Preparations have been made for the first 'open office days' next weekend. More shelves have been placed to able to display more. Some range of products will be on permanent display for all 'open office days. These include N and OO scale items. For more details see 'Open Office Days (1)' below.
Specials this week include 1:43 tractors and Ferrari F1 models.
Kiro
Coming weekend are the first 'Open Office Days'. These first days are based on HO scale model railway items. It turned out to be possible to place more racks in the office, so that more can be displayed.
The following will be on display:
* HO Scale kit sets from Faller, Kibri, Vollmer, Busch, Noch, Model Power and Walthers
* HO scale figures from Preiser, Noch, Woodland Scenics and Faller
* HO scale tracks from Atlas
* HO scale vehicles from Ricko, Mini Metals, Brekina, Busch, Rietze, Schuco. Minichamps, BoS, Wiking, Oxford, Woodland Scenics and Walthers
Permanent:
* Catalogues from various brands
* Landscaping products from Noch and Woodland Scenics.
* Paint from Vallejo
* Glue from Noch and Woodland Scenics
* N Scale figures and vehicles from Noch, Oxford and B-T Models
* OO Scale vehicles from Oxford, Atlas Editions and B-T Models
Location:
The Mini-Kiwiland office is located on an industrial area in Paraparaumu, close to the expressway.
2/46 Te Roto Drive
The office is on the first floor of a commercial building, above 'Action Safety'. There's a shared entrance in the middle. The entrance door will be open. Visitors are free to go upstairs. Our office is on the left. There's no need to ring or knock on doors.
There's no signage outside, but I will place an advertising board from a previously owned cafe (Kiro's Corner) in front of the entrance. Do not expect coffee & cake however.
Opening hours:
The opening hours are as follows:
Saturday - 10am to 4pm
Sunday - 10am to 4pm
It is possible to visit on Friday as well, but that's by appointment only.
Payment methods:
Payments can be done by cash, although there is limited change. Eftpos is available. No credit card.
The following two Ferrari models from the 'Ferrari F1 Collection' are now on sale:
For a list of all models in the 'Ferrari F1 Collection' on our website click here.
More Hachette models have arrived. The ones below are on sale:
For a list of all Hachette models on our website click here.
HaT is reproducing around 35 of their sets that have been sold out for a while. Basically all sets from 8002 to 8097 will be available again soon plus the sets 8151, 8152, 8311 and 8325.
There is already a HaT shipment on its way to New Zealand. It should arrive somewhere next week. The reproductions mentioned above will not be included however.
Below are just 8 examples of recently arrived figures from Woodland Scenics:
For a list of all Woodland Scenics HO scale figures on our website click here.
Woodland Scenics has a wide range of N scale figures. Below are 6 examples of sets that recently arrived:
For a list of all Woodland Scenics N scale figures on our website click here.
In the previous newsletter Shakers were announced and here are 6 examples that are now available from our website:
For a list of more shakers on our website click here.
A new page has been created for the 'Open Office Days' on our website:
https://minikiwilandshop.co.nz/OpenOfficeDays
A link to this page has been placed on the home page next to the 'Newsletters' link. There is also a link to the Open Office Days page on the Shows And Events page and on the Contact page.
The 'Open Office Days' link on the home page replaces the 'Blog News' link. The Blog News page hadn't been updated since we started publishing newsletters, although there are plans to publish Blog News again in the future.