ordering from our various distributors

Jon T (GZG UK): Great guy, good service. My only complaint (and it is a small
one) is with some of the older moulds not yet remanufactured. But that's a
totally minor beef. Otherwise, fantastic. And of course, the originator and
only distributor of a number of items.

Nic R (Eureka Oz): Great guy, good service. My experiences with Nic have
involved rapid turn around times and excellent service. Plus the Aussies have
come up with some neat bits I don't think anyone else makes yet (esp
vehicles) but shipping resins can be un-cheap. Fantastic service and I
think the work they're doing on the pirates stuff is tres cool too.

KR (GeoHex USA): Great guy, even more awesome in person. Good service. I've
ordered orders as large as $1000 Cdn and never had a problem (though that
one ran afoul of Customs... %$#!!! - not KR's fault... Cdn Customs tends
to ignore small orders....but apparently not large ones). Service was pretty
fast and the GeoHex terrain system is the Cadillac of terrains! And on the
plus side, KR has helped me out at GZG-ECC (helping me get ready/put on
Grey Day To Die with Los last year) and shared some great insights. Great guy,
very easy to deal with.

Tony (Brigade Models): Not an official distributor, but manufacturer of too
much cool stuff to ignore. The NI stuff is just brilliant and their
not-StarWars stuff is cool too. Easy to deal with, good service.

In short, having ordered from all four of these folks, I'd highly recommend
any of them. I deal with each according to what I'm looking for at the time
(for example, KR has some great prices on FT ships, Nic has a good way of
letting you order SG2 figs individually by code, and Jon just has some super
cool stuff that is taking a while to make it across the sea into production)
and depending on exchange rates (the value of the Cdn Peso). I cannot fault
any of them, and I suspect credit card is the easiest way to do business.
Shipping is variable in cost depending on where its going and what you are
getting (Resin heavy.... says the guy who ordered an interface lander for
SG2).

I've also dealt with Ainsty and bought Ventaurians for SG2 (Zhodani like
figs). They too were easy to deal with.

My advice after years of spending and ordering: If your local distributor is
good, shop there. If you have any problems, go straight to the source.
Apparently the distributor network across North America has been a bit of a
hash in the last few years, and I don't know if that is clearing up. So go
straight to the maker, get a good price, and know you'll get what you asked
for or they'll make it right.

Thomas.