Aeroclassics makes tiny production runs of around 80-150 models each. Whereas every other brand is producing around 500. Even with that the majority of Aeroclassics nowadays don't sell out quickly, but most retailers take tiny stock amounts anyway - 3-5 units, so it sometimes looks like they are selling really well when in reality it is just the stock numbers are tiny.
@Ted Have they sold out everywhere? No they haven't.
JetCollector is by far one of the biggest Aeroclassics stockists (if not the biggest after ACDirect). They have listed this month's Aeroclassics and 8 of 10 are still available at the store - see here
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a) Of September's 12 releases 10 are still available and only 3 of those 10 are down to less than 4 units. Only the Air Zaire and Air Congo have sold out at Jet Collector
b) Of August's 10 releases 7 are still available and only 1 is down to less than 4 units. Only the Ecuatoriana, Air Jamaica and Air Holland have sold out at Jet Collector
c) Of July's 10 releases 4 are still available 3 months later
JetCollector also has 645 in stock Aeroclassics releases. So most aren't exactly selling out.
Over at Eztoys only 3 of 10 of this month's are still available, but interestingly of September's releases 11 of 12 are still available for sale, August's releases 6 of 10 are still available.
ARD in the UK despite listing the models nearly a week before everyone else still has 7 of 10 still available (and never even listed the Cyprus A310). Meanwhile they are already heavily discounting last month's set by 27% or passing them over to their eBay store Ronnies Models.
6 of this month's 10 releases are still available at Aeroclassics Direct - as are 8 of last months (of which only 1 is at low qty i.e. less than 3 units).
Of October's release set none have sold out and the only ones that look like they are close at the moment are the Olympic and Algerian.
The reality is Aeroclassics is a niche brand, typically for older collectors (less concerned with model quality or 'forced' to accept AC quality because nobody else will make most of the models) that makes tiny production runs that are barely profitable (if at all). The majority of Aeroclassics releases do not sell out quickly and there's no denying that of all mainstream 400 scale brands they are the weakest.
AND if that analysis upsets people and makes me Anti-Aeroclassics (which I really ought to be considering everything AK has done) then I would point out I bought 5 of them!
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