(11-10-2020, 08:50 AM)F2d5thCav Wrote: [ -> ] (11-09-2020, 08:15 PM)PLOTUS Wrote: [ -> ]There may be small regional skirmishes, but all in all as long as there's government order can be in play. There may be a new bunch of NO-GO's where you might find trouble or dificult passage. Trump bumper stickers may not help. Or maybe they Will.
Have you checked out bags of toy soldiers lately? They're all made in China. Not kidding. I wonder if outfits like Airfix etc. are even in business anymore.
Cheers
Airfix Ownership and Production Summary
Period- 1939-1981. Ownership- Airfix Industries Ltd, UK
Main manufacturing base- Haldane Place, Wandsworth, London, UK
Comments- Collaboration in later years with MPC (USA) and Gunze Sangyo (Japan)
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Period- 1981-1985. Ownership- General Mills Inc, USA through CPG Products Corporation
Main manufacturing base- Miro Meccano factory, Calais, France
Comments- Range largely shared with MPC (USA) also owned by General Mills.
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Period- 1986-1994. Ownership- Borden Inc, USA through Humbrol Ltd
Main manufacturing base- Heller factory, Trun, France
Comments- Many Airfix kits were reboxed Heller kits, also owned by Humbrol.
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Period- 1994-2006. Ownership- Allen & McGuire, Ireland, through Humbrol Ltd
Main manufacturing base- Heller factory, Trun, France
Comments- Many Airfix kits were reboxed Heller kits, also owned by Humbrol until 2006.
Several Japanese and Chinese kits reboxed too.
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Period- 2006- Ownership- Hornby plc, UK
Main manufacturing base-Outsourced to India
Comments- Focus on self-produced kits. Limited reboxing.
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