For the last month or two, I have seen a lot of other builders online saying that Eaglemoss has been unable to supply issues 74-77 for their 1:8 scale Back to the Future DeLorean partworks model. At least one builder has been waiting 8 months for them! I was hoping this back order would be fixed before I got to this point in my build, but I was wrong. My most recent delivery of eight issues included 67-73 and 78, skipping those four issues.
This is the third time my build has been affected by unavailable issues. I suppose it is a good thing that they sent the next issue (78) in the build without stopping the subscription all together like before. I might be able to continue past them for a while. We shall see how this all works out… more to come!
UPDATE Jan 17, 2020: Yesterday, I received a shipping notification for the following issues:
DELUK081C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 81
DELUK082C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 82
DELUK083C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 83
DELUK089C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 89
DELUK091C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 91
DELUK093C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 93
DELUK094C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 94
DELUK098C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 98
As you can tell, there are a lot of issues missing. I spoke to Eaglemoss today and they expect to receive the missing issues (including 74-77) next week with a ship date of Thursday, January 23rd. If this is true, it should catch me up. Fingers crossed…
UPDATE Feb 5, 2020: Spoke with Eaglemoss today. My next shipment will not contain *all* of the issues I am missing, but will at least include issues 74, 75, and 76. So three out of the four that have me on hold. At least I can move forward a little.
UPDATE Feb 12, 2020: Well, I got my next shipment notification… turns out only 74 is coming, but I am getting up to 112. Apparently Eaglemoss is struggling to get back issues. This means I still don’t have 75-77, 79-80, 84-88, 90, 92, 95-97, 99-105…
DELUK074C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 74
DELUK106C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 106
DELUK107C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 107
DELUK108C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 108
DELUK109C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 109
DELUK110C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 110
DELUK111C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 111
DELUK112C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 112
UPDATE Mar 16, 2020: So I tried to build Issue 74 and both screws holding the door hinges snapped off. Now, I await another Issue 74. In the meantime, I have now received the following issues. I guess there will be a lot of pages to do when the missing issues show up.
DELUK113C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 113
DELUK114C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 114
DELUK115C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 115
DELUK116C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 116
DELUK117C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 117
DELUK118C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 118
DELUK119C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 119
DELUK120C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 120
UPDATE Apr 11, 2020: I eventually did receive a replacement Issue 74 and will try to get that posted up soon. In the meantime, I just received the following issues from Eaglemoss. Since the car will be completed by Issue 126, I actually have some of the extras now. Sadly, I am still waiting on a lot of missing issues.
DELUK121C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 121
DELUK122C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 122
DELUK123C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 123
DELUK124C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 124
DELUK125C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 125
DELUK126C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 126
DELUK127C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 127
DELUK128C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 128
UPDATE Apr 23, 2020: I apologize for not getting Issue 74 posted as I have been sidetracked with other concerns. In the meantime, Eaglemoss has shipped me the following issues. These are well into the extension issues (including the very last issue – the book):
DELUK147C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 147
DELUK148C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 148
DELUK149C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 149
DELUK150C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 150
DELUK151C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 151
DELUK152C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 152
DELUK153C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 153
DELUK154C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 154
DELUK159C x 1 – Delorean Build Up Issue 159
I have created a new post around the missing issues and delays HERE.
