Fighting 15s extends UK free delivery period

Fighting 15s has extended its offer of free standard UK delivery on orders of more than £50.00 until the end of the year. UK customers therefore don’t have to rush to make use of this discount by the original expiry date of the end of January 2012.

To qualify for the discount, customers must live in the UK, select standard UK delivery in the checkout as a delivery option, and complete an order whose sub-total is £41.67 ex VAT or more (i.e. a smidge over £50.00 inc VAT). Orders sent by free standard UK delivery are dispatched when all the items are available.

UK customers can still opt to pay for special delivery instead.

Advance orders for Salute 2012

Fighting 15s is due to be at Salute this year and will be operating its combined stand with Black Hat Miniatures as usual. As yet we don’t know our stand number, but will post details when they are available.

The Fighting 15s shop, however, now has the Collect at Salute option in the shopping cart, which allows orders to be made online and picked up at the show without the shopping cart adding a delivery charge. Fighting 15s puts this option in the shop early so we can get figures from abroad in time if they are required to complete an order. So, if you want figures that are obtained to special order for Salute, order them now, not a week before the show.

Please note that payment by card or PayPal is taken at the time of ordering. If you want to pay cash on the day, please choose the “pay by cheque” option; if you want to pay by card but have payment taken nearer the time of Salute, please use the telephone payment option and phone through your payment details. If the shopping cart is abandoned with the payment method incomplete, we will not order the figures.

As noted below, we cannot take orders for the new 1815 British from AB Figures for collection at Salute: these orders are handled through Eureka Miniatures. Orders for all other 15mm AB Figures should be directed through Fighting 15s.

A reminder that Fighting 15s cannot take card payments or cheques at Salute. All payments at the show to be made in cash sterling or, reception permitting, PayPal mobile only.

Waterloo-period 15mm British from AB Figures

Nic Robson of Eureka Miniatures has just provided Fighting 15s with details of the forthcoming 15mm 1815 British from AB Figures, sculpted by Tony Barton.

The figures will not be available until 21 April 2012, when they will be launched at Salute by Eureka Miniatures, which is taking a stand that should in theory be located next to Fighting 15s/Black Hat Miniatures. Fighting 15s itself will not take delivery of the figures until after the release date and cannot obtain them beforehand: if you want to get the figures at Salute, you will need to talk to Nic next door on the day.

Initial releases in the range will include British line infantry, British foot artillery, Belgian carabiniers, British light dragoons in shako, heavy dragoons in helmet, Household cavalry and Scots Greys, as well as a rocket troop. There will also be additions to the Highlanders to include firing and kneeling figures.

Although Fighting 15s cannot take orders for these figures at present, expressions of interest in the figures will help gauge the size of our initial shipment. So drop Ian a line.

Scale Creep ACW reverts to US-only production

Scale Creep Miniatures and Fighting 15s have by mutual agreement ended the licensing deal by which Fighting 15s produces Scale Creep’s 18mm ACW range in the UK. The range is now only available direct from Scale Creep in the US.

Thank you to all customers in the UK and Europe who have supported this range while Fighting 15s has represented it.

New arrivals from Oddzial Osmy at Fighting 15s

Oddzial Osmy’s new releases for November and December 2011 have at last arrived in the UK, and are now available to buy in the Fighting 15s online shop.

The releases are:

1:600 (3mm) Moderns

SA-690 Mi-28N Havoc
SA-691 Ka-50 Hokum
US-678 M1A2 TUSK
US-679 M-ATV
US-680 Cougar 6×6 MRAP

1:600 (3mm) WWII

WWH-693 Horch 1a
WWH-694 Ju-87D Stuka
WUS-632 TBD Devastator
WUS-633 SBD Dauntless

1:600 (3mm) ACW

ACW-612 Zouaves I – marching
ACW-613 Zouaves II – command and skirmishers

15mm SF

SF-1510 Insurgents I – civilians and militia with guns
SF-1511 Insurgents II, civilians and militia with RPGs

All packs are £3.00 inc VAT, and typically contain 8 aircraft, 15 vehicles, 15 strips of 1:600 infantry or 6 15mm infantry.

In addition, Fighting 15s has received restocks of the 15mm SF range. Unfortunately, after fulfilling all back-orders for SF-1501 New Vistula Legion troopers, this item is again out of stock, and new stock will not be in the UK until about mid-February.

Eureka Miniatures 28mm US troopers in MOPP gear, 1960s-1980s

Fighting 15s now has Eureka Miniatures’ 28mm 1960s to 1980s US troopers in MOPP gear in stock. Our initial stocks are limited, and the range is available in the online shop.

New year, new discounts at Fighting 15s

Fighting 15s’ previous discount scheme ended at midnight on 31 December, and a new one is now in place.

In January 2012 only, UK customers can benefit from free standard delivery on orders of over £50.00 inc tax in item value. All orders sent by free standard delivery will usually only be dispatched when all the items are in stock. The discount ends at midnight on 31 January 2012. UK Special Delivery is still available at cost.

The break points for automatic discounts based on order value have changed. Break point values are based on the order sub-total (ex tax, ex delivery) and occur at £100, £200, £400, £600 and £800. The discount at each break point is 2%, and the maximum discount is therefore 10%.

In addition, a number of customers who supported us during a fairly bleak 2011 now have coupons for a 5% loyalty discount. The conditions for qualifying for this discount are outlined in previous news items.

Oddzial Osmy 15mm SF update

Marcin at Oddzial Osmy has emailed to say that Fighting 15s’ order is at last ready to dispatch and therefore fresh stocks of the 15mm SF range, plus the new 1:600 releases for December, should be in the UK within the next week, holidays permitting. Demand has been such that Fighting 15s has been out of stock of the 15mm SF range since mid November 2010.

Christmas opening hours at Fighting 15s

Fighting 15s will remain up and running over the Christmas break, and orders will be dealt with as soon as commitments to family and friends permit, and provided that the local post office is open. In general, Fighting 15s will definitely be closed on bank holidays.

Unfortunately, our delivery of 15mm SF from Oddzial Osmy of Poland has not yet arrived, and Fighting 15s regrets that customers that are waiting for these figures will probably not get them before Christmas. Sorry: they were expected to be here by now.

A big thank you to all our customers over the past year. And a reminder that anyone who feels that they qualify for the Fighting 15s 5% online loyalty discount (see News, 1 December) should get in touch for their discount code for 2012.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Ian

15mm AB Figures: List of Codes

Fighting 15s’ list of single figure codes for 15mm AB Figures – Napoleonics, Ancients and ACW – has at long last been revised and updated, and is now available to download.

The list is mainly intended for use with the Special Request option for AB Figures on the website, but can also be used for traditional mail order by phone and post. The list does not contain price codes or prices; prices can be obtained by phoning or emailing Fighting 15s.

The list is available at: 15mm_ab_codes