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I heard from Matt at Gaugemaster - who distribute Slot.it, Fly, NSR, Thunderslot, Sideways, SCX, LMM etc in the UK - and what Savage says about 2-3 days delay is probably not far off for most manufacturers in non-Covid times.

However, every step of the process is a little slower at the moment. For example, Gaugemaster - with limited staff at the warehouse - are packing up three new NSR cars (2x F1 and another Mosler) today to send out to retailers. Retailers should - depending on couriers and retailers’ opening hours - have them by the end of next week and added to their stock lists and websites - depending on if, when and where the retail and IT staff are working - ready to sell to us punters via a delayed postal and courier system. That’s all happening with those NSR cars in the UK now, but they are listed in stock today at Slot Car Union in the south of France. So maybe it’s a week to ten days behind for NSR at the moment.

However, the Sideways cars - Skyline and M6 - have not arrived in West Sussex yet. France is now on even more restrictive lockdown than the UK, so the UK-bound stock could be sitting anywhere between Sideways HQ and the Gaugemaster warehouse. These aren’t normal times - any new cars are a pleasant surprise.