1. It's not their factory that's burnt down, it's the Air Combat Collection Publisher's

2. I made a complete upfront payment for all (entire) issues when i subscribed. I'm not sure how their system works now.

3. I know now that is the case, but they made one hell of a cock-up to assure their customers they would contact.

I'm not in anyway discouraging collectors here, i'm just sharing about Allscript in order to help collectors understand to avoid disappointments.

I was told refund isn't possible, so whatever excess they had left after the series finished i could choose. Ended up with an extra F4 (defected slightly, last one left) and a Stuka to replace the two issues they failed to provide.

i think that basically allscript doesn't want to waste precious warehouse space by stocking up on unpopular stock... but that's really no excuse for failing to reserve copies for your subscribers! from what i've been following over at this thread, allscript is really pushing for subscriptions/direct purchase rather than retail customers. to add to the observations, i had my fair share of missing issues at my favourite bookstore... or for that matter, bookstores. i did hunt around mph, borders, popular, kino... the works! initially i thought it was pure bs that they (the bookstores) forgot and never reserved a copy for me but from what has been said, i guess they really never received the issues. only reason why i followed the fac is that all said and done, for rm29.90, it is reasonable considering the detailing of the amercom models. only grouse is of course the different scale. the least they could do was at least keep aircraft of a certain genre (eg ww2) at 1:72 instead of having some at 1:100. i display my aircraft according to scale so to have some modern fighters mixed with the ww2 icons and vice versa kinda makes a mess of the display. but that's really a minor peeve. so in a way, it's good that the fac has finally come to an end (rethinking my helicopter collection subscription, since only placed order for first 10 issues, but again... for rm29.90, poison is too strong).

thunderbolt II? perhaps comrade blu3hamm3r already sapu all... 

The will never improve. I not only subscript Combat tank, Fighter aircraft, but i subscript for helicopter and James Bond too....surprisingly when i go collect my fighter aircraft, they told me the F-14 is out of stock. Wth is tis? I tot the stock should reserve for those who had subscript 1st? How come can no stock? If not enough stock, why don't they reserve the stock instead of sending over to those Popular and MPH? I feel really annoying....

i should've gotten full squadrons of the f14s and f15s when they were available (it did cross my mind). at least can let you guys have 'em.

peeps,

not sure if anyone is interested im the midst of letting go my collections..

I have all this so far as i can recall..

[01] 1941 1:72 Supermarine Spitfire, United Kingdom
[02] 1942 1:72 Messerschmitt Bf109, Nazi Germany
[03] 1944 1:72 North American Mustang, USA
[04] 1995 1:100 Mikoyan MiG-29, Malaysia |Soviet Union|
[05] 1917 1:72 Fokker Triplane, Imperial Germany
[06] 1941 1:72 Hawker Hurricane, United Kingdom
[07] 1982 1:72 Harrier Jump Jet, United Kingdom
[08] 2005 1:100 Boeing F/A-18 Hornet, USA
[09] 2005 1:100 F-22 Raptor, USA
[10] 2004 1:100 Lockheed Starfighter, Italy |USA|
[11] 1942 1:72 Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Japan
[12] 1944 1:72 Messerschmitt Me262, Nazi Germany

Though i need to go back home and check for sure.

If anyone is interested please PM.. prefer to let it go as a set of course

I also have Bombers that i plan to let go. RM50 each

they are as below:

BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS -- 1/200
HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX-- 1/144
NORTHROP GRUMMAN B-2 SPIRIT -- 1/200
LOCKHEED SR-71 BLACKBIRD -- 1/144
F-117 LOCKHEED NIGHTHAWK -- 1/144

I'd have to check.. but i think I have it.

su 34 also from amercom? thought only italeri has it in 1/100... but that base (nor the model) look familiar.

wah... i thot ixo only does model cars. perhaps the su34 was a commissioned commemorative edition/corporate gift?

comrade mikesas1992... where did you get yours from?

oh... i thought someone in oz bought for you. how much did you get them for?

yup... kinda like our mig-29, except that ours only change in decals. the paint scheme was totally off. kinda exciting hunting down those elusive models, eh?

yeah, got quite a few... a6 intruder, f111 aardvark, f117 nighthawk, sr-71 blackbird and b2 spirit. no la... won't be pissed. we live in the present and my purchases are based on present circumstances. if i could wait for the gwc to be introduced, then i would... but i suppose i can't, so i didn't. no point living on "what ifs", i guess 

yups... just the models, no magazine. the italeris were in better shape than the amercoms, but they came from different sellers anyway.

i've been pretty fortunate that so far only one parcel has been detained thus far... but not for a diecast airplane. i think the major consideration for customs to inspect the parcel is the size of the box, not the price (i've had many parcels costing more than rm500 shipped in without problems). the one that got detained cost just slightly above rm500 but the box was HUGE.  i think the local partners are usually pos malaysia... but there has been other eds providers too. i don't think using a particular eds will determine whether your parcel gets detained or not. hope this helps. amazon's price seems reasonable... and free shipping is always a plus for us here in malaysia.