Future of CollectA Brand in jeopardy(False Alarm)

[Neosodon]

^they are already more expensive to get in the US due to the online shop owners having to get them from overseas themselves. I hope the price doesnt increase even more.
Looks like Collecta was trying to find a distributor for the US market but Reeves was only interested in the horses and they figured thats better than nothing. Collecta is hard to find in major stores here due to Schleich,  Safari and Mojo already having rule over most of the major big name stores/craft shops here.

I always wondered why collecta models are so much cheaper in Australia. I really hope collecta gets a distributor in U.S soon. In fact most of the dinosaur models I see in stores are schleich. I don't know how a company like schleich can out compete a company like collecta but it really irritates me.

they are? that would explain why Minizoo's prices are so good. The only US online shop that I know is still ordering new Collectas(2017) is Dejankins and the owner doesnt stock a lot from what Ive read. I dont know if any other US shop owners would really bother with all the trouble of "special" ordering when its easier for them to stock already available models like Schleich and Safari. Explains why Im seeing so many US eBay sellers that used to sell Collecta no longer carrying the 2017 lines. Sad.

What online store do you use? The dinosaur farm always gets the collecta new releases. That is were I got most of my dinosaurs. But it may take up to a year for them all to arrive.

Dejankins

I thought Dinosaur Farm wasnt carrying them anymore b/c I didn't see them stcoked on their site, same with Brown House Treasures on eBay. I hope you are right that its just that it takes them longer to get them in.

The dinosaur farm usually has about 1/4 of there models out of stock regardless of brand. You can order out of stock dinosaurs by phone and they will send them in like a month whenever they arrive last time I checked. The dinosaur farm currently has 165 collecta models on their site so I wouldn't worry.

[terrorchicken]

oh I was wondering why so many of their models were out of stock too. I thought maybe they were going out of business. Thanks for the info! Hopefully they will continue to carry the 2017 Collecta lines.

[Neosodon]

oh I was wondering why so many of their models were out of stock too. I thought maybe they were going out of business. Thanks for the info! Hopefully they will continue to carry the 2017 Collecta lines.

No problem. The dinosaur farm was just as bad if not worse about keeping their models in stock 5 years ago. I'm sure they will get the new collecta releases this year too!

[SBell]

Well, I'm here to set everyone's mind at ease.

Or, whatever the not quite opposite of that is. At least in North America.

I finally heard back from Reeves. They outright said they do not have the prehistoric lines at the moment. So despite being told that they would order them for retailers...not sure what that might mean long term.

As for online stores like mine...they aren't 'accepting' new online store clients right now. Not sure if that means they have one, or what. But it won't exactly help CollectA finally make that big push into the mainstream.

Hopefully our friends outside the americas have a better time of it! I'm really hopeful that someone out there can do it, but I'm pretty much giving up on CollectA for now.

[stargatedalek]

That sounds a lot like "We're not actually distributing CollectA products, just selling a select few of them in our pre-existing stores and preventing other NA retailers from stocking them", almost like starving their competition into submission rather than competing with it.

Probably I'm wrong and they just haven't invested the resources into distributing yet.

[Halichoeres]

I always wondered why collecta models are so much cheaper in Australia. I really hope collecta gets a distributor in U.S soon. In fact most of the dinosaur models I see in stores are schleich. I don't know how a company like schleich can out compete a company like collecta but it really irritates me.

Might have something to do with Australia's relatively closer proximity to the place of manufacture (China), hence lower shipping costs (?)  Just a guess...

I think that's almost certainly part of it.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

If the shipping cost works out I might order from Australia or the UK.

[terrorchicken]

damn, that means Im gonna have to be very selective about what Collecta figures I buy b/c theyll be harder and more expensive to get.

[stargatedalek]

If the shipping cost works out I might order from Australia or the UK.

I used to always order my CollectA from Korea, but recently I've switched to Minizoo.

[SBell]

If the shipping cost works out I might order from Australia or the UK.

I used to always order my CollectA from Korea, but recently I've switched to Minizoo.

I really like Jason there, I'll be happy to get the few things I want from him--and I am trying to get the Southlands figures into the store anyway!

[sauroid]

If the shipping cost works out I might order from Australia or the UK.

I used to always order my CollectA from Korea, but recently I've switched to Minizoo.

may i know that Korean source if it's alright? thanks.

[stargatedalek]

If the shipping cost works out I might order from Australia or the UK.

I used to always order my CollectA from Korea, but recently I've switched to Minizoo.

may i know that Korean source if it's alright? thanks.

An eBay store forget the name of.

[Fenestra]

If the shipping cost works out I might order from Australia or the UK.

I used to always order my CollectA from Korea, but recently I've switched to Minizoo.

may i know that Korean source if it's alright? thanks.

An eBay store forget the name of.

Do you mean friendino78 on Ebay?
I have had good experiences with this seller as well.