<p>DeAgostini ModelSpace has been there for several years now. A couple of years ago it started selling off batches of excess models from various DeAgostini Ranges sold in Russia, poland etc. The same ones in fact that they were also dumping via pound shops in the UK.</p>
<p>Now they are selling excess Atlas stocks from the same area of their web site. But this doesn't mean they will sell new series they, and their group companies, create in this way so you can cherry pick. This part of their site will only ever have items that are over stocked and they want to clear.</p>
<p>Please note that apart from the Dinky series UK wholesalers have been sold a lot of models from Atlas ranges like Stobart, Police, Touring Cars, ships, subs, fighter planes, jet age etc. This measn they wil be turning up at Toyfairs and online in numbers soon.</p>
<p>In any event DeAgostini has always allowed you to cherry pick it's series as they operate a back order system for each of their collections so if you only want a few parts you just order the back number rather than subscribing but be warned if you don't catch them when they are first made available as back orders they can sell out quite quickly if popular.</p>
I guess my approach was based on the Dinky Toys specifically, where we have moved from a situation where the only official supply was to sign up to a subscription and just accept what you were sent, whereas the shift the the DeAgostini channel means that there is at least some opportunity to buy only those models you want. In terms of the direct sales being overstocks, I'm sure from their stick control that is the case but it is indisputable that I can in the UK now buy from DeAgostini buy models that have never officially been made available through the Atlas series.
