I am considering turning our office into a shop on certain days: Open Office Days.

Currently, most of our inventory is in a storage facility one block from our office. The stock has become so large that it simply no longer fits in the office. Each 'Open Office' will have to be for a specific range of our selection. Such as only HO scale, military figures / sets or diecast collectibles.

To decide which range of products and which days to organize such open days, I need some feedback, like:

- What day (s) of the week would you consider visiting an open office? Friday, Saturday, Sunday, etc.
- Which part of the day is most suitable for you? Morning, afternoon or evening.
- What scale would you be interested in? HO, N, G, 1:72 etc.
- What kind of product would you be looking for? Trains, cars, planes, figures, etc.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated. It could be a first step towards organizing larger events or which direction to look in when we decide to move to a larger venue / showroom.

An online poll would have been better, but unfortunately I don't have time to set up a poll right now. Feedback can be given by simply responding to this newsletter.

Thank you very much!

Kiro

Two recently released models from WhiteBox are currently available from our website:

For a list of all WhiteBox models on our website click here.

Around a dozen kit sets from MiniArt have arrived in stock. Below are just 6 examples:

To visit the MiniArt page on our website click here.

Some models from the British Touring Car Champions series arrived back in stock:

For a list of all BTCC Champions on our website click here.

The following models from the Great British Buses series have arrived in stock recently:

For a list of all models in the Great British Buses series on our website click here.

Our Oxford stock has been further expanded. Below are just 6 examples of newly arrived models:

To visit the Oxford page on our website click here.

Quite a few BoS (Best Of Show) models arrived in stock last week. Below are 8 examples:

To visit the BoS page on our website click here.

More quality models from the German brand Brekina have arrived. Below are just 6 examples:

To visit the Brekina page on our website click here.

The Mercedes Benz Limousines are back in stock and on sale and two Mercedes Benz 180 models are on sale for the first time:

To visit the Brekina page on our website click here.

Four different bridges and two pillar kit sets arrived in stock last week:

For a list of all HO scale bridges on our website (80+) click here.

More buildings from Kibri and Vollmer have arrived in stock. Below are 6 examples:

For a list of all HO scale buildings in stock click here.

Several Noch figures sets have arrived. Below are just 6 examples:

For a list of all Noch HO scale figures sets in stock (70+) click here.

Kibri has released some new kit sets this year. The ones below are currently in stock:

To visit the Kibri page on our website click here.

More Ricko models have been listed on the website and more arrived in stock and are on sale:

To visit the Ricko page on our website click here.

Two more N scale bridges arrived in stock recently:

For a list of all N scale bridges on our website (40+) click here.

About a dozen different N Scale cars have arrived in stock. Below are just 6 examples:

For a list of all 80+ N scale cars in stock click here.

The N scale apple and fruit trees sets from Noch have been listed on our website and are currently in stock. The fir and spruce trees have been available before:

More N scale trucks have arrived in stock:

For a list of all N scale trucks in stock click here.

IXO models and models of other brands that are made by IXO (like Atlas Editions) can have a unique screw to attach the model to its base. This could be tricky to unscrew, but from now on we will stock the IXO screwdriver:

In order to improve the spam reputation of our website, I already announced in Newsletter 13 that subscribers need to register and activate their account on our website to continue receiving the newsletter. This is essential to comply with the rules of providers such as Google and to prevent emails from ending up in spam or junk folders. See, for example, Google Bulk Sender Guidelines.

However, registration is not the only necessary measure. Registered accounts must also remain active.

One way to check if the account is active is to keep a log in history. This is something I hadn't looked into until I read Google's guidelines. The last login details are now stored on our web server to check if accounts are active, yes or no.

This is currently set at one year. This means that if an account is inactive for a year, no newsletters will be sent to the email address associated with that account. This does not mean that the account will be blocked or restricted. It just means no newsletters anymore.

Because I only started monitoring the latest login data from the beginning of July, the web server will determine all accounts without any login data (before July) as inactive. Some accounts may have been inactive for years. I don't know and so does the web server unfortunately.

This doesn't affect many subscribers, but I think it's worth noting. Just in case.

Kiro