Figures in Comfort

[Little Odo]

Does anybody know if Figures in Comfort is still a going concern? I have emailed them a couple of times with no response but their website is still up and running with a date of 2020. I am loath to place an order just in case it goes into the ether.

I need to get several more of their cases along with their pick and pluck foam tray inserts - this is to match in with what I already have, but if they are no longer around, are there any alternatives that use the stronger foam inserts? I have many Kaiser Rushforth cases and foam inserts which I use for other miniatures but their cases/inserts do not work for what I need for these particular ones.

Many thanks.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

The original FIC is long gone (a pity as they were a fixture on the show circuit).

I picked up a couple of their 9 litre RUBs from I think SHQ at Colours 2018 (they had them at Salute 2019).

[katie]

I ordered from them at the end of March -- they were about to shut up until Covid was over because they were unable to obtain manufacturing supplies. They just may not have re-opened again yet.

[Von Trinkenessen]

Heard a  UK news story yesterday about there being a shortage of upholstery foam .
Could be similar problem?

[katie]

After some background reading; could well be.

Good grief -- I knew some supply chains were in a mess, but chemical shortages causing foam shortages causing furniture shortages... and affecting car manufacturing...!!

If we've learned anything this year, it's that too much stuff is effectively single-sourced.

(You know what's next, right? No foam in blister packs. Then where will we be? Eh? Bent swords all round...)

[Little Odo]

Thanks all for your responses - much appreciated.

The take-away seems to be that they are still a going concern (albeit but under new management?), but they have temporarily shut shop due to to Covid and the effect it has had on the supply chain.

I will try them again in the new year and see how it goes.

[katie]

Well, we don't KNOW that, but if they're not answering email...

It's not like we have anywhere to carry miniatures to ANYWAY!!!!

[the commissar]

I think it was the beginning of this year or even late last year - certainly before COVID - that I placed an order with them and heard nothing - in the end I got a refund through Paypal. Don't think I got any contact from FIC during the whole time.

It is a shame as I have quite a few of their cases and foam carriers which are now full and the other manufacturers products are not the same sizes.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Yes, I am running out of flat surfaces to out figures on...

[Mindenbrush]

It seems they dissolved on the 20th October 2020 - a friend was waiting on an order and I mentioned to him today that there was a thread on LAF about them so he looked them up

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC300935

[mcfonz]

The little plastic cases were super useful for things like Necromunda where you could easily and comfortably put a gang in each one.

I wonder where they got their supply from? Clearly not manufactured by them, not even the foam inserts I don't think.

[AndrewBeasley]

It seems they dissolved on the 20th October 2020 - a friend was waiting on an order and I mentioned to him today that there was a thread on LAF about them so he looked them up

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC300935

Odd, the address on the web site does not match any of the officers and the first officers address matches Gaming Enhancements - maybe they can help either shed light or have access to any clearance stock.


It's a shame as the harder foam and storage cases take up a fair bit of room in my roof (and under the bed) 

[katie]

Ah, no.. That's Erik who used to own FiC. Gaming Enhancements is his new company -- taking over the UK Litko distribution part of FiC. The other name on there is Jules who used to own it back in the early 00s.

[Von Trinkenessen]

Try contacting SHQ as the address is the same Somerset address.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

@Little Odo - Have you tried contacting SHQ?