A communication from the PSR editor states he does not have any info/intel from his sources why the Strelets website is down.

Good detective work Toby! I tried to reach a telephone number that may have belonged to the owners of Strelets at some point in time, but could not reach anybody.

Is there someone here on this forum who lives in the greater London area and would volunteer to stop by Strelets headquarters in person, ring the door bell, and find out what the future holds for us, if anything?

I think if Strelets is indeed gone, then my toy soldier purchasing will be dramatically reduced. My wife will be happy, and I can finally focus on thoroughly organizing my entire collection.

I also looked into 3D printed figures, as they are pretty to look at, but I find them to be too frail and too expensive to build entire armies with them. Saying that, I bought a few and I'm glad I did.

This forum is worth keeping alive, in my opinion, as it serves a unique function for our global community, as a gathering place of likeminded people who share a common interest. Perhaps PSR, as the long term webmaster for Strelets, could adopt this homeless, orphaned forum, whose celebrated hero/sculptor and parent company/website fell victim to a vicious, cruel war???

I am not a big tech person so am not sure, but don't people have to pay/rent webspace for putting up a website? If so, its quite possible that with all thats going on, renewal has simply slipped and so the website is down. With so much to deal with during this war, I doubt it was high on the list of priorities. It hasn't been updated in ages anyway. Its this forum where we hear of news either from the frontline or regarding new/planned sets. So I would be much more concerned if the forum disappeared.

Also I think I heard that there has been some evacuations in the area surrounding Kharkiv due to more intense Russian shelling? So that could be a contributing reason too. Can't be easy having to leave what & who you know behind, all what you have built for yourself, leaving your "roots" so to speak.

Basically the war is to blame one way or another. We just have to sit tight, wait & see. Strelets would post on here anything important.

I continue to wish all those in Ukraine the very best. Team Strelets, their loved ones & those on the frontlines. I hope for your survival & of course victory.

I've finally managed to find the forum. I usually enter from the website and wasn't too concerned when I first was unable to get on the site. After a week...

Glad to see the forum is still active, but concerned about our friend(s) in Ukraine.

Everything you guys say I feel also. I'm at a total loss as to why this pointless tragedy even began. Sadly, history shows us what happens when nations get sucked into conflicts like this one by one.

So for my part. I keep buying extras of my favorite figures from Ukrainian Sellers. When the orders arrive here in the U.S., I can see my money is going into supporting all of our good hobby friends and that gives them the power to choose investing in their needs.

As a side note, one of the main reasons I will also like this Strelets Forum is the fact it's still open to anyone and we don't have to register and choose user names and passwords. Openess and trust is key for me.

I'm so glad Strelets still supports this Forum so we can all still come together. I'm afraid I'm a bit of a junkie for the 1/72 Toy Soldier fix. I Just gotta have it! Airfix got me hooked in the 1960's and the Strelets Team keeps me hooked these days. For better or worse, thank you Strelets Team!

VIP to Ukraine!