Agreed 100% Gerrcinn. Nothing to do with Mantic. But unfortunately for them a major revenue killing event none the less.
Thanks for the link. Bought in shop from Mountain Gremlin games before. Great range of fantasy metal in there as well as some KoW stuff.
Fantasywelt is pretty good for getting Mantic stuff in Germany. Think it was mentioned, but that should definitely go on a ālink listā if we make one.
Been ordering most of my stuff there anyways, mostly due to short delivery time compared to UK orders. Only new releases and web only stuff Iāve been getting from the the Mantic store.
FantasyWelt.de | Tabletopshop | Brettspielshop | Rollenspielshop
Yeah, it is not Mantic fault. It started with Usa-China trade war, then Brexit and everything went to hell.
When we were outside of EU, we had āinsignificant amountā for free pass on customs, it was around 20 euros, but customs let go most parcels, even up to 50 euros.
Now, UPS wanted me to pay them 20 euros for their āserviceā of intermediating with customs for a parcel that was 19 euros.
Me and mate are waiting delivery from fantasywelt for two months now.
it is definitely UPS scalping, already tried to get them with local authorities here but it is not their responsibility (kind of, they referred to Brexit and costume, while for service fees they cannot do anything)
as I got from he last 80ā¬ order, 1ā¬ in taxes and 0,5ā¬ in costume, while UPS wanted 40ā¬ in total fees
ouch
@ThaneBobo , the only time I had to wait for a parcel from Fantasyworld, was when an item of the delivery was out of stock. Did you check with them? I just called them and it got cleared up quickly, canceled the one color pot that was out of stock and had the parcel two days later.
PS: Fantasywelt already has Halflings up for pre-order
Well, it was our first order, so we took stuff that were out of stock just to see how long it would take them. To know are they better or worse than Wayland Games. Mate contacted them, options were: splitting order and pay extra 13 euros, refund for missing stuff or wait. So we opted for wait as we are in no hurry anyway.
My mate says they are awful as Wayland, I am more forgiving and give them some credit as the things are not as they should be.
ordered 4 times there, way better than Wayland for me
and taking long is often not their problem as they donāt know how long some manufacturers need to resupply
but for ordering online, never anything that is out of stock
Well, I like to live dangerously.
Sent a mail to Mantic. Tragic really.
Ouch, that is extortion.
I ordered two troops of Riverguard from fantasywelt.de. They are out of stock, but had still the old price tag. Iām in no hurry and their customer service is good.
Lady luck must favour you! 
I guess. I have a beautiful wife, two adorable sons and now a customs free delivery from UPS. Can it get any better than this?!
Winning lottery numbers given to you in a dream, and dice that roll all 6ās
Yep, my dice rolls could definetly improve.
At least nobody is advertising Mantic miniatures āaffordableā anymore.
For buyers from the EU it was quite expensive right after the Brexit. ā¬ prices were as high as before, although Mantic doesnāt need to pay taxes for selling them. Instead, people from the EU have to pay the taxes now, and if you buy more, you have to pay duty too.
And now the prices are even higher.
There might be some bitterness in my words, but I wonāt buy many miniatures from Mantic anymore. For only a small amount more I can get a hard plastic miniature, with an assembly instruction (!) and nearly no problems with gaps or broken parts.
Other UK based companies (Perry, Nothmark,ā¦) still offer (plastic) miniatures for a good price.
but you also need to pay taxes and duty as well if you buy from other UK bases companies and not a European distributor
comparing EU prices, 20 Mantic Skeletons cost 25ā¬, 30 Oathmark Skeletons 28ā¬
and than there is GW, were 20 Skeletons (that break easily) cost 45ā¬
historical miniatures are another league anyway as they have always been around half the price of fantasy or scifi models with ~40 models for 20-25ā¬ (or 60 for 30-40ā¬), but there you are limited to humans anyway and no one forces you to use something else but historical factions for the human based armies
Well the (UPS-)empire struck back! I got a letter and had to pay customs and an internal fee! On the phone they told me, that if the seller declares the products cost outside on the parcel, the fee wouldnāt be charged. Customs wasnāt that much. The extra fee is just unnessecary and criminal. They should look for someone else, delivering their miniatures to EU countries.
Someone should tell Mantic! Looking at you @mattjgilbert and @Kay 
By the way, fantasywelt.de still has the old prices. I got some metal Riverguard from them for 19.99ā¬ per troop and no postage.
