News

• September News #2

  September 14, 2023

  Mid-September Updates. We are having a busy week here. We look forward to seeing many of you in Chicago next week! Albert, Evan and Dawn will be here holding down the fort so the store will be open and packages will be shipped. Today we received a King and Country shipment - all orders going out today! We also just received 4 huge cartons of our Hobby Bunker and Paragon Scenics polyfoam diorama pieces. We will have them sorted tomorrow. We also received a restock of hobby supplies and some new car models today. If you want to pick up anything at the show we need to know now!!! matt@hobbybunker.com We have a few pre-orders below as well as some new product information. We have been carrying the hand made terrain made by John Gittens (JG Miniatures) for over 20 years. Sadly John Is retiring at the first of the year. We can take orders for a couple more months. For the most part we will be selling of just the existing stock. We can take orders for bit but you must buy - we are not taking unpaid pre-orders. LINK: JG We just got a few shipments from the UK. We will have some Tommy Atkins, Fusilier Miniatures and an all new "King Charles" figure at the show next week.
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  September News #1

  September 6, 2023

  We hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend. We were short handed here and the shop was really busy. I had to work all weekend! I am trying to get ready for the Chicagoland Show but I am still up to my elbows in collections! I just received a list of 3500 models kits! Not sure if will but that one...I would have to build a second bunker just to store them. We have a few pre-orders below as well as some new product information. We have been carrying the hand made terrain made by John Gittens (JG Miniatures) for over 20 years. Sadly John Is retiring at the first of the year. We can take orders for a couple more months. For the most part we will be selling of just the existing stock. We can take orders for bit but you must buy - we are not taking unpaid pre-orders. LINK: JG Above is a picture from Thomas Gunn Miniatures. His Roman range is clashing with a barbarian invasion! Blake from Thomas Gunn will most likely be attending the Chicagoland show this year.
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  Late August News!

  August 30, 2023

  Welcome to August! I just wanted to check in a let you know what is happening here at the Bunker! I am up to my elbows in collections at the moment. I will be posting a pile of King and Country, W.Britains, Thomas Gunn and Forces of Valor in the next 24 hours. I will also be bringing a bunch of this collection to Chicagoland. I have a lot of loose 1/32 scale vehicles, terrain, Build-A-Rama, JG Miniatures and random stuff that will be going to the Chicagoland show. We just added a W.Britains Retired American Revolution collection to the website. We will also be adding some WW2 and terrian here too. LINK: RETIRED We have been carrying the hand made terrain made by John Gittens (JG Miniatures) for over 20 years. Sadly John Is retiring at the first of the year. We can take orders for a couple more months. For the most part we will be selling of just the existing stock. We can take orders for bit but you must buy - we are not taking unpaid pre-orders. LINK: JG I just sorted out a collection of model kits. With it was lots of accessories and decals. They are now in the shop and ready to sell. We also have dozens of kits that are loaded with extra decals and aftermarket items. We have marked the kits so you know what you get.
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  August 24th News

  August 24, 2023

  Welcome to August! I just wanted to check in a let you know what is happening here at the Bunker! Yesterday I took a drive down to Long Island to pick up a collection of mainly World War II - King and Country, W.Britains, Thomas Gunn, Collectors Showcase, Forces of Valor and Build-A-Rama. It was a long day with many trips up the basement stairs. After loading up the seller convinced me to take the ferry home. I drove out to Orient, NY and took the ferry across Long Island Sound to New London. CT. Very nice trip watching the sunset and seeing the Coast Guard Eagle Ship in the New London Harbor. I went on this ship a few years ago in Boston. The ship is a war prize from World War 2. It was built in 1936 and taken in 1946. Below we have our line up for this Saturdays Gamesday (8/26). Above is a picture from last years Gamesday.
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  August News #3

  August 18, 2023

  Welcome to August! I just wanted to check in a let you know what is happening here at the Bunker! Gamesday is shaping up for 8/26. We have several players on board for our "A Song of Ice and Fire" Tourney this Saturday. Most of the grunt work for running the Chicagoland show is done. Soon I can start packing and getting my merchandise ready for the trip which starts about a month from now. Today we just picked up about a hundred 1/35 scale armor and figure kits along with some more aircraft. We will get them sorted over the weekend. Tomorrow morning I am heading up to NH to pick up a collection that has some toy soldiers, Sideshow toys, 21st Century/Ultimate Soldier 12" figures and some Marx 12" figures. Next week I will be picking up a huge World War II collection of all sorts of stuff. We just picked up some Glossy W.Britains Crimean War figures. LINK: Britains The above picture are new prototypes of some Carthaginians riding what are now distinct small African elephants. These are made by John Jenkins Designs. They were small enough that Howdas were not used. One of the places they most likely appeared was the Battle of Zama. I expect to see these in a few months.