News — Package Art
BMC Toys: Poppa's Day Production Roundup
Posted by Jeff Imel on

Here's a summary of what's going on with current BMC Toys production: The container with restocks of D-Day Playsets and other popular items from the American Heroes Collection is in California and scheduled to arrive at our warehouse within the next couple of weeks. It also includes a limited production of the German King Tiger Tank in tan color: The shipment that's about to arrive from China should keep everything available through December, but I'll need to place a new order soon to keep popular items in stock into next year. The US government has plans to add 25% tariffs...
- Tags: New Products, Package Art, Production
BMC Toys: Christmas Stock and New Production Update
Posted by Jeff Imel on

The new batch of BMC Toys has been so well received I'm already finalizing a new production order that should arrive around February 2018. D-Day Normandy sets will likely sell out by early December, and Utah Beach might run out before Christmas. It's too early to tell if anything else in the new lineup will run out before the big day, but I'll do my best to keep the blog posted with regular stock updates as the holiday shopping season progresses. A couple of new items will likely be added to upcoming production, including a new Barn Red color variant...
- Tags: New Products, Package Art, Production
Boxing Day in July!
Posted by Jeff Imel on

The factory is just a few days away from completing the new batch of BMC Toys, and arrive is on track for late August. Here's some of the new D-Day Normandy, D-Day Utah Beach, and Iwo Jima playset boxes stacked in their final case quantity configurations:
- Tags: New Products, Package Art, Production
Start the Press - Header Cards Galore!
Posted by Jeff Imel on

Here's some photos of the new header card production. This is a big stack on the press: Master sheets with 6 different header cards after top and bottom trimming: Video of Printing Press in action:
- Tags: New Products, Package Art, Production
Proof of D-Day June 6, 1944: The Invasion of Normandy
Posted by Jeff Imel on

BMC Toys production is rolling along and current ETA is August. Here's the 'hard proof' for the new BMC D-Day Normandy Playset Box. This is the final step before the boxes are printed and cut: Here are proofs of all of the new boxes, header cards, stickers and labels:
- Tags: New Products, Package Art, Production