[Gambit]

This was just posted on the UK Forum

"Dear Customer,

RELEASE UPDATE

Following recent communications regarding delays being experienced with the release of product, we are pleased to confirm that product flow has now resumed and we will have a release this week on product that has been received into the warehouse today.

Please note, that in order to turn this around as quickly as possible, there will be a slight change to the days of product delivery…WHOLESALERS WILL RECEIVE THEIR DELIVERY ON THURSDAY (24th) AND RETAILERS ON FRIDAY (25th).

New Release w/c 21st April 2008

Item Item name Worldwide Quota Comment
AA36006 Bae Hawk T Mk.IA - XX316 No.4 Flying Training School No.208 1500

2007 RELEASES

We can confirm that we will be releasing the items that still remain undelivered from 2007. Below is a detailed list of what is left to be released, along with the last date that was communicated to us. Please note, if a date does not appear, this does not mean anything other than we are awaiting confirmation of our production slot. These dates are accurate as of last week and could change.

MODEL # DESCRIPTION DATE (DD/MM)
AA36901 Junkers JU52/3mg5e (floatplane) - P5+JD, Luftwaffe, Operation Weserubung, Norway TBC
AA37002 Vickers VC-10, G-Avrm, British Airways, London Heathrow Airport 1977 TBC
AA38001 Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II - 81st Fighter Sqn.,52nd Fighter Wing, USAFE TBC
AA35603 Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.1Prototype - Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford, 19 TBC
AA38002 Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II - 74th Tactical Fighter Sqn., 23rd Tactical Fight 30/06
AA36608 Lockheed P-38J Lightning - Haleakala, s/n 42- 67291,459th FS, 80th FG, Lt. H.H TBC
AA37003 Vickers VC-10 K.Mk.2 - No.101 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton, Oxon.,1991 TBC
AA34708 English Electric Canberra B(I)8 - No.16 Squadron, RAF Laarbruch,Germany, 1972 8/06
AA37802 Albatross D.V., Ltn Freidrich Ritter Von Roth, Jasta 23B, German Air Force, Earl 15/06
US37503 MiG-29 Fulcrum C - Soviet Airforce 2nd Squadron, 115 GvIAP, Termez Uzbekistan 20/06
AA30015 Douglas C-47D - Jiminy Cricket, Lt. G.B. Quisenberry, 36 TCS/316 TCG, TBC
AA35815 F-86F Sabre - USAFE 48th FW SKYBLAZERS, Chaumont AB 24 March 1956 15/06
AA36106 Consolidated Catalina MkIB - Z2144, FV-R, 205 Squadron, RAF, Seletar, Singapore, TBC
AA37902 Spad X111C-1, 2 (S504), George Guynemer, French Air Service, SPA3 Escadrille 20/06
RP98901 1:16 Scale MK1A Spitfire - UK TBC
US38004 A-10A Warthog 78-0657 of the 354th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Wing, Bagram 19/06

2008 RELEASES

We are already 4 months into 2008 and you have not yet seen any items from the 2008 range, something which we are as disappointed about as our retail and consumer partners. Corgi made great progress in the latter months of 2007 building collectability back into the brand, restricting quotas on new releases and stopping clearance of new classics lines. The truth of the matter is that we have not quite managed to get ahead of the curve following the delays experienced on the 2007 range.

What do we plan to do about this? In order to try and get ahead of the curve, we have below published where the 2008 range is currently tracking as at today. Again, if there is not a date, this does not mean anything, other than we are awaiting our production slot to be confirmed.

We will not be releasing a 2nd half 2008 catalogue in May as our customers will just be starting to receive the first half range and we cannot expect customers to absorb a full year’s supply of product in the last 7 months of the year. Instead, we are working on a winter supplement that will be released in August. This will detail Sept-Dec releases and will be a smaller range that we CAN deliver on time.

MODEL # DESCRIPTION DATE (DD/MM)
AA32016 Hawker Sea Hurricane 1b - Shuttleworth Collection 26/06
AA36705 Ju-88A-1 LG-1/III LG-1 - France, Summer 1940 03/07
AA37004 Vickers VC-10 - BOAC delivery scheme - G-ARVA, 1964 TBC
AA37204 Handley Page Halifax B.III - Friday the 13th - Preserved at Elvingdon TBC
AA37504 Mig-29 - Russian AF 26/06
AA37703 RAF Se5a - No.1 Sqdn 19/06
AA37903 Spad XIII - Eddie Rickenbacker 12/06
AA31931 Supermarine Spitfire MkVc - Shuttleworth Collection 10/07
AA32816 DH Mosquito B XX - Guy Gibson 10/07
AA36007 Bae Hawk T.1A ASTRA - Raspberry Ripple livery 29/05
AA36207 Gloster Gladiator MK.I - Shuttleworth Collection 22/05
AA37803 Albatros DV - Ernst Udet 03/07
AA38005 Fairchild A-10A Warthog USAF - JAWS 17/07
AA31932 Supermarine Spitfire MkIX Wing Co. Jack Charles - RAF Biggin Hill 17/07
AA32514 Ju-87B-2 - 5ST-G2 Immelmann - Lannion, France, Summer 1940 31/07
AA36107 Consolidated Catalina IVA- JX580 -RCAF TBC
AA36404 Eurofighter Typhoon F.2 - No.11 Sqdn. RAF 24/07
AA37605 Westland Wessex HAS.3, XM328 - Royal Navy TBC
AA38101 Sopwith Camel - Henry Botterell TBC
AA38201 Douglas C-47A Skytrain TBC
AA38202 Douglas DC-3 - BEA - G-AHCZ, 1959 TBC
WB99631 Supermarine Spitfire MkII - No.71 'Eagle' Sqdn, RAF, 1941 TBC
WB99632 Hawker Hurricane MkI - No.238 Sqdn, RAF, 1940 TBC
WB99633 Messerschmitt Bf109E - JG27, Luftwaffe, 1940 TBC
WB99634 Mustang P-51D - 334th FS, USAAF, 1945 TBC
WB99635 Avro Lancaster B MkI - No.257 Sqdn, RAF, 1942 TBC
WB99636 Boeing B-17 G - 532nd BS, USAAF, 1944 TBC
AA32615 Avro Lancaster - RAF 617 Sqdn, Operation Chastise TBC
AA35215 Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk1a - NX94466, SU-E- Preserved USA/Duxford 31/07
AA35707 Me262 - Franz Schall TBC
AA36008 Red Arrows RAF all 9 serials as decals 05/06
AA37205 Handley Page - Halifax/Halton TBC
AA39913 Sopwith Camel & Fokker Dr.I - Captain Arthur Brownand Manfred von Richthofen TBC
AA32310 EE Lightning F6 - XR769 TBC
AA33711 He-111 H-3-KG53 Condorlegion - Lille-Nord, France, Summer 1940 TBC
AA35011 Gloster Meteor F.8 - RAF 74 Sqdn 14/08
AA38401 Bristol Blenheim MkIV - R3821, UX-N, RAF 82 Sqdn - Preserved Duxford TBC
AA33415 Sea King Helicopter - SARS - No.22 Sqdn TBC
AA36506 Hawker Typhoon IB - Tank/Bunkerbuster - RAF 247 Sqdn, June 1944 TBC
AA36611 Lockhead P-38 Lightning PRU - Adrian Warburton TBC
AA37402 A-4F Skyhawk - U.S. Navy Blue Angels 21/08
AA37704 Se5a - Edward Mick Mannock 21/08
AA38501 Messerschmitt Bf110C - Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Jabs TBC

This is the overall situation as of today and all the team at Corgi are doing everything they can to get us back on track. This is taking longer than we anticipated, but as you can see we do plan to restructure the look of the 2008 range on order to meet the objective of all products being released on the date communicated by September of this year.

Thanks again for your continued support, patience and commitment to the brand."

[smartd]

HMmmmmmmmm

[Gambit]

I just updated the list with the 2007 information

[STARMAN 352ND]

What does TBC mean ?
On the Friday the 13th Halifax ?
JP

[Gambit]

I think it means they are waiting for the release date.

Maybe TBC means "To Be Confirmed"

[Canuck]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

What does TBC mean ?
On the Friday the 13th Halifax ?
JP

Hopefully "TBC" is short for "To Be Confirmed", and not "To Be Cancelled".

[STARMAN 352ND]

Originally Posted by Gambit

I think it means they are waiting for the release date.

Maybe TBC means "To Me Confirmed"

Thanks for the tip.... Well Canuk i hope it does not mean "To be Cancelled"....
I can't wait for this one....But i think it looks like a late in the year release.
JP

[Shawn 507]

A C-47, humm! Wonder if its an OD one or the Berlin Airlift bird?

[Cruver Collecter]

Originally Posted by Canuck

Hopefully "TBC" is short for "To Be Confirmed", and not "To Be Cancelled".

That was my first guess, glad my guess was wrong. TBC was on the Bf 110C also.

[smartd]

Originally Posted by Gambit

I think it means they are waiting for the release date.

Maybe TBC means "To Be Confirmed"

I agree to be Confirmed but I read that they are waiting to get a slot in the production line. Actual release will be much later.