The Final Steps
The models are assembled, packaged and shipped to the USA via container ships. The trip could last a month. Sometimes factors like strikes and weather could delay the trip. Models are tested at the factory to withstand humidity and temperature. This helps them make the trip safely. One experience to share: once, at another company, a container ship hit a typhoon and containers were washed off the deck. Production had to be restarted to make up the lost shipment-especially since they were limited editions!

The models arrive at their GMP destination where they are either warehoused for later sales or immediately packaged for shipment to the collector.