Thanks to the avid internet sleuthing of several builders, I have a few updates on how to get your hands on some exclusives that you may not know about.
First off, via reddit’s Drummer7416, who got it via interface2x, we have a link to pre-order the Books-A-Million exclusive Hogwarts Express (in color, with tracks)! Unfortunately, the in-color Burrow model is still not listed for sale on the website. Here’s the URL:
https://www.booksamillion.com/p/BAM-Exclusive-Metal-Earth-Harry/Fascinations/F032309014488?id=7723838440975
Also, from multiple sources, including a comment from rjlmill on this blog itself, we’ve got some links to pick up the two new Red Ford models at the Amazon Storefront Tru Inertia, both individually and as a bundle. I’ve conferred with my birdie on the inside and learned that that these have been labelled as in-store exclusives for HobbyTown because they are the only brick-and-mortar stores you can find them in. And this Amazon store is the only online location you can get them (unless HobbyTown sells them on their website). Here are the URLs:
Model T: https://www.amazon.com/Fascinations-Metal-Earth-Ford-Model/dp/B07Y3TSLGH
Mustang: https://www.amazon.com/Fascinations-Metal-Earth-Mustang-Model/dp/B07Y5DGRR8
Bundle: https://www.amazon.com/fascinations-Metal-Earth-Model-Kits/dp/B07ZHM45GR
And finally, in case you missed the share by AnimateOrange (and brought up again by rjmill) the Target exclusive Red Millenium Falcon is now on clearance, and you no longer need a Red Card to purchase it. Grab it while Supplies Last! URL below:
https://www.target.com/p/metal-earth-star-wars-millennium-falcon/-/A-53747875
The Color Burrow and Color Hogwarts Express are available in store at 2nd and Charles. Picked up mine today.
Do we know when the Hogwarts Express is likely to ship? I’d like to build it as a Christmas gift but don’t want to order it if it may miss being delivered in time.
Unfortunately, the feeling I get from my contact on the inside at Fascinations is that it’s almost entirely up to the retailer, once they deliver the order. The last estimate I got from the inside (back when I learned of the existence of the model in the first place) they were thinking late October / early November as the likely time-frame of release, but that was flexible.
For an update, I just got a notification that my pre-order has shipped, and the listing on the website no longer says pre-order, instead it’s “For Delivery”.