News on the shopping cart

Evening all.

Peter has been casting since 9am and has just stopped to help me frank for the morning post.

We still haven't processed all orders, but we are nearer the end of the pile.

We are looking to open the cart sometime during the week beginning 10th of August.

We will pop a post on next friday with a definite date.

Thank you for your patience. 

Lindy

Let's lighten the mood a bit.

As a break from the endless messages about progress with backlogs and cancelled shows, let's have something a little more upbeat.  As you will probably be aware, one of the major effects of the Covid outbreak has been to stem the flow of new releases from Baccus.  The cynics amongst you may be muttering, 'No change there, then...', but we actually did have a full slate of new bits and pieces ready to go, but circumstances have worked against us.   Apologies in advance for the quality of the photos.   I've still not had the time to get the photography area and kit installed, so I'm working with a less than satisfactory camera phone.   Normal service on this front will be restored at some stage...

Orders update

We have now cast, packed and sent out all order up to and including 14466.  We've not done as well as in past weeks, mainly due to this batch including some very big orders, all of which have taken a while to process.  

Needless to say, we'll be back in on Monday chipping away at the pile with a view to getting a lot more packages on their way.

We are getting a lot of people asking us when the cart will be reopening.  I can't give an exact date but we are looking now at early August.   We will be giving advance notice when we are nearer the date, so please keep an eye on this News page and on our Facebook page and Twitter account.

100 orders

When I said we would be working through the evening as well... I wasn't joking.

We have cast, packed and just posted 100 orders and have just completed order 14434.

We will be doing the same hours next week to try and get as many done as possible.

Completed Orders to date

On the 22nd of June Peter started the first order 14334.

As of close of business today, we are posting all orders up to 14404.

We are going to go home and have the weekend off, or running my business, and will be in bright and early on Monday morning.

Have a great weekend

Lindy

CART CLOSING

Cart Closure

We have had hundreds of orders in since midday today. We will therefore be closing to all new orders at 12 noon tomorrow (18/06/2020)

OPENING THE CART

Good news

The cart will be opening at midday tomorrow! (17/6/2020)

Finger poised...

Important update about orders. Please read.

***UPDATE 05/06/20 - All orders up to and including #14270 have now been sent out. ***

That nasty Covid thingybob has managed to insert its effects into every part of our lives, including, much to the horror of many, the innocent pastime of playing with toy soldiers.  For the Baccus team it has had pretty dramatic consequences.  Having spent a good deal of time and money last year reshaping the workshop for maximum efficiency and use of space, it is now well-nigh impossible to have it fully staffed and maintain sensible safety precautions for all concerned.    As a result, where we should have three casting machines spinning merrily producing 6mm figures for the masses, we now have just one.    Where we should be sending out sacks of mail every week, we are now making the trip to the post office every fortnight.   Where we should have had a lot of shiny new releases, our mould maker has been sidelined and is spending a lot of time at home.

Joy of Six 2020 Cancelled

It gives us no pleasure at all, but after long consideration, we have decided to cancel this year's Joy of Six event.   Given the current situation with regards to lockdown it seems unlikely that gatherings the size of JOS will be allowed to go ahead.  Even if they were to be allowed, it is a sobering fact that a large percentage of our attendees would fit into the higher risk category and that is not a responsible course of action.

..And we're shut again!

With apologies to all of you wishing to place an order with us, I am sorry to say that we've had to shut the cart again.  The reason is illustrated below.

In just four days, we have received enough orders to keep our much-reduced casting capacity going for at least the next four weeks.  I couldn't carry on taking further orders with the chances of us getting the completed being pushed steadily into the future.

Many thanks to all of you who have placed orders.  We'll crack on with this lot as fast was we can, and can only ask for your patience as we get to work over the coming days and weeks.