The reason? They don't have a factory to produce the models. I asked a Lamley friend, Mike Branderhorst over at MjrttNrv, when we might see them again.
His answer:
Yes, Majorette had/has big troubles with their factory.
In January this year next German press report was published (by Dickie, which is the holding company for Majorette):
"Wiederaufbau der durch die Flutkatastrophe im Herbst 2011 in Bangkok/Thailand nahezu vollständig zerstörten Majorette Fabrik.
Neben einer ganzen Reihe von baulichen Maßnahmen der durch die Flut zerstörten Fabrik, muss der komplette Maschinenpark,
d. h. alle Zinkspritzguss- und nahezu alle Kunststoffspritzmaschinen sowie sämtliche maschinelle Einrichtungen ersetzt werden.
Die Produktion dort kann voraussichtlich Mitte 2012 wieder aufgenommen werden.
Alle 470 dort eingesetzten Mitarbeiter behalten ihre Arbeitsplätze.
Die Gesamtinvestitionssumme wird mit ca. 10,0 Mio. Euro veranschlagt."
Which is in English:
"Reconstruction of the flood disaster in the fall of 2011, Bangkok / Thailand almost completely destroyed Majorette factory.
Besides a whole series of structural measures of the by the flood destroyed factory, the entire machinery,
i.e., all zinc-injection-molding- and almost all plastics-injection-molding- machines and all mechanical equipment must be replaced.
Production is expected to run again mid-2012.
All 470 employees will keep their jobs.
The total investment is estimated at about 10.0 million euros."
At this moment no ‘real’ Majorette models can be found.
Everywhere the pegs are filled with temporary Majorette-labeled Dickie and LoyalBright models ..
My expectations are pegs to be refilled with new ‘real’ Majorette models at end-2012, beginning-2013 ..
Regards,
Mike
Hopefully things are on schedule, and we will see new Majorette in the coming months. And based on the slated to be done, it should be pretty fun for collectors:
