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Vallejo price increase

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 3:54 am
by me_in_japan
Like the title says, Vallejo prices are going up across the board. Yah boo :(

Get em cheap while you can, I suppose...
Hi there,

Every now and again a supplier informs us of a price increase and whilst most of the time the changes are relatively minor and occur without fuss, this one's big - so we're telling you all about it! Acrylicos Vallejo, that wonderful paint company from Spain, have decided to increase the prices of the individual paints within their major paint ranges - Model Color, Model Air and Game Color - to £2.10 each, as well as pretty much everything else they produce.


VALLEJO PRICE INCREASES
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The price rise will occur on the Maelstrom Games website from the 11th of May onwards - that's this Friday, people - so if you want your Vallejo paints or paint sets or sundries at the old prices, you'd better get them by no later than midnight on Thursday night! We'll hold our prices until then even if the items are not in stock, so please feel free to order to your heart's content.

These changes are pretty big and are truly a reflection of the financial situation in Europe these days, although we can't blame Acrylicos Vallejo for that of course.

We don't know the exact details of all the price changes as yet for anything but the 17ml dropper bottles, so please bear with us: we'll let you know as soon as we know.

Re: Vallejo price increase

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 5:44 am
by Primarch
Given that Spain's economy is pretty poor right now and that the Euro is dropping in value against every currency, I can't say I am suprised about this.

Re: Vallejo price increase

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 6:14 am
by job
Meh, these things have to happen. Currently the price is very low (particularly compared to GW) and it hasn't changed for at least the past four years. Not everything can be inflation proof like most everything else in Japan. Anyway, the price of paints has never been as impinging on the hobby as model prices, in my experience. You can always make do or find a supplement it seems.

Still good to know because I plan to go paint shopping today.

Re: Vallejo price increase

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 5:01 pm
by AndrewGPaul
Ouch! That's quite a jump - I'm paying £1.50 a bottle at the moment.

Re: Vallejo price increase

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 10:41 pm
by me_in_japan
Yup. Hence the post...