when I read the article. It’s one thing to be caught once doing this, and actually serving a jail sentence. It’s another altogether to be caught a second time time, especially when the latter instance is well over $100K. there’s obviously a pattern and a lesson that has not been learned here.
VR, Russ
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Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 06:26 AM UTC
Lotsofmodels as mention and I have ordered a ton off FreeTimeHobbies. Very good service from them.
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Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 07:02 AM UTC

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Just a word to the wise about Michigan Toy Soldier— you might consider the article below involving fraud committed by the owner on none other than Peter Jackson before ordering:

https://www.candgnews.com/news/business-owner-serve-time-scamming-‘lord-rings’-director



The article is from nine years ago. Is it still relevant in 2020? At what point, and under what conditions, is it reasonable to stop citing it?

After all, I see people from Great Britain posting on here every day. Before conversing with them, I would read this article:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-troops-set-fire-to-the-white-house

This appears to be a repeated pattern by this country. Not that folks shouldn’t talk to Brits, just watch what you say.

KL
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Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 07:49 AM UTC

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Just a word to the wise about Michigan Toy Soldier— you might consider the article below involving fraud committed by the owner on none other than Peter Jackson before ordering:

https://www.candgnews.com/news/business-owner-serve-time-scamming-‘lord-rings’-director



The article is from nine years ago. Is it still relevant in 2020? At what point, and under what conditions, is it reasonable to stop citing it?

After all, I see people from Great Britain posting on here every day. Before conversing with them, I would read this article:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-troops-set-fire-to-the-white-house

This appears to be a repeated pattern by this country. Not that folks shouldn’t talk to Brits, just watch what you say.

KL

... and don't let them get their hands on matches


About the age of that article:

"Berry rang up the charges on Jackson’s American Express credit card between September 2008 and October 2009"

and
"Berry had asked for a reduced sentence, to which prosecutors objected. Original sentencing guidelines had Berry, previously convicted of a similar crime in the early 1990s, going to prison for 12-18 months."

If this goes in cycles of 16 - 17 years we should be safe until September 2024 or 2025. If "early 1990s" means 1994 - 1995 we could be due for another episode already in 2022


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... and probably would use a Pay Pal account if I was ordering.

Far from perfect, PayPal has ripped me off in the past — a necessary evil if you intend to order from some vendors.

—mike
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Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 08:06 AM UTC

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Far from perfect, PayPal has ripped me off in the past. . .


How exactly did they rip you off? Was it a matter of, you paid with PayPal, the vendor didn't deliver, and Paypal didn't reimburse you for your loss?

KL
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Just a word to the wise about Michigan Toy Soldier— you might consider the article below involving fraud committed by the owner on none other than Peter Jackson before ordering:

https://www.candgnews.com/news/business-owner-serve-time-scamming-‘lord-rings’-director



The article is from nine years ago. Is it still relevant in 2020? At what point, and under what conditions, is it reasonable to stop citing it?

After all, I see people from Great Britain posting on here every day. Before conversing with them, I would read this article:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-troops-set-fire-to-the-white-house

This appears to be a repeated pattern by this country. Not that folks shouldn’t talk to Brits, just watch what you say.

KL


Just sayin’ buyer beware. If he did it twice, it’s a criminal pattern, regardless of how many years between occurrences. He obviously didn’t learn his lesson the first time. There’s likely a higher probability of repeated fraud by a convicted fraudster than of Brits inflicting a second arson on the White House.
VR, Russ
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