Christmas ordering

Christmas Shipping & Holiday Shutdown Dates

 

Apparently a particularly popular festival is taking place in December...

We are closed from December 25th to December 26th, and on January 1st. Yup, that's all the time off we get. The website will still take orders during our absence and any orders over this period will be despatched on Friday, Dec 27th, Monday/Tuesday 30th/31st, then January 2nd onwards.

All regular mail and orders going by courier will be despatched up to the 23rd but please order early. These are the Royal Mail posting dates for delivery before Xmas. 

UK - Fri 20th December, or Monday 23rd for Special Next Day Delivery

UK Courier - Monday 23rd December, however we highly recommend that you do this 1-2 days earlier as they will be overworked!

 

Royal Mail Overseas 

  • Saturday 7 December – Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Romania and Sweden
  • Monday 9 December  – Czech Republic, Malaysia, New Zealand, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey and United Arab Emirates (UAE)
  • Wednesday 11 December – Austria, Denmark, India, Lithuania, Philippines, Qatar, Slovakia and Slovenia
  • Friday 13 December – Belgium, Canada*, China (People’s Republic), Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, South Korea, Thailand and USA

*Canada is courier only due to Canada Post strike

  • Monday 16 December – France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan
  • Operational BFPO - 27th November
  • Static BFPO - 4th December

 

If you are ordering large value/weight items, such as building sets, note that these always go by courier. Typical delivery times for the US, Canada, EU and Australia/New Zealand are 3-5 days.

Please email us for any clarifications.