Remember they have just started a new company with all the set up costs that involves. They needed to pay for the rights to the products (IP and moulds and artwork etc), the company set up, the web site, engage new production companies for which they have no track record of payment so might have to pay up front for any manufacturing, advertising, wages, rent etc etc etc etc..it never ends I tell you.
By then what they probably really need is to get in money, quickly and a lot...and I wouldn't want to burst anyone's bubble but the market for Lord of the Rings is far bigger than
WOG. So selling the product that is going to sell big and fast to re-capitalise the company from set up costs is number one priority, and by all accounts I'm reading they have achieved this with stuff sold out all over the place. Then they can proceed to release things that are easy (presumably the WW2 models which were ready to go before Nexus closed), reprint LOTR as the sales demand is still there, then the WW1 models.
I'm sure they would love to have everything out now but they are running a business that has to have cash flow and has to expand at a sustainable rate. As you all know the gaming world is littered with companies that exploded onto the market, grew huge then imploded just as quickly.
Like you I'm keen to see the new
WOG and
SOG releases (that could be a long time) but understand the economic realities. In the meantime I'll curse over having to paint models and the production issues of S....ys.
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